RobotPlusPlus Closes Series C to Scale Robots That Take Humans Out of Dangerous Work at Height

BEIJING, Sept. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RobotPlusPlus(ROBOT++), an engineering-led company specializing in working-at-height robots, has closed a Series C round worth hundreds of millions of RMB (tens of millions of USD). The funding will accelerate global expansion and advance its embodied AI platform.

The round was led by Qianggang Capital Fund, with participation from GIG Capital Group, Sealand Innovation and Juntong Capital. Existing investor Fosun RZ Capital increased its stake.

"The true value of industrial robotics lies in real-world execution," said Dr. Hua-Yang Xu, Founder and CEO of RobotPlusPlus. "Over ten 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."

The problem: skilled workers should supervise, not risk their lives

Across shipyards, oil and gas facilities, wind farms, and building façades, essential maintenance still puts skilled workers on scaffolding, suspended platforms and other hazardous structures, often dozens of meters above ground.

RobotPlusPlus builds robots to take on these dangerous, repetitive tasks instead. Guided by its vision of “Empowering Humans with Robots & AI,” the company enables professionals to focus on supervision, quality control, and decision-making while robots handle the risk. This improves worker safety while reducing reliance on scaffolding and rope access, increasing operational consistency, lowering costs and minimizing downtime.

A proven commercial platform

Over the past decade, RobotPlusPlus has built an integrated platform spanning R&D, manufacturing, sales, delivery and after-sales service across marine, oil and gas, and construction. Its product portfolio covers all aspects of fabric maintenance—including inspections, surface preparation, coating, spot repairs, and cleaning.

Ship maintenance is its most established application. RobotPlusPlus hull derusting robots have been deployed at more than 100 major shipyards worldwide, with market share above 70%, and have completed work on over 10,000 large cargo vessels. Compared with manual methods, they improve efficiency five to six times and reduce overall costs by 30% to 50%, shortening a typical repair cycle from six or seven days to around three and freeing valuable dry dock capacity.

"The endgame for embodied AI in industry is not the laboratory; it is the most demanding worksites," said Zhang Zhenming, General Manager of co-lead investor Qianggang Capital Fund. "Starting from ship-hull derusting, RobotPlusPlus was the first to bring robot fleets to commercial scale, and its platform now extends into petrochemical, wind power, and tank cleaning. We see an emerging industrial platform here, and we are backing the team to become a global leader in autonomous industrial operations."

International traction

RobotPlusPlus has a growing global footprint spanning more than 18 countries. Its international customers and partners include NOSCO Shipyard in Vietnam, where a multi-million-dollar order is delivering measurable cost savings and efficiency gains aligned with Vietnam's new environmental-upgrade requirements for greener ship repair, as well as established partnerships with two of the world's leading ship-repair operators, Drydocks World in Dubai and ST Engineering Marine in Singapore. The company also counts global industrial majors such as Saudi Aramco and Vopak among its references.

Deep R&D and data advantage

With more than 60% of its workforce in R&D and R&D investment above 20% of revenue for three consecutive years, RobotPlusPlus has built a deep technology base. More importantly, its robots have accumulated over 2 million operating hours, creating real-world data that continuously strengthens its vertical AI models for complex industrial environments.

"Every job at height is a data sample," said Dr. Xu. "Customers pay for the result, and the robot gathers training data in the process, a sustainable data flywheel that keeps our models improving."

 "We first invested in 2022 and have continued to increase our commitment," said Jin Hualong, chairman of Fosun RZ Capital. "RobotPlusPlus has built strong capabilities in special-purpose robotics, with deep expertise in marine industrial applications. The company is building industrial-grade embodied intelligence, moving from single devices to complete system solutions for high-risk marine and industrial environments, and has established deep technical barriers along the way. We look forward to seeing the company keep leading this industry's transformation."

The funding will support four priorities: embodied AI and vertical models, international sales and service networks, scaled manufacturing and industry standards, and talent development.

About RobotPlusPlus (ROBOT++)

Founded in 2015 by a team of PhDs from Tsinghua University, RobotPlusPlus is recognized as a National-Level Specialized, Sophisticated, Distinctive and Innovative “Little Giant” Enterprise and a National IP Advantage Enterprise in China. Since 2017, the company has focused on developing intelligent special-purpose robots and was among the first companies in China to commercialize intelligent high-altitude robots, with a leading position in the global market. Its products span ship-hull derusting, oil-and-gas tank surface preparation, wind-power inspection and building-façade cleaning. RobotPlusPlus holds more than 480 domestic and international patents, with a sales network covering Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, Oceania and Africa.

More about RobotPlusPlus, please visit: https://www.robotplusplus.com/

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