ROKAE Humanoid Force-Controlled Arms Reach 10,000

ROKAE humanoid force-controlled arms have reached 10,000 deliveries, the company says. It describes the September milestone in an October 26 announcement. The count covers the Chinese company's humanoid arm line, not every industrial or collaborative robot it sells.[1]

The announcement is useful evidence of manufacturing output, not a public measure of working installations. ROKAE has not released customer names for the 10,000 arms, an uptime figure, a failure rate, or an independent count of deployed systems.

What did ROKAE deliver?

ROKAE describes the milestone as 10,000 humanoid force-controlled arms delivered from its Shandong manufacturing base. Its AR range is a component line for humanoid and dual-arm systems, not a complete humanoid robot. The product page lists seven degrees of freedom, a 3 to 10 kilogram payload range, and up to 5 kilograms for the lightweight arm configuration.[1][2]

Those claims describe the arm range, but the release does not break down deliveries by AR model, payload, customer, or application. ROKAE added AR3 and AR10 models in May, alongside its earlier AR5 platform.[3]

"The number itself matters less to us than the trust behind it," ROKAE founder and CEO Tuo Hua said in the company's announcement.[1]

Where are the arms being used?

ROKAE says five Helios wheeled humanoids fitted with AR Series arms handle parts, assembly, and inspection at Schaeffler's Taicang lighthouse factory in China. That is a named production setting, but ROKAE has not supplied task-cycle times, intervention rates, shift coverage, or a customer-confirmed assessment of the line.[1]

For readers comparing claims of factory use, our humanoid robots in warehouses explainer separates deployed work from announced plans. The Arm Robotics Capability Framework also explains why task conditions and supervision matter more than a single capability label.

What the 10,000 figure does and does not show

The 10,000 figure is a shipment claim from ROKAE. It indicates that the company has made a substantial number of a specific robot component. It does not show that every arm operates in a factory or produces the same results.

ROKAE says more than 80 industrial partners have integrated its humanoid arms into production applications. It has not published the partner list or the basis for that count.[1] The distinction matters because arm deliveries, robot shipments, and completed production tasks measure different things. Our coverage of CJ Logistics warehouse robots shows the level of task detail needed to assess a live deployment.

ROKAE force-controlled arms FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How many humanoid force-controlled arms has ROKAE delivered?

ROKAE says it reached 10,000 deliveries from its humanoid force-controlled arm product line in September 2026. The company announced the milestone on October 26.

Is a ROKAE AR arm a complete humanoid robot?

No. ROKAE markets the AR Series as a force-controlled arm line for humanoid and dual-arm robot systems.

Has ROKAE published independent reliability data for the 10,000 arms?

No independent fleet audit, uptime figure, failure rate, or task-success rate appears in the sources cited here.