DexForce vs VinDynamics: General-purpose compared

November 2026 edition · assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence

DexForce ranks 9 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 85; VinDynamics ranks 90 with 53. DexForce is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. DexForce is based in China, VinDynamics in Hanoi, Vietnam. VinDynamics: subsidiary. DexForce is named in 26 signals and VinDynamics in 7.

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.

VinDynamics →

Hanoi, Vietnam · Humanoids · Systems / General-purpose · subsidiary · vindynamics.net

VinDynamics builds Dyno, its first humanoid robot, with dexterous manipulation, environmental sensing, multilingual communication and flexible responses for real-world use.

Humanoids 100 · rank 90 · score 53AI Core · prospect · score 38Robotics · prospect · score 38

Scores, Humanoids (of 10)

Deployment4
Production2
Commercials2
Progress8
Technology6
Positioning4
Firepower8
Leverage6

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

Positioning

VinDynamics is a distinct company, not a VinMotion alias and not a re-merge candidate. Founded September 2025, chaired by La Manh Hung, it unveiled its own first humanoid, Dyno, on 2026-06-01 at ICRA 2026 in Vienna and Computex Taipei 2026, the same days and venues where VinRobotics showed the VR-H3. Trade coverage that week framed them as two separate humanoid programmes from the same group on parallel tracks, one industrial and one service. The product split is genuine: Dyno is a service humanoid optimised for security and surveillance across urban areas, campuses and integrated service complexes, with a public-facing proof point rather than industrial. It was piloted at Vinpearl Safari Phu Quoc, one of Vietnam's largest semi-wildlife parks, as a robotic guide in a demanding outdoor environment with multilingual narration. VinDynamics claims its own stack: a specialised actuator system, a robotic hand it describes as having internationally benchmarked dexterity, and an AI training dataset optimised for real-world scenarios. Vingroup now runs three separate humanoid companies, VinRobotics, VinMotion and VinDynamics, and the registry carries all three with the overlap noted. Confidence is verified on the separation, verified_light on everything else: no funding, headcount, revenue, unit count or Dyno specifications are published.

Latest signals

  • VinRobotics and VinDynamics publicly displayed humanoid robots at two 2026 technology conferences.humanoid.guide
  • VinDynamics presented Dyno’s specialized actuators, dexterous robotic hand, and real-world AI training dataset.humanoid.guide
  • VinDynamics introduced Dyno as a humanoid platform for security, public service, and household assistance.humanoid.guide

7 signals name VinDynamics.

Facts, with sources

  • Strategic memorandum of understanding with Skild AI covering embodied AI research, robot manipulation, sim-to-real transfer, edge AI deployment, and real-world validation of humanoid systems.vingroup.net
  • pre-revenuetechnode.global and humanoid.guide
  • Dyno, VinDynamics' first humanoid robot, unveiled at ICRA 2026 and Computex Taipeivingroup.net and pulse2.com

26 facts on file.

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DexForce or VinDynamics: which is ahead in humanoids?

DexForce ranks 9 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 85; VinDynamics ranks 90 with 53. DexForce is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. DexForce is based in China, VinDynamics in Hanoi, Vietnam. VinDynamics: subsidiary. DexForce is named in 26 signals and VinDynamics in 7.

How do DexForce and VinDynamics compare?

DexForce ranks 9 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 85; VinDynamics ranks 90 with 53. DexForce is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. DexForce is based in China, VinDynamics in Hanoi, Vietnam. VinDynamics: subsidiary. DexForce is named in 26 signals and VinDynamics in 7. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.

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