Lumos Robotics has completed a second follow-on round of angel funding, with backing from Damon Technology, Fosun RZ Capital, and Wuzhong Financial Holdings. The new capital will support product refinement, deeper integration with industrial partners, and the advancement of its core solutions toward commercialization.
This marks Lumos Robotics’ second funding round in just two months and its third within six months. The company has now raised nearly RMB 200 million (USD 28 million) cumulatively through angel-stage investments. Earlier backers include Innoangel Fund, SenseCapital, Plum Ventures, Puhua Capital, and Gao Bingqiang.
Founded in 2024, Lumos Robotics focuses on embodied intelligence for household applications. Its business spans R&D, sales of humanoid robots, artificial intelligence algorithms, and software systems. Core product lines include the LUS and MOS humanoid robot series, as well as components such as robotic joint modules and visuotactile sensor units.
The company was founded by Yu Chao, a Tsinghua University graduate with nearly a decade of experience in embodied robotics R&D and commercialization. He previously led the humanoid robotics division at Dreame Technology, where he assembled the teams behind high-profile projects like Xiaomi’s CyberDog and Dreame’s quadruped robot. Yu is also credited with creating the world’s first backflipping embodied robot powered solely by electric drive.
Lumos’s core team includes alumni from institutions such as Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Several founding members previously worked at Dreame’s MagicLab and are recognized experts in large embodied models. Collectively, the team brings a decade of experience in embodied cognition, motion control, and component design, with capabilities spanning perception, decision-making, and execution, alongside a track record in scaling consumer-grade robotics for commercialization.
Earlier this year, Lumos Robotics unveiled its full-scale humanoid robot, LUS, built entirely with in-house components. The model has entered pre-production and is expected to begin volume shipments later this year.
On the hardware side, the company has developed key components in-house, including high-performance integrated joints, precision encoders, and visuotactile sensors. These components are designed to ensure high performance and cost efficiency as the company prepares for mass production. Multiple robots optimized for industrial scenarios are also in development.
At the software level, Lumos has built an “embodied brain” system based on a proprietary, differentiable end-to-end architecture for large embodied models. The system integrates multimodal data (including vision and haptics) with task-specific algorithms to interpret and execute complex activities.
Most recently, Lumos launched its first visuotactile hardware product line: the LUX series. These modules use end-to-end imitation learning to tightly couple haptic sensing, visual recognition, and motion control. Among them, the LUX-G gripper is reportedly nearly as sensitive as a human fingertip, capable of detecting minute changes in force and torque.
Commenting on future plans for its large embodied models, Yu emphasized the importance of tactile sensing in enabling dexterous manipulation. Lumos has already integrated tactile sensing into its vision-language-action (VLA) framework and is preparing to launch its first VTLA (VLA plus tactile) model. This foundational system is aimed at both robotics and multimodal applications. The company’s proprietary visuotactile sensors provide the essential data infrastructure, with potential applications extending to manufacturing, healthcare, consumer electronics, and scientific research.
According to 36Kr, Lumos Robotics has formed partnerships with Damon Technology and COSCO Shipping. These collaborations aim to deploy embodied AI in logistics and smart manufacturing, co-develop key components, explore new use cases, and link robotic innovation with the broader industrial supply chain.
Looking ahead, Lumos plans to expand its product portfolio through ongoing technical innovation, ensuring alignment with diverse industrial needs. The company also aims to deepen collaborations across sectors such as logistics, healthcare, industrial automation, and services, accelerating the integration of robotics into real-world industry.
Commenting on the investment, Xing Lizhe, partner at Fosun RZ Capital, said that the next phase of embodied artificial intelligence hinges on real-world deployment. “Lumos Robotics owns the entire stack ranging from the VLA framework to physical hardware. This gives it strong potential for commercialization,” Xing said.
“Humanoid robots are poised for real-world applications, and logistics is one of the most promising sectors. Lumos has deep experience in this field and a clear alignment with logistics use cases,” said Zhuo Xu, chairman of Damon Technology. “We believe the company is on track for rapid growth and will support its efforts in rolling out its technology across industrial scenarios.”
KrASIA Connection features translated and adapted content that was originally published by 36Kr. This article was written by Huang Nan for 36Kr.