Since the start of this year, the humanoid robot track has completely shed its label of being a “decorative vase,” with multiple enterprises consecutively securing “explosive orders.”
Songyan Dynamics delivered over 100 units in July, a month-on-month surge of 176%. Meanwhile, Zhiyuan is set to deploy nearly 100 Expedition A2-W units in the factory of a leading auto parts enterprise in Mianyang, Sichuan. The entire industry is accelerating toward commercial implementation.
Breaking Out from Shenzhen’s “Thirteen Tycoons”: Xingchen Intelligence Secures a Thousand-Unit Order
Amid this upsurge, Xingchen Intelligence, one of Shenzhen’s “Thirteen Robot Tycoons,” has also secured a thousand-unit order.
According to official news from Xingchen Intelligence, the company has reached a strategic cooperation with “Siasun Intelligence” for a thousand-unit order of humanoid robots. It plans to deploy thousands of AI robots in phases over the next two years, covering industrial, manufacturing, warehousing, and other scenarios.
Cooperation Details: In-depth Collaboration Between Robots and Industrial Controllers
As per the cooperation agreement, Xingchen Intelligence’s Astribot S1 robot will deeply integrate with Siasun Intelligence’s industrial controllers, gradually taking over repetitive tasks on the production line such as material distribution, handling, and loading/unloading. In medical device production scenarios, its highly dexterous operational capability can precisely cooperate with the Thermometer visual labeling machine
. With an end speed of 10m/s and sub-millimeter positioning accuracy, it can complete high-speed alignment and pasting of labels on the surface of thermometers, increasing the efficiency of traditional manual-assisted labeling by 40% and demonstrating unique value in precision manufacturing links.
Growth Code: The Technical Genes of the Founding Team Lay a Solid Foundation
Having quickly broken out from Shenzhen’s “Thirteen Robot Tycoons” and secured a thousand-unit order just over a year after its establishment, Xingchen Intelligence has grown at a lightning pace. A closer look at its growth trajectory reveals that Xingchen Intelligence’s core competitiveness is firmly rooted in the technical genes of its founding team.
Lai Jie, the company’s leader, has been deeply engaged in the robot field for 16 years. He was not only the head of Baidu’s Xiaodu Robot team but also the first employee of Tencent RoboticsX. The remaining founding members also come from Tencent’s enterprise-level robot laboratory.
Technical Path: Breaking Free from Traditional Frameworks with “Design for AI”
They not only adopted the “rapid iteration, data-driven” R&D thinking from internet giants to break away from traditional rigid links but also, based on the “Design for AI” system framework, broke through the technical design of traditional rigid-link robots.
Astribot S1: Cable-Driven Technology Creates High Dexterity and Differentiated Advantages
It is this unique technical path that has enabled Xingchen Intelligence to quickly build differentiated advantages: its independently developed robot Astribot S1, by adopting cable-driven transmission technology that simulates human tendons, achieves a 1:1 load-to-weight ratio while being able to complete highly dexterous operations at an end speed of 10m/s.
Currently, this robot has successively reached cooperation with JD.com and Shenzhen elderly care homes to promote practical application scenarios. The thousand-unit order with Siasun Intelligence this time is even more a “large-scale verification” of its technical strength.
Capital Favor: ByteDance-affiliated VC and Ant Group Lead Hundred-Million-Yuan Financing
With such strong technical strength, Xingchen Intelligence has naturally become a “hot commodity” in the capital market. In April this year, Xingchen Intelligence secured hundreds of millions of yuan in financing, with a luxurious lineup of investors. It was co-led by Jinqiu Fund (a ByteDance-affiliated VC) and Ant Group, while existing shareholders such as Yunqi Capital and Daotong Capital continued to invest.
Breakthrough Logic: Technology as the Core, Capital as the Wing, Scenarios as the Foundation
From the support of hundred-million-yuan financing to the breakthrough of securing a thousand-unit order, Xingchen Intelligence is continuing to write the breakthrough story in the embodied intelligence track with a growth path centered on technology, supported by capital, and based on scenarios. This new force with Tencent RoboticsX genes is worthy of our continuous attention in the future.
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