Hon Hai joins hands with Alt to establish Beijing Futekang Intelligent Robot to promote mass production

Beijing Futekang Intelligent Robot Technology Co., Ltd. (Futekang), a joint venture between Hon Hai and Chinese automobile R&D company Alt, was officially established and started construction. It will serve as the physical operation carrier of the one-stop robot platform of both parties. It will integrate Hon Hai’s manufacturing, R&D and supply chain systems, as well as Alt’s automotive R&D and engineering verification capabilities, and lock in the needs of robots from technology research and development, pilot productization to large-scale mass production.

Hon Hai and Alt have previously jointly launched the robot Turn-Key full-station platform, covering five major aspects including R&D, production, training, sales and investment. The formal establishment of Futecon represents the further entry of the cooperation between the two parties into the physical operation stage, with the goal of solving problems such as supply chain integration, engineering verification and manufacturing costs in the process of moving embodied smart robots from laboratory prototypes to large-scale mass production.

Hon Hai pointed out that its partner Alt has 20 years of experience in automobile development and has accumulated experience in the development of 500 models, covering fields such as structural dynamics, engineering simulation, supply chain integration, and vehicle regulatory verification. In the field of robotics, it has also established cooperative relationships with Chinese companies such as Nimbus Intelligent, Yuxin Technology, and Galaxy General Motors.

According to the plan, Fotecon will integrate Hon Hai's design, R&D, supply chain and manufacturing systems, as well as Alt's core technology and automotive customer resources, connect the "technology research and development - pilot productization - large-scale mass production" process, and use the customer base accumulated by both parties in the automotive and electronics industries to further expand different industrial application scenarios.

Fotecon stated that it will reduce pilot and mass production costs of robot products through engineering capabilities, large-scale pricing and existing supply chain advantages. The relevant person in charge of FuTeKang pointed out, "What FuTeKang needs to do is to turn the possibility in the laboratory into a certainty that can be relied on on the production line. The certainty of mass production is the prerequisite for the explosion of the industry."

On the day of its establishment, Futecon also expanded its cooperation ecosystem and signed cooperation agreements with many companies such as Songyan Dynamics, Yingzhi Technology and Luobo Party. Through a one-stop platform, it connects robot R&D and manufacturing resources to accelerate related products from concepts and prototypes to commercialization and mass production.