Haier

Haier is a global home appliance manufacturer best known for its consumer electronics, washing machines, and smart home products. In robotics, the company pursues a multi-pronged strategy spanning home service robots, industrial automation through its acquisition of Step Electric, and humanoid robots developed in partnership with Leju Robotics (Kuavo) and Robot Era. The HIVA Haiwa humanoid is a prototype home assistance robot, and Haier's broader robotics effort leverages AI and smart home data from over 130 million users to train physical AI models for household scenarios, with partnerships targeting spatial intelligence and embodied AI integration.