ROBOTERA星动纪元

About

ROBOTERA was founded in August 2023 by Chen Jianyu, an assistant professor at Tsinghua University's Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, and is the only robotics company in which Tsinghua University holds equity. It achieves the industry's only fully in-house stack spanning data, brain, motion control, dexterous hand, and body (95% of hardware self-developed): the STAR1 humanoid reached a measured running speed of 3.6 m/s; the XHAND1 fully direct-drive dexterous hand (12 DoF + 3D tactile sensing) is used by companies including Skild AI of the US and Rainbow Robotics of Korea; ERA-42 is a natively embodied VLA foundation model. Commercialization broke through in logistics: with China Post, SF Express, and others it deployed in 10+ logistics centers across northern, eastern, and southern China, with sorting efficiency reaching 90% of human sorters; in Q2 2026 it began 1,000-unit-scale batch delivery with 300% business growth; 2025 commercial orders exceeded RMB 500M, completing the industry's first logistics PMF. Between March and July 2026 it closed three intensive funding rounds - a RMB 1B strategic round, over $200M led by SF Express, and RMB 1B led by China Chengtong Fund - reaching a valuation above RMB 10B, with the industry's most industrial-capital investors (20+).

Technical Approach

Native robot foundation models plus all-new hardware platforms defined for AI: AI-native driven, reverse-defining hardware design from brain model training and real deployment needs; core logic of algorithm-requirements-first and data-value-first; 95% self-developed hardware deeply coupled with the brain, with the dexterous hand pioneering the fully direct-drive route (usable and durable).

Commercialization（6）

• ◆With China Post, SF Express, and others, deployed in 10+ logistics centers across northern, eastern, and southern China; from just a dozen units in early 2026 to over a hundred by end of May, with thousands expected deployed in 2026
• ◆Average work efficiency at 90% of human sorters, sorting 1,000+ parcels per hour (expected to surpass humans by end of June); 24/7 continuous operation in some harsh environments (high heat, humidity)
• ◆New logistics centers need only 3 days to deploy, with 2 hours of high-quality data collection (versus a six-month pilot in Longgang, Shenzhen)
• ◆Began 1,000-unit-scale batch robot delivery in Q2 2026 with 300% business growth; 2025 commercial orders exceeded RMB 500M, with the largest single logistics order near RMB 50M
• ◆9 of the world's 10 most valuable tech companies are customers (with the XHAND dexterous hand as the key entry point); customers include Geely, Renault, Samsung, Lenovo, Haier, SF Express, China Post, and TCL, with overseas business accounting for 50%
• ◆XHAND 1 adopted worldwide: Skild AI (US), Rainbow Robotics (Korea), Extend Robotics, Discover Robotics, and Humanoid AI (HMND 01) of the UK all use it as a core end effector

Position & Strengths（6）

• ◆The only Tsinghua-equity robotics company: academia and industry deeply bound together
• ◆A full-stack in-house moat: the industry's only data-brain-motion control-dexterous hand-body full stack, with 95% self-developed hardware
• ◆The first logistics PMF: the first company to close the embodied AI commercialization loop in logistics, at 1,000-unit scale
• ◆A global dexterous hand benchmark: the XHAND 1 is fully direct-drive with 12 DoF and 3D tactile sensing, adopted by multiple embodied AI unicorns worldwide
• ◆All-star capital: the most industrial-capital investors in the industry (20+), with the national team (China Chengtong Fund) leading
• ◆A motion capability benchmark: STAR1 measured running at 3.6 m/s, a world-record-class running speed for robots