Facts

• Segment: Warehouse Logistics
• Country: China
• Founded: 2016
• Website: https://www.forwardx.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Operations / Deployments
• Team
• Context tags
• Customers and deployments
• Articles
• Sources

Summary

ForwardX Robotics builds vision-based AMRs, autonomous forklifts and fleet software for warehouse and manufacturing automation. Its Omni Fleet covers Apex, Flex, Max and Lynx series robots, with more than 4,500 AMRs deployed across 250-plus facilities.

Market context

ForwardX Robotics builds vision-based AMRs, autonomous forklifts and fleet software for warehouse and manufacturing automation. Its Omni Fleet covers Apex, Flex, Max and Lynx series robots, with more than 4,500 AMRs deployed across 250-plus facilities.

Facts

• Website: https://www.forwardx.com/
• HQ: Beijing, Beijing, China
• Founded: 2016
• Segment: Warehouse Logistics
• Known funding rounds: 1

Funding

• 2021-12-13 - Series C - $31M - ForwardX raises USD 31M Series C for warehouse AMRs - source: techcrunch.com

Investors

• CDH Investments - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-12-13
• Dohold Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-12-13
• Eastern Bell Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-12-13

ForwardX Robotics market context

ForwardX Robotics builds vision-based AMRs, autonomous forklifts and fleet software for warehouse and manufacturing automation. Its Omni Fleet covers Apex, Flex, Max and Lynx series robots, and its site reports more than 4,500 AMRs deployed across 250-plus facilities.

• Target environment: Warehouses, factories and intralogistics operations.
• Deployment model: Robot systems sold through direct sales, distributors or integrators.
• Customer context: warehouses, manufacturers, 3PL operators, automotive OEMs
• Workflow context: Apex, Flex, Max and Lynx AMRs, autonomous forklifts, fleet management software and vision-based navigation
• Commercial maturity: Founded 2016; ForwardX reports 4,500+ AMRs deployed across 250+ facilities and a 435-AMR Chery Dalian EV factory rollout.
• Market position: China-based vision-based AMR and autonomous-forklift builder for warehouse and manufacturing automation.
• Adoption constraints: DHL and Chery deployments are source-backed; future distributor/partner names should be mapped only with direct relationship evidence.
• Adjacent context: warehouse_amr_builder, vision_based_amr, china_robot_builder
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2025-05-12 - Deployment - ForwardX deploys 435 AMRs at Chery Dalian factory - ForwardX described a 435-AMR deployment at Chery's Dalian factory.
• 2023-07-25 - Product Launch - ForwardX launches Flex 60-T trolley-docking AMR - The robot targeted material movement with cage trolleys in warehouse and manufacturing sites.
• 2022-08-04 - Deployment - ForwardX launches first U.S. AMR project with Hiocloud - The project placed ForwardX AMRs in Hiocloud's Edison, New Jersey warehouse.
• 2021-12-13 - Funding - ForwardX raises USD 31M Series C for warehouse AMRs - The round supported ForwardX AMR commercialization in logistics and manufacturing.

Operations / Deployments

• 2025-05-12 - Deployment - ForwardX deploys 435 AMRs at Chery Dalian factory - ForwardX described a 435-AMR deployment at Chery's Dalian factory.

Team

• Nicolas Chee - Founder and CEO - Founder and CEO of ForwardX Robotics.

Context tags

• Warehouse AMR builder - Peer Group - ForwardX describes AMRs and autonomous forklifts for warehouse/manufacturing automation with 4,500+ AMRs deployed.
• Vision-based AMR - Capability - ForwardX public material positions its fleet around vision-based AMRs and computer-vision navigation.
• China robot builder - Peer Group - ForwardX is a China-founded AMR company with global warehouse and manufacturing deployments.

Customers and deployments

• Active Robot Fleet - 435 AMRs at Chery Dalian factory - 2025-05-12 - Chery - just-in-time manufacturing logistics - ForwardX detailed a 435-AMR just-in-time automation deployment at Chery's Dalian factory. - source post…
• Active Customer Site - 1 U.S. warehouse site - 2022-08-04 - Hiocloud - warehouse fulfillment - ForwardX launched its first U.S. AMR project at Hiocloud’s Edison, New Jersey warehouse. - source posture: Company Disclosed

Articles

• 2025-05-12 - ForwardX is building Chery AMR fleets into automotive intralogistics - A 435-robot Dalian deployment, 195 Flex AMRs, and Max-Lynx material routes give ForwardX a high-density automotive logistics record ins…