- Unit of video surveillance titan Hikvision targets shift toward adaptive industrial systems
- Launch marks 10th anniversary with expanded AI and robotics lineup
Hikrobot (海康机器人), the robotics arm of global video surveillance leader Hikvision, unveiled more than 35 new products and industry solutions spanning standard vision, high-precision 3D vision and AI-driven systems, as it marked its 10th anniversary with a broader push into adaptive manufacturing.
The launches, announced at an event held April 22-24 in Tonglu, a county governed by Hangzhou, were accompanied by the debut of what the company calls “embodied manufacturing.”
This concept refers to enabling machines to adapt to changing production environments rather than relying on fixed automation, Hikvision explains.
Chief Executive Jia Yonghua said traditional automated production is reaching its limits amid increasingly fragmented demand and shortages of skilled labor.
The new approach focuses on two core capabilities: flexible intelligent systems that can handle multiple tasks and processes, and scalable deployment that allows machines to adapt quickly to varied industrial scenarios.
Together, these capabilities are designed to shift manufacturing from rigid, fixed production lines toward more modular and reconfigurable systems, where machines can be deployed across different environments with minimal adjustment.
Hikrobot has built its business around what it describes as a full-stack “eyes, hands and feet” architecture—covering machine vision, articulated robots and mobile robots.
To date, it has shipped more than 10 million machine vision units and over 180,000 mobile robots, giving it a significant share of the domestic market.
According to some estimates, roughly one in every two industrial cameras and one in every three mobile robots sold in China is manufactured by Hikrobot.
The Hangzhou-based company has also emphasized integration between hardware and software. Its in-house industrial software platform has more than 600,000 licensed users and supports over 1,000 application scenarios, with a global customer base exceeding 20,000 companies.
Backed by this ecosystem, Hikrobot reported revenue of more than 6.45 billion yuan ($943 million) in 2025.
