Industrial robots, integrated and proven
6-axis robots, SCARAs, collaborative robots, palletizers, welding cells and autonomous mobile robots — sourced from Chinese OEMs and integrated to your line by audited integration partners.
Robot sourcing is integration sourcing
An industrial robot is rarely useful as a bare arm. The deliverable is an integrated cell — robot plus end-of-arm tooling, fixtures, vision system, safety guarding, controller programming and the production line interface — and that integration is most of the cost and most of the risk. The buyer who orders just the arm and assumes the integration will follow has signed up for the most expensive part of the project without a plan.
Sourcing Captain places robot orders as integration projects. We source from Chinese robot OEMs (Estun, Inovance, Siasun, JAKA, Borunte and others) and we work with audited Chinese integrators who turn the bare arm into a working cell. The buyer agrees the cell's production target — cycle time, payload, reach, repeatability — and we build a contract that hits it.
The category covers 6-axis articulated robots from 3 kg to 500 kg payload, SCARAs for high-speed pick-and-place, collaborative robots for safe operation alongside humans, palletizers and depalletizers, welding cells (MIG, TIG, laser, spot), and autonomous mobile robots / AGVs for material handling.
Robot integration sourcing — six steps
Cell brief
Cycle time, payload, reach, repeatability, safety class and production target as a single brief.
Robot + integrator
Robot OEM and integration partner picked together — never one without the other.
Cell design
Mechanical, electrical, vision and safety design reviewed before contract signs.
Build & program
Cell built and programmed at the integrator's facility, with regular progress checks.
Integrated FAT
Witnessed integrated FAT against the cell brief — cycle time, payload, repeatability, safety.
Site commissioning
Cell shipped, re-assembled and commissioned at the buyer's site by the integrator's team.
Integrated cell deliverables
Cell design pack
Mechanical, electrical, vision and safety design as as-built drawings.
Robot program
Robot program code with revision history, on the controller and as a backup file.
Vision system config
Vision system parameters, calibration files and runtime configuration.
Safety risk assessment
Safety risk assessment to ISO 12100 and protective measures to ISO 10218.
FAT report
Witnessed integrated FAT report against the cell brief.
Operator training
Operator and maintenance training on the cell, on site or remote.
The integration gap is where Chinese robot projects fail
The most common failure in a Chinese robot project is not the robot — it is the integration. The arm arrives on time. The end-of-arm tool arrives a month late. The vision system uses a different protocol than the controller expects. The safety guarding does not pass the buyer's local audit. The cell sits half-built for months while engineers exchange emails across a 12-hour time difference.
A sourcing partner who treats the integration as the primary deliverable, who lines up the integrator before the arm ships, and who runs an integrated FAT before any equipment leaves China is what makes Chinese robotics work for global buyers. The cell that lands at the buyer's site is a working cell, not a kit.
Robot sourcing FAQs
Which robot OEMs do you work with?
Estun, Inovance, Siasun, JAKA (cobots), Borunte, Step, Aubo, EFORT and several other Chinese robot OEMs. For specific brands not listed we will scope before quoting.
Can you supply collaborative robots?
Yes — collaborative robots from JAKA, Aubo and others, with payloads from 3 kg to 18 kg. Cobot integration is generally faster and lower-risk than full industrial robot integration but the cell brief is the same.
Do you handle welding and laser cells?
Yes — MIG, TIG, plasma, spot and laser welding cells with the right power source and process control. Welding cells are typically integrator-led; we book the right Chinese welding cell integrator for the application.
Will you handle AGV / AMR fleets?
Yes — autonomous mobile robots and AGVs from Chinese OEMs, with fleet management software and integration into the buyer's WMS or MES. Site survey is the first step on these projects.
How long is integration typically?
Standard pick-and-place cells: 12–20 weeks. Welding and machine tending cells: 16–28 weeks. Multi-robot lines and fleets: 26–52 weeks. We confirm a binding lead time after the cell design review.
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