BYD Timeline

Events

• 2026-10-09 - Market Signal - BYD humanoid robot design appears in Chinese patent disclosure - The patent description identifies service, education and industrial applications; the drawings show an oval head and articulated shoulder, elbow, hip and knee joints. BYD had confirmed plans on July 28 to unveil a humanoid at its Di Space exhibition venue in… - source: cnevpost.com
• 2026-08-25 - Partnership - PaXini and BYD partner on industrial robot data and deployment - BYD will provide automotive manufacturing environments and real operating data. PaXini contributes tactile sensing, multimodal perception and full-modal embodied-data collection. The programme targets large-scale robot deployment in automotive manufacturing. - source: cnevpost.com
• 2026-07-28 - Market Signal - BYD plans first public showing of a humanoid robot at Di Space - The Zhengzhou venue published a teaser on July 25 focused on visitor interaction. Di Space is BYD’s network of science-education and hands-on experience venues. Executive vice president Stella Li had outlined an open robotics platform encompassing in-house… - source: cnevpost.com
• 2025-04-28 - Funding - BYD invests in PaXini to support development of tactile sensing systems for robotics - BYD made a strategic investment of more than 100 million yuan into PaXini's tactile sensing robotics technology. PaXini develops multi-axis tactile sensors and dexterous robotic hands aimed at improving manipulation capability in humanoid robots. The… - source: eu.36kr.com
• 2025-02-11 - Partnership - Hesai and BYD Supercharge Partnership: 10+ Lidar-Equipped Models to Enter Mass Production in 2025 - The technical configuration includes automotive lidar. The work is scoped to 10+ models planned for 2025 mass production. The announcement identifies a named and bounded programme or configuration. - source: hesaitech.com
• 2025-01-27 - Deployment - UBTECH Walker S1 enters BYD factory workflow reporting - Walker S1 was described as supporting partly autonomous task execution using visual and acoustic sensing. UBTECH was preparing a broader Walker-series production ramp for later 2025. The report also described a separate Foxconn training project under an… - source: heise.de
• 2022-04-21 - Partnership - BYD selects Horizon Journey 5 for production vehicles - BYD was the first automaker to publicly announce a Journey 5 series-production design-in. The programme targeted start of production in mid-2023 and expansion to additional vehicle models. Journey 5 combines automotive computing with Horizon’s BPU… - source: horizon.auto