CategoryHumanoids
Overview
Chinese embodied-AI startup developing AI-driven bipedal and wheeled humanoid robots for commercial service, hospitality, and industrial settings. Founded in January 2025 by Tsinghua University AI and Robot Lab alumni, the company has launched the Zerith Z1 bipedal humanoid and the Zerith H1 wheeled humanoid for hotel housekeeping. Zerith has deployed robots across more than ten landmark locations in Hefei, Beijing, and Shenzhen, and is mass-producing 100 robots per month.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundPre-A post-money
Key facts
Fundingsee investors →
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Web sources
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Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Zerith H1
Wheeled humanoid robot with a height-adjustable body for hotel housekeeping and facility cleaning. It cleans showers, toilets and sinks, vacuums rooms, restocks amenities, collects trash, wipes countertops and mops floors, and is deployed in more than 20 venues in major Chinese cities including hotels, malls and airports.
Current platform
Zerith Z1
Bipedal humanoid robot designed for autonomous navigation and interaction in service and commercial settings; AI-driven motion, balance on uneven surfaces, human-like upper-body coordination for greeting and demonstrations.
Partnerships
Every company Zerith Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1CR Vanguard1× joint
- 2YOUIBOT1× joint
Most recent
- Zerith Robotics x YOUIBOT2026-06-30with YOUIBOToperating
- Zerith Robotics x CR Vanguard2026-01-15with CR Vanguardjust announced
Zerith Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Zerith Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Zerith Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Min Yuheng Co-founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Cheng Yi Co-foundersecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Cheng Yicofounderno longer at company
- Min Yuhengcofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Zerith Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Zerith Robotics2 deployments
Recent coverage
Zerith Robotics in third-party press
Peers
93 peers across 1 segment. Every Zerith Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
humanoid(93)
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- Anyverse Dynamicsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- CASBOTdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- DISCOVER Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Enigmadirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Galaxea AIdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Mentioned on (2)
Registry pages whose text names Zerith Robotics.
People (2)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $88.0M
- Employees
- 130
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Partnerships
2 total · 1 operating · 1 just announced
Every company Zerith Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Zerith Robotics x YOUIBOT2026-06-30with YOUIBOToperating
- Zerith Robotics x CR Vanguard2026-01-15with CR Vanguardjust announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1CR Vanguard1× joint
- 2YOUIBOT1× joint
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Zerith Robotics x YOUIBOTwithYOUIBOTdevelopment2026-06-30operating
- Zerith Robotics x CR VanguardwithCR Vanguarddeployment2026-01-15just announced
Funding rounds (2)
Zerith Robotics’s 2 disclosed rounds, $88M in total, oldest to newest.
- Pre-A2026-07-01
$74M(reported) · $370M post
Investors: Ant Group (lead), Baohe Venture (follow), Cowin Capital (follow)
- Seed2025-11-01
$14M(reported)
Investors: Runze Group (lead), Ningbo Dongli (follow), Chuangye Jieli (follow), Pinghu Zexin (follow)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Zerith Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundPre-A funding round
2026-07-01Pre-A raising $74000000
PartnershipZerith Robotics x YOUIBOT
2026-06-30Zerith Robotics and YOUIBOT signed a strategic partnership to integrate embodied AI technology in industrial scenarios. Zerith provides its generalized grasping solution while YOUIBOT contributes its full-stack industrial embodied AI system for standardized production lines and flexible automation in discrete manufacturing.
PartnershipZerith Robotics x CR Vanguard
2026-01-15Zerith Robotics and CR Vanguard (Hualian) formed a strategic partnership for deploying Zerith humanoid robots in retail and commercial scenarios. CR Vanguard provides deployment venues and scenario demand while Zerith provides embodied AI robots.
Funding roundSeed funding round
2025-11-01Seed raising $14000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 4, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment recordedJun 1, 2024
Zerith Z1 at China, Asia
- Deployment recordedJun 1, 2024
Zerith Z1 at United States
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-09
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Last reviewed 2026-10-09
Sources by quality tier
- 2
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The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Zerith Robotics.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Dobot6 models
- AheadForm5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Zerith Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Zerith Robotics, YOUIBOT Form Strategic Partnership
Zerith Robotics and YOUIBOT signed a strategic partnership to integrate embodied AI technology in industrial scenarios across Anhui province.
Top Humanoid Robotics Startups by Fundraising 2026
Ranking of top humanoid startups by total funding. RoboForce 7M industrial physical AI robots. Others listed by total raised.
Seeds | Tsinghua Gen Z Geeks Launch Startup, Raise Over 100 Million Yuan, Mass-Produce 100 Embodied Robots
Zerith Robotics closed a funding round exceeding 100 million yuan, led by Runze Group, and is mass-producing 100 robots per month.
Zerith H1 Wheeled Humanoid Robot for Hospitality
Zerith H1 is a wheeled humanoid robot designed for hotel housekeeping with 23 DOF, 10 kg payload, and autonomous cleaning capabilities.
Zerith Robotics Closes 100M RMB Funding Round with Range Technology
Zerith Robotics closed a strategic funding round of over 100 million RMB, led by Range Technology (Runze Group).
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/zerith-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/zerith-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/86368163-1171-423c-b8f4-5a43e799b150
- Revision history: /companies/zerith-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Dobot6 models
- AheadForm5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Video
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Heat Index
Category contender79/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Zerith Robotics draws attention at the 30th percentile but verifies reality at the 76th percentile among humanoids. Hype Gap -45.7, 87th widest among humanoids.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 5 verified deployments. Active fundraising activity with a recent closing. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 3, 2026