Toread Holdings Group Co., Ltd. - 探路者控股集团股份有限公司
Publicly listed Chinese outdoor gear and chip group that has launched two generations of its own lower-limb exoskeleton.
Toread Holdings Group Co., Ltd. is a Chinese outdoor lifestyle group founded in 1999 and headquartered in Tongzhou District, Beijing. The company has been listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange ChiNext board under ticker 300005 and is best known for its TOREAD brand of outdoor apparel, footwear, backpacks, tents, sleeping bags and mountaineering equipment sold through retail stores and online channels across China. Since 2021 the group has pursued a dual-business strategy, adding a semiconductor chip segment covering display-driver, touch-sensing and fingerprint-recognition integrated circuits alongside its long-standing outdoor-goods business.
Beginning in December 2024, Toread extended into wearable robotics by launching a lower-limb exoskeleton device as part of a new lineup of smart outdoor equipment, developed in cooperation with exoskeleton specialist Maibot and industrial partner Xinxing Equipment. The first-generation device used a biomimetic structural design and multimodal sensors to recognize walking, stair-climbing and slope conditions, with a replaceable battery rated at roughly three hours of runtime. The initiative built on Toread's existing outdoor and elder-mobility market positioning, with subsequent coverage noting interest in the device from the 'silver economy' segment for elderly mobility support.
In December 2025, Toread introduced a second-generation exoskeleton with a lighter overall weight of just over two kilograms including battery, capable of reducing effective carried load by up to 30 kilograms, along with improved waterproofing and updated intelligent control. The product was made available through Toread's retail stores and online presale channels, positioning the exoskeleton line as an emerging technology-driven growth area alongside the group's established apparel and semiconductor businesses.
While outdoor apparel and semiconductor chips remain Toread's principal revenue segments, the company's repeated, multi-generation investment in its own branded exoskeleton hardware line represents a concrete robotics business line pursued directly by the group rather than a one-off collaboration, distinguishing it from companies whose only connection to robotics is as a customer or a single unrelated pilot project.
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