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Estun Automation completes buyout of robotics unit Codroid

The Chinese industrial robotics maker paid 487 million yuan in cash to bring collaborative arms and embodied AI software in-house under consolidated accounts.

Technicians inspect lightweight collaborative robotic arms along a production line inside an industrial automation facility. (AI-generated image)
Technicians inspect lightweight collaborative robotic arms along a production line inside an industrial automation facility. (AI-generated image)

Estun Automation said Sept. 7 it had completed the buyout of collaborative robotics unit Estun Codroid, folding the subsidiary into its group accounts to accelerate flexible factory automation.

The transaction brings lightweight articulated arms and robotic motion algorithms under the company's direct operational control. Estun Automation is China's largest domestic industrial robot producer by shipment volume.

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Xiuying Luo

China correspondent, robotics and manufacturing — Xiuying Luo covers Chinese robot makers, machine tools and the automation of assembly work across the manufacturing base.

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