TuDatong and Kusa Technology Announce Strategic Partnership for L4-Level Sanitation Robots

On July 30, 2025, according to information from TuDatong, a strategic cooperation has been established with Kusa Technology, a company specializing in city service robots, to jointly promote the research and commercialization of L4-level sanitation robots. The collaboration will focus on the Kusa Xingjun® series of unmanned sweeping robots and subsequent products, aiming to build a smart sanitation operation system through technological synergy to address the demands of complex urban operational scenarios. Currently, Kusa Technology has completed the deployment of unmanned sweeping robots in over 30 regions, relying on a multi-modal fusion perception technology route that adheres to automotive-grade standards to ensure outdoor operational reliability. In this partnership, TuDatong's automotive-grade wide-angle lidar, the Lingque W (Robin W), becomes a key hardware support. This lidar features ASIL-B functional safety certification and an IP6K9K protection level, capable of achieving complex environmental perception with a 120°×70° ultra-wide field of view and a range of 150 meters. The Xingjun® series products are equipped with four Lingque W units, combined with Kusa's self-developed fusion algorithms, forming multiple safety redundancy layers. This system breaks through light limitations for 24-hour continuous operation: maintaining centimeter-level obstacle recognition accuracy in low-light environments; stabilizing data output in bright scenes through active anti-interference technology; and achieving a detection rate of over 99% for debris larger than 2 cm such as stones and fallen leaves. The technological synergy significantly enhances the robot's path planning efficiency in dynamic scenarios such as non-motorized lanes and mixed traffic lanes, reducing obstacle avoidance response time to under 0.3 seconds. The current policy environment accelerates industry expansion, with the national strategy including 'embodied intelligence' in its planning. A new research institute on low-speed unmanned driving predicts that China's unmanned sanitation market will reach 300 billion yuan. Kusa Technology's CEO, Yang Xi, stated, 'This cooperation will upgrade from hardware adaptation to ecological co-construction, promoting the large-scale implementation of sanitation across all scenarios.' Larry Chen, President of TuDatong China, emphasized, 'There is a natural technological coupling between lidar and sanitation robots, which requires mass production verification to accelerate the commercialization process.' The two parties plan to complete the delivery of the first batch of 200 robots equipped with Lingque W lidar within the year, focusing on enhancing continuous operational capabilities in semi-enclosed scenarios like parks and industrial parks, providing standardized solutions for smart city cleaning and maintenance.