{"title":"Quanzhibo vs Zhaowei: Actuation compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/quanzhibo-vs-zhaowei","comparison":"Quanzhibo ranks 3 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 89; Zhaowei ranks 75 with 56. Quanzhibo is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Quanzhibo is based in Wuxi, China, Zhaowei in Shenzhen, China. Zhaowei: Established. Quanzhibo is named in 1 signals and Zhaowei in 1.","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":"Zhaowei","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/zhaowei","city":"Shenzhen","country":"China","stage":"Established","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Zhaowei is a Chinese maker of precision gearboxes and micro-drives (SZSE:003021) named in supply-chain trackers as supplying Optimus joints, on an established micro-drive business in consumer electronics and auto. Its Optimus link is verified-light (company confirmation absent, the same skepticism as other tracker-derived names). The current revenue marker is dated (100-500m class).","assessed_in":{"domain":"Humanoids","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":75,"score":56,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":6,"firepower":6,"commercial":4,"deployment":4,"production":6,"technology":6},"why":"Zhaowei has commercialized ZWHAND dexterous-hand motor/actuator modules, directly supplying actuation components for humanoid manipulation systems.","segment":"Actuation","layer":"Components"},"signals_total":1,"facts_total":16}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}