Maniformer
About
About Maniformer
Maniformer combines field collection hardware with a managed data pipeline for robot learning. MEgo devices synchronise environmental perception with detailed hand-operation data without requiring the target robot, allowing collection in factories, logistics sites, shops, homes, hotels and other operating environments. The company also supplies teleoperated robot demonstrations and simulated data.
MEgo Engine handles preprocessing, spatial reconstruction, multimodal annotation and quality evaluation. A deployment-feedback loop connects task execution, failure discovery and refreshed training data. Maniformer reported more than 20 city innovation centres in China and over five overseas collection nodes in August 2026.
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Products
Operations
Output & shipments
- Shipments
2026-08-31 - Maniformer reported 20,000 MEgo-series data-collection devices delivered by Aug. 31, 2026. - MEgo-series portfolio
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Operating use
- Operating use
2026-08-31 - Maniformer reported MEgo data collection spanning more than 10,000 real-world environments. - MEgo data collection
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Operating milestones
- Operating milestone
2026-08-31 - Maniformer reported more than one million hours of real-world data generated through MEgo. - MEgo real-world Physical AI data
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Supply
Supply chain relationships
Funding
- 2026-10-21 - Strategic - Pimax receives strategic investment from Maniformer
pimax completed financing from the disclosed investors. - source: news.pedaily.cn
- 2026-08-17 - Financing round - Maniformer raises several hundred million yuan for physical-AI data infrastructure
Maniformer completed a new several-hundred-million-yuan financing to expand MEgo hardware production and its physical-AI data platform. - source: maniformer.ai
- 2026-06-17 - Angel+ - Maniformer closes Angel+ funding to scale physical-AI data services
Maniformer closed an Angel+ financing round worth several hundred million yuan to scale its one-stop physical-AI data service platform. - source: yangtzeer.com
Investors
- China Telecom - Lead - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-17
- Sequoia China - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-17
- Yuanqi Innovation - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-17
- Zhangjiang Group - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-08-17
Timeline
Events
- 2026-10-21 - Funding - Pimax receives strategic investment from Maniformer
Pimax brings spatial-computing experience, synchronized multi-sensor capture and human-motion data to the collaboration. The company had already joined the Hive data co-creation initiative before this financing announcement. The partners plan to combine real-world human interaction capture with data from virtual environments for physical-AI training.
Source - 2026-09-23 - Product Launch - Maniformer launches Mifeng Pai robot-data crowdsourcing platform
Participants accept data-collection tasks through the app and use MEgo wearable hardware in retail, warehouse, manufacturing and home settings. The company reports 20,000 registered users and 13,000 submissions during a one-month beta. The platform covers 22 scenario categories, more than 5,000 tasks and over 50,000 real-world environments, according to the company.
Source - 2026-08-31 - Production Milestone - Maniformer delivers 20,000th MEgo after passing one million data hours
The milestone unit was delivered to JD.com for deployment in real operating environments. The data estate spans more than one million hours across over 10,000 environments, 50,000 object categories and 500 tasks. A new data partnership with Tencent Robotics X supports embodied-model development.
Source - 2026-08-17 - Funding - Maniformer raises several hundred million yuan for physical-AI data infrastructure
China Telecom led the financing; Zhangjiang Group joined, while Sequoia China and Yuanqi Innovation increased their investments. MEgo devices collect synchronised environmental and hand-operation data without requiring a robot body. Funding supports MEgo production, data governance, closed-loop evaluation and million-hour-scale physical-interaction data capacity.
Source - 2026-06-17 - Funding - Maniformer closes Angel+ funding to scale physical-AI data services
The round supports data services for embodied-AI developers facing shortages of high-quality training data. Maniformer works with robotics companies and AI research institutions on model-training data assets. The capital supports inspection, monitoring or infrastructure automation workflows as Maniformer moves toward broader commercial use.
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Relations
Relationships
- Tencent Holdings Limited
Physical AI Data Partner - Maniformer and Tencent Robotics X formed a data partnership supporting embodied-model development.
- AgiBot
Controlled Subsidiary - Maniformer operates as an AgiBot-controlled Physical AI data subsidiary.
Context
Market context
MEgo series
Comparable profiles
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stack adjacency - Embodied Data Capture
- Vision Lab
stack adjacency - Embodied Data Capture
- MANUS
stack adjacency - Embodied Data Capture
- Rokoko
stack adjacency - Embodied Data Capture
- StretchSense
stack adjacency - Embodied Data Capture
- Physen AI
stack adjacency - Embodied Data Capture
- Realset AI
stack adjacency - Embodied Data Capture
- XDOF
stack adjacency - Embodied Data Capture
- Noitom
stack adjacency - Embodied Data Capture
- Noitom Robotics
stack adjacency - Embodied Data Capture
- Pimax
stack adjacency - Embodied Data Capture
- microagi
stack adjacency - Embodied Data Capture
Shared workflows
- Lightwheel
workflow adjacency - Robot Learning Data Collection
- LabyrinthAI
workflow adjacency - Robot Learning Data Collection
- Synthium
workflow adjacency - Robot Learning Data Collection
- Mind Robotics
workflow adjacency - Robot Learning Data Collection
- Hub
workflow adjacency - Robot Learning Data Collection
- Xspark AI
workflow adjacency - Robot Learning Data Collection
- MiraiBit
workflow adjacency - Robot Learning Data Collection
- Algomatic Dynamics
workflow adjacency - Robot Learning Data Collection
- Wuwen Zhike
workflow adjacency - Robot Learning Data Collection
- TacnIQ.ai
workflow adjacency - Robot Learning Data Collection
- Lingsheng Technology
workflow adjacency - Robot Learning Data Collection
- PHYMI
workflow adjacency - Robot Learning Data Collection
Context tags
- Embodied data capture - Stack Layer - Physical-AI data service platform.
- Robot learning data collection - Workflow - Data services support robot and embodied-AI model training.
- Embodied AI - Capability - Physical-AI data layer for embodied systems.