Led by the former person in charge of Xiaomi's Iron Egg, a Beijing startup secured the first financing of hundreds of millions of yuan this year, with Zheyuan making the investment.

Robot Outlook reported on January 5th that yesterday, Zhishen Technology announced the completion of multiple consecutive rounds of financing, with a cumulative amount reaching hundreds of millions of yuan. The investment came from industrial capital and upstream and downstream partners such as Zhipu Robotics, Gui'an Kunpeng Fund, Jinma Amusement, Keli Co., Ltd., and Haopeng Technology.

The funds from this round of financing will be used to accelerate the large - scale implementation of products and ecological construction. The focus will be on the mass - production promotion of existing main products, the expansion of new product portfolios, the strengthening of the channel system, the construction of the supply chain, and the empowerment and upgrading of partners to promote the large - scale application of embodied intelligence technology in diverse scenarios.

Zhishen Technology was founded in 2023. The previous round of financing took place in November last year, when it completed a tens of millions of yuan Series A+ investment from Ningbo Sensor Valley Venture Capital Fund.

The company's business covers core components, humanoid robots, and quadruped robots, and it has launched two main models:

Steel Coin L1, weighing 15 kg, with IP54 protection, 20 - cm obstacle - crossing ability, and 50% power redundancy, is specially designed for medium - and light - load scenarios such as security and inspection; Copper Hammer M1, weighing 35 kg, achieving a nearly 1:1 load ratio, with an IP67 protection rating and an operating temperature range of - 20°C to 55°C, is suitable for heavy - load and high - requirement scenarios such as power and fire protection.

Both Steel Coin L1 and Copper Hammer M1 are based on Zhishen Technology's self - developed integrated joint modules, and the monthly production capacity has reached the thousand - unit level. Currently, these two models have achieved large - scale mass production, and the 5,000th robot was mass - produced and delivered by the end of December 2025.

At the software and toolchain level, Zhishen Technology has launched and fully open - sourced the MATRiX simulation platform, which solves problems such as high cost, low efficiency, and difficult data iteration in the process from virtual simulation to real deployment. This platform integrates scene construction and simulation debugging, helping partners improve development and implementation efficiency.

Liu Yulong, the co - founder of Zhishen Technology, once served as the product leader of Xiaomi's "Tie Dan" robotic dog project and led the first large - scale mass production of Chinese quadruped robots.

Liu Yulong, the co - founder of Zhishen Technology

Zhishen Technology said that its products have been applied in multiple fields: in the field of power inspection, at the launch site of Shenzhou 21, its quadruped robots undertook power inspection tasks at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center; in the field of fire protection, it cooperated with partners to create a fire - fighting and rescue application solution, realizing the ground - air coordinated combat of quadruped robots and drones; in the field of commercial entertainment, Zhishen created the "Steel Coin Obstacle - Crossing" parent - child entertainment project, which has been launched in many commercial districts across the country.

This article is from the WeChat public account “Robot Outlook”. Author: Xu Lisi, Editor: Mo Ying. It is published by 36Kr with authorization.