[First release] Shanghai RobotGym completes tens of millions of angel+ round financing to advance the implementation of smart elderly care robots

Shanghai RobotGym (Rushen) Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as RobotGym) announced the completion of an angel+ round of financing worth tens of millions of RMB, exclusively invested by Dalton Venture. The funds will mainly be used for core technology iteration, product engineering implementation, advancement of pilot projects in elderly care scenarios, and early-stage market deployment.

RobotGym was founded in June 2023 and is an embodied intelligent robot company focused on smart health care scenarios, dedicated to creating intelligent health care robots that can truly enter households and accompany the elderly. The company's headquarters is located in Zhangjiang, Shanghai, with a European R&D and operations center in Munich, Germany, and a production base in Jiaxing, Zhejiang. The founding team comes from top German artificial intelligence and robotics academician institutes, Hong Kong-listed MedBot Robotics, and European unicorn company Agile Robots, among other industry-leading enterprises. The R&D team graduated from well-known universities such as Tsinghua University, Tianjin University, Oxford University, and Technical University of Munich, possessing extensive experience in intelligent robot R&D and industrialization.

The core product of the company, "Qijia Q1" elderly care robot, is an intelligent caregiving robot designed for semi-dependent, dependent, and solitary elderly individuals. It features multiple functions such as daily care, mobility assistance, emotional companionship, and health monitoring. With a single button press, it can switch between "operational mode" and "wheelchair mode," performing high-frequency caregiving tasks like helping users stand up, turn over, handing them water, feeding, and moving with a person on board. It truly becomes an "all-day service robot caregiver."

Qijia Q1 Elderly Care Robot

"Qijia Q1" adopts an omnidirectional mobile chassis, high-precision force-controlled robotic arms, multimodal interactive large models, and bilateral force feedback teleoperation technology to achieve stable, gentle, and safe care actions in complex home environments such as bedrooms and bathrooms. Through a hybrid architecture of "AI autonomy + remote operation," the robot can perform repetitive tasks during the day while providing continuous response at night and in emergency situations. Currently, the product has completed three rounds of iteration and reached pilot cooperation intentions with several leading domestic elderly care service institutions. It is expected to achieve standardized mass production and actual deployment by 2026, while co-building a global teleoperation service center with strategic partner MedBot.

"Qijia Q1" made its debut at the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), garnering widespread acclaim from the audience and professionals alike for its natural interactive experience and strong scene adaptability. Meanwhile, "Qijia Q1" has been selected for the 2025 Tencent Silver-Hair Technology Partnership Program, further validating its application potential and commercial value in the silver economy sector. Additionally, RobotGym is actively participating in industry standards formulation, officially joining the preparatory efforts for the Smart Health Care Professional Committee under the China Association for Standardization. As one of only two corporate representatives, the company has also been invited to the "International Forum on Smart Elderly Care and Robotics" to be held in October, continuously promoting industry norms and collaborative development.

Qijia Q1 Debuts at WAIC

In addition to caregiving scenarios, RobotGym has also launched the "Gewu" multi-functional smart rehabilitation robot series for home rehabilitation needs. This series has become the world's first home rehabilitation product covering the full range of joints in the hands, upper limbs, and lower limbs. It has won the IF Design Award, the world's most influential industrial design award, and was invited to be included in Germany's National Design Museum (Die Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum located in Munich, Germany, one of the oldest, largest, and most influential design museums in the world). The series began mass production in May this year and has been exported to markets in North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Hundreds of units have been successfully deployed in homes and institutions, receiving high praise from users, with subsequent orders continuing to grow rapidly.

"Grasp" Multi-in-One Intelligent Rehabilitation Robot Series

RobotGym emphasizes that "every design must correspond to a real pain point in health and wellness," adhering to structural and interaction designs based on users' genuine needs. Instead of pursuing flashy techniques, the company focuses on practicality, dedicating itself to creating "living robots" that truly enter households and can be entrusted with confidence. Amid rapid societal aging and a shortage of human resources, smart health and wellness robots are no longer just a futuristic concept but a crucial solution to alleviate caregiving pressure and enhance service accessibility. The aspiration of RobotGym remains unwavering: to care for the elderly in our families and society at large, addressing concerns before they arise.

For this round of financing, Founder & CEO of RobotGym, Dr. Shi Yunlei shared, "it is essential for wellness scenarios to incorporate warmth, patience, and practical solutions. We consistently uphold the concept of serving people through technology, refining product structure and interaction logic based on the caregiving experiences of real users. Our goal is to make robots an extension of caregivers and a trusted companion for the elderly. We thank Dalton Venture for their recognition and support, and we look forward to integrating smart wellness robots into every household in need under the joint efforts of policy, industry, and society."

Lin Zhencheng, Partner of Dalton Venture said, "we are optimistic about the technological breakthroughs and service upgrades in the elderly care and rehabilitation robotics sector in the long term. With its solid technical foundation and clear product roadmap, RobotGym has redefined the practical usability and scenario adaptability of rehabilitation robots. Qijia Q1 is not a functional demo product but a robot that can truly serve the elderly and caregivers. We look forward to witnessing its widespread application in real-world environments and will continue to support the team in promoting the construction of an intelligent healthcare ecosystem."

Dalton Venture focuses on forward-looking medical innovation technologies and has been the early exclusive investor in several domestic pioneering technology projects. It covers VC funds as well as angel funds in the Yangtze River Delta and Greater Bay Area. The core team comes from the healthcare industry, having successfully incubated early-stage startups and founded and managed publicly listed companies with billions in market value. Committed to not only being a value discoverer but also a value creator, it has received numerous honors such as Top 100 Venture Capital Institutions in China by Zero2IPO, Top 30 Healthcare Investment Institutions in China, Top 10 Early-Stage Venture Capital Institutions in China by ChinaVenture Investment, and Top 20 Medical Device Investment Institutions in China. Some investment cases include Landing Medical, OUR United Corporation, CMB, Triastek, and Juventas Cell Therapy.

Shanghai RobotGym (Rushen) Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. is an embodied intelligent robot company focusing on smart health care scenarios, dedicated to creating elderly care robot products that truly serve the daily lives of seniors based on real-world needs. The company's core product, Qijia Q1, features a dual-mode design of "operation + passenger-carrying," with family care needs as the core focus. It achieves innovative breakthroughs in multiple dimensions such as force control, safety, human-computer interaction, and intelligent autonomous decision-making. The company’s product line covers two major directions: home rehabilitation and elderly care, establishing a dual R&D system in China and Europe. It has completed multiple rounds of financing totaling nearly 100 million yuan, continuously driving the transformation from R&D to mass production scale, and is committed to becoming a global leader in the field of smart health care robotics.