RobotPlusPlus (ROBOT++) has closed a Series C round worth “hundreds of millions of RMB (tens of millions of USD)” to accelerate global expansion and embodied AI development.
Qianggang Capital Fund led the round, joined by GIG Capital Group, Sealand Innovation, and Juntong Capital. Fosun RZ Capital increased its stake.
Dr Hua-Yang Xu, founder and CEO of RobotPlusPlus, says: “The true value of industrial robotics lies in real-world execution.
“Over 10 years, we have built special-purpose robots that are genuinely deployable at scale, and this round lets us bring those solutions to more industrial sites around the world.”
Taking humans out of dangerous work
Across shipyards, oil-and-gas facilities, wind farms, and building façades, maintenance still puts skilled workers on scaffolding and other hazardous structures.
RobotPlusPlus builds robots to handle these dangerous tasks, improving safety and efficiency while allowing professionals to focus on supervision and decision-making.
Its hull derusting robots have been deployed at more than 100 shipyards, with market share above 70 percent, and have worked on over 10,000 cargo vessels. They improve efficiency five to six times and reduce overall costs by 30 percent to 50 percent compared with manual methods.
Zhang Zhenming, general manager of Qianggang Capital Fund, says: “The endgame for embodied AI in industry is not the laboratory; it is the most demanding worksites.
“RobotPlusPlus has brought robot fleets to commercial scale and expanded from ship-hull derusting into other demanding industrial applications. We see the potential for a global platform in autonomous industrial operations.”
Global scale, deep R&D and data advantage
RobotPlusPlus operates across more than 18 countries, with customers and partners including Nosco Shipyard, Drydocks World, ST Engineering Marine, Saudi Aramco and Vopak.
More than 60 percent of its workforce is in R&D, with R&D investment above 20 percent of revenue for three consecutive years. Its robots have accumulated over 2 million operating hours, generating real-world data to strengthen vertical AI models for complex industrial environments.
Jin Hualong, chairman of Fosun RZ Capital, says: “We first invested in 2022 and have continued to increase our commitment. RobotPlusPlus has built deep expertise in special-purpose robotics and marine applications.
“Its move from individual robots to industrial-grade embodied intelligence and complete system solutions creates strong technical barriers for high-risk industrial environments.”
