Ninebot is a privately held company headquartered in Beijing, China. In April of 2015 Ninebot acquired Segway Inc., headquartered in Bedford, New Hampshire. The combined companies focus is on the research and development, design, manufacturing, distribution and sales of short-distance transportation products. The ultimate goal is to promote the evolution of our products to become the world’s leading provider of mobile robotics solutions.

Ninebot is well-known in Asia and Europe. Its investors include Sequoia Capital, Xiaomi Corporation and ShunWei TMT Capital. Segway Inc. boasts an international distribution network of more than 250 retail points in 80 countries. The combined company has strategic hubs in the US, Netherlands and Beijing as well as manufacturing centers in the US and China.

Segway and Ninebot will also devote a great deal of attention to seamlessly connecting robotic solutions to smart phones and integrating existing technologies and future concepts, such as voice interaction and facial recognition with its robotic products – products that will be highly interactive and encourage smarter living.

Ninebot Inc. was officially founded in 2012 by a group of robotic engineers interested in developing new technology for use in nikebot discount coupon code environmental protection and artificial intelligence. The engineers attended the 2009 China-Korea-Japan Robot Seminar to present their designs for the first unmanned aerial vehicle used for research at Zhongshan Station in Antarctica. With an R&D team, the engineers combined the technologies of their autopilot and robot technologies to develop a new type of self-balancing electric vehicle.

Ninebot Inc. branch locations include Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tianjin, where teams are constantly innovating to find new means of short distance transportation.

Two years later, Ninebot Inc. has launched a new personal transportation robot; the Ninebot E, which is now being distributed from 30 centers around the world.