JAKA Robotics and Schneider Electric announced a strategic partnership to promote the collaborative robot industry and create the future of industrial automation.

From left to right: Wolfgang Lienke, Vice President of JAKA Robotics Europe; Jochen Weiland, Vice President of Motion Control at Schneider Electric; Li Chang, Vice President of JAKA Robotics

Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy management and automation digital transformation, and JAKA Robotics, a leading collaborative robot company, have combined their strengths to launch the Lexium collaborative robot, integrated into Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure open automation platform. This collaboration aims to deepen the application of collaborative robots in industrial intelligent manufacturing systems.

 As part of this collaboration Schneider Electric has also invested into JAKA Robotics and will drive common innovation and roadmap for collaborative robotic technology.

“We spent a long time on global research in order to find collaborative robots that can meet the needs of high-end manufacturing industry all around the world. After in-depth investigations of these companies’ R&D capability, production management level, quality control system, we finally chose JAKA as an exclusive partner. We believe that JAKA has strong advantages in industrial applications and will bring great value to both of us with its expertise and practical experience. We look forward to working with JAKA to jointly promote the sustainable development of smart manufacturing.” Says Rav Lawana, Vice President of Industrial Automation Business of Schneider Electric.

“JAKA’s products are intelligent terminals that integrate execution and information, and have core competitiveness in hardware, software and ecosystem. Schneider Electric’s achievements in the field of green intelligent manufacturing and digital transformation have attracted much attention. We will jointly explore new opportunities in industrial automation and digital transformation to provide worldwide customers with more efficient and intelligent industrial manufacturing solutions that meet changing market demands and help companies build flexible systems and sustainable competitiveness.” Says Li Chang, Vice President of JAKA Robotics.

JAKA Robotics and Schneider Electric will jointly build a service center to provide more efficient and sustainable service to global customers. The cooperation between the two sides will build long-term competitive advantages for global industrial enterprises, drive the innovative development of the industrial ecosystem, and inject new growth momentum into industrial intelligent automation and digital transformation.