RoboSense
RoboSense develops lidar sensors and perception systems for autonomous vehicles, robots and intelligent infrastructure. Its product line includes mechanical, MEMS and solid-state lidar used for 3D sensing, obstacle detection, mapping and navigation across automotive, robotics and industrial autonomy applications.
Market context
One of the leading LiDAR suppliers globally with production deployments in automotive systems, positioning it as a key perception-layer provider within the robotics and autonomy stack.
Facts
- Website: https://www.robosense.ai/
- HQ: Shenzhen, China
- Founded: 2014
- Ticker: 2498.HK / HKEX
- Segment: Perception
LiDAR and robot perception supplier
RoboSense supplies LiDAR sensors, AI-powered perception components and development tools for robotics, automotive and autonomous systems.
- Target environment: Robots, autonomous vehicles, service robots, industrial automation systems and perception development environments.
- Deployment model: Perception component supply through digital LiDAR, active cameras, developer tools and robotics-focused sensing solutions.
- Customer context: Robot OEMs, vehicle makers, autonomy developers, industrial automation teams and perception-system integrators.
- Workflow context: 3D perception, SLAM, object detection, robot movement, manipulation sensing and autonomous navigation.
- Commercial maturity: Publicly listed perception supplier with product families and robotics-focused component ecosystems.
- Market position: Robotics perception company supplying LiDAR and AI-ready sensing hardware.
- Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on sensor cost, robustness, software integration, customer design wins, automotive and robotics qualification and competition from other sensing modalities.
- Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes LiDAR suppliers, robot perception, active cameras, SLAM, multimodal sensing and autonomous vehicle sensors.
- Source confidence: high
Events
- 2026-04-21 - Product Launch - RoboSense debuts EOCENE SPAD-SoC architecture and Phoenix and Peacock chipsets - RoboSense debuted EOCENE, a self-developed SPAD-SoC architecture for image-grade 3D perception. The company launched Phoenix, an automotive-grade monolithic SPAD-SoC delivering 2,160-beam image-grade lidar output. RoboSense also introduced Peacock, a fully so…
- 2026-04-08 - Market Signal - RoboSense reports Q1 2026 LiDAR sales of 330,300 units as robotics shipments surpass automotive - RoboSense said total LiDAR sales reached 330,300 units in the first quarter of 2026, up 204.1% year over year. The company said robotics and other LiDAR shipments rose to 185,500 units, up 1,458.8% year over year, while ADAS shipments totaled 144,800 units. R…
- 2026-03-25 - Market Signal - RoboSense reports first-ever quarterly profit in Q4 2025 - • RoboSense achieved its first-ever quarterly net profit in Q4 2025, reaching approximately RMB 104 million. • The company's LiDAR sales volume for robotics and other sectors surged to approximately 221,200 units in Q4 2025, marking a 2,565.1% year... • For t…
- 2026-03-12 - Partnership - RoboSense secures exclusive design win for Baidu's next-gen Apollo Go Robotaxi - • RoboSense secured an exclusive design win to provide the factory-installed digital LiDAR suite for Baidu's next-generation Apollo Go Robotaxi fleet. • The integrated solution includes the EM4, a mass-produced thousand-beam-level digital LiDAR, and the E1, a…
- 2026-01-16 - Award - RoboSense tops 2026 China Embodied AI LiDAR Brand Rankings - • RoboSense was ranked No.1 in the 2025 3D LiDAR Sales Volume for Global Robotic Lawn Mowers by OFweek. • The company achieved an annual sales volume of 303,000 units in 2025, marking a 1,141.8% year-over-year increase. • RoboSense established partnerships wi…
- 2026-01-15 - Market Signal - RoboSense Sold 303,000 Robotics LiDAR Units in 2025 - RoboSense said it sold 303,000 LiDAR units into the robotics sector in 2025. RoboSense said it ranked No. 1 in LiDAR sales for humanoid robots. RoboSense said it had deep partnerships with nearly 50 robotics industry leaders, naming Agibot, Unitree, UniOne, G…
- 2025-11-11 - Production Milestone - RoboSense delivers 120,000 LiDAR units in October 2025 - • RoboSense delivered 120,000 digital LiDAR units in October 2025, setting a new monthly record. • The 120,000th unit was supplied to a leading new energy vehicle manufacturer. • This milestone reflects the company's rapid scaling of production and delivery c…
- 2025-09-12 - Capability - RoboSense LiDARs Now Compatible with NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Platform - • RoboSense announced that its E1, EMX, and EM4 digital LiDARs are now compatible with NVIDIA's DRIVE AGX autonomous driving platform. • This integration allows RoboSense's high-channel-count LiDARs to deliver 3D perception data directly into DRIVE AGX, enabl…
- 2025-04-25 - Partnership - RoboSense and SAIC Volkswagen Form Strategic Partnership - • RoboSense and SAIC Volkswagen signed the 'Technology & Ecosystem' strategic cooperation agreement at the SAIC Volkswagen Brand Day Launch... • RoboSense showcased its EM4 digital LiDAR at SAIC Volkswagen's Future Tech exhibition area, demonstrating its high…
- 2025-03-28 - Product Launch - RoboSense launches AC1, an AI-powered robotic vision platform - • RoboSense launched the AC1, the first product in its Active Camera series, on March 28, 2025. • The AC1 integrates LiDAR, camera, and IMU sensors to provide spatiotemporal fusion of depth information, visual semantics, and motion pose. • The device offers a…
- 2025-03-27 - Partnership - RoboSense and LionsBot announce strategic partnership - • RoboSense and LionsBot announced a strategic partnership to enhance cleaning robots. • RoboSense is supplying its high-performance LiDAR to LionsBot's R12 Rex, R3 series, and next-generation cleaning robots. • The collaboration involves improving navigation…
- 2025-02-24 - Production Milestone - RoboSense delivers 1 millionth LiDAR unit to Humanoid Robot Co. - • RoboSense produced its one millionth LiDAR unit, an E1R model, on February 21, 2025, at its Beta Manufacturing Base in Shenzhen. • The unit was delivered on February 24, 2025, to Humanoid Robot (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., for integration into the 'Qinglong' human…
- 2025-02-11 - Award - RoboSense named to Morgan Stanley's Global Humanoid Robot Industry Chain Top 100 - RoboSense said it was included in Morgan Stanley's Global Humanoid Robot Industry Chain Top 100 report. The company was positioned in the sensor layer of the humanoid value chain, with Morgan Stanley identifying it as a key player in LiDAR and vision sensors.…
- 2024-08-16 - Market Signal - Robosense reports reduced loss, expects to break even by 2026 - • Robosense reported a 65.2% reduction in net loss to RMB 268 million ($37.3 million) for the first half of 2024. • Revenue more than doubled year-on-year to RMB 727 million, driven by strong sales and cost reductions. • The company delivered approximately 24…
- 2024-03-17 - Partnership - RoboSense partners with OxTS on lidar-enabled ADAS development - RoboSense and OxTS were described as working together to improve ADAS and autonomous-vehicle testing through lidar and inertial-navigation integration. The partnership joins RoboSense lidar sensing with OxTS positioning and measurement systems to support sens…
- 2024-03-06 - Deployment - RoboSense lidar used in AGILOX pallet AMR deployment - RoboSense highlighted AGILOX pallet-moving AMRs as a robotics deployment case for its lidar systems. AGILOX autonomous pallet movers are presented as using RoboSense sensing hardware in real warehouse material-flow operations. The use case places RoboSense li…
Team
- Qiu Chunxin - Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Scientist
- Liu Letian - Co-Founder, Executive Director and CTO - Adds technical leadership context for RoboSense's LiDAR hardware and perception stack.
Supply chain relationships
- LionsBot - Supplier - RoboSense and LionsBot announced a strategic partnership for autonomous cleaning robot lidar perception systems.
Relationships
- ACEWORKS - Distribution Partner - ACEWORKS distributes and supports RoboSense AC1 robot vision technology in the Korean market.
- LionsBot - Partner - RoboSense and LionsBot announce strategic partnership
- AgiBot - Technology Partner - RoboSense names AgiBot among its robotics ecosystem partners for LiDAR deployment.
- Unitree - Ecosystem LIDAR Partner - RoboSense names Unitree among robotics ecosystem partners for LiDAR deployment, not as a confirmed core production dependency.
- Pudu Robotics - Technology Partner - RoboSense names Pudu Robotics among its robotics ecosystem partners for LiDAR deployment.
- Dobot - Technology Partner - RoboSense names Dobot among its robotics ecosystem partners for LiDAR deployment.
- Neura Robotics - Technology Partner - RoboSense names Neura Robotics among its robotics ecosystem partners for LiDAR deployment.
- Galbot - Technology Partner - RoboSense names Galbot among its robotics ecosystem partners for LiDAR deployment.
Context tags
- Robotics LiDAR supplier - Peer Group - RoboSense supplies LiDAR sensors for robotics and autonomous systems.
- Point-cloud perception - Capability - RoboSense provides point-cloud perception and 3D object detection.
- LiDAR sensor supplier - Stack Layer - RoboSense supplies LiDAR sensor hardware and perception systems.
- LiDAR navigation and mapping - Workflow - RoboSense LiDAR supports navigation, mapping and obstacle detection.
- Multimodal sensor fusion - Capability - RoboSense supports multi-modal sensor fusion for perception.
- Automotive LiDAR supplier - Peer Group - RoboSense LiDAR is used in ADAS and autonomous driving applications.
- Automotive perception - Workflow - RoboSense LiDAR supports automotive perception for ADAS and AV.
- Perception sensor supply chain - Customer Environment - RoboSense serves the LiDAR and perception sensor supply chain.
- Autonomous vehicle perception supply chain - Customer Environment - RoboSense serves the autonomous vehicle perception supply chain.
Customers and deployments
- Monthly LIDAR Units Delivered - 120,000 LiDAR units delivered in October 2025 - 2025-11-11 - new energy vehicle manufacturer - digital lidar shipments - RoboSense delivered 120,000 digital LiDAR units in October 2025, i…
Articles
- 2026-04-12 - China’s humanoid push is moving into production - Output, capacity, and supply chains are starting to take shape across the stack - Korthos: /research/china-s-humanoid-push-is-moving-into-production
RoboSense canonical Korthos profile