Dongguan-based tactile-sensor maker Matrix Innovation has raised tens of millions of RMB from investors including X Square Robot, Songshan Lake investment capital and returning investor XBOT PARK Fund, STAR Market Daily reported on October 10. Another embodied-AI company also participated. The proceeds will support a new generation of data-collection gloves, supply-chain improvements and manufacturing capacity.
Founded in 2021 by former DJI sensor engineer Kuang Zheng, the company develops flexible pressure sensors and gloves that capture touch and hand-position data for robot training. It has introduced six data-glove products, including designs with more than 360 and more than 800 sensing points.
Matrix Innovation shipped 350,000 sensor sets in 2025 and supplies robot makers and data-collection companies. It expects data-glove shipments to reach several thousand units in 2026. [STAR Market Daily, in Chinese]