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RoboSense Reports First-Ever Quarterly Profit on Strong Robotics Growth

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  • RoboSense reported its first quarterly profit, posting about $15 million in Q4 2025 net income on roughly $109 million in revenue, up 46% year over year, with full-year revenue of about $281 million and 912,000 LiDAR units shipped.
  • The company said it ranked No. 1 in robotics LiDAR in 2025 with 303,000 units shipped, driven by growth across segments including lawnmowers, delivery robots, humanoids and commercial cleaning systems, with robotics accounting for roughly half of product revenue in the fourth quarter.
  • RoboSense said it plans to scale production capacity to about 4 million units in 2026 while expanding beyond LiDAR into chips, robotic vision and manipulation hardware as adoption moves from pilot deployments to larger-scale use.

China’s RoboSense reported its first quarterly profit and accelerating growth in its robotics business as LiDAR adoption expands across automotive and robotics markets.

The company posted net profit of about $15 million USD in the fourth quarter of 2025 on revenue of roughly $109 million USD, up 46% year over year, according to RoboSense. For the full year, revenue reached about $281 million USD, with LiDAR shipments totaling approximately 912,000 units.

The company pointed out ranked No. 1 in the robotics sector in 2025 with 303,000 LiDAR units shipped, leading across segments including robotic lawnmowers, delivery robots, humanoids, embodied AI and commercial cleaning systems.

RoboSense indicated growth was driven in part by its robotics segment, which delivered about 303,000 units in 2025, with quarterly shipments rising sharply. The company said robotics accounted for roughly half of product-related revenue in the fourth quarter.

The company is pursuing a dual focus on advanced driver assistance systems and robotics, with plans to expand production capacity to about 4 million units in 2026 to meet expected demand, according to RoboSense.

RoboSense supplies LiDAR systems used in applications ranging from autonomous vehicles to delivery robots, lawnmowers and humanoid robots. The company said that adoption is increasing as systems move from pilot programs to larger-scale deployment.

The company also said it is continuing development of its in-house chip technology and expanding into related components, including robotic vision systems and manipulation hardware, as it looks to broaden its role in robotics systems.

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