RobotPlusPlus raises Series C to scale working-at-height industrial robots

Beijing-based RobotPlusPlus (ROBOT++) said it closed a Series C worth hundreds of millions of RMB — described as tens of millions of USD — led by Qianggang Capital Fund. The company builds robots that take people off scaffolding and other hazardous structures at shipyards, oil-and-gas sites, wind farms, and building facades, and says the new capital will fund global expansion and embodied AI development.

Same-day HARDWARE primary that a working-at-height robotics firm closed a Qianggang-led Series C — hundreds of millions of RMB, tens of millions of USD on the company wire — to push already-deployed industrial robots and embodied AI into more shipyards and high-risk sites worldwide.

RobotPlusPlus, also styled ROBOT++, announced a Series C via GlobeNewswire on 15 Sep 2026. The Beijing company said the round is worth hundreds of millions of RMB — China’s currency — and described that as tens of millions of USD. Series C is a later growth venture round, after seed, Series A, and Series B. The release is datelined BEIJING, Sept. 15, 2026, and this desk read the full company text on the COMTEX / TradingCharts redistributor. That company PRIMARY via GlobeNewswire is the filing event. These are company claims. This desk did not see the term sheet.

The round was led by Qianggang Capital Fund, the company said, joined by GIG Capital Group, Sealand Innovation, and Juntong Capital. Fosun RZ Capital increased its stake. File the lead, those named joiners, and the increased stake as RobotPlusPlus’s. This desk is not inventing an exact dollar total, a valuation, an ownership percentage, or a check size. The company wire does not print one.

Use of proceeds, as the same wire has it: accelerate global expansion and embodied AI development. Embodied AI here means AI that runs on physical robots in the real world, not a chatbot on a screen. File that use-of-proceeds line as the company’s.

Mission framing, still company: take humans out of dangerous working-at-height work — jobs on scaffolding, hulls, towers, and facades — across shipyards, oil-and-gas facilities, wind farms, and building facades, so professionals shift to supervision and decision-making. File that frame as RobotPlusPlus’s. This desk did not walk a dry dock.

Deployment claims, company — attribute, do not independently verify: hull derusting robots at more than 100 shipyards; market share above 70%; worked on over 10,000 cargo vessels; efficiency five to six times versus manual methods; overall cost cut 30% to 50% versus manual methods. File those counts, the market-share line, and those efficiency and cost figures as RobotPlusPlus’s. This desk did not count shipyards or rerun a cost study.

Footprint, still company: operates in more than 18 countries. Customers and partners named include NOSCO Shipyard, Drydocks World, ST Engineering Marine, Saudi Aramco, and Vopak. File the country count and those names as RobotPlusPlus’s. This desk did not audit a customer list.

R&D claims, company: more than 60% of its workforce is in R&D; R&D investment above 20% of revenue for three consecutive years; robots have accumulated over 2 million operating hours, which the company says generates real-world data for vertical AI models in complex industrial environments. File those shares, the three-year spend line, and the 2 million hours as RobotPlusPlus’s. This desk did not count headcount, revenue, or hours.

Named voices on the release: Dr. Hua-Yang Xu, founder and chief executive of RobotPlusPlus; Zhang Zhenming, general manager of Qianggang Capital Fund; and Jin Hualong, chairman of Fosun RZ Capital. File the names and titles as theirs, via RobotPlusPlus. Their quotes are color only and stay in Sources. This is not investment advice.

Plain English for the rest of the card: Series C = later growth venture funding after seed, Series A, and Series B. RMB = China’s currency. Embodied AI = AI that runs on physical robots in the real world. Working-at-height = jobs on scaffolding, hulls, towers, and facades.

PRIMARY here: RobotPlusPlus’s 15 Sep 2026 GlobeNewswire company release — Tier A PRIMARY company source, the original record — read here via the COMTEX / TradingCharts redistributor. The company site is product-home context, not a second originating newsroom. The Series C, the hundreds-of-millions-of-RMB / tens-of-millions-of-USD framing, the Qianggang Capital Fund lead, GIG Capital Group / Sealand Innovation / Juntong Capital, the Fosun RZ Capital increased stake, the global-expansion and embodied-AI use of proceeds, the working-at-height mission frame, the 100-plus shipyards / above-70% market share / 10,000-plus cargo vessels / 5–6× efficiency / 30–50% cost-cut lines, the more-than-18-countries footprint, the named customers and partners, the 60%-plus R&D workforce / 20%-plus-of-revenue R&D spend / 2-million-hour lines, and the Xu / Zhang / Jin names are company-attributed. Market share, efficiency, cost cuts, hours, and customer names stay company-attributed. NOT claimed: an exact USD total, a valuation, independent verification of the 70% market-share line, that this desk visited a shipyard or saw a term sheet, a stock tip, or investment advice. Distinct from the already-filed agility-digit-5, einride-lidl-germany-cabless, exein-270m-physical-ai, and defiance-robotics-actuators-etf.