Techman Robot Company Profile: History, Structure, Products, Leadership and Stock
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Techman Robot is a Taiwanese maker of collaborative robots that describes its product as a native AI engine, a robotic arm and a vision system in one. The company grew out of a robot laboratory at Quanta Storage, launched its first cobot in 2016, and listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 2025 with a market value of about NT$30.5 billion. This profile sets out its history, structure, product range, markets, leadership and listing.
Techman Robot at a Glance
Fact | Detail |
Company | Techman Robot Inc. (brand: TM Robot) |
Founded | 2015 |
Origins | In-house robot lab at Quanta Storage, 2012 to 2013 |
Headquarters | 5F., No. 58-2, Huaya 2nd Rd., Guishan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan |
Capital | NT$900 million at the time of its 2024 listing |
Business | Collaborative robot arms, AI software and smart factory system integration |
Sales partner | Omron, in a strategic alliance since 2018 |
Stock listing | Taiwan Stock Exchange: 4585 |
Market capitalization | About NT$30.5 billion in October 2026 |
Chairman | Ho Shi-Chi |
General Manager | Haw Chen |
Company History: From a Storage Maker's Lab to a Listed Cobot Company
Techman's roots are in Quanta Storage, the Taiwanese storage device manufacturer. In 2012 and 2013 Quanta Storage set up an in-house robot lab that built its first SCARA robot and a dual SCARA. A Robot Business Division followed in 2014. In 2015 the team developed its first collaborative robot, the TM5, and announced it at the International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo; the company dates its founding to that year. The TM5 was officially launched in 2016, when the business took the name Techman Robot Inc.
International expansion came quickly. Techman exhibited at Hannover Messe in 2017, and in 2018 it formed a strategic alliance with Omron, whose sales network now distributes its cobots. The same year the TM5 won the Red Dot, iF and Taiwan Excellence awards and the heavier TM12 and TM14 were released.
Key milestones
2012 to 2013: Quanta Storage establishes a robot lab and builds its first SCARA robots.
2014: Robot Business Division founded.
2015: TM5 developed and announced at iREX in Tokyo.
2016: TM5 officially launched; company renamed Techman Robot Inc.
2018: Strategic alliance with Omron; TM12 and TM14 released.
2019: Palletizing Solution released; subsidiary established in Shanghai; manufacturing facilities expanded.
2020: TM AI+ Trainer released; branch offices opened in South Korea and the Netherlands.
2022: The range is redefined as TM AI Cobot; TM16 and TM20 released.
2023: TM AI Cobot S series, the TM25S heavy payload cobot and a welding package released; branch office opened in Nagoya, Japan.
2024: Listed on Taiwan's Emerging Stock Market on September 26 under stock code 4585; TM30S released.
2025: Listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange; S series extended with the TM6S and TM20S.
Corporate Structure
Techman Robot is a listed Taiwanese company headquartered in Taoyuan. It sells its own collaborative robot arms, develops AI software and provides system integration for smart factories. Outside Taiwan it operates a subsidiary in Shanghai and branch offices in South Korea, the Netherlands and Japan, and sells through distributors and through the Omron network.
Markets and Applications
Industries: automotive manufacturing, electronics and semiconductors, consumer goods and packaging, logistics and warehousing, food and beverage processing, metalworking and machining, and plastics and injection molding.
Applications: palletizing and stacking, welding, material handling, assembly, inspection, machine tending, finishing, dispensing and packaging.
Mobile manipulation: cobots mounted on autonomous mobile robots.
At its listing the company named semiconductors, automotive and electronics as target industries and described its goal as developing intelligent robots with brains, eyes and hands.
Techman Robot's Leading Products
Product | Type | Notes |
TM AI Cobot series | Collaborative robot | TM5-700, TM5-900, TM12, TM14, TM16 and TM20 |
TM AI Cobot S series | Collaborative robot | Newer series with advanced AI vision features, including the TM6S, TM20S, TM25S and TM30S |
AI Vision | Built-in vision | Defect detection and rapid object recognition |
TMflow | Software | Patented flow-based programming with click and drag, no coding required |
TM AI+ Trainer | Software | Tool for training AI vision models, released in 2020 |
Palletizing Solution | Application package | Released in 2019 |
Welding package | Application package | Released in 2023 |
S Series Rugged Solution | Protected cobot | Released in 2024 |
Techman Robot product reviews on All Things Cobots
Leadership and Management
Name | Role |
Ho Shi-Chi | Chairman |
Haw Chen | General Manager |
Stock Information
Item | Detail |
Listing | Taiwan Stock Exchange: 4585 |
Earlier listing | Taiwan Emerging Stock Market from September 26, 2024 |
Market capitalization | About NT$30.5 billion in October 2026 |
Note: market figures are indicative as of early October 2026 and change daily. This section is general information, not investment advice.
Strengths and Challenges
Strengths
A vision system and AI built into every arm.
Hardware and software developed in-house, with deployed smart factory projects.
International reach through the Omron alliance.
A range that now extends to heavy payload cobots.
Challenges
A crowded cobot market with strong global and Chinese competitors.
Dependence on electronics and semiconductor investment.
Reliance on a partner network for much of its international distribution.
Outlook
Techman's stated plans center on AI: image-language models, program generation and big data analysis, applied to robots that combine perception, reasoning and manipulation.
Current Catalogue Coverage
Catalogue checked on 15 October 2026: 8 associated product records. The links below are representative entries, rather than a claim that every historical model is currently available.
Techman Robot FAQ
Is Techman Robot publicly traded?
Yes. Techman Robot listed on Taiwan's Emerging Stock Market in September 2024 and on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 2025, under the stock code 4585.
When was Techman Robot founded?
In 2015, after starting as a robot lab at Quanta Storage in 2012 and 2013. Its first cobot, the TM5, was officially launched in 2016.
What is the relationship between Techman and Omron?
The two companies have had a strategic alliance since 2018, and Omron's network sells Techman cobots.
Where is Techman Robot based?
In Guishan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
What makes Techman cobots different?
They combine a robotic arm with a built-in vision system and an AI engine, and are programmed with the flow-based TMflow software.
Sources
Techman Robot: history
Techman Robot: listing on the Emerging Stock Market
Techman Robot: products and solutions
Simply Wall St: Techman Robot company information
