{"title":"DexForce vs RobotEra: General-purpose compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/dexforce-vs-robotera","comparison":"DexForce ranks 9 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 85; RobotEra ranks 21 with 76. DexForce is ahead on deployment, positioning, firepower and leverage. RobotEra is ahead on production. Level on commercials, progress and technology. DexForce is based in China, RobotEra in Beijing, China. RobotEra: private. DexForce is named in 26 signals and RobotEra in 35.","companies":[{"name":"DexForce","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/dexforce","city":null,"country":"China","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"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.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Humanoids","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":9,"score":85,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":10,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":10,"commercial":8,"deployment":8,"production":6,"technology":8},"why":"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.","segment":"General-purpose","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":26,"facts_total":50},{"name":"RobotEra","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/robotera","city":"Beijing","country":"China","stage":"private","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"RobotEra (Tsinghua lineage) is a Chinese humanoid maker whose thousand-unit deliveries began in Q2-2026 (growth >300%), built around the L7 biped and the 12-DoF XHAND1, with >95% of core hardware claimed in-house, deployed across 10+ logistics centers via China Post and SF Group for 24-hour parcel sorting. It raised a ~RMB 1B strategic round in March 2026 at a >RMB 10B valuation, then a $200M+ round in May 2026 led by its logistics customer SF Group (HSG, IDG, Hillhouse participating), with a Hong Kong IPO planned but not yet filed. Revenue is undisclosed (thousand-unit deliveries at mid-five-figure ASPs imply tens of millions; funding-total figures conflict).","assessed_in":{"domain":"Humanoids","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":21,"score":76,"tier":"member","scores":{"leverage":8,"position":6,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":8,"deployment":6,"production":8,"technology":8},"why":"RobotEra develops and deploys full-size humanoid robots for logistics and industrial applications, including deployments across more than 10 logistics centers and with major customers such as SF Express and China Post.","segment":"General-purpose","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":35,"facts_total":31}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}