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Orbbec cuts robot lawn mower ODM business, retreats to upstream sensing solution supply

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According to an exclusive report by Leiphone, Orbbec made an internal decision in mid-September to cut its robot lawn mower ODM business, with its role in the lawn mower track retreating from "building complete machines" to "supplying upstream sensing solutions." The business had shipped only a few thousand units cumulatively, far below expectations. The report cites three reasons for the cut: new FCC rules raise the threshold for entry into the North American market (on July 28 this year, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission added "advanced robotic devices produced outside the country" to its controlled list), the track is overly crowded, and the shipment volume of major customers cannot support the ODM product line. The visual sensing module product line for outdoor robots is unaffected and continues to advance normally, with company resources shifting to embodied intelligence data collection devices.