Lightweight collaborative robot arms for manufacturing, education, and research
Elephant Robotics designs and manufactures compact collaborative robot arms and bionic robots, with a tech stack centered on embedded systems (STM32, FreeRTOS, EtherCAT) and geometric computation (OpenCASCADE, CGAL, VTK). Active project work spans desktop CNC/3D printer integration, servo stacking, and test automation—signaling expansion beyond pure arm sales into modular desktop manufacturing tools. Engineering-heavy hiring (11 of 14 roles) skews senior, suggesting product complexity and integration challenges rather than entry-level scaling.
Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Shenzhen, Elephant Robotics develops collaborative robot arms, bionic robots (MarsCat), and intelligent manufacturing solutions. The company operates across consumer-grade (myCobot, myPalletizer, myAGV), professional, and modular joint components. Products are deployed in manufacturing automation, education, research, and commercial settings across China, Japan, Korea, the US, Germany, and Europe. The core team includes international engineers and partnerships with universities including Melbourne University and Moscow's National Nuclear Research University.
Primary stack: ARM, C++, Python, STM32, FreeRTOS, EtherCAT, OpenCASCADE, CGAL, VTK. Build/CI: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Git. Design tools: FreeCAD, Keil. Also uses Modbus, Go, Java, Excel, CNC software.
Desktop CNC/3D printer design and control boards, servo stacking for robot arms, CAM cutting path planning, test automation for arm functionality and reliability, and 3D print support generation algorithms.
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