DexForce vs Dexmate: General-purpose compared

November 2026 edition · assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence

DexForce ranks 9 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 85; Dexmate ranks 73 with 57. DexForce is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. DexForce is based in China, Dexmate in United States. DexForce is named in 26 signals and Dexmate in 12.

DexForce →

China · Humanoids · Systems / General-purpose · dexforce.com

DexForce develops and sells humanoid robots, including the 40-degree-of-freedom W1 Pro, and has shipped thousands of robots for real-world deployments in tourism, cultural venues, retail and service settings.

Robotics 100 · rank 35 · score 85Humanoids 100 · rank 9 · score 85AI Core · watchlist · score 53

Scores, Humanoids (of 10)

Deployment8
Production6
Commercials8
Progress10
Technology8
Positioning8
Firepower10
Leverage10

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

DexForce, also known as Kuawei or 跨维智能, is a China-based physical-AI company supplying embodied-intelligence software, 3D perception, simulation/data infrastructure and its own W1 Pro general-purpose humanoid platform. It reported more than 1,000 deployed projects across over 30 cities, a July-2025 A1/A2 financing of several hundred million RMB, a June-2026 RMB 1 billion Series B at a valuation above RMB 10 billion, and W1 Pro production and first delivery through Lenovo's manufacturing network in October-December 2025. Its distinguishing position is a vertically integrated data-to-model-to-robot stack; the open question is how much of reported commercial deployment is autonomous operation versus company-supported or teleoperated delivery.

Latest signals

  • DexForce is raising funding to develop simulation-based humanoid robot training.humanoid.guide
  • DexForce is testing humanoid robots on object-sorting tasks.humanoid.guide
  • DexForce open-sourced EmbodiChain in January 2026.DexForce

26 signals name DexForce.

Facts, with sources

  • EmbodiChain open-sourcedDexForce
  • Several-hundred-million-yuan A1 and A2 financing roundsDexForce
  • More than RMB 100,000 in single-store revenueDexForce

50 facts on file.

Dexmate →

United States · Humanoids · Systems / General-purpose · dexmate.ai

Dexmate develops and commercially offers Vega, a general-purpose wheeled humanoid robot with mobile manipulation, extended reach, lifting capability and multimodal AI.

Humanoids 100 · rank 73 · score 57Robotics · prospect · score 27AI Core · discarded · score 26

Scores, Humanoids (of 10)

Deployment4
Production4
Commercials2
Progress8
Technology6
Positioning6
Firepower6
Leverage8

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

Dexmate is a US robotics company (Santa Clara, founded 2024) whose VEGA combines high-payload arms, a foldable torso, and an omnidirectional base with an integrated Physical AI development platform (the robot as one part of a tooling product). It has a corporate-Asia validation chain: an LG Technology Ventures investment plus an LG CNS commercialization partnership (March 2026) and an NEC Orchestrating Future Fund investment (August 2025), two Asian IT giants as channels within six months. It is pre-revenue class ($33-41M raised).

Latest signals

  • Dexmate Vega is offered as a shared robot research platform for $75,000.humanoid.guide
  • NEC and Dexmate plan to explore physical AI applications across multiple industries.The AI Insider
  • Dexmate equipped Vega with synchronized sensors and multiple software and hardware safety controls.The AI Insider

12 signals name Dexmate.

Facts, with sources

  • NEC Orchestrating Future Fund investment in DexmateThe AI Insider
  • NEC Orchestrating Future Fund invested an undisclosed amount in DexmateThe AI Insider
  • NEC and Dexmate plan to explore physical AI applications across multiple industriesThe AI Insider

12 facts on file.

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DexForce or Dexmate: which is ahead in humanoids?

DexForce ranks 9 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 85; Dexmate ranks 73 with 57. DexForce is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. DexForce is based in China, Dexmate in United States. DexForce is named in 26 signals and Dexmate in 12.

How do DexForce and Dexmate compare?

DexForce ranks 9 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 85; Dexmate ranks 73 with 57. DexForce is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. DexForce is based in China, Dexmate in United States. DexForce is named in 26 signals and Dexmate in 12. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.

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