Humanoid robots, manufactured in Vietnam, demonstrate their dance skills flawlessly during their first public appearance.
Vietnam's VinMotion Unveils Dancing Humanoid Robots, Aiming for Global Competitiveness
Vietnam's robotics industry took a significant leap forward on August 8, 2025, as VinMotion, a startup under Vingroup, unveiled its first humanoid robots. The robots, named Motion 1, performed a synchronized dance routine in front of over 1,000 attendees, showcasing their smooth, balanced, and coordinated movements.
Founded in early 2025 with charter capital of about $39 million, VinMotion aims to become a leading developer of general-purpose humanoid robots for manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, and customer service. The company's rapid progress from startup establishment to unveiling a stable, synchronized dancing humanoid robot prototype within just seven months is a testament to its advanced capabilities in motion control, synchronization, and stability.
The robots, fully designed, engineered, and manufactured in Vietnam, are equipped with proprietary hardware, distance sensors, and real-time networked control algorithms. These features enable the robots to act as a cohesive group and respond agilely to their environment, a key innovation in humanoid robotics.
The prototype leverages a network infrastructure that allows multiple robots to execute commands simultaneously and maintain real-time coordination without relying solely on pre-programmed routines. This capability, demonstrated live during the dance performance, confirms VinMotion's advanced capabilities in synchronization and stability, even under challenging Wi-Fi interference conditions.
VinMotion's longer-term plans include expanding beyond entertainment to develop humanoid robots suited for manufacturing, warehouse operations, reception services, and hazardous environment tasks — areas aligned with global automation trends. The company emphasizes that Vietnam’s lower cost pressures, absence of restrictive regulations, and growing tech expertise position it to emerge as a competitive player in the global robotics sector, especially in Southeast Asia.
In addition to its focus on dance performances, VinMotion aims to advance intelligent robot capabilities such as communication, image processing, and language comprehension in future iterations.
The debut of VinMotion's humanoid robots builds on Vingroup's earlier announcements about VinMotion's mandate and resources, made in May. VinMotion draws on capabilities across the Vingroup ecosystem, including VinAI for artificial intelligence, VinBigdata for data analytics, and VinFast for real-world testing environments.
VinFast, a separate unit of Vingroup, already uses more than 1,200 robots in its factories, and VinMotion is expected to reveal its first humanoid prototype later this year.
VinMotion's Chairman, Nguyen Trung Quan, called the show a potential world record for deployment speed, given the stability required for a live synchronized performance. Quan also framed the moment as a wider opportunity for Vietnam in humanoid robotics, noting the country does not face the same high-cost barriers or trust-related challenges seen in the U.S. and China.
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- The advanced synchronization and stability displayed by VinMotion's humanoid robots during their debut performance is a significant innovation in the field of robotics, positioning them for competition in global automation trends.
- By developing humanoid robots for industries like manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, and customer service, VinMotion aims to leverage Vietnam's lower cost pressures, absence of restrictive regulations, and growing tech expertise to become a leading player in the global robotics sector, especially in Southeast Asia.
- Beyond entertainment, VinMotion plans to advance intelligent robot capabilities such as communication, image processing, and language comprehension, with aspirations to create robots suitable for tasks in manufacturing, warehouse operations, reception services, and hazardous environments.
