Xiaomi Timeline

Events

• 2026-07-14 - Deployment - Xiaomi expands humanoid robot work across three vehicle-factory tasks - Bilateral self-tapping-nut loading improved from 90.2% to 98% success. Flexible console-panel sorting and empty-bin folding each reached about 90% success. The console-panel station marked sustained factory operation on large, irregular flexible components. - source: m.ithome.com
• 2026-03-02 - Demonstration - Xiaomi tests humanoid robots on electric vehicle production line - • Xiaomi deployed humanoid robots in its electric vehicle factory's die-casting workshop. • The robots autonomously operated for three consecutive hours at a self-tapping nut installation station, achieving a 90. • They performed tasks including picking… - source: cnevpost.com
• 2026-03-02 - Deployment - Xiaomi's humanoid robots begin operations in EV factory - • Xiaomi's humanoid robots autonomously operated for three consecutive hours at a self-tapping nut assembly station in its electric vehicle... • The robots achieved a 90.2% success rate for simultaneous installation on both sides of the workstation, meeting… - source: cnevpost.com
• 2026-02-13 - Research Publication - Xiaomi publishes open-source Robotics-0 real-time VLA model - The Xiaomi-Robotics-0 technical report introduces an open-sourced vision-language-action model for real-time robotic execution. The paper says the model is trained on cross-embodiment robot trajectories and evaluated on simulation benchmarks plus real-robot… - source: arxiv.org
• 2026-02-12 - Product Launch - Xiaomi Robotics unveils Xiaomi-Robotics-0 VLA model - • Xiaomi Robotics introduced Xiaomi-Robotics-0, an open-source vision-language-action (VLA) model with 4.7 billion parameters. • The model was trained on a large dataset of cross-embodiment robot trajectories and vision-language data. • It achieved… - source: xiaomi-robotics-0.github.io
• 2026-02-12 - Research Publication - Xiaomi Robotics Lab develops HAIC framework for humanoid robots - • Xiaomi Robotics Lab introduced the HAIC framework, enabling humanoid robots to interact with underactuated objects without external state estimation. • The framework includes a dynamics predictor that estimates object states from proprioceptive history and… - source: arxiv.org
• 2026-02-07 - Research Publication - Xiaomi unveils TacRefineNet for tactile-only grasp refinement - • Xiaomi's robotics team announced TacRefineNet, a framework achieving millimeter-level pose adjustments using only tactile feedback, without vision or 3D object models. • The system performed precise grasp adjustments in both simulated and real automotive… - source: finance.sina.com.cn
• 2025-09-30 - Research Publication - Xiaomi Robotics introduces TacRefineNet for tactile-only grasp refinement - • Xiaomi Robotics researchers published a paper titled 'TacRefineNet: Tactile-Only Grasp Refinement Between Arbitrary In-Hand Object Poses' on September 30, 2025. • The study presents TacRefineNet, a framework that uses multi-finger tactile sensing to… - source: arxiv.org
• 2024-12-27 - Market Signal - Luster says FZMotion has served Unitree, UBTECH and Xiaomi robot R&D - Luster said its subsidiary YMate3D had launched the FZMotion AI motion-capture product for spatial positioning and computing. The disclosed robotics use cases covered embodied-intelligence product R&D and training for Unitree, UBTECH and Xiaomi. Luster said… - source: nbd.com.cn
• 2014-12-29 - Funding - Xiaomi raises $1.1B Series D at $45B valuation - All-Stars Investment led the round. DST Global, Hopu Investment Management, Yunfeng Capital and GIC participated. The financing came before Xiaomi's public listing and funded expansion of its consumer-technology platform. - source: reuters.com