# VinMotion

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| VinMotion |
| --- |
| General information |
| **Full name** | VinMotion Joint Stock Company |
| **Founded** | January 2025 |
| **Parent company** | [Vingroup](/wiki/vingroup) (51% ownership) |
| **Chairman and chief scientific officer** | Dr. Nguyen Trung Quan (Quan Nguyen) |
| **Headquarters** | TechnoPark Tower, Vinhomes Ocean Park, Gia Lam, Hanoi, Vietnam |
| **Industry** | [Robotics](/wiki/robotics), [Embodied AI](/wiki/embodied_ai) |
| **Products** | [Humanoid robots](/wiki/humanoid_robots) |
| **Charter capital** | VND 1 trillion (approximately $38.48 to $40 million) |
| **Website** | [vinmotion.net](https://vinmotion.net/) |

**VinMotion** is a Vietnamese [robotics](/wiki/robotics) company and subsidiary of [Vingroup](/wiki/vingroup) that develops general-purpose [humanoid robots](/wiki/humanoid_robots), and it built the first humanoid robot manufactured in Vietnam. Founded in January 2025 with a charter capital of VND 1 trillion (approximately $38.48 million), VinMotion produced its first bipedal humanoid, the Motion 1, within roughly three months of its founding and unveiled it in mid-2025. The company is led by Dr. Nguyen Trung Quan, holds 51% [Vingroup](/wiki/vingroup) ownership, and is initially deploying its robots inside [VinFast](/wiki/vinfast) electric vehicle factories for tasks such as component transportation and quality inspection.[1][2][7]

VinMotion's robots target a broad range of uses beyond manufacturing, including logistics, healthcare, education, customer service, and home care. Its leadership has framed the company as a statement of national capability: Vingroup chairman Pham Nhat Vuong said at the launch that "VinMotion is proof of the Vietnamese people's ability to master high technology," adding, "We want to affirm that Vietnam is not only a place for technology consumption, but also a place that can create technology."[2][3]

VinMotion is led by Dr. Nguyen Trung Quan (also known as Quan Nguyen), who serves as chairman and chief scientific officer. He holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and previously worked on the famous MIT Cheetah quadruped project as a postdoctoral researcher. He is also an assistant professor at the [University of Southern California](/wiki/university_of_southern_california). VinMotion sits alongside two related Vingroup robotics businesses: [VinRobotics](/wiki/vinrobotics), launched in November 2024, and VinDynamics, established in September 2025. Together they form Vingroup's robotics ecosystem, which itself sits inside a larger group of technology subsidiaries that includes VinAI, VinBigData, and VinFast.[1][3][8][11]

## What is VinMotion?

VinMotion is a humanoid-robotics maker inside Vietnam's largest private conglomerate. Its core product line is the Motion series of full-size bipedal robots: the first-generation Motion 1 (unveiled mid-2025) and the second-generation [Motion 2](/wiki/vinmotion_motion_2) (debuted at [CES](/wiki/consumer_electronics_show) 2026). Beyond hardware, the company positions itself as an end-to-end platform provider, describing its offering on its website as "end-to-end infrastructure for large-scale deployment of humanoid robots, powered by human-in-the-loop AI integration."[7][13]

## History

### Founding and Vingroup backing (January 2025)

Vingroup's board approved the creation of VinMotion on January 10, 2025, with the new company registered as VinMotion Joint Stock Company. Vingroup, Vietnam's largest private conglomerate, is chaired by Pham Nhat Vuong, who in 2013 became the country's first dollar billionaire. The conglomerate provided VinMotion with VND 1 trillion (around $38.48 million at the time) in charter capital. Vingroup itself holds 51% of the company, while Pham Nhat Vuong personally holds 24.5%, with the remaining 24.5% split between his two sons, Pham Nhat Quan Anh and Pham Nhat Minh Hoang.[1][2][8]

The formation of VinMotion came as part of a broader push by Vingroup into hi-tech industries. [VinRobotics](/wiki/vinrobotics) had been launched two months earlier, in November 2024, with the same VND 1 trillion charter capital and a focus on industrial automation rather than humanoid platforms. In September 2025, Vingroup added a third robotics company, VinDynamics, with charter capital of VND 500 billion. The three businesses divide the work: VinRobotics handles industrial automation and AI driven robotics, VinMotion concentrates on general-purpose humanoids, and VinDynamics focuses on research, production, and technology transfer for core robotics components. VinDynamics later signed a memorandum of understanding with German motion technology company Schaeffler in April 2026 to co-develop key components for humanoid robots.[8][11]

From the start, VinMotion's mandate was unusually broad. The official stated goal was to develop versatile humanoid robots for manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, education, customer service, and home care, with both domestic and export markets in mind. The first phase, however, was narrower: deploy robots inside [VinFast](/wiki/vinfast) electric vehicle factories to handle parts transportation, quality inspection, and other repetitive assembly support.[1][7]

### What humanoid robot does VinMotion make? Motion 1 development and unveiling (2025)

VinMotion's engineering team produced its first humanoid robot, the [Motion 1](/wiki/vinmotion_motion_1), within about three months of the company's founding. By mid-2025, the team had built and tested five prototype versions. Pham Nhat Vuong, on revealing the robot publicly, said: "VinMotion is proof of the Vietnamese people's ability to master high technology. We want to affirm that Vietnam is not only a place for technology consumption, but also a place that can create technology." The Motion 1 was billed as the first humanoid robot manufactured in Vietnam and was demonstrated to Hanoi city leaders during the summer of 2025.[2][3][6]

The Motion 1 was designed for light-duty industrial tasks on factory floors, including material transport, visual inspection, and basic assembly support. Initial deployments were planned for VinFast electric vehicle factories. According to VinMotion, the robot, including its mechanical, electronic, and software systems, was developed entirely in-house by the Vietnamese engineering team.[2][3][6]

### Synchronized dancing demonstrations (August 2025)

In August 2025, VinMotion staged two high profile public demonstrations of the Motion 1 in Hanoi, just seven months after the company was founded. The first occurred on August 8, 2025, during Vingroup's 32nd anniversary celebration, where multiple Motion 1 units performed a synchronized dance routine in front of more than 1,000 attendees. Video of the event spread widely online and helped position VinMotion as a serious contender in the humanoid robotics race.[5][10]

A second demonstration took place on August 19, 2025, at the groundbreaking and inauguration ceremony for 250 key projects marking the 80th anniversary of Vietnam's August Revolution and National Day, held in Dong Anh ward, Hanoi. Party General Secretary To Lam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, and Vingroup chairman Pham Nhat Vuong watched the robots walk, wave, and interact with onlookers using simple gestures.[5][9]

Nguyen Trung Quan, speaking after the August 8 performance, framed the dance demo as a technical milestone for multi-robot coordination: "This live dance demo is a technological milestone that gives us confidence to deploy multiple robots at the same time in practical applications in the near future." He also pointed to the engineering work behind the demonstration, noting that the team had to optimize real time computing and the network infrastructure connecting the robots so they could stay synchronized despite Wi-Fi interference from the crowd.[5][10]

### Motion 2 and Qualcomm partnership (late 2025 to early 2026)

In late 2025 and early 2026, VinMotion unveiled its second-generation humanoid, the [Motion 2](/wiki/vinmotion_motion_2), which represented a substantial upgrade in hardware, software, and AI capability. The Motion 2 was developed around what the company calls a "3S" philosophy: self-standing (autonomous recovery from falls), self-charging (detecting low power and autonomously navigating to charging stations), and stable continuous operation.[4][5]

A partnership with [Qualcomm](/wiki/qualcomm) was announced for the Motion 2, with the robot using the Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ9 Series processor for on-device AI and physical reasoning. (Some early secondary reports incorrectly cited the newer Dragonwing IQ10 platform, which Qualcomm separately unveiled at CES 2026; the official Qualcomm press release confirms the IQ9.) VinMotion debuted the Motion 2 at [CES](/wiki/consumer_electronics_show) 2026 in Las Vegas, where it appeared at Qualcomm Booth 5001 and performed live demonstrations including weight lifting and martial-arts style punching. This was the company's first major international showcase.[4][6][12]

### How is VinMotion expanding into the US? (2025 to 2026)

In November 2025, VinMotion announced plans to build out a US presence to accelerate development and deployment of its industrial humanoids, and it began hiring AI researchers with expertise in [large language models](/wiki/large_language_models), automatic speech recognition (ASR), and motion (control, planning, and manipulation). Quan Nguyen's existing affiliation with the [University of Southern California](/wiki/university_of_southern_california) gives the company a natural anchor on the US West Coast.[4][6][12]

The US push was formalized in 2026. On May 29, 2026, Vingroup announced a $12.75 million investment into VinMotion USA, Inc., a US-based entity created to research and develop humanoid robotic products and to establish a US research and development center that recruits international talent and partners with universities. (Vingroup described the move as part of an effort to streamline its overseas investment structure; the announcement referenced establishing an R&D center in the US without naming a specific state.) The CES 2026 appearance in January and the May 2026 investment together mark VinMotion's first concrete steps toward international visibility, part of a longer term plan to position Vietnam as a credible player in the global humanoid robotics market.[4][6][15][16]

## Who is behind VinMotion? Leadership

VinMotion's day-to-day technical direction comes from Dr. Nguyen Trung Quan. Born and educated initially in Vietnam, he later moved abroad to pursue advanced studies in robotics. Public profiles describe his trajectory as follows:[3][6][13]

| Stage | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| Doctorate | Mechanical engineering, [Carnegie Mellon University](/wiki/carnegie_mellon_university) (awarded the best doctoral dissertation in the program) |
| Postdoctoral research | [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](/wiki/massachusetts_institute_of_technology), contributing to the MIT Cheetah quadruped robot project |
| Faculty appointment | Assistant professor, [University of Southern California](/wiki/university_of_southern_california) |
| Role at VinMotion | Chairman and chief scientific officer (also described in Vietnamese press as president and chief strategy officer) |

Under Quan, VinMotion has assembled an engineering team that built five Motion 1 prototypes in under seven months and then produced the more capable Motion 2 within roughly a year of the company's founding.[3][6][10]

## Products

### Motion 1

The [Motion 1](/wiki/vinmotion_motion_1) is VinMotion's first-generation bipedal humanoid robot, designed for industrial deployment in factory environments.

| Specification | [Motion 1](/wiki/vinmotion_motion_1) |
| --- | --- |
| **Height** | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| **Weight** | 70 kg (154 lbs) |
| **Walking speed** | Up to 2 m/s |
| **Sensors** | Dual stereo depth cameras, ultrasonic sensors, 9-axis IMU |
| **Navigation** | Visual SLAM with 3D obstacle avoidance |
| **Interaction** | Basic gestures, voice commands, object recognition |
| **Operation mode** | Semi-autonomous with human-in-the-loop oversight |
| **Target applications** | Material transport, visual inspection, basic assembly |

The Motion 1 is equipped with dual stereo depth cameras and ultrasonic sensors for environmental perception, along with dexterous handling capabilities for tools and packages. It uses visual SLAM with 3D obstacle avoidance to navigate cluttered factory floors. The robot can walk, wave, and interact using gestures and voice commands, and improves over time based on human feedback and task repetition. It represents a relatively early-stage platform compared to the more advanced Motion 2.[2][3]

The Motion 1 also formed the basis for VinMotion's synchronized dancing performances in August 2025. The robots stayed in sync through a networked real time control system rather than fully pre-scripted routines, a setup that VinMotion engineers say will translate to coordinated multi-robot factory work later on.[5][10]

### Motion 2

The [Motion 2](/wiki/vinmotion_motion_2) is VinMotion's second-generation humanoid robot, representing a substantial upgrade in hardware, AI capabilities, and autonomy.

| Specification | [Motion 2](/wiki/vinmotion_motion_2) |
| --- | --- |
| **Height** | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| **Weight** | 75 kg (165 lbs) |
| **Actuators** | 31 proprietary smart motors |
| **Back lifting capacity** | 40 kg (88 lbs) |
| **Batteries** | Two hot-swappable batteries |
| **Operation** | 24/7 with autonomous self-charging |
| **Processor** | [Qualcomm](/wiki/qualcomm) Dragonwing IQ9 Series |
| **AI capabilities** | Large language models, automatic speech recognition (ASR), proprietary motion control |
| **Languages** | Vietnamese and English |
| **Hands** | Five-fingered dexterous design |
| **Design philosophy** | "3S": self-standing, self-charging, stable |

The Motion 2 demonstrates a natural humanlike walking gait and can perform physical feats including lifting 40 kg with its back, chopping wood with its fist, doing backbends, and grabbing and throwing objects with its five-fingered hands. The 3S philosophy aims to address two practical pain points for factory deployments: robots that fall and cannot get back up, and robots that need a human attendant to swap batteries. The hot-swappable battery system, combined with the robot's ability to detect low power and navigate to a charging station, supports continuous 24/7 operation in the field.[4][5][13]

A key differentiator of the Motion 2 is its use of the [Qualcomm](/wiki/qualcomm) Dragonwing IQ9 Series processor, which provides dedicated on-device AI and physical reasoning ("Physical AI") for real-time motion control. This enables the robot to adapt its movements in real time based on changes in load and terrain conditions without relying on cloud connectivity, which matters for factory floor deployments where reliable networking cannot always be guaranteed. Qualcomm's own CES 2026 announcement confirmed the pairing: "VinMotion's Motion 2 humanoid, powered by the Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ9 Series will be displayed at the Qualcomm Booth #5001 during CES."[4][6][12]

The Motion 2 also supports multi-robot synchronization, enabling coordinated operations between multiple units. VinMotion demonstrated this capability through synchronized dancing performances and martial arts style punching routines at CES 2026, which attracted significant public attention and helped raise the company's international profile.[5][6]

## Technology and approach

### What makes VinMotion's approach distinctive? Physical AI and on-device processing

VinMotion's technical approach emphasizes on-device AI processing rather than cloud-dependent architectures. The partnership with [Qualcomm](/wiki/qualcomm) provides the Motion 2 with dedicated silicon for physical reasoning, enabling real time adaptation to environmental changes without network latency. This is particularly important for factory floor deployments where reliable connectivity cannot always be assumed. The Motion 2 also runs large language model and automatic speech recognition workloads on the same processor, allowing it to take Vietnamese or English voice commands and respond conversationally.[4][6][12]

### Human-in-the-loop deployment

VinMotion's official website describes its broader product offering as "end-to-end infrastructure for large-scale deployment of humanoid robots, powered by human-in-the-loop AI integration." In practice this means semi-autonomous robots that handle most tasks on their own but can hand off to a remote human operator when they get stuck or face an unusual situation. The feedback loop is meant to let the robots improve over time as they accumulate more supervised examples.[7][13]

The company also markets a "Humanoid of Things" infrastructure stack: an integrated ecosystem combining software, AI modules, deployment tools, and operator interfaces designed to support mass deployment with minimal site-specific setup. This positions VinMotion not just as a hardware vendor but as a platform provider for industrial humanoid deployments.[7]

### Multi-robot coordination

VinMotion has developed multi-robot synchronization technology that allows multiple Motion 2 units to perform coordinated actions. According to Quan, the underlying system relies on a network infrastructure that enables the simultaneous execution of commands in real time, rather than each robot running a pre-scripted routine in isolation. The technology has applications beyond entertainment demonstrations: VinMotion sees coordinated multi-humanoid teams as the natural unit of work for complex assembly lines.[5][10]

### Autonomous operation

The Motion 2's 24/7 autonomous operation, enabled by its hot-swappable battery system and self-charging behavior, addresses a key practical requirement for industrial deployments. The robot can detect low battery levels and navigate to charging stations independently, which reduces the need for human intervention in continuous operation scenarios. The 3S design philosophy makes this self-sufficiency an explicit product feature rather than a stretch goal.[4][13]

## Deployment and partnerships

### Where are VinMotion robots deployed? VinFast factory deployment

VinMotion's primary deployment target is [VinFast](/wiki/vinfast), Vingroup's electric vehicle subsidiary. In the first phase, humanoid robots are being deployed in VinFast factories to support tasks such as component transportation and quality inspection. The arrangement gives VinMotion a large-scale, controlled environment for testing and iterating on its robots before broader market release, and it gives VinFast a way to absorb early prototype risk inside the same group.[1][2][7]

### Qualcomm partnership

The partnership with [Qualcomm](/wiki/qualcomm) provides VinMotion with access to purpose-built AI processors for robotics applications. The Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ9 Series chip powering the Motion 2 represents one of the first commercial humanoid deployments of this processor. VinMotion appeared at Qualcomm's main CES 2026 booth (#5001) alongside other Dragonwing partners including Booster Robotics. Qualcomm's broader Dragonwing roadmap, including the newer IQ10 platform announced at the same show, positions both companies in the emerging market for robotics-specific silicon.[4][6][12]

### Vingroup ecosystem

VinMotion sits inside a tightly integrated Vingroup ecosystem. [VinAI](/wiki/vinai) provides generative AI research, including Vietnamese language models. VinBigData contributes data science and voice assistant technologies. [VinFast](/wiki/vinfast) supplies the real-world deployment environment for early Motion 1 robots. [VinRobotics](/wiki/vinrobotics) handles industrial automation that complements the humanoid platform, while VinDynamics works on core component research and signed a memorandum of understanding with Schaeffler in April 2026. VinVentures, Vingroup's $150 million venture fund, and VinUniversity round out the group's AI and robotics push.[8][11]

### International expansion plans

VinMotion is building a US presence to accelerate development and deployment of its industrial humanoids. The November 2025 announcement called out three hiring priorities: large language models, automatic speech recognition, and motion (covering control, planning, and manipulation). That push was formalized on May 29, 2026, when Vingroup announced a $12.75 million investment into VinMotion USA, Inc. to fund US-based humanoid robot research and an R&D center. Quan's existing post at the [University of Southern California](/wiki/university_of_southern_california) gives the effort a natural connection to US robotics research, and the CES 2026 booth helped raise the company's profile with potential US customers and partners.[4][6][12][15][16]

## Market context

### How does VinMotion compare to other humanoid makers?

VinMotion's launch came at a moment when several large industrial players, including Tesla with its Optimus platform, Figure AI, [1X Technologies](/wiki/1x_technologies), [Agility Robotics](/wiki/agility_robotics), and a wave of Chinese firms such as Unitree and UBTECH, were moving aggressively into general-purpose humanoid robots. Vietnam had not previously been considered a player in this space, so VinMotion's emergence carried both technical and symbolic weight inside the country. Pham Nhat Vuong's framing of the Motion 1 as "proof that Vietnam can be a creator of cutting-edge technology, not just a consumer" was repeated across Vietnamese state media.[2][3][9]

Industry observers have been more cautious about commercial viability. Reports citing the leadership of Xiaomi and Unitree note that humanoid robots currently perform better in public demonstrations than in practical factory settings, a gap VinMotion is explicitly trying to close through its long-running VinFast deployments. Citibank analysis cited in Vietnamese coverage estimates the global humanoid market could reach $7 trillion by 2050 with more than 600 million units deployed.[6][14]

## See also

- [Humanoid robots](/wiki/humanoid_robots)
- [Vingroup](/wiki/vingroup)
- [VinFast](/wiki/vinfast)
- [VinRobotics](/wiki/vinrobotics)
- [VinAI](/wiki/vinai)
- [Motion 1](/wiki/vinmotion_motion_1)
- [Motion 2](/wiki/vinmotion_motion_2)
- [Humanoid robot market](/wiki/humanoid_robot_market)
- [Qualcomm](/wiki/qualcomm)
- [Carnegie Mellon University](/wiki/carnegie_mellon_university)

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