# PaXini (帕西尼)
PaXini (帕西尼感知科技) is a Chinese tactile-sensing and embodied-perception startup founded in 2021 in Shenzhen by robotics PhD Xu Jincheng, which makes Hall-effect multidimensional tactile sensors, tactile dexterous hands, and the TORA-ONE humanoid robot. Headquartered in Beijing and operating as 帕西尼人工智能科技（北京）股份有限公司, the company was active and independent as of September 2026, with cumulative funding above RMB 4 billion (about USD 560 million), the largest in tactile sensing globally by its own count and by trade reporting.[1](https://www.nbd.com.cn/articles/2026-09-09/4576497.html) • [2](https://www.163.com/dy/article/L702QEFE05198CJN.html)
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2021, Shenzhen (registered June 2021); headquartered in Haidian, Beijing as of September 2026[3](https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20260306A04AR500) • [2](https://www.163.com/dy/article/L702QEFE05198CJN.html) |
| Founders | Xu Jincheng (CEO, Waseda University robotics lab), Zhang Hengdi (CTO, ex-CNRS), Nie Xiangru (COO, UIUC)[4](https://www.163.com/dy/article/K66LQJ8F05118O92.html) |
| Sector | Multidimensional tactile sensing, dexterous hands, humanoid robots, embodied-AI data[2](https://www.163.com/dy/article/L702QEFE05198CJN.html) |
| Total raised | Above RMB 4 billion as of September 2026[1](https://www.nbd.com.cn/articles/2026-09-09/4576497.html) |
| Notable investors | JD.com, BYD, Samsung, BOC International Investment, MiraclePlus[4](https://www.163.com/dy/article/K66LQJ8F05118O92.html) • [5](https://eu.36kr.com/zh/p/3984465094769673) • [6](https://www.stcn.com/article/detail/4062002.html) • [7](https://www.163.com/dy/article/KRAMDOTG05118O92.html) |
| Valuation | Above RMB 10 billion after the March 2026 Series B[8](https://www.caixin.com/2026-03-06/102420370.html) |
| Status | Active and independent, September 2026; Hong Kong IPO reported in preparation[9](https://sensor.ofweek.com/2026-09/ART-81001-12003-30703549.html) |
## History and founding
Xu Jincheng studied robotics at [Waseda University](https://www.edgepedia.org/waseda-university) in Tokyo, joining Professor Sugano's laboratory, a group associated with the world's first humanoid robot, after earlier work under Professor Hashimoto.[7](https://www.163.com/dy/article/KRAMDOTG05118O92.html) He spent eight years there and worked on the world's first care-type humanoid robot project, responsible for sensor and dexterous-hand design.[10](https://www.21jingji.com/article/20260917/herald/961d699e017d6ccc9aa01450dc021ed6.html) He decided to found the company in 2021 after examining Shenzhen's support policies for science startups, its supply chain, and its R&D iteration pace.[11](http://jjckb.xinhuanet.com/20260622/9441ec744b674478aea7bfbf207cddf1/c.html) The entity 帕西尼感知科技（深圳）有限公司 was registered in June 2021.[3](https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20260306A04AR500) Dr. Lu Qi's MiraclePlus backed Xu's full-stack teleoperation data-collection project at the angel stage.[7](https://www.163.com/dy/article/KRAMDOTG05118O92.html)
In 2022 PaXini began building its own humanoid robot, and in 2023 it formally released its humanoid body, a commercial tactile dexterous hand, a model, and a tactile data-collection system.[7](https://www.163.com/dy/article/KRAMDOTG05118O92.html)
## Products and technology
PaXini's core products are array-type multidimensional tactile sensors, the DexH series of tactile dexterous hands (DexH13 and DexH5), and the TORA-ONE (Tactile Oriented Robot of Artificial-intelligence) humanoid robot.[4](https://www.163.com/dy/article/K66LQJ8F05118O92.html) • [12](https://paxini.com/index/about) The company tested Hall-effect, vision-based, capacitive, and piezoresistive routes and chose the Hall principle because, in Xu's account, it best combined fast response, controllable cost, and high consistency.[7](https://www.163.com/dy/article/KRAMDOTG05118O92.html) Its sensors measure more than 15 sensory dimensions, including six-dimensional force, texture, temperature, and elasticity.[13](https://www.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2025082611114238481)
The sensors are built on the company's HAPTA heterogeneous multi-core array architecture, which supports up to 717 tactile signal channels, IP68 protection and, per trade reporting, over 10 million measurement cycles per unit.[9](https://sensor.ofweek.com/2026-09/ART-81001-12003-30703549.html) PaXini has also released the ITPU multidimensional tactile processing unit and the PX-6AX and PX-3AX sensor lines.[3](https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20260306A04AR500) • [4](https://www.163.com/dy/article/K66LQJ8F05118O92.html) • [12](https://paxini.com/index/about)
A central part of the pitch is price. Imported six-axis force sensors once cost close to RMB 100,000 per unit; PaXini brought semiconductor wafer processes into tactile chips for mass production, and some standardized tactile products now cost in the hundreds of yuan.[10](https://www.21jingji.com/article/20260917/herald/961d699e017d6ccc9aa01450dc021ed6.html) In dollar terms, tactile sensor prices have fallen from about USD 20,000 per unit in the past to about USD 500 now.[13](https://www.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2025082611114238481) On the software side, PaXini operates data-collection factories feeding its proprietary OmniVTLA multimodal model, and its full-modal data has been adopted by leading embodied-AI foundation-model companies and a major internet technology giant.[12](https://paxini.com/index/about) • [6](https://www.stcn.com/article/detail/4062002.html)
## Funding and investors
PaXini's rounds, as reported:
- **Angel round**, MiraclePlus.[7](https://www.163.com/dy/article/KRAMDOTG05118O92.html)
- **BYD strategic investment**, April 2025.[11](http://jjckb.xinhuanet.com/20260622/9441ec744b674478aea7bfbf207cddf1/c.html)
- **New A round strategically led by JD.com**, announced 5 August 2025, with Puyao Xinye, Hongzhao Fund, listed company Xinguodu (新国都), and others participating; the company said it raised RMB 1 billion within four months.[4](https://www.163.com/dy/article/K66LQJ8F05118O92.html)
- **Series B**, announced 6 March 2026, over RMB 1 billion at a valuation above RMB 10 billion, led by Huangpujiang Capital, Kaitai Capital, and state-owned Xin'an Capital.[8](https://www.caixin.com/2026-03-06/102420370.html) • [3](https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20260306A04AR500)
- **Strategic round of RMB 1 billion**, announced 3–4 August 2026, co-led by a global consumer-electronics and semiconductor giant (not officially named), BOC International Investment, Kunpeng Fund, and Hexin Fangce, with Jingming Capital, CDH Baifu, Chengdu Jiaozi AI Fund, and Jinrong Guosheng participating; funds earmarked for R&D, capacity expansion, and overseas growth.[6](https://www.stcn.com/article/detail/4062002.html) • [14](https://technode.com/2026/08/04/embodied-ai-startup-paxini-raises-rmb1-billion-to-scale-tactile-sensing-technology/)
- **B++ round of several hundred million RMB**, announced mid-September 2026, with Samsung among the investors, alongside Guangxin Fund, Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Investment Group, Suqian Chanfa Venture Capital, and Jingming Capital.[5](https://eu.36kr.com/zh/p/3984465094769673) • [2](https://www.163.com/dy/article/L702QEFE05198CJN.html)
Cumulative financing passed RMB 3.5 billion with the August 2026 round and RMB 4 billion with the B++ round. In 2026, all other companies in the embodied-perception track combined raised less than PaXini alone, according to Securities Times.[15](https://www.stcn.com/article/detail/4189667.html) On 3 June 2026, Bloomberg reported that PaXini had contacted investment banks and planned to file an IPO application with the [Hong Kong Stock Exchange](https://www.edgepedia.org/hong-kong-stock-exchange) within months, with issue size and timing not fixed; the company completed a joint-stock reform, a standard pre-IPO step in China, in 2026.[9](https://sensor.ofweek.com/2026-09/ART-81001-12003-30703549.html) • [1](https://www.nbd.com.cn/articles/2026-09-09/4576497.html)
## Customers and traction
PaXini says it serves over 1,000 customers with a repurchase rate above half, covering 70–80% of humanoid-robot body makers.[9](https://sensor.ofweek.com/2026-09/ART-81001-12003-30703549.html) Co-founder Nie Xiangru claimed in March 2026 that shipments ranked first worldwide with about 80% market share; these are company claims.[16](https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20260303A05ZZU00)
Its chips shipped nearly 1 million units in the year to August 2026, according to the company.[14](https://technode.com/2026/08/04/embodied-ai-startup-paxini-raises-rmb1-billion-to-scale-tactile-sensing-technology/) Documented deployments are industrial and logistics rather than prosthetics: in JD's flexible sorting, tactile robots adjust grip and flatten wrinkled packages, cutting a warehouse station from 2–3 people to 1 and saving RMB 100,000–200,000 per station per year; at Geely's wire-harness assembly, station staffing fell 50%; applications also extend to daily chemicals, subway security checks, and food processing, and BYD has brought the tactile solutions to automotive production lines.[11](http://jjckb.xinhuanet.com/20260622/9441ec744b674478aea7bfbf207cddf1/c.html) • [17](https://finance.eastmoney.com/a/202609173876718742.html)
On the data side, PaXini opened the Super EID Factory in Tianjin in June 2025, a 12,000-square-meter facility with 150 standardized collection units and stated capacity of nearly 200 million high-quality full-modal data entries per year, and it operates five data-collection factories across China where collectors wear PMEC gloves performing grasping, assembly, and sorting tasks.[16](https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20260303A05ZZU00) • [13](https://www.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2025082611114238481) • [17](https://finance.eastmoney.com/a/202609173876718742.html)
## How it compares with rivals
PaXini's Hall-effect array route differs from the two main alternatives. GelSight-type sensors are vision-based: they measure contact geometry, not force, using a soft elastomer whose deformation is captured optically at high spatial resolution, with force and slip inferred from that deformation.[18](https://doi.org/10.3390/s17122762) Piezoresistive arrays are another tactile-sensing route the company evaluated.[7](https://www.163.com/dy/article/KRAMDOTG05118O92.html) PaXini argues the Hall route wins when fast response, cost, and consistency must be satisfied together.[7](https://www.163.com/dy/article/KRAMDOTG05118O92.html)
On capital, PaXini's 2026 haul exceeded that of every other embodied-perception company combined.[15](https://www.stcn.com/article/detail/4189667.html)
## Recent developments
The company's trajectory accelerated sharply after 2023. In 2022 it began its own humanoid robot and in 2023 released the body, hand, model, and data system; 2025 brought BYD's strategic investment (April), the Super EID Factory (June), and the JD-led RMB 1 billion round (August).[7](https://www.163.com/dy/article/KRAMDOTG05118O92.html) • [11](http://jjckb.xinhuanet.com/20260622/9441ec744b674478aea7bfbf207cddf1/c.html) • [16](https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20260303A05ZZU00) • [4](https://www.163.com/dy/article/K66LQJ8F05118O92.html) In 2026 it raised three rounds in about half a year, moved its headquarters to Beijing, adopted the name 帕西尼人工智能科技（北京）股份有限公司, and completed its joint-stock reform.[5](https://eu.36kr.com/zh/p/3984465094769673) • [1](https://www.nbd.com.cn/articles/2026-09-09/4576497.html) Xu said Beijing now handles frontier research and headquarters functions while Shenzhen retains core R&D, supply chain, scaled delivery, and customer service.[1](https://www.nbd.com.cn/articles/2026-09-09/4576497.html)
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14. Embodied-AI startup PaXini raises RMB1 billion to scale tactile-sensing technology, TechNode, https://technode.com/2026/08/04/embodied-ai-startup-paxini-raises-rmb1-billion-to-scale-tactile-sensing-technology/
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