Inspire Robots

Inspire Robots (因时机器人) is a Beijing dexterous-hand and micro-precision motion parts company founded in 2016, focused on developing and mass-producing micro servo actuators and humanoid five-finger dexterous hands, with all key components — motors, planetary roller screws, reducers, sensors — developed and manufactured in-house . Per a 5Y Capital piece, it was China's first commercially mass-produced dexterous hand maker, with cumulative sales in the thousands of units as of mid-2025, 2024 revenue doubling year over year and overseas business growing 20x . Its investors include FreeS Fund, which backed it early on, and it closed C1 and C2 rounds totaling about RMB 300 million in early 2026 — C1 co-led by China Mobile's chain fund and Shenzhen Capital Group, C2 led by the Beijing AI Industry Investment Fund with Qiming Venture Partners and others following . Qiming managing partner Zhou Zhifeng noted its cumulative dexterous-hand shipments rank first globally, positioning it as a core parts supplier for the embodied-intelligence robotics wave .