Deployments
ROKAE says it has delivered its 10,000th humanoid force-controlled arm
Short answer: ROKAE Robotics, a robot maker listed in Hong Kong, said on 26 October that it has delivered its 10,000th humanoid force-controlled arm, according to a company press release. The company says the milestone unit came off the production line at its Shandong base in September, and that the count covers only its humanoid arm line.
According to the release, five ROKAE Helios wheeled humanoid robots fitted with its AR Series arms are working at Schaeffler's lighthouse factory in Taicang, China, and more than 80 industrial partners use its arms. ROKAE says it was founded in 2014 and has more than 1,000 customers in over 40 countries. Those figures are the company's own and have not been independently verified.
The release also describes ROKAE's compact MAC controller, which the company says measures 213 by 145.5 by 45 mm and can run 7 joints, 14 joints or more than 20. Founder and CEO Tuo Hua is quoted as saying, "There are no shortcuts in force control." Schaeffler's Taicang site is covered in our earlier report.