Jaten Robotics, a veteran Chinese mobile-robot firm, announced a several-tens-of-million-yuan strategic round after a twelve-year gap, led by H&T Intelligent Control with Daohe Fund and Jinmu Capital following. Dongfang Precision has held a core stake since 2014 and remains the second-largest shareholder at about 19.84 per cent.
The investor line carries clear industrial synergy. Lead investor H&T is a listed leader in smart controls, the ‘control brain’ of terminal devices, focused on servo motors and joint control and deeply invested across the robot chain. Daohe’s limited partners include Dongfang Precision, Leju Robot and Daohe’s own capital, and the fund aims to build a fuller chain around chassis, body, control system and industrial scenarios using each partner’s strengths.
H&T, Dongfang Precision and Leju already intersect in robotics, having formed Shenzhen Heju Zhikong in 2025 for humanoid control systems. This joint bet on Jaten is another meeting point on the robot track. Jaten was founded in 2002, one of the first Chinese movers in mobile robots, with more than 700 patents and software rights, focused on AGV unmanned trolleys with full-plant intelligent-logistics solutions.
Its product matrix spans six AGV generations and over 500 models covering tow, lift, side-fork and omnidirectional forklifts, from 5 kg to 220 tonnes. Annual AGV capacity reaches 10,000 units, and in October 2025 it won orders for over 1000 AGVs from two new-energy giants. Unlike pure mobile-robot firms, Jaten’s two-decade industrial-scene depth is its edge: over 2000 industrial projects delivered and 270 million hours of on-site runtime data.
In embodied-AI deployment, device R&D alone is not enough. Only massive industrial data, scene experience, control and chassis let a device run stably in a factory. Jaten’s accumulated scene data and field experience are its moat into industrial embodied intelligence. Its self-developed iCORE embodied chassis is a core supplier of industrial embodied mobile bases and one of the few chassis makers meeting overseas-export requirements for embodied-robot firms.
The iCORE chassis turns 360 degrees on the spot, carries up to 100 kg, and uses VLA and VLM models for precise control across material handling, line feeding and sorting, compatible with humanoids, AGVs, AMRs and unmanned forklifts. It is now in batch shipment at 150 to 200 units a month, with annual capacity potentially above 100,000, and Jaten is running proof-of-concept tests of 15 kg two-arm humanoids with Leju and others. Products sell to over 30 countries, with overseas revenue above 60 per cent and customers including GAC, Toyota, Volkswagen, Huawei and Midea.
Editor’s note: This is an adapted translation of the original OFweek Robot report. It has been trimmed and restructured for readability for an international business audience.
Translated and adapted from OFweek Robot (https://robot.ofweek.com/2026-08/ART-8321202-8120-30699077.html).