Kandi Teams Up With Zhejiang University to Build AI-Powered Robot Research Center

Benzinga · 4d ago

Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. ("Kandi", "Kandi Technologies", or the "Company") (NASDAQ GS: KNDI), a long renowned leader in all-electric personal transportation and utility vehicles, today announced the strategic partnership with Zhejiang University and the joint establishment of Zhejiang University–Kandi Intelligent Robotics Joint Research Center (the "Center"). The signing and launch ceremony took place on December 26, 2025, at Zhejiang University's Zijingang Campus. The inauguration of the Center marks a pivotal advancement in Kandi's R&D roadmap for embodied intelligence, reaffirming its competitive advantage in frontier technology innovation and scenario-driven applications.

The Center will prioritize the development of AI core technologies, including intelligent perception and spatial computing, with a specific focus on accelerating the evolution and commercialization of quadruped robots for security inspection and related application scenarios. As a key initiative under Kandi's integrated industry-academia-research-application innovation framework, this collaboration capitalizes on Zhejiang University's world-class research capabilities alongside Kandi's established strengths in product engineering, intelligent manufacturing, and global market access. The alliance aims to construct a streamlined pipeline from conceptual technology development to scalable real-world deployment.