When Figure AI released the video of Helix-02 Bedroom Tidy featuring two humanoid robots, Figure 03, remaking the bed and organizing clothes in a room, the robotics industry took notice. However, while all eyes were on the west, a discreet Chinese protagonist was quietly emerging on the other side of the world capable of much more than producing demonstration videos: OneRobotics.
Established in 2015 in Shenzhen by two graduates from the Harbin Institute of Technology, the company has gained recognition for its SwitchBot line of smart home devices, including intelligent curtain openers and smart locks. In recent years, it made a significant leap by expanding into AI-based home robotics with its proprietary architecture called “One Brain, Multiple Embodiments.” At the core of this system lies the AI model OneModel, capable of sharing abilities and evolving across various robot types.
The company’s growth is evident from its financial figures, with its main revenue increasing from 275 million yuan in 2022 to 610 million yuan in 2024. Japan accounted for 68% of the revenue in the first half of 2025. Notably, the Japanese public broadcaster NHK featured a special interview with the company following the Figure AI video release. The focus was on the live demonstration of the onero H1 robot, which flawlessly performed tasks like recognizing clothing items, picking them up, and placing them in the washing basket within a real home environment, without staged settings.
On December 30, 2025, OneRobotics debuted on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with the code 06600.HK, becoming the world’s first publicly traded company specializing in AI-powered domestic robots. The IPO raised approximately 1.64 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 188 million euros), with the market capitalization surpassing 23 billion HKD by early January 2026, approximately 2.7 billion euros.
The concept of “One Brain, Multiple Embodiments” translates into three product lines catering to essential household scenarios. The companion robot Kata Friends focuses on intelligent interaction and companionship, Acemate emphasizes sports and wellness, while onero H1 tackles real household services. All share the same artificial brain, enabling data collected in one context to enrich the entire platform.
Acemate has garnered attention as the world’s first AI-powered tennis robot, integrating computer vision, high dynamic interaction, and real-time decision-making to autonomously move and respond to shots. This innovation earned Acemate a spot on Time magazine’s list of best inventions for 2025, a recognition similar to what Figure 03 received, signaling the industry’s direction.
In early 2026, OneRobotics secured a public tender in Shenzhen to construct an “Embodied Intelligence Data Full-Chain Service Center” worth 44.95 million yuan (about 5.6 million euros). This project involves deploying dual-arm mobile onero H1 units, UMI data acquisition terminals, and wearable systems for teleoperation. The applications range from elderly care to retail and scientific research, marking the company’s evolution from a commercial robot manufacturer to a data infrastructure provider for data collection and training, bridging physical bodies, real-world scenarios, and continuous model improvement.
With products in over 90 countries and regions and already serving more than 3.6 million families worldwide, OneRobotics has established a solid commercial foothold. Its advantage lies not in producing spectacular videos in controlled environments but in accumulating real-world data from real homes where variables are infinite, illustrating complexity that cannot be simulated in a lab.
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