What it sells
Bipedal humanoid robots.
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
UnverifiedMakers, university labs and educators who buy the open-source Roboto Origin kit.
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
UnverifiedNeed for a low-cost, fully open bipedal humanoid to replicate and extend embodied-AI research.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Buy the parts kit (BOM list), assemble per manual, calibrate motors on a hanging rig, flash firmware, then run open-source RL/sim-to-real control stacks.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
Hardware kit sales plus an open-source ecosystem (Roboto); positioned as low-cost, high-performance bipedal robots. Warranty covers factory-state parts only; open code and hardware outcomes are decoupled.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Open-source ecosystem with docs and downloads; Shanghai-based company selling kits and prototype units; 开源 community-led.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-20 | Angel+ | tens of millions of USD | — | finance.sina.com.cn |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-13.