Hiwin Technologies (上銀) occupied a flagship booth of more than 750 square meters at TAIROS 2026, supplying miniature ball screws and single-axis robots for co-packaged optics (CPO) sample testing, a planetary roller screw with 2-3 times the load capacity of conventional ball screws now production-ready, and a 14-actuator dual-arm humanoid system. Its dual-arm and 8-axis logistics robots were both pushed to November 2026 resampling with 2027 mass production targeted, while ball screw and linear guide output rise 20% and 10-15% respectively amid lead times of four to six months. Hiwin set a double-digit percentage revenue growth target for 2026 with capex near NT$2.7 billion.
What was the scale and focus of Hiwin's booth at TAIROS 2026?
Hiwin Technologies (上銀) opened a flagship booth of more than 750 square meters at the 2026 Taiwan Robot & Smart Automation Show (TAIROS), which began on August 19, 2026CITE:E1. The booth size marked one of the largest displays at the showCITE:E2, spanning precision motion components for co-packaged optics, humanoid robots, and logistics robots — the areas covered below.
How is Hiwin pursuing the CPO market with its precision components?
Hiwin is supplying miniature ball screws and single-axis robots for sample testing to co-packaged optics (CPO) optical coupling manufacturers, with the sampling program covering both domestic and Chinese firmsCITE:E3.
What is the performance and production readiness of Hiwin's planetary roller screw?
Hiwin's planetary roller screw delivers load capacity of 2 to 3 times that of a conventional ball screw and has completed mass-production preparationCITE:E6CITE:E7. The product is designed for humanoid robot limbs as well as industrial elevators and other heavy-load equipmentCITE:E6. Hiwin's Cho Wen-heng said the company's upper-limb ball screw products have already been sent to target customers for sampling, and Hiwin continues to engage with multiple humanoid robot makersCITE:E7.
How is Hiwin expanding ball screw and linear guide output amid delivery pressure?
Hiwin expects its ground-grade ball screw output to rise 20% by the end of the year compared with the start of the year, with orders already booked through the first quarter of 2027, even as lead times stretch to six monthsCITE:E15. Linear guide lead times have similarly stretched to four to five monthsCITE:E11, while Hiwin projects linear guide output will grow 10% to 15% in 2026 with no current plans to raise pricesCITE:E16.
| Product | Lead time | Output growth |
|---|
| Ball screw (ground-grade) | 6 monthsCITE:E11 | +20% by year-end vs. year-startCITE:E15 |
| Linear guide | 4-5 monthsCITE:E11 | +10% to 15% in 2026CITE:E16 |
What upgrades has Hiwin made to its dual-arm logistics robot, and when will it reach the market?
Hiwin's dual-arm logistics robot has a 2.5-meter arm length, a 5-meter working range, and a combined payload of 60 kilograms across both armsCITE:E8, while weighing 40% less and consuming 30% less energy than a conventional industrial robotCITE:E9. The robot, originally expected to ship in small batches this year, will instead receive a revised sample in November 2026 for further testing after the customer changed its specification requirementsCITE:E4, pushing small-batch shipment to 2027CITE:E10.
What is the timeline for Hiwin's next-generation 8-axis logistics robot?
Hiwin's customer is redesigning the next-generation 8-axis logistics robot, and the design change has pushed resampling to November 2026, with small-batch production targeted at the earliest in 2027CITE:E14.
How is Hiwin organizing its humanoid robot component effort?
Hiwin has established a new dedicated department to handle humanoid robot and related mechanical component projectsCITE:E18. At TAIROS, Hiwin displayed a dual-arm actuator system for humanoid robots in which a single dual-arm system comprises 14 actuators, with the arm portion using ball screwsCITE:E5. Cho Wen-heng said Hiwin's planetary roller screw for humanoid bipedal legs has reached the mass-production stage and can also be applied to industrial heavy-load equipment, while the robotic-arm joint ball screw product remains in ongoing samplingCITE:E13. Hiwin expects its robotics business revenue to keep rising with a steady share of overall salesCITE:E18.
What are Hiwin's 2026 revenue target and capital expenditure plan?
Hiwin is targeting double-digit percentage revenue growth for 2026, with second-half operations expected to outperform the first half as the company runs at full overtime capacityCITE:E11CITE:E12. Hiwin expects 2026 capital expenditure to come in at roughly the same level as 2025's NT$2.7 billionCITE:E17.
What this means
Hiwin's component-side readiness and its finished-robot timelines are moving at different speeds. The planetary roller screw is already at mass-production stage for humanoid legs and has been sampled to upper-limb customersCITE:E7CITE:E13, and the CPO sampling program is already underway with domestic and Chinese optical coupling makersCITE:E3. But both the dual-arm and 8-axis logistics robots have been pushed to November 2026 resampling with 2027 as the earliest mass-production targetCITE:E4CITE:E10CITE:E14, even as ball screw and linear guide lead times stretch to four to six months against output growth of only 20% and 10-15%CITE:E11CITE:E15CITE:E16. Hiwin is nonetheless guiding double-digit revenue growth for 2026 on capex roughly flat with 2025CITE:E12CITE:E17.