DEEP Robotics ranks 82 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 79; Exotec ranks 98 with 77. DEEP Robotics is ahead on progress and firepower. Exotec is ahead on commercials and leverage. Level on deployment, production, technology and positioning. DEEP Robotics is based in Hangzhou, China, Exotec in Croix, France. Exotec: Established. DEEP Robotics is named in 34 signals and Exotec in 10.
DEEP Robotics builds quadruped and wheeled-legged robots, including Lynx, for substation inspection, industrial work, rough terrain and harvesting.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
DEEP Robotics is a Chinese maker of the Jueying X quadruped (681 sold in 2025, 58% of revenue) plus the wheeled-legged Shanmao M and a nascent DR humanoid, serving power-grid inspection, rescue, and public security, with 2025 revenue of RMB 337M (~$46.8M) and its first net profit (RMB 29M) after 2023-24 losses. Its STAR Market IPO filing was accepted (May 2026, a ~$347M target), and it is in the inquiry stage. Quadrupeds are its revenue base; the humanoid is still <1%.
34 signals name DEEP Robotics.
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Exotec sells the Skypod robotic warehouse system, including autonomous mobile robots, to industrial and e-commerce warehouse operators.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
Exotec is a French warehouse-robotics maker whose Skypod system has 10,000+ robots across 200+ sites (>$1B cumulative sales by 2024), with a $400M Next-Gen Skypod pipeline across 20+ projects. It signed a DSV strategic partnership (June 2026), went live at Trusco Nakayama in Japan (August 2026), and runs a Decathlon multi-site EU program. Revenue is estimated at 100-500m a year.
10 signals name Exotec.
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DEEP Robotics ranks 82 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 79; Exotec ranks 98 with 77. DEEP Robotics is ahead on progress and firepower. Exotec is ahead on commercials and leverage. Level on deployment, production, technology and positioning. DEEP Robotics is based in Hangzhou, China, Exotec in Croix, France. Exotec: Established. DEEP Robotics is named in 34 signals and Exotec in 10.
DEEP Robotics ranks 82 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 79; Exotec ranks 98 with 77. DEEP Robotics is ahead on progress and firepower. Exotec is ahead on commercials and leverage. Level on deployment, production, technology and positioning. DEEP Robotics is based in Hangzhou, China, Exotec in Croix, France. Exotec: Established. DEEP Robotics is named in 34 signals and Exotec in 10. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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