{"city":"Hanoi","name":"VinMotion","slug":"vinmotion","facts":[{"date":"2026-05-29","type":"ownership_change","value":"Vingroup Joint Stock Company","source":"vir.com.vn"},{"date":"2026-05-29","type":"ownership_change","value":"Vingroup board approved the acquisition of shares in VinMotion USA, Inc. from the Vietnamese parent entity","source":"vir.com.vn"},{"date":"2026-05-29","type":"funding_round","value":"USD 12.75 million invested in VinMotion USA, Inc.","source":"vir.com.vn"},{"date":"2026-05-29","type":"ownership_change","value":"Acquisition of shares in VinMotion USA, Inc. from the Vietnamese parent entity","source":"vir.com.vn"},{"date":"2026-05-29","type":"funding_round","value":"Investment in VinMotion USA, Inc.","source":"vir.com.vn"},{"date":"2025-12-01","type":"product_launch","value":"VinMotion unveiled its second-generation humanoid, Motion 2","source":"mikekalil.com"}],"peers":[{"name":"Tesla","rank":1,"slug":"tesla","score":"91.5"},{"name":"Unitree","rank":2,"slug":"unitree","score":"89"},{"name":"AgiBot","rank":4,"slug":"agibot","score":"88.5"},{"name":"Figure","rank":5,"slug":"figure","score":"88"},{"name":"Boston Dynamics","rank":6,"slug":"boston-dynamics","score":"87"},{"name":"DexForce","rank":9,"slug":"dexforce","score":"85"}],"stage":null,"state":null,"aliases":["VinMotion General Purpose Humanoid Robots Application Development and Research JSC","VinMotion USA, Inc.","Motion_1","Motion 2"],"country":"Vietnam","domains":[{"why":"VinMotion develops general-purpose bipedal humanoid robots, Motion_1 and Motion 2, for uses such as factory logistics, quality inspection, healthcare, education and home care.","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":55,"tier":"member","layer":"Systems","total":63,"domain":"Humanoids","scores":{"leverage":8,"position":6,"progress":8,"firepower":8,"commercial":2,"deployment":6,"production":4,"technology":6},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"General-purpose"}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-01-08","header":"Motion 2 showcased agile movement and precise limb control at CES 2026.","outlet":"humanoid.guide"},{"date":"2026-01-08","header":"Qualcomm’s Dragonwing industrial processor roadmap is powering humanoid robots from Booster and VinMotion.","outlet":"The Robot Report"}],"website":"vinmotion.vn","category":"Humanoids · Systems","categories":[{"name":"General-purpose","domain":"Humanoids","parent":"Humanoids · Systems"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-22T22:27:13.401+00:00","facts_total":35,"positioning":"VinMotion was established in January 2025 as a distinct Vingroup robotics entity, separate from VinRobotics and VinDynamics, with nearly USD 40 million of registered capital, and unveiled Motion_1, Vietnam first domestically made humanoid, in June 2025 after developing the first prototype in three months. Motion 2 followed. The robots are semi-autonomous with a human in the loop and adaptive learning from human feedback, which is why deployment scores 3 rather than higher. First-phase deployment is captive: VinFast electric vehicle factories, for parts transport and quality inspection. The robotics division is led by Quan Nguyen, chairman and chief scientific officer, who holds a Carnegie Mellon mechanical engineering doctorate and is a USC assistant professor, which explains the southern California office. On 2026-05-29 the Vingroup board approved acquiring shares in VinMotion USA, Inc., with a USD 12.75 million investment reported. The complication is that Vingroup now runs three overlapping robotics ventures, and VinRobotics is already a scored row; the most important open question is the effect of the VinFast May 2026 restructuring, divesting Vietnamese manufacturing for approximately USD 530 million toward an asset-light model, on the VinMotion captive deployment path.","sub_category":"General-purpose","signals_total":2,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/vinmotion","title":"VinMotion · humanoids, Hanoi, Vietnam · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"VinMotion develops general-purpose bipedal humanoid robots, Motion_1 and Motion 2, for uses such as factory logistics, quality inspection, healthcare, education and home care. Humanoids 100 rank 55 (score 63) 2 signals and 35 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}