Xiaomi has quietly lifted the lid on its latest manufacturing project — a highly automated smart home appliance factory designed to run with very little human involvement.
The facility was showcased during the launch event for the Xiaomi 17 Ultra on December 25, 2025. According to the company, the factory began operations earlier this year in Wuhan’s East Lake High-tech Development Zone and is already producing large home appliances at scale.
Dubbed the Xiaomi Smart Home Appliance Factory, the site is the company’s third major manufacturing hub, following its smartphone and automotive plants. Xiaomi says the factory brings product design, development, and mass production under one roof, with a heavy focus on automation.
Much of the production process follows what Xiaomi describes as “lights-out” manufacturing. Injection molding and sheet metal workshops are fully automated and operate without lighting, with reported tolerances as tight as ±0.05mm. Materials move through the facility via a 4.2-kilometer aerial conveyor system that connects six separate workshops.
Logistics inside the factory are largely handled by 161 autonomous mobile robots, which move components between stations while avoiding obstacles in real time. Xiaomi claims this setup covers more than 90 percent of internal logistics, helping reduce handling losses and improve throughput. At peak capacity, an air conditioner is said to roll off the line roughly every 6.5 seconds.
Quality checks are also automated. The factory relies on AI-based visual inspection for key components, including circuit boards and mechanical parts, using high-resolution cameras and edge AI models rather than traditional sampling methods.
Construction of the site moved quickly. The project was signed off in August 2024, broke ground in November, and was structurally completed by January 2025, setting a local construction record.
As Xiaomi continues to expand its home appliance business, the new factory highlights the company’s growing push toward advanced, self-managed manufacturing.
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