Infineon and VinRobotics partner on humanoid robot development
Infineon Technologies and VinRobotics have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on humanoid robot development, according to TNGlobal. The companies plan to establish a joint competency center at VinRobotics’ Hanoi office.
The agreement was signed in May, the companies said in separate statements released Tuesday. The VinRobotics Infineon Competency Centre is intended to support technical exchange and joint innovation, with Infineon involved in VinRobotics robotics projects from the early stages of development.
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VinRobotics is a robotics company established by Vingroup, the Vietnamese conglomerate. The partnership gives VinRobotics access to Infineon’s semiconductor expertise and training support for its research and development staff, while placing Infineon closer to an emerging humanoid program in Southeast Asia.
Chip supplier moves closer to robot design work
The companies said the collaboration will combine VinRobotics’ robotics and AI capabilities with Infineon’s portfolio of microcontrollers, power systems and sensors, as well as connectivity, safety and security technologies.
Infineon also pointed to its Silicon, Silicon Carbide and Gallium Nitride products, saying they cover the key functional blocks in a humanoid robot. The company estimated the average semiconductor bill of materials at around $500 per robot.
That is the most specific technical figure in the announcement. The companies did not disclose robot specifications, production targets, deployment dates or commercial terms. For now, the agreement reads less like a product launch than a supplier integration and capability building effort around VinRobotics humanoid robots.
Vingroup puts a Vietnam robotics program on the map
Infineon executive Philipp von Schiersteadt said the collaboration will focus on accelerating development of next generation humanoid robots for use in industry, services and the home, according to the report. Infineon also described Southeast Asia as one of the world’s most promising growth markets for robotics.
VinRobotics CEO Ngo Quoc Hung said the partnership will help lay the foundation for a new generation of robotics solutions developed in Vietnam, first for the domestic market and gradually for international markets.
The announcement follows a recent public showing of humanoid robots by VinRobotics and VinDynamics, another Vingroup technology subsidiary. According to the linked TNGlobal report, the companies displayed their humanoid robots at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2026 in Vienna and at COMPUTEX Taipei 2026.
The next substantive question is whether the Hanoi center produces disclosed robot hardware, validated subsystems or customer trials. The current announcement confirms a technical partnership, not a production ready humanoid platform.
Source: technode.global
