Chinese robot service platform SHAREBOT said on Thursday it had completed a strategic financing round in the hundreds of millions of yuan, with Heda Investment, Mango Industrial Investor (Houwei Capital) and Sinounite.
The company also completed a brand and business model upgrade, moving from robot rental to “robot productivity services” and from renting equipment to delivering work, it said. It aims to build robot service infrastructure for multiple industries based on its Worken productivity measurement framework, cross-brand fleet scheduling and national fulfilment network.
The investors bring content, regional industrial and logistics resources. Heda Investment will support regional expansion and the rollout of the Worken training system. Mango Industrial Investor (Houwei Capital) will link IP content with embodied AI, using robots as offline carriers for IP and immersive experiences. Zhonglian Jisong will open last-mile delivery and park service scenarios to test multi-robot scheduling.
Proceeds will be used for application service research and development, Worken training, ecosystem building and upgrading the national fulfilment network, SHAREBOT said.
The upgrade comes as companies shift focus from what robots can do to whether they can complete specific tasks and create sustained value. New CEO Deng Feng is leading the effort to organize equipment, technology and service resources so robot capacity can be called on demand, measured and delivered.
SHAREBOT has connected nearly 20 robot brands, including AgiBot, Gaoqing, XBOT, AheadForm, UWORL, and ENGINEAI. It is building global asset scheduling, a robot fleet operating system and operations capabilities.
Worken measures effective output using active robot count multiplied by autonomous working hours and an output efficiency ratio. The company said the framework is intended to support work evaluation, value accounting and service settlement, rather than merely counting devices or usage time.
SHAREBOT has 20 operating centres in cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hangzhou. It plans to complete 54 city service nodes in the first phase to create a “two-hour deployment service circle” and is pushing “four online” initiatives covering operating centres, talent, application solutions and equipment assets.
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