{"id":"mfg-dg-035","name":"XBOTPARK (Songshan Lake International Robotics Industry Base)","name_local":"松山湖机器人基地 / 东莞松山湖国际机器人研究院有限公司","entity_type":"unknown","country":"CN","region":"Guangdong","city":"Dongguan","address":"unknown","website":"https://www.xbotpark.com","processes":["gears","motors-actuators","sensors","wireless-modules"],"processes_basis":"derived","specialty":"Hardware/robotics startup incubator + supply-chain/manufacturing platform. Founded 2014 by **Prof. Li Zexiang (李泽湘, HKUST)**, Prof. Ping K. Ko (高秉强, former HKUST Dean of Engineering), and Prof. Gan Jie (甘洁, CKGSB) as a market-run, corporatized new-model R&D institution (东莞松山湖机器人产业发展有限公司, under which sits 松山湖国际机器人研究院). New Songshan Lake HQ campus opened ~Dec 2023: 98 mu (~6.5 hectares), 110,000 m² of building space, combining incubation, R&D, manufacturing, and living space (\"硬科技创业梦工厂\")","capabilities":"Three core incubation domains — (1) core robotics components (reducers/gearboxes, sensors, actuators, controllers, OS); (2) robot systems (industrial robots, smart devices, service robots); (3) industry applications (Industry 4.0, agriculture, smart home/city, autonomous driving/connected vehicles). Runs the \"Shared Factory\" (共享工厂, see companion entry) manufacturing service, plus an in-house fund (XBOT PARK Fund, formerly the HKUST-linked Clear Water Bay venture fund) co-investing alongside Sequoia China and Hillhouse from exploration through seed stage","parts_made":[],"materials":"unknown","tolerance":"unknown","max_part_size":"unknown","certifications":"unknown","volume":{"moq":"N/A (incubator, not a manufacturer) / **lead-time:** N/A / **pricing-signal:** equity/incubation-based, not a fee-for-service vendor (though its Shared Factory arm does fee-for-service manufacturing — see separate entry)","prototype_ok":"unknown","low_volume_evidence":"unknown","startup_friendly":"yes, by design — this is explicitly a Western-founder-accessible hardware incubator, not a closed local program; application is open and online"},"lead_time":{"quote":"unknown","prototype":"unknown","production":"unknown"},"size":{"employees":"unknown","floor_area":"unknown","founded":"unknown","band":"unknown"},"english":"strong — dedicated English site, CES exhibitor since at least 2025, international university partnerships (HKUST(GZ), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology via InnoX)","instant_quote":"unknown","known_customers":"N/A (this is the incubator itself) / **notable-products/portfolio:** DJI (大疆, Li Zexiang's student Frank Wang founded it in 2006 under his mentorship — DJI itself predates and helped seed the XBOTPARK model rather than being a tenant), Gaussian Robotics/李群自动化 (co-founded by Li Zexiang's student Shi Jinbo), Narwal/云鲸智能 (robot mop, unicorn), Hai Robotics/海柔创新 (warehouse robotics, unicorn), AgileX Robotics/逸动科技 or Agile-X (autonomous parking/logistics/driving), 卧安科技 (Wo'an Tech), 本末科技/Benmo (self-balancing wheeled robot), LiberLive/未知星球 (stringless electric guitar — scaled to 20,000 units/month with Shared Factory support), Obsbot (AI smart camera), INTAMSYS (industrial 3D printers), Nooploop (UWB indoor positioning), Xeno Dynamics (exoskeletons), Navatics (underwater drones), Orca-Tech (unmanned surface vessels), SwitchBot, Mammotion (per CES 2026 coverage), plus 25+ other portfolio companies listed on XBOTPARK's own Portfolio page (agritech, IoT security, drone/UAV, computer vision, and consumer robotics) / **collaborations:** strategic framework agreement with HKUST(GZ); joint programs with Shenzhen InnoX Academy; joint CES delegations (2025, 2026) with 40+ startups","platforms":[],"contact_public":{"email":"unknown","phone":"unknown","source":"unknown"},"community":[{"quote":"\"很多初创企业可能只是想验证一下自己的概念能否变成产品...我们不是面向订单，而是面向创业者产品落地的需求\" — Zeng Lin (曾琳), GM of the Shared Factory, on why they accept single-unit orders — source:  Also: \"已实现80%的孵化成功\" (achieved an 80% incubation success rate) — Li Zexiang, quoted in 21jingji.com feature, source:","url":"https://www.stcn.com/article/detail/1853278.html"}],"doubt":"unknown","sources":[{"url":"https://www.xbotpark.com/en/aboutus/","what":"source"},{"url":"https://www.xbotpark.com/aboutus/","what":"source"},{"url":"https://www.xbotpark.com/en/Portfolio/","what":"source"},{"url":"https://www.xbotpark.com/en/AboutUs/60.html","what":"source"},{"url":"https://www.stcn.com/article/detail/1853278.html","what":"source"},{"url":"https://static.nfnews.com/content/202410/11/c10157506.html","what":"source"},{"url":"https://www.21jingji.com/article/20260521/herald/71476965f36a105f69fead60fba5b126.html","what":"source"},{"url":"https://m.21jingji.com/article/20220803/herald/3dc62aeb3fe20dbc4e5c272fd2cc64e6_zaker.html","what":"source"},{"url":"https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanpenprase/2025/02/25/a-new-school-for-chinese-innovatorsinnox-and-xbot-park/","what":"source"},{"url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/xbotpark-and-innox-power-over-40-ai-hardware-startups-at-ces-2026-demonstrating-rapid-innovation-at-scale-302654969.html","what":"source"},{"url":"https://tracxn.com/d/accelerator-incubator/xbotpark/","what":"source"}],"confidence":"VERIFIED","verification":"desk-research","as_of":"unknown"}