Summary：This Shanghai-developed heavy-duty robotic arm represents a breakthrough in ultra-high payload industrial automation, combining 5-ton load handling with sub-millimeter precision in a compact, fully independently developed system. It highlights a new generation of intelligent heavy-duty robotics designed for high-risk, high-load manufacturing environments.
A robotics enterprise in Shanghai has been selected for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's 2025 "Challenge-Based" Project for Intelligent Manufacturing System Solutions, ranking among the seven Shanghai-based entities on the list. This achievement marks a key breakthrough in tackling core equipment challenges in intelligent manufacturing and advancing industrial intelligent upgrading.
A heavy-duty special handling robotic arm, with a height of 3.66 meters and a weight of 19 tons, features flexible rotation performance. It can precisely execute translation and flipping of 5-ton loads along preset trajectories within seconds. All core components are independently developed, and its dual-motor joint axis structure enables a maximum 5-ton load capacity and repeat positioning accuracy within 0.3 millimeters, reaching internationally advanced standards.
The technical team noted that its load capacity exceeds that of the world’s largest comparable robotic arm, integrating core technologies such as heavy-duty RV reducers and multi-machine coordinated motion control algorithms.
Heavy-duty special robots have broad industrial applications and have completed engineering validation in material handling across new energy vehicles, nuclear power, metallurgy, chemical engineering, and other sectors. They can replace manual labor in high-risk, high-load environments, enabling intelligent transformation of heavy-duty operations.
This class of heavy-duty intelligent robotic equipment shows strong market potential, with significant output value achieved in 2025 and ongoing order negotiations for the following year. The R&D and industrialization team expects product revenue to double next year, along with substantial growth in shipment volume and overall output value.
