Our History

2005
Established
Beginning

Weihai Future Robot officially established, launching related business operations

2006
Visual Grasping Robot
First-of-its-Kind

Successfully developed the first underwater visual grasping robot

2010
Underwater Monitoring
Tracked Robotics

Successfully developed the “VVL-XFL-B Tracked Suspension Robot and Underwater Monitoring System”

2012
Polymer Materials
Competition Robot

Orca G1 Competition Robot (twin-cylinder robot, utilizing more convenient, pressure-resistant polymer materials)

2013
Foreign Object Retrieval
Pipeline Robotics

Developed a pipeline robot to retrieve foreign objects from pipelines at a power plant in Ningxia

2014
Lightweight ROV
Underwater Inspection

Dolphin-Type Underwater Robot VVL-S170-3T

2015
VVLAI Launch
Brand Upgrade

The company completed its brand upgrade, officially rebranding as Shandong Future Robot Co., Ltd.; the VVLAI brand was launched

2016
Gold Award
Mining Robotics

Successfully developed Asia's first commercial “Suction-Filter Mining Robot” for use in amber mining operations. Awarded the Gold Prize at the 2nd Shandong Governor’s Cup Industrial Design Competition;Deep-Sea Observation Underwater Robot VVL-400-4T

2017
Crawler Robotics
Underwater Dredging

First Underwater Dredging Robot VVL-QY270-130A

2018
National Infrastructure
River Dredging

Developed China’s first "River Dredging Robot" for the East Route Project of the “South-to-North Water Diversion” initiative

2019
Cutter-Suction Robotics
Bridge Construction

Successfully developed China’s first “Bridge Caisson Cutter-Suction Robot” for the “Changtai Yangtze River Bridge”—the world’s longest-span cable-stayed bridge—constructed by China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group

2021
Sea Trial Success
Deep-Sea Robotics

The country's first “3,500-meter-class Deep-Sea Operation Robot” has been successfully developed in-house and passed sea trials.

2022
National Award
Deep-Sea Robotics

The “3,500-meter Deep-Sea Operation Robot” won first prize at the national finals of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s “Maker China” competition

2023
Urban Infrastructure
Shield Tunneling

Successfully developed the “Underwater Vertical Shield Tunneling Robot,” deployed for operations in the Shanghai Construction Group’s urban water storage project

2024
Industrial Upgrade
Facility Expansion

Relocated to the Chucun Intelligent Equipment Industrial Park in Weihai High-Tech Zone

2025
Equity Diversification
Corporate Governance

On December 30, 2025, the company completed its shareholding restructuring, marking the establishment of a sound corporate governance structure and the achievement of diversified equity ownership.

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