Zero Zero Robotics
Chinese maker of HoverAir self-flying camera drones, which launch from the palm and follow their user without a controller.
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What It Is
Zero Zero Robotics makes HoverAir cameras: small drones that lift off from the palm, follow their owner and land back in the hand, with no controller to fly. Stanford PhDs MQ Wang and Tony Zhang founded it in 2014. Wang is chief executive.
The company says it is headquartered in Hangzhou, China, with offices in Beijing, Shenzhen, Xinchang and San Francisco. Its press releases carry a Palo Alto dateline. It now sells under the HoverAir name, and its own site introduces it as Zero Zero Robotics.
Key Products
Hover Camera Passport, launched in 2016, was its first drone. The company says Apple stores in more than 30 countries sold it from 2017. V-Coptr Falcon, a two-rotor drone, followed in 2019.
HoverAir X1 launched the current brand in 2022 at 125 g. The X1 PRO and X1 PROMAX followed in 2024; the 192 g PROMAX records 8K.
AQUA, a waterproof version that floats and takes off from water, went on sale on 28 May 2026, but not in the United States. The 99 g X1 Smart reached UK shops in June 2026. VERSA, a handheld gimbal camera that flies once clipped into a flight kit, opened on Indiegogo on 18 August 2026.
Business and Financial Position
Zero Zero is private and publishes no revenue. By April 2016 it had raised $25 million, including a $23 million Series A from IDG, GSR Ventures, ZhenFund and ZUIG. It still names IDG and ZhenFund as investors.
It sells direct, through crowdfunding and through retailers. HoverAir went onto Costco.com in April 2025, and in September 2025 the company said the X1 PROMAX was in more than 600 Costco stores. The company says AQUA raised more than $2 million on crowdfunding before launch.
Why It Matters
Zero Zero shows what the US rule of 22 December 2025 does to a Chinese drone maker that is not DJI. The rule put every foreign-made drone on the FCC Covered List. Models authorised before that date, such as the X1 PROMAX, stay on sale. AQUA never reached American buyers.
VERSA launched with an FCC certification that HoverAir advertised. In August 2026 the FCC said the certification was “granted erroneously” and had been set aside, because the VERSA camera alone is a foreign-made drone component. It told HoverAir to stop selling VERSA in the United States and said it was considering further action for “apparently willfully violating” its Covered List rules.
Products
HoverAir AQUA
A 249 g self-flying camera that floats, takes off from water and is rated for Level 7 wind. Nothing else does the job, it has no obstacle avoidance, and it is not sold in the United States.
HoverAir X1 PROMAX
A flying camera rather than a drone: it follows you, films you in 8K and needs no piloting. Sixteen minutes and rear-only sensing are the price of the 192 g frame.
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