RortiX under Dreame Tech Accelerates Low-Altitude Economy Layout
¥4 Billion Industrial Fund Settles In, L4 Autonomous Drones Launch Regular Operations in Shanghai Zhangjiang
March 15, 2026 | Shanghai/Suzhou/Hefei — RortiX, an affiliate of Dreame Tech, officially announced two major milestones on Wednesday to speed up its full-industry-chain layout in the low-altitude economy: the ¥4 billion low-altitude and consumer technology industrial fund co-initiated with local governments of Suzhou and Hefei has completed its first-round fundraising, and its self-developed L4 fully autonomous drones have entered regular commercial operation in Zhangjiang Biomedical Base, Shanghai, marking that China’s UAV autonomous flight technology has stepped into a new phase of commercial application.
1. ¥4 Billion Industrial Fund: Government-Enterprise Synergy Builds a New Low-Altitude Economy Ecosystem
Jointly launched by RortiX and the governments of Suzhou and Hefei, the industrial fund has a total scale of ¥4 billion RMB and has successfully raised its initial capital. Positioned as a "catalyst" and "bond" for the low-altitude economy industry, the fund will adopt an "innovative industrial acceleration model", focusing on investing in core technology R&D of low-altitude aircraft, manufacturing of key components, construction of operation service systems and talent training, to address the industry’s pain points of "difficulty in innovation commercialization" and "large capital demand".
According to a RortiX representative, the fund will concentrate on three core areas:
- Advancing breakthroughs in core low-altitude aircraft technologies, especially AI flight control systems, power systems and safety assurance technologies;
- Building low-altitude economy infrastructure, including intelligent air traffic management systems, take-off and landing site networks and operation service platforms;
- Promoting the integration of low-altitude economy and consumer technology, and developing more people-oriented low-altitude application scenarios.
This cooperation sets a model of government-enterprise synergy for the development of the low-altitude economy. The local governments of Suzhou and Hefei will provide policy support and industrial resources, while RortiX will contribute its technological accumulation and market insights to jointly build a globally competitive low-altitude economy industrial cluster.
2. Regular Operation of L4 Autonomous Drones: Ushering in a New Era of GPS-Free Fully Autonomous Flight
On the technology commercialization front, RortiX’s self-developed L4 fully autonomous drones have launched regular operations in the cold-chain delivery scenario for biomedicine in Zhangjiang, Shanghai, mainly undertaking the transportation of high-value medical supplies such as reagents, stem cells and biological samples. This breakthrough marks China’s UAV autonomous flight technology’s transition from laboratory research to commercial application, opening up a new path for low-altitude logistics.
Core technological highlights of the drone:
- Equipped with Dreame’s full-stack self-developed AI flight control system, enabling "blind flight" without GPS or pre-loaded maps;
- Achieving L4 fully autonomous operation: autonomous obstacle avoidance, route planning and intelligent scheduling, adapting to complex urban environments;
- Precise temperature control and real-time monitoring to ensure the safety and timeliness of biomedical material transportation;
- Having completed hundreds of actual delivery missions, with operating efficiency more than 3 times higher than traditional delivery methods.
"The drone solves the core problem of low-altitude logistics—safe, efficient and autonomous flight in complex urban environments, laying a technical foundation for the construction of a large-scale low-altitude logistics network in the future," said RortiX’s technical director.
3. Dual-Line Layout: Building a Complete "AI + Low-Altitude" Ecosystem
The two major progresses are important implementations of RortiX’s "Human-Vehicle-Sky-Interstellar" strategy, reflecting Dreame Tech’s strategic expansion from consumer electronics to the low-altitude economy sector. Founded in June 2025, RortiX, as an affiliate of the Dreame ecosystem, has completed rapid iteration from technology R&D to commercialization in just nine months.
In addition to the industrial fund and L4 autonomous drones, RortiX also showcased electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) manned aircraft at AWE2026, and reached a strategic cooperation with Shidi Tech, signing a purchase order for 100 E20 eVTOLs to build a global operating fleet. Meanwhile, the company has collaborated with the X-Lab of Tsinghua University to advance cutting-edge research on low-altitude flight technologies.
Industry experts pointed out that RortiX’s dual-line layout coincides with the golden period of low-altitude economy development in China. With the gradual opening of China’s low-altitude economy policies, the ¥4 billion industrial fund will accelerate technological innovation and industrial integration, while the regular operation of L4 autonomous drones provides a replicable commercial model for the industry, expected to drive China’s low-altitude economy into a new stage of large-scale development.
4. Future Plan: Expanding Multi-Scene Applications Within the Year
RortiX plans to expand the operation scope of L4 autonomous drones to more scenarios such as medical emergency, emergency material transportation and high-end e-commerce delivery within the year, and establish low-altitude logistics demonstration parks in Suzhou, Hefei and other cities to form synergies with the ¥4 billion industrial fund. At the same time, the company will continue to increase R&D investment to mature eVTOL manned aircraft technology and prepare for commercial operation in 2027.
These two moves demonstrate Dreame Tech’s ambition in the low-altitude economy sector, inject new momentum into China’s low-altitude economy development, and are expected to help China take a leading position in the global low-altitude economy competition.
