What Aobo does

Aobo (广州澳博信息科技有限公司, Guangzhou Aobo Information Technology Co., Ltd.) is a Guangzhou-headquartered designer, manufacturer and seller of commercial service robots founded in 2014 by You Jinlong, who entered the robotics field in 2009 in partnership with Tsinghua University's Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Automation, and MIT. The company sells a portfolio of reception/welcome, food delivery, hotel delivery, disinfection, education, security patrol and public-service robots, plus an SDK-enabled intelligent mobile chassis, to customers in catering, banking, healthcare, government/public services, education, museums, hotels and retail. Its products integrate autonomous navigation, voice interaction, computer vision (face recognition, image recognition, infrared tracking) and third-party AI voice models (DeepSeek, ChatGPT), and the company provides SDK-based secondary development, customization services, and lifelong after-sales support through WeChat.

Aobo operates a direct enterprise sales motion with four regional managers covering all 34 Chinese provinces, complemented by channel partners and an international export channel that has shipped to 16+ countries since 2015. Revenue is generated primarily through quote-based hardware sales of robots bundled with a one-year free warranty and lifetime cost-based maintenance, with secondary revenue from customization, SDK secondary development and after-sales professional services. The company holds 30 national patents, ISO 9001 certification, and National High-Tech Enterprise status (2016), and serves named enterprise customers including Guangda Bank, China Ping An, Wuhan University of Technology, and the Guangdong Provincial Museum.

Operationally, Aobo is a founder-owned, independent private company with no disclosed external investors, funding rounds or M&A activity in the source data. It maintains an in-house stack covering R&D, production, sales and after-sales in a single Guangzhou facility, supported by WeChat-based customer service and an industry-exhibition go-to-market. The company's stated strategic focus is on expanding vertical-specific robot SKUs, deepening SDK-enabled customization, and continuing international distribution rather than building proprietary AI foundation models.

Name

Aobo

Legal name

广州澳博信息科技有限公司

Website

https://aoborobot.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Aobo (广州澳博信息科技有限公司) is a Guangzhou-based Chinese manufacturer of commercial service robots — including reception, food/hotel delivery, disinfection, education, security patrol, and banking robots — sold via direct enterprise sales across all 34 Chinese provinces and exported to 16+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Service Robots

NAICS

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (333310), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment (3590), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Service & Hospitality Robots (HDAAAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Robot Software, Autonomy Stacks & Simulation (ROS, digital twins) (HDAAAIAK), Robot Hardware, Actuators & Components (sensors, grippers, motors) (HDAAAIAL)

Keywords

• Commercial service robots
• Humanoid reception robots
• Food delivery robots
• Disinfection robots
• Robot mobile chassis

Headquarters

HQ city

Guangzhou

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Robot Hardware Sales: The company generates primary revenue from selling commercial service robots including reception/guidance robots, delivery/food-serving robots, disinfection robots, education robots, security robots, and navigation/diagnosis robots. Products are sold with one-year free warranty and lifetime cost-based maintenance.
2. After-sales Services: Provides lifelong concierge-style service including warranty, maintenance, technical support, and installation services through WeChat platform. The company offers 24/7 online service support.
3. Customization and Secondary Development: Offers customized robot solutions and SDK secondary development services for enterprise clients with specific requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Aobo designs, manufactures, and sells commercial service robots — including humanoid reception/explanation robots, food and item delivery robots, banking service robots, education robots, disinfection robots, and security patrol robots — along with an intelligent mobile chassis platform with SDK support. The company delivers integrated, customizable robotic solutions for verticals such as catering, banking, healthcare, public services, government, education, hospitality, and retail, integrating DeepSeek and ChatGPT AI voice capabilities with autonomous navigation, face recognition, and computer vision.

Product overview

Aobo (澳博信息科技有限公司) is a commercial service robot manufacturer offering a comprehensive portfolio of specialized robots under different product lines. The portfolio includes humanoid welcome/explanation robots (博士, 小澳, 大金, 蓝豆, 傻强), delivery robots (奔奔, 跑跑, 卡卡, 佩奇), financial service robots (佩佩, 银银, 蒜头), disinfection robots (干雾防疫消毒奔奔), and an intelligent mobile chassis platform. The products share a modular architecture supporting SDK-based secondary development and customization. Aobo provides integrated solutions for sectors including catering, education, finance, healthcare, public services, government administration, and hotels, with robots offering capabilities across welcome reception, guidance, delivery, consultation, and disinfection applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Boshi (博士) Welcome and Explanation Robot Welcome and explanation service robot with a human-like appearance, autonomous navigation, and voice interaction capabilities for reception, guidance, and demonstration in commercial scenarios such as banks, exhibitions, and public venues.
• Qubi (Q比) AI-Powered Welcome and Explanation Robot Welcome and explanation robot equipped with DeepSeek and ChatGPT AI voice system models, capable of reception, speech dialogue, guided tours, and promotional functions. Suitable for schools, exhibition halls, scenic areas, shopping malls, kindergartens, and elderly care homes.
• Peiqi (佩奇) Food Delivery and Item Transport Robot Food delivery and item transport robot with intelligent food delivery, dish introduction, and welcome reception functions. Designed to save labor costs, attract customers, and provide advertising promotion for restaurants, hotels, malls, and service venues.
• Xiaoao (小澳) Public Service Welcome Robot Public service welcome robot for exhibition halls, science museums, and public venues. Handles exhibit explanations, display promotion, public guidance, and interactive consulting.
• Dajin (大金) Service Welcome Robot Service welcome robot for public service applications including museums, science halls, and exhibition venues. Equipped with autonomous navigation, voice interaction, and promotional capabilities.
• Landou (蓝豆) Welcome and Explanation Robot Welcome and explanation robot for public service and exhibition applications, featuring autonomous navigation and interactive consulting capabilities.
• Shaqiang (傻强) Education Robot Service robot designed for educational institutions and training organizations. Features a humanoid structure design and transmission system for educational experimentation, course studies, extracurricular activities, graduation projects, and competitions. Supports expansion of image recognition, face recognition, infrared tracking, and posture simulation capabilities as a secondary-development platform.
• Intelligent Mobile Chassis (智能移动底盘) Robot mobile chassis platform with autonomous navigation capabilities. Supports secondary development via SDK, applicable for banks, government halls, hospitals, courts, libraries, malls, and automobile 4S stores. Customizable colors available.
• Peipei (佩佩) Banking and Financial Service Robot Banking and financial sector service robot for VIP reception, business consulting, promotional campaigns, and queue ticket dispensing. Features face recognition to identify VIP customers and route them to dedicated channels.
• Yinyin (银银) Banking Service Robot Banking service robot for welcome reception and financial business consulting. Provides business inquiry, customer guidance, and promotional services for bank branches.
• Suantou (蒜头) Public Service Robot Public service robot for financial and service sector applications, featuring welcome and explanation capabilities.
• Benben (奔奔) Delivery and Transfer Robot Delivery and transfer robot for restaurants and hotels. Performs food delivery, dish introduction, and welcome reception functions. Features one-year free warranty and lifetime cost-based maintenance.
• Paopao (跑跑) Food Delivery Robot Food delivery robot for restaurant service, providing automated delivery of food and items to dining customers.
• Kaka (卡卡) Hotel Delivery Robot Hotel delivery robot for item transport in hotels and service venues. Capable of delivering items such as beverages, fast food, and documents to designated room locations safely and efficiently.
• Dry Mist Disinfection Benben (干雾防疫消毒奔奔) Dry mist disinfection robot for epidemic prevention in schools, hospitals, shopping malls, restaurants, public spaces, and training institutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Served thousands of enterprise customers across government, banking, healthcare, hospitality, education, and retail sectors
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Tsinghua University Mechanical Engineering DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Long-term research partnership for robot design and development. R&D team established in 2009 with technical support from Tsinghua University.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences Automation Research InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic technology partnership for automation and intelligent control research in robotics.
• MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational strategic partnership for technology development and innovation in robotics.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Bear Robotics: Bear Robotics is a US-based commercial service robot company specializing in restaurant food delivery and hospitality robots (Servi line). It is a direct peer to Aobo's restaurant delivery product family and competes in the same international restaurant chain buyer segment.
• Pudu Robotics: Pudu Robotics is a leading Chinese commercial service robot maker specializing in food delivery, restaurant service, and disinfection robots. It directly competes with Aobo across the same catering, hospitality, and disinfection verticals with overlapping product categories like restaurant delivery and disinfection robots.
• UBTECH Robotics: UBTECH is a leading Chinese humanoid robot maker that also offers commercial service robots for education and reception. It overlaps with Aobo's humanoid welcome robot (28-joint design) and education robot Shaqiang product lines in schools and exhibition venues.
• Keenon Robotics: Keenon Robotics is a major Chinese commercial service robot manufacturer focused on food delivery, hotel, and restaurant robots. Its product portfolio closely mirrors Aobo's delivery and disinfection lines, making it a direct head-to-head competitor in the same customer segments.
• Yunji Technology: Yunji Technology is a Chinese commercial service robot company producing hotel, restaurant, and delivery robots. Its hotel service robot competes directly with Aobo's Kaka hotel delivery line, and it shares Aobo's enterprise B2B sales motion targeting hospitality chains.
• Gaussian Robotics: Gaussian Robotics is a Chinese commercial cleaning and service robot maker with strong presence in malls, airports, and hotels. Its commercial floor-cleaning and service robots compete with Aobo's disinfection and security patrol products in the same facility-management buyer profiles.
• Unitree Robotics: Unitree Robotics is a Chinese quadruped and humanoid robot manufacturer that, while more focused on legged robots, increasingly competes in commercial demonstration and reception robotics — the same category as Aobo's humanoid welcome and education robots.
• OrionStar (Rocky Robotics / Canvio): OrionStar is a Chinese AI and service robotics company producing reception, retail, and restaurant service robots with strong language understanding capabilities. It directly competes with Aobo's welcome/reception robot lines and shares similar banking and retail customer segments.

Broad incumbents

• Hyundai Robotics: Hyundai Robotics (formerly Hyundai Heavy Industries' robotics division) is a Korean industrial and service robot maker with broader commercial offerings. While primarily industrial, its service robot efforts overlap with Aobo's commercial reception and logistics robots, especially in Asian markets.
• Siasun Robot & Automation: Siasun is one of China's largest industrial and service robotics conglomerates, with broad product lines spanning industrial robots to commercial service robots. It is a broad incumbent competitor with deeper resources than Aobo and overlapping presence in government and education verticals.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/delivery-robots

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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