Zenbot Releases Full-Sized Quadruped Robot

机器之心 · wechat · 2026-07-15

Synced introduced Zenbot's new quadruped robot Rhino-Z1, placing it within the context of the domestic quadruped robot market and the embodied intelligence industry chain.

Product and Performance

Rhino-Z1 is a full-sized industrial quadruped robot featuring high payload, strong obstacle traversal, and all-terrain capabilities.
Key specs include: ultimate payload 100 kg, effective payload 40 kg, total weight 65 kg, maximum joint torque 320 N·m, speed over 5 m/s, maximum climbing drop 50 cm, and maximum slope 45 degrees.
It supports IP65 protection, wading operations, all-terrain automatic gait adaptation, pure blind walking, OTA, secondary development, and swarm control.

Company and Business Progress

Zenbot is backed by Tesla supply chain industrial capital, with an angel round financing nearing 100 million RMB. Investors include industrial capitals like Changying Precision and Zhaomin Technology, as well as L2F Light Source Entrepreneur Fund and Sirius Capital.
Operating for 12 months, the company's order scale is approaching 100 million RMB, with customers covering domestic and overseas embodied intelligence companies, listed companies, universities, and research institutes.
The article emphasizes that their business is not just selling concepts; they use robot dogs and humanoid platforms to validate technology, accumulate data, and generate cash flow.

Technical Route

Zenbot focuses on full-stack in-house R&D: joint modules, domain controllers, motion control algorithms, big and small brain fusion real-time communication architecture, an MPC and reinforcement learning fused motion control framework, and a self-developed Sim2Real toolchain.
The article also mentioned the pioneering large-scale application of third-generation semiconductor GaN drive technology at the joint layer, paired with heat pipe cooling, aiming to solve overheating and continuous operation issues.

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