Elephant Robotics Company Profile: History, Products and Investors
Updated: 7 days ago
Elephant Robotics is a Chinese robot maker best known for myCobot, a family of small, low-cost six-axis arms used in education, research and light commercial work. It was established in August 2016 with seed backing from the HAX accelerator. This profile sets out what the company's own account confirms about its history, products and investors.
Elephant Robotics at a Glance
Fact | Detail |
Company | Elephant Robotics |
Established | August 2016 |
Founder named by the company | Joey Song |
Country | China |
Best-known product | myCobot desktop collaborative arms |
Early investors | HAX and SOSV, 2016; Cloud Angel Fund, 2017 |
Stock listing | None found |
Company History
Elephant Robotics was formally established in August 2016 and joined the HAX hardware accelerator, receiving seed funding from HAX's parent SOSV. An angel round from Cloud Angel Fund followed in 2017, the year the company launched the Elephant 5, an industrial collaborative robot, and was named among the ten most innovative Chinese companies at CES. It made its first appearance at Hannover Messe in 2018.
The company then moved toward small, affordable machines. It created MarsCat, which it describes as the first bionic pet cat, and developed myCobot, which it describes as the world's smallest six-axis collaborative robot. It also set up a joint research laboratory for intelligent robots with South China University of Technology.
Key milestones
2016: Established; HAX and SOSV seed funding.
2017: Angel round; Elephant 5 industrial cobot launched.
2018: First appearance at Hannover Messe.
Following years: MarsCat, myCobot, myCobot Pro and the myAGV mobile base introduced.
Products
Group | Products |
Desktop arms | myCobot series, mechArm 270, ultraArm, myPalletizer 260, myArm and the dual-arm myBuddy 280 |
Commercial arms | myCobot Pro series |
Mobile | myAGV series |
Humanoids | Mercury A1, B1 and X1 |
Industrial arms | C, P and M series |
Robotic pets | MarsCat, metaCat, metaDog and metaPanda |
Accessories | Grippers, cameras and AI kits |
The company says its collaborative robots have been sold in Korea, Japan, the United States, Germany, Italy, Greece and other countries. Its main customers are schools, universities, research labs and developers, for whom the low price and open programming interfaces matter more than industrial payloads.
Elephant Robotics product reviews on All Things Cobots
What Is Not Public
The company's own pages do not state its revenue, employee numbers, shipment totals or later funding rounds, so those are left out here.
Can You Invest in Elephant Robotics?
No public listing was found. It is a privately held company.
Strengths and Challenges
Strengths
A recognized brand in desktop and education robots.
A very wide range, from pets to humanoids.
Prices that open robotics to schools and hobbyists.
Challenges
Small arms with limited use in industrial production.
Competition from other Chinese desktop robot makers.
Limited public disclosure.
Current Catalogue Coverage
Catalogue checked on 15 October 2026: 10 associated product records. The links below are representative entries, rather than a claim that every historical model is currently available.
Elephant Robotics FAQ
When was Elephant Robotics founded?
It was formally established in August 2016.
What is myCobot?
Elephant Robotics' family of small six-axis collaborative robot arms for education, research and light commercial use.
Is Elephant Robotics publicly traded?
No public listing was found.
Who invested in Elephant Robotics?
HAX and SOSV provided seed funding in 2016, and Cloud Angel Fund an angel round in 2017.
Does Elephant Robotics make humanoid robots?
Yes, the Mercury A1, B1 and X1.
Sources
Elephant Robotics: our company
