What FAIR does

FAIRINO (Fairino (Suzhou) Robot Technology Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese collaborative robot (cobot) manufacturer founded in 2019 by Yao Ting and Gong Xiangfeng, both Harbin Institute of Technology graduates, headquartered in Suzhou with manufacturing plants in Suzhou and Zibo and regional offices in Shenzhen, South Korea, and Japan. The company designs and produces the FR-series cobots (payloads 3–30 kg: FR3, FR5, FR10, FR16, FR20, FR30) along with all core components in-house—gearboxes, servo motors, DST toothed harmonic reducers, and a proprietary robot control system—and supports them with an open FR+ ecosystem platform, ROS/ROS2 drivers, and SDKs in C++, C#, Python, and Java.

The product portfolio extends beyond hardware into software and applications: AIRLab (self-developed AI vision and planning for welding seam recognition), welding/palletizing/pick-and-place software packages, an offline simulation platform, and the FR-CLOUD Industrial Internet platform supporting 1,100+ industrial protocols. Vertical solutions include a Class II medical-licensed moxibustion robot and a rehabilitation robot based on the FR16. The business model is exclusively indirect: FAIRINO sells through a global network of channel partners and integrators across more than 40 countries, with hardware ASPs starting at 22,800 RMB for the FR3 and aggressive cost-performance positioning against established Western and Chinese cobot vendors.

Commercially, the company reported over $50M in Series B financing in August 2023 led by Source Capital with Alibaba and Meituan participation, and has been ranked first in China by domestic cobot shipments in H1 2024 (over 3,000 units), with over 1,000 welding-market deliveries in the same period. Revenue is generated through hardware sales, software and application packages, accessories (grippers, 3D vision, AGVs, force sensors), and education programs such as the 'Hundred Schools Thousand Machines' initiative. Named enterprise customers include China Construction Steel Structure and Honglu Steel Structure in welding, with over 30 enterprise customers disclosed at the time of Series B.

Name

FAIR

Legal name

Fairino (Suzhou) Robot Technology Co., Ltd.

Website

https://frtech.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Short description

FAIRINO is a Chinese collaborative robot manufacturer producing the FR-series cobots (3–30 kg payloads) with proprietary core components, selling exclusively through integrators across 40+ countries serving automotive, 3C electronics, welding, healthcare, and education customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Collaborative Robots

NAICS

Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Robots (Articulated, SCARA, Delta, Cartesian) (IMAHAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Controllers & Control Systems (PLCs, PACs, CNC Controllers) (IMAHAHAH), Motion Control Components (Servos, Drives, Motors, Encoders) (IMAHAHAG), Robot Hardware, Actuators & Components (sensors, grippers, motors) (HDAAAIAL), Motion & Machine Control (CNC, Robotics Controllers, Servo/Motion Controllers) (IMAGABAG)

Keywords

• Collaborative robots
• Industrial automation
• Welding automation
• Robotic palletizing
• Robot vision systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Suzhou

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Collaborative Robot Hardware Sales: Sale of collaborative robot products (FR3, FR5, FR10, FR16, FR20, FR30 series) and accessories including grippers, 3D vision cameras, AGVs, force sensors. Products sold exclusively through channel partners and integrators, not directly to end customers.
2. Software and Application Packages: Proprietary software solutions including welding process packages, palletizing software, pick & place applications, moxibustion software, and offline simulation platforms. SDK offerings for C#, C++, Python, Java, and ROS development.
3. Education and Training Programs: Robot education programs including the 'One Hundred Schools and One Thousand Machines' initiative providing FR5-SPARK units to university students and enthusiasts at subsidized pricing, plus FAIRINO Community platform access.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels20 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

FAIRINO designs, manufactures, and sells the FR Series of collaborative robots (payloads 3–30 kg) together with supporting software, AI vision, and accessories. The company self-develops all core components including gearboxes, servo motors, harmonic reducers, and control systems, and distributes globally through a channel model targeting automation integrators in automotive, 3C electronics, welding, food & beverage, and healthcare industries.

Product overview

FAIRINO is a collaborative robot (cobot) company that prioritizes supply chain innovation and has achieved independent R&D of all core components including harmonic reducers and servo motors. The product portfolio centers on the FR Series collaborative robots (FR3, FR5, FR10, FR16, FR20, FR30) with variants for different applications. Supporting the hardware is a comprehensive software ecosystem including the AIRLab AI vision system, FAIRINO Software Platform (with welding, palletizing, pick & place packages), and Offline Programming Platform. The ecosystem extends through compatible accessories (grippers, 3D vision, AGV, force sensors), the FR-CLOUD Industrial Internet platform for IoT solutions, and vertical solutions for welding, palletizing, moxibustion, and rehabilitation. The company operates through an integrator-partner model, providing hardware and software platforms to automation integrators rather than directly serving end customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FAIRINO Software: Robot control software platform including FAIRINO Software IXM, application software for welding, palletizing, pick & place, and disordered sorting, plus program modules for human-robot interface and offline simulation.
• FR Series Products
• AIRLab
• FAIRINO Ecosystem
• FR-CLOUD
• FAIRINO Offline Platform
• Hundred Schools Thousand Machines Plan
• FR+ Platform

Products and services

• FR Series Collaborative Robots Flagship collaborative robot line spanning 3kg to 30kg payloads with variants for standard, cleanroom (C), welding (WMS/WML), and SPARK educational use cases; self-developed core components including gearboxes, servo motors, and harmonic reducers.
• Robot Control System Proprietary compact robot control system (245×280×46.5mm control box) supporting TCP/IP, Modbus TCP/IP, Modbus RTU communications and compatible with multiple SDKs including C++, C#, Python, and Java.
• Welding Software Package Comprehensive welding automation software supporting swing welding (triangular, L-shape, circle, zigzag, sine wave patterns), arc tracking, wire positioning, and welding interruption recovery; compatible with global mainstream welding machine brands.
• Palletizing Software Turnkey palletizing software with self-developed palletizing package enabling three-step setup, graphical programming, and support for ChatGPT-generated palletizing programs; reports over 30% efficiency improvement in 7x24 hour operation.
• Pick & Place Solution Automated pick & place solution integrating 3D camera (e.g., Orbbec Gemini 2) with deep learning algorithms to recognize objects of different shapes and sizes; achieves ±1mm deviation accuracy and completes over 200 picking tasks per hour.
• FAIRINO Offline Simulation Platform Original integrated unit for offline robot programming including path computation, simulation, optimization, and post-processing; integrates CNC offline programming with robot simulation and features collision detection, singularity avoidance, and workspace travel detection.
• FAIRINO AIRLab AI-powered vision and planning system with self-developed algorithms enabling AI-interactive robot control, weld seam recognition through point cloud algorithms with or without models, and natural language command processing for automated code generation.
• FR-CLOUD Industrial Internet Platform Industrial Internet solution platform aggregating enterprise IT/OT data, supporting over 1,100 industrial protocols for equipment IoT lifecycle management, intelligent manufacturing, product intelligence, and industry chain solutions.
• FAIRINO Ecosystem Accessories Ecosystem of plug-and-play accessories including grippers, 3D vision cameras (Orbbec Gemini 2, NANO-Pro), AGV mobile platforms, and force sensors (FR-6F-75MM) for cobot deployment.
• Moxibustion Robot Solution Collaborative robot solution for traditional Chinese moxibustion therapy using vision recognition and motion control to achieve ±0.02mm positioning precision, reproducing five moxibustion techniques with triple safety protection; holds a national Class II medical license.
• Rehabilitation Robot Solution Medical rehabilitation solution using the FR16 cobot (16kg payload, 1076mm reach, ±0.03mm repeatability) for upper and lower limb rehabilitation therapy with real-time data traceability and systematic security guarantees.
• FAIRINO Education Solution Robot education platform including the FAIRINO-SPARK Plan for university students, offering an open hardware and software platform with vision camera, gripper, and AGV integration for research and development collaboration.
• Explosion-proof Collaborative Robot Explosion-proof variant of the FR Series cobot certified for use in explosive gas environments and hazardous areas with combustible dust, with multiple explosion-proof designs to address petrochemical and similar use cases.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30%+ palletizing efficiency improvement through 7x24h automated operation
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability7 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered strategic, key account and secondary.

• MIT Team (TutoIntelligence)strategicTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration with MIT research team for innovation and application of collaborative robot technology, bringing academic expertise to product development.
• EverlaststrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with American welding machine brand to develop high-performance welding solutions combining FAIRINO robots with Everlast welding equipment.
• China Construction Steel Structurekey accountStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading enterprise in steel structure construction using FAIRINO welding solutions for intelligent transformation of welding processes.
• Honglu Steel Structurekey accountStrategic or Co-development PartnerSteel structure manufacturing partner using FAIRINO collaborative robot welding solutions for production automation.
• Shenzhen Workers Relief FoundationsecondaryGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership to promote automation professionalism training for frontline workers, enabling more people to participate in machine replacement era.
• Shenzhen Robotics AssociationstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive member supporting industry-university-research collaboration, intellectual property development, testing and standards for collaborative robots.
• Shenzhen Artificial Intelligence Industry AssociationstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to promote deep integration of industrial chain, innovation chain and talent chain in South China market.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Universal Robots: Denmark-based global market leader in collaborative robots with UR3/UR5/UR10/UR16/UR20/UR30 lineup directly comparable to FAIRINO's FR series. Competes head-to-head in welding, palletizing, and machine tending; FAIRINO's value proposition is explicitly positioned as offering equivalent performance at one-fifth to one-third of UR pricing.
• AUBO Robotics: China-based cobot manufacturer offering comparable payload range and competitive pricing. Direct domestic competitor with strong presence in welding and palletizing applications in the Chinese market.
• Doosan Robotics: South Korea-based cobot manufacturer with global distribution. Competes with FAIRINO in APAC and offers similar payload range and application packages; particularly relevant given FAIRINO's Seongnam office and Korean distributor presence.
• Techman Robot: Taiwan-based cobot manufacturer known for built-in vision systems and TMflow programming. Competes directly with FAIRINO in Asian markets, particularly in 3C electronics and automotive applications where integrated vision is a key buying criterion.
• JAKA Robotics: China-based cobot company targeting similar price-performance positioning with all-in-one joint module architecture. Competes head-to-head with FAIRINO in education, 3C, and light industrial applications domestically.
• Elite Robot: China-headquartered cobot vendor with international footprint, comparable payload range (3–35 kg). Competes with FAIRINO in similar automotive, 3C, and F&B automation segments across global markets.

Broad incumbents

• Yaskawa (Motoman): Japanese industrial robot manufacturer with HC cobot series. Broad incumbent competing in welding and palletizing — key overlap with FAIRINO's strongest verticals — through established distributor and direct channels.
• ABB Robotics: Swiss-Swedish industrial automation incumbent with cobot portfolio (GoFa, SWIFTI) alongside articulated industrial robots. Overlaps with FAIRINO in automotive and electronics but at higher price points and broader portfolio scale.
• KUKA: German industrial robot and automation incumbent offering LBR iiwa cobot alongside its broader industrial robot portfolio. Competes with FAIRINO in automotive and large-scale industrial automation but at significantly higher price points.
• FANUC: Japanese industrial automation giant offering CRX cobot line and extensive ARC Mate welding robot portfolio. Competes in welding automation where FAIRINO has its leading cobot position and represents the enterprise-grade incumbent benchmark.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/93862977/admin/dashboard

Compliance21 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors12 records

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M&A

Investments

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