XYZ Robotics

XYZ Robotics (星猿哲科技) is a Shanghai-based robotics company founded in 2018 that specializes in hand-eye coordination technology for logistics and industrial automation . The company was established by CEO Zhou Jiaji (CMU robotics PhD), CTO Yu Guanting (MIT EECS PhD), and COO Xing Lianglibo (Peking University master's), with early core team members drawn from MIT, CMU, Northwestern and other institutions .

The company's technical vision is "Pick anything. Place anywhere anyway" — enabling robots to handle unstructured picking tasks through deep learning, 3D geometric vision, motion planning algorithms, and patented quick-change gripper systems . Its solutions target logistics piece-picking, mixed-case palletizing/depalletizing, and industrial loading/unloading applications, with claims of 99.9% accuracy and two-year payback periods in deployed warehouse stations .

XYZ Robotics gained early recognition as the only team worldwide to place in the top three of the Amazon Robotics Challenge for three consecutive years (2015–2017) . The company has raised multiple rounds from prominent Chinese VCs: Gaorong Ventures led its ~$8 million Series A in 2019, followed by a ~$20 million Series A+ in 2020 led by Source Code Capital, a $35 million Series B in 2021 led by Capital Today, and a ~$40 million Series B+ in 2022 again led by Capital Today, with Gaorong and 5Y Capital participating across subsequent rounds .