Humanoid robot company "Lingbao CASBOT" secures nearly 100 million yuan in financing after winning orders from leading clients in the industrial and mineral energy sectors | Exclusive report by Hardcore Krypton

Author | Huang Nan

Editor | Peng Xiaoqiu

Yingke learned that the humanoid robot brand "Lingbao CASBOT" recently completed an angel + round of financing worth nearly 100 million yuan. The investors include Lens Technology, Tianjin Jiayi, and old shareholders SDIC Venture Capital and Henan Asset, which followed the investment. The financing funds will be mainly used to accelerate product mass production, technological R & D iteration, and market expansion.

"Lingbao CASBOT" was established in August 2023. It focuses on the implementation and application of general humanoid robots and embodied intelligence and is a high - tech enterprise in Zhongguancun. The core members of the team have been deeply involved in major scientific and technological projects, such as the research and development of micro - target precision assembly systems, environmental perception and autonomous following of quadruped robots, and the compliant assembly robot for high - lock nuts of the C919 large aircraft. They have more than 20 years of technological accumulation and industrial experience in fields such as precision assembly, flexible operation, and visual servo.

Currently, "Lingbao CASBOT" has launched two bipedal humanoid robots, namely the general brain - like intelligent robot CASBOT 01 for multi - scenario implementation and the second - generation full - size bipedal humanoid robot CASBOT 02. Specifically, there are significant differences between Lingbao CASBOT 01 and 02 in terms of product positioning and application scenarios.

As the first - generation product, CASBOT 01 is 179 cm tall, weighs about 60 kg, has 52 degrees of freedom in the whole machine, a computing power of 550T, and an operating endurance time of more than 4 hours. It is mainly applied in complex outdoor environments, targeting specific user groups and professional needs. Through special optimization in structure, performance, etc., it can meet the needs of special operations.

Lingbao CASBOT 01 humanoid robot (Image source/Enterprise)

In contrast, CASBOT 02, released in June this year, is positioned as a lightweight bipedal model. This robot is about 163 cm tall, weighs about 55 kg, and is equipped with a large - computing - power chip of 275 tops. At the same time, the hardware is equipped with an RGBD camera, an IMU sensor, and a microphone array. Through dual perception of vision and hearing, the robot has face - tracking and voiceprint - recognition technologies, enabling "exclusive following" and "identifying people by voice". It can stably recognize user instructions even in a noisy environment, enhancing the immersive experience of interaction and is suitable for a variety of human - robot interaction scenarios, covering a wider range of user groups.

Designed for interactive entertainment, education and scientific research in scenarios such as science and technology museums, exhibition halls, shopping malls, and 4S stores, as well as for individual technology enthusiasts, CASBOT 02 can serve as a guide for explanations, a receptionist, and for interactive displays, and supports the expansion of multi - scenario and multi - modal application scenarios in the future.

At the technical architecture level, "Lingbao CASBOT" on the "brain side" selects a hierarchical end - to - end model, integrating the advantages of various types of models while avoiding their deficiencies. Through post - training with reinforcement learning, it improves the adaptability and robustness in dynamic environments.

Its core breakthrough lies in that, in the face of dynamic challenges such as environmental interference and manual intervention in the refined operation scenarios of embodied intelligent robots, it realizes real - time adaptive optimization of the model through a reinforcement learning mechanism. By collecting real - time operation data, such as force - sensor feedback and visual error signals, it continuously optimizes the motion control strategy in a closed - loop training manner, enabling the robot to independently adjust the action accuracy and trajectory planning in tasks such as screw tightening and workpiece sorting.

The left picture is CASBOT 01, and the right picture is CASBOT 02 (Image source/Enterprise)

Zhang Miao, co - founder & COO of "Lingbao CASBOT", told Yingke that this technical combination of "hierarchical end - to - end + post - training with reinforcement learning" not only retains the logical advantage of the hierarchical architecture in task decomposition but also provides the model with the ability to evolve dynamically through reinforcement learning, thus forming a full - chain intelligent closed - loop from perception to execution, which better meets the strict requirements for the robustness of humanoid robots in scenarios such as industrial quality inspection and underground operations.

Currently, in terms of commercialization, "Lingbao CASBOT" is targeting the industrial and mineral energy industries. Zhang Miao pointed out that the scenarios in the industrial and energy fields are highly concentrated, and customer needs are clear and stable. Compared with fields such as commercial services and education, they are more in line with the current commercial development needs of embodied intelligent robots.

Previously, "Lingbao CASBOT" had continuously accumulated industry know - how in scenarios such as emergency rescue, underground operations, and industrial manufacturing, with obvious advantages in customer resources.

By focusing on these two major scenarios with rigid demand, on the one hand, it can quickly increase the robot shipment volume and optimize costs through the scale effect; on the other hand, the robots deployed in industrial and mining scenarios can serve as data - collection carriers, continuously collecting semi - structured operation data to support the iterative upgrade of the embodied intelligent model, forming a virtuous cycle of "product implementation - data feedback - technological optimization" and accelerating the commercialization process and technological iterative innovation.

Demonstration picture of the implementation of Lingbao CASBOT humanoid robot (Image source/Enterprise)

Taking the industrial scenario as an example, many factories are facing difficulties in recruiting workers and the pressure of transformation to flexible manufacturing. Under the requirements of the small - batch and multi - variety production model in industries such as 3C and footwear and clothing, traditional industrial robots are difficult to adapt to unstructured scenarios. For example, in the quality - inspection process, it is necessary to simulate the coordinated operation of human hands, grab workpieces with both arms, cooperate with the vision system to turn and detect from multiple angles, and then accurately place the workpieces back on the production line. Single - arm and single - hand robots cannot meet the requirements of such hand - eye - brain coordination.

After introducing the embodied intelligent robot of "Lingbao CASBOT", its five - fingered dexterous hand can imitate the flexibility of human hands in operation, achieving rapid learning and generalizable long - sequence dexterous operations in processes such as screw tightening and cable - plugging, which better meets the requirements of rapid production change in flexible manufacturing.

Lingbao CASBOT dexterous hand (Image source/Enterprise)

Yingke learned that relying on years of technological accumulation, industry insights, and energy - consumption optimization experience in the industrial and mining energy fields, "Lingbao CASBOT" has reached in - depth cooperation with leading enterprises in the industry such as Zhaojin Group, Sinomine Group, and CITIC Heavy Industries. This includes establishing an embodied intelligent company targeting fields such as underground embodied robots in mines and comprehensive safety inspections in mines, and focusing on the R & D of special humanoid robots for special scenarios.

In addition to the above two core fields, for diversified scenarios such as commercial services and education, "Lingbao CASBOT" is systematically launching a pure standardized product system. Through modular architecture design, it helps customers achieve rapid deployment and flexible adaptation.

In the future, "Lingbao CASBOT" will conduct in - depth research on the application of humanoid robots in multiple scenarios to promote the implementation and application of embodied intelligent technology in more fields.

Comments from investors:

Lens Technology said that Lingbao CASBOT has demonstrated excellent innovation ability and practical implementation ability in the field of embodied intelligent robots. The team has a deep understanding of industrial manufacturing scenarios, and its products highly meet the core customer needs such as flexible production and cost control. The VLA technical route targeting industrial - scenario needs can effectively deal with the complexity of the real manufacturing environment. The self - developed series of dexterous hand products achieve sub - millimeter - level precision operation and flexible grasping, filling a key gap in the industry. Lens Technology will open up its rich scenarios in fields such as consumer electronics, intelligent vehicles, and smart home appliances, closely cooperate with Lingbao CASBOT, and accelerate the large - scale application and real implementation of embodied intelligent robots in the global industrial field. At the same time, Lens Technology will also provide key components and whole - machine assembly for the mass production of Lingbao CASBOT robots, assisting in quality control, cost control, etc. The two sides will jointly promote the upgrading of intelligent manufacturing and redefine the future of human - robot collaboration.

Tianjin Jiayi said that Lingbao CASBOT has established a differential advantage in the mining scenario and reached in - depth cooperation with industrial giants such as Zhaojin Group, Sinomine Group, and CITIC Heavy Industries. We believe that this is an efficient engine for transforming technological advantages into continuous business growth. In the fierce industry competition pattern, we choose to firmly support a team that truly understands technology, industry, and the essence of business.