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Thailand approves the first humanoid parts plants outside China

Five Chinese component makers will build roller screw, actuator and joint plants worth THB 9.22 billion in the Eastern Economic Corridor.

Parts of a strain wave gear: wave generator bearing, flexspline cup and circular spline ring
Strain wave (harmonic) gear set, the reducer inside many robot jointsPhoto: Pieceofmetalwork, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

23 Feb 2026

Parts of a strain wave gear: wave generator bearing, flexspline cup and circular spline ring
Strain wave (harmonic) gear set, the reducer inside many robot jointsPhoto: Pieceofmetalwork, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Thailand’s Board of Investment approved five Chinese humanoid-parts plants worth THB 9.22 billion: Hangzhou Seenpin (planetary roller screws), Beite Technology (ball screws), Sanhua Intelligent Drives (actuators), Tuopu (actuators) and Xusheng (joints and body parts).

The BOI described them as the first humanoid parts production outside China. Actuators and screws make up most of a humanoid’s cost.

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  • Thairath, BOI approves Chinese humanoid robot parts plants, Feb 2026. en.thairath.co.th
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