- The funding comes less than a month after the company completed a 1 billion yuan ($146 million) round.
- Robotera plans to begin mass delivery of thousands of robots in the second quarter of 2026.
Chinese Embodied AI startup Robotera announced that it has completed a new funding round of over $200 million.
The round was led by logistics giant SF Express, with joint participation from prominent financial institutions including Sequoia China, IDG Capital, and CICC Capital.
The move comes less than a month after the company secured 1 billion yuan ($146 million) in a strategic funding round, with actual market investment interest far exceeding its original target, according to a statement released by Robotera on Monday.
With this, Robotera has become the embodied AI company with the largest number of industrial backers, highly favored by domestic and international giants.
The company has attracted numerous industry heavyweights such as SF Express, Alibaba, Geely, and Lenovo. This strong capital backing reflects the market's recognition of its technology.
Founded by Chen Jianyu, an assistant professor at Tsinghua University's Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, the unicorn company has adhered to full-stack, in-house development integrating both software and hardware since its inception.
The company has introduced a VLA (Vision-Language-Action) technical architecture integrated with a world model in the embodied AI sector, and its native large model has significantly enhanced the physical manipulation capabilities of its robots, the statement noted.
The firm has partnered with China Post and SF Express, deploying its robots in batches across more than 10 logistics centers in regions including North and South China.
In some harsh environments, the working efficiency of these embodied AI robots has surpassed 85% of human levels, and they are capable of operating stably 24 hours a day.
Robotera is expected to officially begin the mass delivery of thousands of robots in the second quarter of 2026, with the overall business's annualized growth rate projected to reach up to 300%.
With the full roll-out of thousand-unit deliveries, the cost optimization brought by economies of scale will drive a steady increase in gross margins, and the company is entering a period of explosive commercial growth, the statement said.
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