D-Robotics

D-Robotics is a provider of robotics development infrastructure, focusing on designing foundational computing chips and all-in-one robotic development kits (RDK). The company was spun off from the robotics division of Horizon Robotics in early 2024 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China. The founding team has a background in developing Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Driving (AD) solutions. The CEO is Wang Cong.

The company's core offering is the D-Robotics RDK™, a developer kit that includes hardware, operating systems, and applications to help developers build robot prototypes and products. The RDK series features a proprietary AI acceleration engine (BPU) and offers a range of computing power to support various applications. Products include the RDK X3, RDK X5, and the upcoming RDK S100, which is a system-on-a-chip platform integrating computing and control functions for embodied AI. D-Robotics serves developers of humanoid robots, quadruped robot dogs, and logistics robots. The business model involves providing hardware and software development platforms and fostering an ecosystem through its D-Robotics Gravity Program (DGP), a global initiative to support robotics startups.

In May 2025, D-Robotics announced the completion of a $100 million Series A funding round. Key investors included GL Ventures, 5Y Capital, Linear Venture, Hermitage Capital, and Vertex Growth, an investment arm of Singapore's Temasek. The capital is intended to accelerate the development of an embodied AI ecosystem and scale operations.

Keywords: robotic development kit, embodied AI, system-on-a-chip, robotics infrastructure, computing chips, autonomous driving solutions, hardware development platform, ADAS, robotic computing solutions, developer kit, AI acceleration, quadruped robots, humanoid robots, logistics robots, D-Robotics Gravity Program, RDK X5, RDK S100, intelligent automation, mechatronics, edge intelligence