Collaborative Robot Arm Array CoBot-X Enables Multi-Arm Autonomous Coordination for Precision Assembly

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Beijing Iron Man Technology released CoBot-X on November 21, 2028 — a collaborative robot arm array system. Unlike traditional industrial robots with single-arm or fixed-station designs, CoBot-X consists of 5 to 20 independent lightweight robot arms coordinated through distributed AI.

Each CoBot-X arm has 7 degrees of freedom and force-torque sensors, sensing contact forces with human coworkers and other robot arms. The core innovation is its distributed coordination algorithm — each arm makes independent decisions, negotiating task allocation and motion timing through real-time communication without a central controller.

In automotive assembly line testing, 8 CoBot-X arms completed all dashboard installation tasks — from part grasping and wire harness connection to screw fastening — with 3x the efficiency of traditional single-arm solutions and 0.05mm precision. BYD has ordered 100 CoBot-X sets for its new energy vehicle production lines.

CoBot-X supports natural language task descriptions — engineers describe task objectives conversationally, and the system automatically plans multi-arm collaboration strategies. This dramatically lowers the programming barrier for industrial robots. Pricing starts at 500,000 yuan for the 5-arm basic kit up to 1.5 million yuan for the 20-arm complete set.