Hikrobot (Hangzhou Hikrobot Co., Ltd.) is a mobile robot and machine vision specialist that spun off from Hikvision’s machine vision business unit in 2016, and has recently unveiled logistics solutions for the full lithium battery production process.
1. Company Overview
- Company name: Hangzhou Hikrobot Co., Ltd. (Hikrobot)
- Founded: April 20, 2016 — spun off from Hikvision’s machine vision business unit
- Headquarters: Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
- Representative: Jia Yonghua
- Business area: mobile robots (AGV/AMR), machine vision, industrial IoT and smart manufacturing
2. History and Personnel
The company began as Hikvision’s machine vision business unit and was spun off as an independent entity in 2016. As of May 2018 it had approximately 1,000 employees worldwide (including approximately 800 in R&D), and has operated three business areas — mobile robots, machine vision, and industrial drones — while sharing Hikvision’s image sensor, AI, and big-data analytics technologies. At CIBF (China International Battery Fair) 2026, the company exhibited under the theme of “strengthening full-process lithium battery capability.”
At its Tonglu factory the company is implementing an advanced “robots building robots” manufacturing approach, and has participated in drafting Hangzhou’s local regulation for embodied intelligence robots — the world’s first such regulation. Its DataView-3D visualization management platform supports real-time operation of more than 300,000 containers.
3. Core Technology and Key Equipment
The company offers four mobile robot product families spanning 42 product series and more than 1,200 models (as of 2022), applied across industries including 3C electronics, automotive manufacturing, e-commerce logistics, third-party logistics, retail, food and beverage, solar, medical, tobacco, and apparel.
- Mobile robots (AGV/AMR) — 4 product families, 42 series, more than 1,200 models
- Machine vision products and algorithm platform — positioning, measurement, defect inspection, and code reading
- DataView-3D visualization management platform — real-time operation of 300,000+ containers
- Logistics solutions for the full lithium battery production process (exhibited at CIBF 2026)
4. Production Infrastructure and Quality Assurance
The company operates its Hangzhou headquarters and a factory in Tonglu, and holds China’s first full-command CE certification for AGVs as well as the country’s first Industry 4.0-related certification.
5. Delivery Track Record and Partnerships
The company states it supplies mobile robots to a broad range of industries including 3C electronics, automotive manufacturing, e-commerce logistics, third-party logistics, retail, food and beverage, solar, medical, tobacco, and apparel, and held a 19.88% share of China’s domestic mobile robot market in 2021 (per cited securities firm research).
6. Financial Status and Roadmap
The company is reported to have prepared and disclosed an IPO prospectus (per cited securities firm research reports). Individual revenue and profit figures are not arbitrarily presented in this profile.
The company is pursuing a strategy focused on three areas — industrial IoT, smart logistics, and smart manufacturing — serving industrial and logistics customers through an open collaborative ecosystem, and has recently expanded its applications into full-process lithium battery solutions.
This profile was compiled from publicly available sources including Qichacha (qcc.com), Vbdata (vbdata.cn), the company website (as published on chinaagv.com), and Jingling Data research reports; unverified figures and non-public information have not been arbitrarily included.