{"id":"mfg-sz-ems-001","name":"Seeed Studio","name_local":"深圳市矽递科技有限公司","entity_type":"factory","country":"CN","region":"Guangdong","city":"Shenzhen","address":"unknown exact street address (Shenzhen factory; Raspberry Pi partner page and Fusion site do not publish a street address)","website":"https://www.seeedstudio.com","processes":["cnc-milling","mold-making","3d-printing-fdm","pcb-fab","pcba","box-build","enclosures","mechanical-design","odm","compute-modules","wireless-modules"],"processes_basis":"derived","specialty":"The best-known \"maker-to-manufacturer\" bridge in Shenzhen. Three tiers of service sit on top of the same factory network: (1) **Fusion** — self-serve PCB/PCBA prototyping-to-mass-production (the original \"no MOQ\" PCB house that put Shenzhen fab access in front of Western hobbyists); (2) **Customization/ODM** — configurator-driven customization of Seeed's own reference platforms (Raspberry Pi/NVIDIA Jetson carrier boards, LoRaWAN/GPS trackers, industrial computers) with NRE + rework fees per customization item; (3) **OEM/ODM manufacturing partner for outside hardware brands** — full concept-to-mass-production (structural design, certification (FCC/CE/Telec), tooling, box build). This third tier is what makes Seeed a real contract manufacturer, not just a PCB shop — it is the arm that manufactures Hugging Face/Pollen Robotics' **Reachy Mini** and **Microduck** desktop robots.","capabilities":"PCB fab (Quickturn/Premium/Advanced tiers, up to 30+ layers, Rogers materials, blind/buried vias), SMT + THT PCBA, DFA/DFM engineering review, Open Parts Library (150,000+ locally stocked parts, cuts turn time to ~7 working days), stencil, 3D printing, CNC machining, functional test, structural/enclosure design, certification support (FCC/CE/Telec), global dropshipping/fulfillment out of the Shenzhen factory, official Raspberry Pi Design Partner and NVIDIA Jetson ecosystem partner.","parts_made":["**Reachy Mini** (open-source expressive desktop robot, Hugging Face + Pollen Robotics) — Seeed is the manufacturing partner; Pollen Robotics shipped a 3,000-unit milestone batch to Hugging Face/Seeed in a rapid prototype-to-mass-production ramp, and Reachy Mini has surpassed 10,000 units shipped worldwide as of the 2026 Microduck launch post. **Microduck** (25 cm open-source biped, Hugging Face + Pollen Robotics, $399) — Seeed Studio announced itself on LinkedIn as \"the official manufacturing partner\" for Microduck (Aug 2026). Also reComputer (Raspberry Pi CM4 industrial AI edge devices) and XIAO board family."],"materials":"unknown","tolerance":"unknown","max_part_size":"unknown","certifications":"unknown","volume":{"moq":"No official minimum for Fusion PCB/PCBA (\"no MOQ required\" per Seeed's own marketing and confirmed by long-time customers — see community comments); PCBA runs have been done from single digits up through thousands of units by the same customer.","prototype_ok":"unknown","low_volume_evidence":"unknown","startup_friendly":"Yes, strongly — explicitly built around no-MOQ prototyping and has a documented track record of taking hobbyist/startup customers from single digits to thousands of units on the same relationship (see SequoiaHope quote above). The ODM/OEM tier (used for Reachy Mini) is also proven at true startup/scale-up volumes (Reachy Mini's ramp went from prototype to a 3,000-unit batch \"in mere months\" per originofbots.com)."},"lead_time":{"quote":"unknown","prototype":"unknown","production":"unknown"},"size":{"employees":"unknown","floor_area":"unknown","founded":"2008","band":"unknown"},"english":"High — English-native storefront, docs, support portal, and blog; explicitly built for a global (largely Western maker/startup) customer base.","instant_quote":"unknown","known_customers":"Hugging Face / Pollen Robotics (Reachy Mini, Microduck); NVIDIA and Raspberry Pi ecosystem hardware partners (reComputer line built on Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4); numerous Kickstarter/crowdfunded hardware projects going back to 2016 (e.g., Flutter Wireless, cited in a public HN thread).","platforms":[],"contact_public":{"email":"unknown","phone":"unknown","source":"unknown"},"community":[],"doubt":"unknown","sources":[{"url":"https://www.seeedstudio.com/pcb-assembly.html","what":"source"},{"url":"https://www.seeedstudio.com/fusion.html","what":"source"},{"url":"https://www.seeedstudio.com/odm-service.html","what":"source"},{"url":"https://www.seeed.cc/customization","what":"source"},{"url":"https://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2022/12/19/seeed-fusion-oem-service-helps-bring-your-great-project-ideas-to-life/","what":"source"},{"url":"https://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2026/01/06/reachy-mini-an-open-journey-built-together-with-hugging-face-pollen-robotics-seeed-studio/","what":"source"},{"url":"https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/reachymini_intro/","what":"source"},{"url":"https://pollen-robotics.com/reachy-mini/","what":"source"},{"url":"https://pollen-robotics.com/microduck/","what":"source"},{"url":"https://www.linkedin.com/posts/seeedstudio_microduck-huggingface-pollenrobotics-activity-7498691931661549568-_wOa","what":"source"},{"url":"https://www.originofbots.com/news/pollen-robotics-ships-3000-reachy-minis-with-hugging-face-seeed","what":"source"},{"url":"https://www.raspberrypi.com/for-industry/design-partners/seeed/","what":"source"},{"url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12734568","what":"source"},{"url":"https://talk.vanhack.ca/t/seeed-fusion-pcba-review/8754","what":"source"},{"url":"https://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2018/03/30/seeed-pcba-series-4-pcb-assembly-pricing-explained/","what":"source"}],"confidence":"VERIFIED","verification":"desk-research","as_of":"unknown"}