End-to-end hardware development for startups, from idea or prototype to first production run
Anvol, Inc. is a US company (Delaware) whose engineers in Shenzhen take a startup's device from idea or prototype to its first production run under one contract: 28 published builds, 19 of them robots, and a delivered batch of 10 lidar cars. Our engineers have led production work before: the OBSBOT Meet 2 webcam, a 30-unit exoskeleton through DVT, and 19 years of automotive and display electronics.
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Who this is for
- Startups with customers, funding or pre-orders
- You sold or proved a first version and need the next one engineered and built, without hiring a hardware team.
- Brands adding their first connected product
- You know the customer and the price point; we do the electronics, firmware, enclosure and the build.
- Companies starting from an idea
- A description, a sketch or reference photos is enough to start. What to send →
One team, one contract
- What we take on
- Electronics and PCB, firmware, enclosure, a companion app when the device needs one, sourcing, testing, the pilot build and repeat batches.
- One engineering lead
- The same lead from the first review to the packed batch; our engineers build and test in Shenzhen, production runs on partner lines.
- Contract and payment
- You sign with Anvol, Inc. and pay in USD, by stage. Company facts →
- Your files
- Schematics, PCB files, firmware source, enclosure CAD and BOM are delivered to you. IP and handover →
Stages, from idea to first production run
| Stage | What you get | Time on our builds |
|---|---|---|
| First engineering review | What is feasible, the risky parts, a plan and a price for the next stage | Free |
| Working prototype | Design files and working units | 3 to 15 days of development for simple devices, 10 to 30 days for small robots |
| EVT and DVT | Test reports and a validated design; molds are often made here | Set per product in the written scope |
| Pilot (PVT) | Pilot units off the production line and a batch record | Set per product in the written scope |
| Production batches | Tested, packed units of the approved version | Quoted for each quantity |
What each stage proves and how you approve it: EVT, DVT and PVT with Anvol →
Production experience on the team
- Yilan Tingfeng, structural engineer
- Before Anvol, led manufacturing of the OBSBOT Meet 2 4K webcam and worked on mass production of the OBSBOT Tail Air PTZ camera.
- Lanbo Mu, mechanical and product engineer
- Led a powered hip exoskeleton from concept to DVT, with 30 units delivered.
- Biao Tang, senior electronics engineer
- 19 years in electronics hardware: automotive pedals, position sensors and actuators since 2018, with DFMEA, reliability and EMC testing; before that, display power supplies at Wistron and other manufacturers.
- Zisheng Li, engineering lead
- 20+ hardware products built; named inventor on 8 granted patents.
- Chris Wu, founder
- Repeat hardware founder; his previous company reached $300K ARR and went through MiraclePlus.
These are each person's own record. The whole team →
What we have built
- 28 published builds
- Robots, battery devices with screens, voice devices, development boards, display pieces and maker kits, each with its parts, development time and reference cost. All builds →
- 19 robots
- Wheeled, legged, tracked and underwater. Robot electronics and firmware →
- A delivered batch
- 10 lidar line-following cars: $5,000 development plus $150 per car, about one month of development. The lidar car →
What it costs
Development on our published builds is about $500 to $3,000 for a simple device and $3,000 to $10,000 for a small robot (reference ranges). A product taken to a first production run is priced stage by stage in writing after the free review: development, then tooling, parts, assembly and testing for the quantity you order. Costs → · What NRE adds per unit →
What we have not shown yet
Our largest delivered batch so far is 10 units. We have not published a run of hundreds or thousands of units on this site; a run that size is quoted for its own quantity, and the production experience above is from our engineers' earlier employers, not Anvol orders. Certification (FCC/CE) and shipping are quoted separately. Robots for sale in the US also fall under the FCC's 2026 rule on foreign-produced robots. FCC for a prototype or small batch →
Related: the seven steps → · testing and release → · hardware and app from one team → · low-volume robotics →
Send what you have, even if it is only a sketch.
Review my projectOr WhatsApp Zisheng, our engineering lead: +86 185 3620 3904 · Book a 30-minute call