COMPANIES · ROBOTICS & PHYSICAL AI
Ningbo Tuopu Group
A Chinese automotive supplier founded in 1983 that makes chassis systems, vibration damping parts and interior and exterior trim. It is a long-standing Tesla vehicle supplier and has been reported as a candidate supplier for humanoid robot components.
A Chinese automotive supplier founded in 1983 that makes chassis systems, vibration damping parts and interior and exterior trim. It is a long-standing Tesla vehicle supplier and has been reported as a candidate supplier for humanoid robot components.
It is included here as an honest example of the second-order supply chain: a conventional auto-parts maker whose existing relationship with a carmaker could carry over into robots. Its own published business description is entirely automotive, and the robotics link comes from press reporting rather than a company statement, so its AI exposure is classified as adjacent rather than enabling.
Automakers buy its chassis, damping and trim components.
China
Robotics, autonomous systems and physical AI. Companies bringing AI into the physical world: self-driving cars, humanoid robots, drones and factory automation. This is often called "physical AI." Open the robotics lens.
Same-layer peers share an editorial stack classification; that alone does not establish direct competition.
Connections (1)
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Current relationships (1)
Source: 2026-09-18 · reviewed 2026-09-24
Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Reported operating
Limits: Reporting based on unnamed sources. It does not establish that Tuopu supplies any Optimus component, the value or volume of its Tesla business, or that the audit resulted in an order.
Tesla auditing Chinese suppliers ahead of Optimus roll-out: sources ↗Ningbo Tuopu Group Co., Ltd. (SHA:601689) Stock Price & Overview ↗
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