About Q-Arm Robotics

We started with one question

Why should great coffee depend on who happens to be on shift today?

Our Story

From one inconsistent latte to a +/-0.1 mm robotic arm

In 2021, two engineers with more than a decade each in robotics and food-service operations noticed the same flat white served three very different ways at the same specialty cafe. The issue was not the beans. It was operating variance - and that is exactly what robotics can solve.

That insight led to the founding of Q-Arm Robotics. After three years of R&D, thousands of beverage cycles, and multiple iterations of proprietary joint modules, the Q-Arm Barista Standard completed commercial validation. We are not building a gimmick robot. We are building a production-grade automation system.

Next, we are extending the platform into enterprise multi-unit deployments with Q-Arm Barista Pro, while bringing the same precision control stack into additional beverage categories.

Our Story
Milestones

From prototype to commercial rollout

2021

Company founded

Core team assembled and the dual-arm force-control + on-device vision path was established.

2022

First working prototype

More than 5,000 internal beverage cycles completed, alongside first-generation joint module validation.

2023

First commercial pilot

A 90-day pilot in a Beijing specialty cafe delivered 98.7% consistency under live conditions.

2026

Commercial launch

Q-Arm Barista Standard launched commercially and strategic hospitality partnerships moved into rollout.

Leadership Team

Built by people who understand real robotics

Our team combines robotics engineering, computer vision, manufacturing, and commercial deployment experience across top institutions and operators.

Founder / CEO

Hailiang Wu — Founder / CEO

Strategy · Commercialization · Fundraising

  • M.S. in Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University
  • Former VP of Hardware Products at ByteDance
  • Former GM of a robotics business unit that launched coffee and kitchen robotics products in China
  • Former leader of a consumer underwater robotics division with global product commercialization experience
  • Robotics systems engineer with 20+ invention patents across national R&D programs
Co-founder / CTO

Co-founder — Co-founder / CTO

Motion Control · Embedded Systems · Architecture

  • Ph.D. in Control Engineering, Zhejiang University
  • Former motion control algorithm specialist at DJI
  • Holder of 8 motion-control patents
  • Led proprietary Q-Arm joint module development
Head of Computer Vision

Head of Computer Vision — Head of Computer Vision

Vision Algorithms · AI · Data

  • Ph.D., Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Former object detection researcher at Megvii
  • Leads Q-Arm latte-art vision system development
  • Author of six top-tier CV papers
Head of Business Development

Head of Business Development — Head of Business Development

Sales · Partnerships · Customer Success

  • MBA, Fudan University
  • 12 years in hospitality and food-service B2B sales
  • Led partnerships with Marriott, HEYTEA, and other leading brands
  • Annual signed customer GMV above RMB 200M
Capability Snapshot

What the numbers actually mean

30+
Years of cumulative robotics experience
50+
Commercial robot units deployed
15+
Patents and proprietary IP assets
5+
Top-tier academic publications
01

Engineering integrity

We validate specs with hard testing data. If we publish a number, it has already survived stress testing.

02

Customer outcomes first

Success is measured by customer unit economics and service quality, not by robot shipments alone.

03

Long-term thinking

We invest in core technologies - from joints to perception - instead of relying on shallow integration.

Partners

Co-validated with category leaders

Huawei
KFC
Haidilao
Marriott International
HEYTEA
Volkswagen
Huawei
KFC
Haidilao
Marriott International
HEYTEA
Volkswagen

Work with us, or build with us

We are hiring engineers, researchers, and commercial partners who want to shape the future of beverage automation.

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