Zhejiang Humanoid Robot Innovation Center

A Ningbo-based humanoid R&D company co-founded by the Ningbo city government and Zhejiang University's Rong Xiong team.

The Zhejiang Humanoid Robot Innovation Center was founded in late 2023 in Haishu District, Ningbo, co-built by the Ningbo municipal government and Professor Rong Xiong's team at Zhejiang University's Institute of Cyber-Systems and Control, formally launching on March 27, 2024. Its focus is a humanoid robot's “brain and cerebellum” — high-level understanding and planning paired with lower-level motion control — and complete robot bodies: in March 2024 it released the full-size, 39-degree-of-freedom prototype Lingchang Zhe No.1, followed by the 41-degree-of-freedom Lingchang Zhe No.2 that August, and its current lineup includes the NAVIAI WA2 wheeled-arm humanoid and the WA1. Like similar centers in Beijing and Shanghai, it is a government-backed industry platform that also raises money as a company: in January 2026 it closed a RMB 450 million Pre-A round with investors including Supcon Technology and Legend Capital, and in March it partnered with Germany's KION Group to showcase logistics solutions at LogiMAT 2026.

ExampleThe NAVIAI WA2 wheeled-arm humanoid gave continuous tote-grasping demonstrations at the logistics trade show.

Also called

Zhejiang Humanoid Center

Related

Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center · National and Local Co-built Humanoid Robotics Innovation Center (Shanghai) · Brain–Cerebellum Architecture · Wheeled Humanoid Robot · Humanoid Robot

Sources

公司简介｜浙江人形机器人创新中心有限公司 (Chinese)
浙江人形机器人创新中心获4.5亿元Pre-A轮融资（经济参考网） (Chinese)
浙江人形机器人创新中心在宁波启动（科技部） (Chinese)

As of

2026-03