Founded by former ZhuiMi executives, this embodied intelligence company has raised nearly 200 million yuan within six months and partnered with shipping giants | Yingke Exclusive

Author | Huang Nan

Editor | Yuan Silai

Yingke has learned that Lumos Robotics, a company focusing on embodied intelligent robots, has announced the completion of its Angel ++ round of financing. The investors include Fosun RZ Capital, Dematic Technology, and Wuzhong Financial Holdings. The funds from this round will mainly be used to improve products, deepen industrial collaboration, accelerate in - depth cooperation with various industrial partners, and promote the commercialization of the core products of embodied intelligence .

This is the second round of financing completed by Lumos Robotics within two months and the third round within half a year. As of now, the cumulative financing in its angel rounds has approached 200 million yuan. Previous investors include Inno Angel Fund, SenseTime Guoxiang Capital, Plum Ventures, Puhua Capital, and Professor Gao Bingqiang.

Lumos Robotics was established in 2024, focusing on the household scenario and specializing in the R & D and sales of embodied intelligent robots, as well as the development of artificial intelligence theory and algorithm software. The company's main products include two major series of humanoid robots, LUS and MOS, as well as core components such as robot joint modules and visual - tactile modules.

The founder, Yu Chao, graduated from Tsinghua University and has nearly 10 years of experience in the R & D and industrialization of embodied robots. He was previously the person - in - charge of the humanoid robot business at Dreame. During his tenure, he completed the team building, led the team to complete the R & D and mass - production projects of Xiaomi Cyberdog and Dreame's quadruped robot, finalized the framework of embodied software and hardware, and created the world's first electric - driven embodied robot capable of backflips.

Many core members are from top universities such as Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The team brings together the core members of the former Dreame Magic Lab/Magic Atom and top scientists in the field of embodied large models. It is a team with experience in the entire technical chain of "perception - decision - execution" and the commercialization of large - scale consumer - grade products, and has nearly a decade of collaborative R & D experience in key technical aspects such as embodied brains, motion control, and core component design.

Lumos Robotics (Image source/Company)

At the beginning of this year, Lumos Robotics launched the full - sized humanoid robot LUS and has achieved full self - research on core components. It is currently in preparation for mass production and is expected to achieve batch shipments within the year.

On the hardware side, the company has independently developed core components such as high - performance integrated joints, high - precision encoders, and visual - tactile sensors. While ensuring high performance, it also guarantees subsequent mass production and cost control. In addition, several embodied intelligent robots developed by the company for industrial scenarios will be launched in the near future.

In terms of the embodied brain, based on the self - developed differentiable end - to - end embodied large - model technical architecture, integrating multi - modal data such as visual and tactile data, and combined with algorithms tailored to specific task scenarios, it can understand and execute complex tasks.

Lumos Robotics' humanoid robot LUS 2 (Image source/Company)

Recently, Lumos Robotics released its first core component product, the LUX series of visual - tactile modules. Through an end - to - end imitation learning architecture, it deeply integrates tactile feedback, visual recognition, and motion control systems to provide an intelligent solution that combines "perception - analysis - response". Among them, the LUX - G intelligent gripper has a sensitivity close to that of a human fingertip and can accurately sense subtle changes in force and torque.

Lumos Robotics' LUX - G adaptive intelligent gripper (Image source/Company)

Regarding the next step in the development of the company's embodied large model, Yu Chao, the founder of Lumos Robotics, pointed out that tactile perception is an indispensable data modality for robots to achieve dexterous operations. Lumos has innovatively integrated the tactile modality into the VLA architecture and will soon launch the first VTLA multi - modal large model for robots. At the same time, the high - precision visual - tactile sensor independently developed by the company provides a data foundation for the VTLA model. Its application is not limited to the robotics field and has broad commercial prospects in multiple scenarios such as industry, healthcare, consumer products, and scientific research.

Yingke has learned that Lumos Robotics has successively reached strategic cooperation agreements with well - known enterprises such as Dematic Technology, a provider of intelligent logistics solutions and core components, and COSCO Shipping, a global shipping giant. They will cooperate on aspects such as the implementation of embodied intelligence in scenarios such as logistics and intelligent manufacturing, the development of core components, the exploration of new application scenarios, and the promotion of the in - depth integration of the robot industry chain and innovation chain to accelerate the commercialization of embodied intelligence in the industry.

In the future, Lumos Robotics will continuously improve its product matrix based on technological innovation to precisely meet the diverse industrial scenarios and market demands. At the same time, it will deepen cooperation with the industrial end, expand the implementation scenarios of embodied intelligence in fields such as industry, logistics, services, and healthcare, and promote the efficient integration of robot technology and the real economy.

Views of the investors:

Xing Lizhe, a partner at Fosun RZ Capital said that the key to the next stage of embodied intelligence lies in scenario implementation. Lumos Robotics has full - stack self - developed technologies including VLA and the hardware body. We are optimistic about the company's potential for commercialization in industrial scenarios. Fosun is a global industrial group driven by both in - depth industrial operation and investment. It has rich industrial scenarios. Fosun RZ Capital will adhere to the mission of "empowering innovative enterprises for global development with industrial resources" and help our invested enterprises deeply integrate with Fosun's global industrial layout.

Zhuo Xu, the chairman of Dematic Technology said that Dematic Technology is actively deploying in the field of humanoid robots. Logistics handling is one of the best implementation scenarios for humanoid robots. The Lumos Robotics team has rich industrial experience in the field of humanoid robots, and there are strong connections between the company's product direction and the logistics field. We are optimistic about the company's rapid development in the future, and Dematic will also assist the company in implementing its products in industrial scenarios.