The 9‑axis intelligent painting robot.
The NST‑H8 sprays full car bodies and batched parts with a consistent, repeatable finish, and installs into the booth you already own.
No painters to hire. Finishes that vary. Craft that can't be copied.
The NST‑H8 answers all three: it takes the coating pass so people stay out of the fumes, lays the same coat run after run, and carries a master painter's technique as an algorithm, every shift.
The shortage is measurable: the United States needs roughly 100,000 more collision technicians over the next five years, the United Kingdom projects a 76,000‑technician gap by 2030, and China's new‑energy aftersales shortfall is estimated at 824,000. A painting robot covers for the painters you can no longer hire.
Sources: TechForce Foundation and CCC (US) · IMI (UK) · MIIT and MOHRSS (China)
Explore the full technology →Meet the NST‑H8
A short film from inside the booth: the robot, the gantry and the system, end to end.
The system at workReal footage · gantry, robot and spray runs In daily use at Tesla and Xiaomi aftersales shops.
Gantry painting robots are delivered and earning inside the direct aftersales networks of Tesla, Xiaomi Auto, Seres and XPeng, and across the Zhongsheng dealer group: paying customers, not pilots. Behind them stand two decades of NST equipment in the plants of around 100 vehicle and battery makers.
Tesla, Xiaomi, Seres, XPeng and Zhongsheng are trademarks of their respective owners, named here only to state where the robot is deployed. No endorsement is implied.
On the world stage
Showcased at the World Economic Forum
In 2024 the NST painting robot was demonstrated on a real car at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, known as Summer Davos. Few paint‑shop machines can say the same.
The plant behind the robot
Built in Dalian. Shipped worldwide.
The NST‑H8 is developed and built at NST's own campus in Dalian, by the company whose equipment has served around 100 vehicle and battery manufacturers for two decades. More about NST →
Deployed across China. Partners on three continents.
NST robots are in service in Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Chengdu, Wuhan, Xi'an and Chongqing, and every unit is built in Dalian. Independent sales partners sell and demonstrate the robot in Germany, France, Italy, South Korea and Australia, with more markets opening. Want to bring NST to yours? Become a sales partner →
Bring the NST‑H8 to your booth.
Get a quote for the cars and parts you paint, or partner with NST to sell and demonstrate the robot in your market.