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      "company": "Roborn",
      "hq_country": "Hong Kong",
      "website": "https://www.roborn.com/",
      "status": "active",
      "what_it_builds": "Roborn builds the ME Series, 1:1 humanoid robots controlled through the operator's body movements and equipped with motion detection, VR first-person viewing and head tracking. Intended uses include remote inspection of hazardous environments, telepresence for business and healthcare, education, entertainment and other difficult or dangerous tasks.",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://www.roborn.com/?page_id=961",
      "founded_year": "2017",
      "founded_source": "https://www.roborn.com/?page_id=1616",
      "funding_usd": null,
      "funding_basis": "none disclosed",
      "funding_source": null,
      "funding_note": "No qualifying disclosed equity round located. A Hong Kong government project award of HK$1,995,288 for an Outdoor Disinfection Robot (2020) is a project grant, not equity, and is excluded: https://gia.info.gov.hk/general/202010/30/P2020103000577_353163_1_1604056442236.pdf. HSBC also describes a government-guaranteed loan, excluded as debt: https://www.business.hsbc.com.hk/en-gb/campaigns/local-business-stories-roborn. No valuation reported.",
      "latest_funding_date": null,
      "valuation_usd": null,
      "latest_model": "ME-2 (5G Version)",
      "latest_model_year": "2019",
      "latest_model_source": "https://technode.global/2019/07/29/founders-interview-roborn/",
      "units_shipped": null,
      "units_shipped_source": null,
      "units_shipped_note": "No published count of humanoid units delivered, sold or shipped was found in the reviewed sources.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
    }
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  "sources": [
    "https://www.roborn.com/",
    "https://www.roborn.com/?page_id=1616",
    "https://www.roborn.com/?page_id=1609",
    "https://www.roborn.com/?page_id=961",
    "https://technode.global/2019/07/29/founders-interview-roborn/",
    "https://www.smefund.tid.gov.hk/english/sdf/deliverables/d17004009_guidebook_eng.pdf",
    "https://gia.info.gov.hk/general/202010/30/P2020103000577_353163_1_1604056442236.pdf",
    "https://www.business.hsbc.com.hk/en-gb/campaigns/local-business-stories-roborn"
  ]
}