Capital Surge in Humanoid Robotics: Langyi Secures Two Rounds of Financing
In the second half of this year, the humanoid robot sector has continued to see surging capital interest. Not only have humanoid robot manufacturers secured financing worth hundreds of millions of yuan, but core upstream technology suppliers in the industrial chain have also emerged as key targets in the capital market, thanks to their irreplicable underlying value.
Among them, Langyi Robotics has successively attracted investments from renowned institutions including Inno Angel Fund, Jiadao Capital, Optics Valley Financial Holdings and MiraclePlus. It secured two rounds of financing worth tens of millions of yuan in just half a year. Inno Angel Fund even gave a high evaluation, stating that its modular embodied navigation products are expected to become the cornerstone of the industry.
Tech Breakthroughs & Market Dominance: 86% Share as “Hidden Champion”
It is understood that as the world’s first new force to realize an autonomous navigation solution for humanoid robots, Langyi Robotics has seized the momentum in recent years. It has continuously tackled key challenges such as high latency and limited computing power, and built a product matrix covering humanoid robot head-mounted navigation modules, multi-platform robot navigation modules, and humanoid robot navigation backpacks.
Among these products, the Lingqing Intelligent Perception and Navigation System has become the preferred solution for many robot manufacturers due to its easy deployment and compact size. At the 1500-meter race of the first World Robot Games, the Songyan Dynamics N2 robot discarded its remote control and won the group championship with the support of this system.
After this success, orders for the company’s related products poured in. Its market share in the humanoid robot sector once soared to 86%, propelling it to become the “hidden champion” in the field of embodied navigation.
Young Leadership & All-Star Team: Paving the Way for Autonomous Robotics
Behind this dark horse startup stands its leader—Yang Hongcheng, a PhD graduate from the School of Artificial Intelligence at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST). Public data shows that at 29, Yang is relatively young among founders in the robotics industry. However, he already participated in the R&D and iteration of multiple prototype products such as inspection robots, autonomous driving vehicles and service robots during his undergraduate studies.
In addition, the team has gathered many technical talents from prestigious universities including the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and Zhejiang University, as well as “industry veterans” who have focused on mass production transformation at leading companies such as Huawei and DJI. These veterans bring rich experience in precision automation equipment mass production, including the R&D and production optimization of Syringe Automatic Assembly Equipment, which lays a solid foundation for Langyi Robotics to realize the reliable mass production of its navigation modules.
Industry insiders have pointed out that “full autonomy without remote control” is the only way for humanoid robots to evolve into general-purpose labor. Only by breaking through the barriers to autonomous decision-making in complex scenarios can robots truly take root in the industry. With multiple rounds of capital support, how much acceleration will the young team of Langyi Robotics bring to this transformation in the future? It is worthy of our continued attention.
