{"title":"Quanzhibo vs Schaeffler: Actuation compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/quanzhibo-vs-schaeffler","comparison":"Quanzhibo ranks 3 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 89; Schaeffler ranks 10 with 85. Quanzhibo is ahead on deployment, production, commercials and leverage. Schaeffler is ahead on firepower. Level on progress, technology and positioning. Quanzhibo is based in Wuxi, China, Schaeffler in Herzogenaurach, Germany. Schaeffler: Public, founded 1946. Quanzhibo is named in 1 signals and Schaeffler in 161.","companies":[{"name":"Quanzhibo","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/quanzhibo","city":"Wuxi","country":"China","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Quanzhibo (泉智博) makes integrated joint modules for humanoid and general robots, and the shipment numbers are the reason it scores as highly as it does on deployment and production. In the first half of 2026 cumulative shipments of integrated joint modules passed 120,000 units, with over 60,000 shipped in June alone, the steepest ramp of any component maker in this registry. FY2025 orders exceeded RMB 150 million and 2026 orders are expected to reach several hundred million RMB. In April 2026 its precision joint production base in Wuxi entered production with a planned annual capacity at the million-unit level: an automation rate above 85 percent, a 90-second cycle time per joint module, first-pass qualification stable above 96 percent and product yield at 98 percent. Those are manufacturing figures rather than prototype claims, which is unusual in this segment and is why production scores 5. The investor base is the other signal: Hillhouse and Agibot both backed the company, putting Agibot on the cap table of both this row and Critical Point. Named customers are Leju Robotics, Songyan Dynamics and Galaxea. The company is splitting its footprint by function, keeping Wuxi as the manufacturing base while investing in Beijing and Shenzhen for research and embodied AI commercialisation and in Chongqing for large-scale high-end manufacturing and delivery stability. Data gaps: no founding date, headcount or registered entity name; the funding round size, structure and valuation are ","assessed_in":{"domain":"Humanoids","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":3,"score":89,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":10,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":8,"deployment":10,"production":10,"technology":8},"why":"Quanzhibo manufactures integrated precision joint modules, the actuators that drive humanoid and embodied-intelligence robots.","segment":"Actuation","layer":"Components"},"signals_total":1,"facts_total":42},{"name":"Schaeffler","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/schaeffler","city":"Herzogenaurach","country":"Germany","stage":"Public","founded":1946,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Schaeffler is a German motion-technology group (>EUR 22B) taking the most hedged position in the humanoid vertical, playing four roles at once: supplier to ~45 humanoid OEM programs (with first meaningful contracts secured, including a five-year Tier-1 actuator deal with Humanoid UK), buyer committed to two four-digit fleets (>=1,000 Hexagon AEON by 2032 and a four-digit Humanoid Alpha rollout, first units in German plants by end-2026), investor (a Neura Series C participant), and an Agility Digit customer. Mass production of humanoid components launches before end-2026, its component set spanning bearings, roller screws, reducers, motors, sensors, and actuators. Robotics is <1% of 2025 sales, yet the Schaeffler Effect has re-rated its stock as a humanoid proxy, with the CEO targeting an order book in the hundreds of millions of euros by 2030.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Humanoids","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":10,"score":85,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":10,"commercial":5,"deployment":9,"production":8,"technology":8},"why":"Schaeffler supplies actuator systems and motion-technology components for humanoid robots, including formed strain-wave gearboxes intended for humanoid joints.","segment":"Actuation","layer":"Components"},"signals_total":161,"facts_total":125}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}