Gasgoo Munich- PrimeBOT signed a deal in Fuyang, Hangzhou, to establish a robot production base and the nation's first "Expert" personal robot manufacturing site. The company's national headquarters operations center was unveiled simultaneously. The project creates an operating entity within the Fuyang Economic and Technological Development Zone through a partnership between PrimeBOT, Jingu Co., and the Fuyang Industrial Investment Group.
PrimeBOT is a consumer humanoid robot brand under Swancor Advanced Materials. Its lineup includes the Qiyuan Q1 and T1. Pre-orders for both models opened in August, with initial shipments rolling out in September.
With orders already flowing, manufacturing capacity needs to keep pace. That is the challenge the new base aims to solve: linking R&D verification, pilot production, and scenario application into a single pipeline. The move is expected to attract a cluster of supporting suppliers, including precision structural parts, joint modules, sensors, and control systems.
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Jingu stands out as a critical partner in this trio. Sun Fengfeng, chairman of the local precision manufacturer, described the collaboration as a strategic extension into embodied intelligent manufacturing. He aims to leverage the company's deep expertise in precision manufacturing and supply chain management to open a second growth curve. For PrimeBOT, CEO Tian Hu offered a more direct rationale for choosing Fuyang: its established advanced manufacturing foundation, diverse industrial application scenarios, and responsive government services.
The three factors Tian highlighted are concrete elements of Fuyang's industrial planning.
At the event, District Party Secretary Xie Jiansheng noted that embodied intelligence is a designated future industry in the proposed 15th Five-Year Plan. It is also a key 100-billion-yuan industrial cluster for Hangzhou and one of Fuyang's five emerging sectors. Fuyang is currently developing bases for complete machine manufacturing and core components, alongside innovation centers for operations and control systems. The strategy follows a "government platform, enterprise lead, supply chain support" model, aiming to establish "Machine Gathering Fuchun" as an industrial landmark.
Geographically, Qiyuan's production and R&D are split across cities. Qiyuan Xinchuang, based in Shanghai's Zhangjiang Robot Valley, handles product development and research. Fuyang will host the manufacturing base and national headquarters. This separation—R&D in Shanghai, mass production in Fuyang—aligns with the cost and delivery cadence required for consumer robots. However, official releases have not yet disclosed investment amounts, planned capacity, or the production start date.
