After finishing his PhD on outdoor robotics perception at Harbin Institute of Technology, Qiu Chunxin founded RoboSense in 2014.

[4] RoboSense has also made progress in the MEMS lidar field for driver assistance functions.

[5] RoboSense also expanded into developing lidar hardware for other industries including robotics and AI-based detection software.

[4] On 5 January 2024, RoboSense held its initial public offering (IPO) becoming a listed company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Investors questioned whether costly lidar sensor technology would be widely adopted by makers of self-driving cars.