In the final offshore sea trial of the 1st Greater Bay Area Marine Underwater Robot Application Competition, Qianjiao X100, a high-end intelligent water equipment under Shenzhen Chasing Innovation, won the first prize in the Enterprise Group Precision Operation Track and ranked first in the project roadshow session with its outstanding operational capability in complex environments, fully demonstrating the powerful practical combat performance of lightweight high-end underwater equipment.
From March 28 to 29, 2026, the First Greater Bay Area Marine Underwater Robot Application Challenge was held at the marine ranch in Zhuhai, Guangdong. As China's first underwater robot competition hosted at a real marine ranch, this event broke away from the previous "swimming pool" and "shallow water" testing modes, moving the competition environment directly into the open sea. Faced with complex conditions including ocean currents, wind and waves, turbidity interference and underwater signal fluctuations, participating equipment underwent a comprehensive assessment of stability, precise operation and engineering capabilities. Centered on real-world scenarios, the competition set challenging tasks and evaluated product performance against practical operation standards, focusing on testing the equipment's target recognition and precise operation capabilities under conditions close to actual production environments.Under the stringent competition rules, Qianjiao X100, a high-end intelligent water equipment independently developed by Shenzhen Chasing Innovation Technology Co., Ltd., stood out from the crowd. It won the first prize in the Precise Operation Track of the Enterprise Group and ranked first in the Project Roadshow session, becoming one of the most award-winning and highly noticed equipment at this competition and regarded as a new high-tech species.
What the application market truly demands is never a "demonstration-only robot", but systematic equipment capable of stable operation, continuous delivery and practical problem-solving. Qianjiao X100's victory in this event demonstrates that domestic underwater robots are accelerating their transformation from "observation & recording" models to "precise operation" models. In real marine environments with low visibility and strong interference, the equipment can steadily complete difficult tasks such as anchor rope salvage, specialty aquatic product capture and cage fouling removal. In certain high-risk and high-frequency underwater operation scenarios, it provides safer and more efficient solutions to reduce reliance on divers and commercial scuba divers.
Leveraging Chasing Innovation's technical expertise in marine engineering-grade complete systems and supporting operational tools, the Qianjiao X100 adopts a lightweight design weighing less than 50 kilograms. It significantly reduces reliance on large hoisting and transportation equipment, enabling rapid deployment and immediate operation in confined spaces. It integrates multiple advantages including light weight, modular platformization, intelligence and precision operation. As one of the few lightweight marine operational equipment capable of diving to 350 meters, the performance of the Qianjiao X100 in this competition has once again verified the practical combat capability of domestic high-end underwater intelligent equipment under real and complex working conditions.
Leveraging Chasing Innovation's technical expertise in marine engineering-grade complete systems and supporting operational tools, the Qianjiao X100 adopts a lightweight design weighing less than 50 kilograms. It significantly reduces reliance on large hoisting and transportation equipment, enabling rapid deployment and immediate operation in confined spaces. It integrates multiple advantages including light weight, modular platformization, intelligence and precision operation. As one of the few lightweight marine operational equipment capable of diving to 350 meters, the performance of the Qianjiao X100 in this competition has once again verified the practical combat capability of domestic high-end underwater intelligent equipment under real and complex working conditions.This competition directly addresses the core pain points of the marine ranch industry. Prior to the event, the organizer released an opportunity list for marine underwater robot application scenarios with a total value of 15 million yuan, together with potential orders exceeding 100 million yuan, providing industry teams with clearer R&D directions and industrialization paths. The precision operation track focuses on high-frequency demands such as net cleaning, fixed-point salvage and grabbing & recycling, reflecting a distinct orientation of "real scenarios, real demands and real applications". The Qianjiao X100 winning first place in two categories essentially means it has passed the practical value verification in real industrial scenarios, and accurately meets the urgent demands for "reliability, high efficiency and ease of use" of equipment in marine ranches, offshore wind power and other fields.
Zhang Ying, Vice President of Chasing Innovation, stated: "Winning first place in two categories this time is the achievement of our company's long-term dedication to real application scenarios and in-depth integration of technological R&D, product refinement and market demands. In the future, we will continue to promote high-end water intelligent equipment to expand more marine-related application scenarios, and fully support the high-quality development of the marine economy."
The competition and its award-winning achievements have attracted attention and coverage from mainstream media, further enhancing industry awareness of underwater operational equipment for real scenarios, and providing strong support for the industrialization development of domestic high-end underwater intelligent equipment.
# About Chasing Innovation
Headquartered in Shenzhen, Chasing Innovation specializes in the R&D, production and scenario application of high-end water intelligent equipment, and is a national-level specialized, sophisticated, unique and innovative "Little Giant" enterprise. The company continues to upgrade underwater robots from observation-oriented equipment that "can see" to practical operational equipment that "can operate, deliver solutions and solve problems". Its products cover multiple fields including consumer-grade underwater technology products and light industrial professional equipment, and are widely applied in marine scientific research, maritime engineering, underwater detection, fishery breeding, emergency rescue, ship and dock maintenance, offshore wind power and other scenarios.
