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  1. HUMANOID55

    Humanoid expands NVIDIA collaboration to build edge computing foundation for next-generation humanoid robots

    UK AI and robotics company Humanoid announced an expansion of its collaboration with NVIDIA to jointly develop a high-performance robotic edge runtime for next-generation humanoid robots. Humanoid will integrate NVIDIA Jetson Thor, Isaac OS, Holoscan Sensor Bridge, and the Holoscan SDK to process large volumes of sensor data, run AI models onboard, and coordinate perception, reasoning, and control in real time.

  2. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence23

    Dong'an Power, up 4 straight sessions, clarifies: not in flying car vehicle business, only matching range extenders for customer's flying car under development

    Dong'an Power, which has risen for 4 consecutive sessions, announced a clarification that the company is not engaged in the flying car vehicle business; it only matches range extenders for a customer's flying car under development. The range extender is an existing product, currently mainly matched to extended-range vehicles. Using it for flying cars requires only adaptive development and involves no major technical changes; the product is still in the trial-production and tooling-prototype supply stage and has not entered mass production.

  3. Agile Robots/思灵机器人62

    Agile Robots and Audi pilot mobile humanoid robot parts sorting at Ingolstadt plant

    Agile Robots, Audi, Dassault Systèmes and NVIDIA announced a proof-of-concept collaboration at NVIDIA GTC Berlin to use mobile humanoid robots for parts picking and sequencing at Audi's Ingolstadt plant for final vehicle assembly.

    Why it matters: The original text explains the validation process in which a virtual twin precedes physical deployment, letting readers understand the practical path for humanoid robots entering automotive logistics.

  4. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence24

    Daye Stock, up 4 consecutive sessions: Robot tendon rope products not yet in mass production

    Daye Stock announced in response to rumors of it being a "humanoid robot concept stock," stating that its robot tendon rope products are not yet in mass production and have generated no substantive revenue, and that this business faces major uncertainty in areas such as technology R&D, product competitiveness, and profitability. The company's main business remains the R&D, production, and sales of bead wire, steel cord, and hose wire.

  5. 深圳市机器人协会 · 微信公众号18

    "Biweekly Chain" Session 10 Greater Bay Area Robot Full-Industry-Chain Supply-Demand Matchmaking registration: Focus on robot exterior components and intelligent manufacturing

    The 10th "Biweekly Chain" Greater Bay Area Robot Full-Industry-Chain Supply-Demand Matchmaking will be held on October 23, 2026, 14:30–17:30 at the Future Era Robot 6S Store, Yaxing Road, Longgang District, Shenzhen. The theme is robot exterior components and intelligent manufacturing, with a capacity of 30–50 participants. Attendance is free; registration must be confirmed by 12:00 on October 23.

  6. 维科网机器人 · 微信公众号56

    Shanxi Huaxiang Group signs with Shunde to build robotics R&D and smart manufacturing headquarters

    On October 20, the Shunde District government of Foshan signed an agreement with Shanxi Linfen Huaxiang Industrial Co., Ltd. for the Huaxiang South China Robotics R&D and Smart Manufacturing Headquarters project, planned for Daliang Subdistrict with 130 mu of land, focusing on robot joint modules, harmonic reducers, and key liquid-cooling components.

  7. 维科网机器人 · 微信公众号58

    New Beiyang subsidiary Zhengqi Robotics wins sole bids for two China Post equipment outsourcing projects, expected revenue nearly 1 billion yuan

    A-share listed company New Beiyang announced that its controlled subsidiary Zhengqi Robotics was the sole winner of two equipment outsourcing service projects for China Post Group's Hubei branch: the Xiangyang mail processing center and the Central China mail processing center. Both projects have a five-year service term, with combined expected revenue of nearly 1 billion yuan.

  8. 深圳市机器人协会 · 微信公众号23

    Registration Opens for 2026 Marine Robotics Underwater Sensing Technology and Detection Applications Forum

    The 2026 Marine Robotics Underwater Sensing Technology and Detection Applications Forum, hosted by the Shenzhen Robotics Association, will be held on October 23 from 9:30 to 11:55 in Meeting Area 3, Hall 17 of the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center (Bao'an New Hall). The event is expected to draw 100-150 attendees, and its theme is "From Perception to Operation: Scenario Breakthroughs for Underwater Robots."

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    NVIDIA European cloud partners expand: sovereign, open compute layout built for safe AI agents

    NVIDIA cloud partners across Europe, the Nordics, Africa, and Central Asia are expanding regional compute capacity for model training and inference, and to support development of agentic and physical AI applications. In GB300 NVL72 system tests, Nscale used DSX MaxLPS to deploy 37% more GPUs within the same power budget and increase aggregate inference throughput by nearly 50%, and plans to deploy Vera Rubin infrastructure across five European markets.

  10. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence22

    XGIMI and others establish new company in Shenzhen, business scope includes intelligent robot R&D and more

    On October 20, Shenzhen Mr. Mark Technology Co., Ltd. was established, with Yin Lei as legal representative and registered capital of 1 million yuan. Its business scope includes R&D of intelligent robots, manufacturing of intelligent basic manufacturing equipment, and manufacturing of smart home consumer devices. Among shareholders, Chengdu Mihua No. 7 Enterprise Management Consulting Partnership (Limited Partnership) holds 44%, Zhong Bo and XGIMI Technology Co., Ltd. each hold 20%, Xiao Shi holds 10%, and the remaining shares are held jointly by Yin Lei, Zhao Xi, and others.

  11. 钛媒体62

    Unmanned Delivery Sector Funding and Scenario Review: Riders Not Yet Replaced, Unmanned Vehicle Competition Intensifies

    On October 20, New Stone announced the completion of nearly 400 million USD in Series E funding (about 2.68 billion RMB), with cumulative funding exceeding 10 billion RMB; one day earlier, reports emerged that Meituan's unmanned vehicle promotion review was postponed to the end of the year so that results from the new vehicle project could be included in the assessment.

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    Opinions on Promoting Deep Integration of Technological and Industrial Innovation Released

    The General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council released the Opinions on Promoting the Deep Integration of Technological and Industrial Innovation on October 21, aiming to develop new quality productive forces and build a modern industrial system by establishing an enterprise-led, multi-actor collaborative system for integrated industry-university-research innovation. The Opinions set out specific arrangements in six areas, including promoting seamless connection between innovation and industrial chains and strengthening enterprise-led integrated industry-university-research innovation.

  13. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence55

    Central Committee and State Council Issue Opinions: Pilot Market Access Relaxation in New Business Forms and New Fields

    The General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued opinions on promoting deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, proposing to improve the market environment that incentivizes innovation. The opinions call for removing institutional barriers that unreasonably restrict innovative products from entering the market, carrying out pilot programs to relax market access in new business forms and new fields, and exploring a commitment-based entry system; strengthening regulation of new technology applications, exploring sandbox regulatory approaches, and advancing sound laws and regulations in frontier fields such as artificial intelligence and biotechnology, and improving institutional norms for science and technology ethics.

  14. 高工咨询 · 微信公众号56

    Topstar Embodied Intelligence Industrial Solution Deployment Analysis: From Data Collection Loop to Multi-Scenario Workshop Testing

    GG Robotics analyzes the deployment path of Topstar's embodied intelligence in industrial scenarios. It uses a self-developed multimodal data collection platform to build a closed loop of manual teaching, data processing, model training, real-machine deployment, and feedback return, enabling existing equipment to be renewed rather than replacing the entire line.

  15. 钛媒体62

    Baidu Apollo Go Hits 250,000 Weekly Orders as Robotaxi Competition with Ride-Hailing Intensifies

    Apollo Go's weekly orders have surpassed 250,000, with about 17 million cumulative trips, 240 million kilometers of autonomous driving mileage, and 140 million kilometers of fully driverless mileage. The article compares Pony.ai's Shenzhen fleet, which generates an average daily net income of 394 yuan per vehicle, with the 200-300 yuan average daily revenue per vehicle for human drivers, and notes that in core areas of first-tier cities with high demand density, Robotaxi net income per vehicle has reached or even exceeded that of human-driven ride-hailing.

  16. 移动机器人产业联盟 · 微信公众号28

    Research Launched for "China Embodied Mobile Robot Overseas Expansion Guide"

    The New Strategy Mobile Robot Industry Research Institute and the Mobile Robot Industry Alliance have launched a joint industry survey for the "China Embodied Mobile Robot Overseas Expansion Guide," inviting industry participation through a questionnaire. The survey covers five categories: industrial AGV/AMR, commercial service robots, humanoid robots, low-speed autonomous vehicles, and robot dogs. It focuses on key overseas expansion pain points, including FCC/CE compliance certification, lithium battery transport and dangerous goods logistics, HS classification and customs clearance, localized after-sales service, and channel and partner development.

  17. 钛媒体62

    Rural women mentor robots: the grassroots supply chain of embodied AI data collection

    Rural women in Henan wear data-collection devices to gather embodied AI training data, earning 80 yuan a day and more than 2,000 yuan a month; their job title is data collector. After Nvidia's EgoScale results were released, bodyless collection became the mainstream method, greatly lowering the barrier to entry and drawing in grassroots workers such as labor outsourcing firms, street promoters, and loan brokers.

  18. 量子位48

    QCraft's single Journey 6M urban NOA: 9 models launched in 4 months, covering the 100,000–200,000 yuan market

    Between July and October, QCraft's single Journey 6M urban NOA solution drove 9 partner models to launch, open pre-sales, or announce launch plans, concentrated in the 100,000–200,000 yuan price band. It is the industry's first mass-produced and launched urban NOA assisted driving solution based on a single Horizon Journey 6M, delivering a 256TOPS experience with 128TOPS of compute.

  19. OFweek Robotics26

    Flexible continuum robotic arms hold potential application value across many fields, with China's related patent count continuing to rise

    The number of patents related to flexible continuum robotic arms in China is continuing to increase, including "An Origami Bionic Dual-Segment Flexible Continuum Robotic Arm" and "Flexible Continuum Robotic Arm with Adjustable Stiffness, Stiffness Adjustment Device, and Stiffness Adjustment Method," with major participants including Wanxun Technology, Qingyu Technology, and Shiyuan Co., Ltd.

  20. 机器人产业应用 · 微信公众号66

    Kaiwang Data and Schaeffler Advance Industrial Embodied Data Collaboration, Taicang Smart Factory Opens

    On October 20, Schaeffler's embodied intelligent robot smart factory officially opened in Taicang, Jiangsu. At the same time, Schaeffler Embodied Intelligent Robot (Taicang) Co., Ltd. and Kaiwang Data announced progress on their industrial embodied data collaboration. Focusing on 7 typical scenarios, the two parties used real-robot teleoperation, UMI, EGO and other equipment to complete trial collection, quality inspection and annotation, producing the first batch of more than 1,000 valid data entries and putting them into training of embodied industrial vertical models.

  21. 雷科技55

    Leitech Analysis: Tesla Optimus Still Faces Three Hurdles Before Mass Production—Dexterous Hands, Supply Chain, and Embodied Brain

    In its annual shareholder meeting materials, Tesla confirmed in writing for the first time that its third-generation humanoid robot Optimus is ready for large-scale mass production, but it did not announce a specific timeline; the original target of producing 50,000–100,000 units in 2026 is basically unachievable.

  22. OFweek Robotics29

    AgiBot reportedly signs for 220,000 square meters of office and R&D space

    According to multiple office-focused self-media reports, AgiBot and related companies have signed leases with Lujiazui Group for about 63,000 square meters at Qiantanyuan, about 73,000 square meters at Qiantanshang, and about 88,000 square meters at Pudong Yuqiao Smart Valley, totaling more than 220,000 square meters. If confirmed, this would set a record for a single office lease in Shanghai, but neither party has responded to or confirmed the report.

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    Goertek Establishes Smart Chip Technology Company in Guangdong with 500 Million Yuan Registered Capital

    Goertek Smart Chip (Guangdong) Technology Co., Ltd., wholly owned by Goertek Inc., was recently established, with Han Dan as legal representative and registered capital of 500 million yuan. Its business scope includes information technology consulting services, electronic component manufacturing, optoelectronic device manufacturing, goods import and export, and technology import and export.

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    Bohai Automotive Systems' registered capital increases to about 1.62 billion yuan

    Bohai Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. recently underwent a business registration change, with its registered capital increasing from about 950 million yuan to about 1.62 billion yuan, an increase of about 70%. The company was founded in December 1999, and its legal representative is Song Wei. Its business scope includes the production and sale of pistons, the production and sale of mechanical parts, and automobile sales. It is jointly held by Beijing Hainachuan Automotive Parts Co., Ltd., Beijing Automotive Group Co., Ltd., Guangxi Tietou Innovation Capital Investment Co., Ltd., and others.

  25. LeadeRobot40

    Honor humanoid robot Lightning races marathon sub-2 runner Sabastian Sawe over 20 meters

    Honor's self-developed humanoid robot Lightning (HONOR Robotics D1) held multiple 20-meter sprint interactions on October 20 with marathon sub-2 runner Sabastian Sawe and trail-running champion Zhao Jiaju. Lightning stands 169 cm tall with an effective leg length of 1.05 m; its 100-meter sprint relies on pure visual recognition through hip cameras, and it previously won the Beijing Yizhuang humanoid robot half-marathon in 50 minutes 26 seconds. Honor's move is brand preheating for its consumer-grade humanoid robot focused on three scenarios: shopping malls, factories, and homes.

  26. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence30

    UBTech Establishes Zengyou Technology in Guangzhou with 30 Million RMB Registered Capital

    UBTech has wholly funded the establishment of Guangzhou Zengyou Technology Co., Ltd. in Guangzhou, with registered capital of 30 million RMB and Wang Lin as legal representative. Its business scope includes the manufacture of service consumer robots, industrial robots, and the research and development of intelligent robots.

  27. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence25

    In the AI Era, the Value of "People" Matters Even More in Later Life

    On the eve of the Double Ninth Festival, Beike Charity and People magazine held a salon on later life and released a companion booklet, "New World, Old Friends: Observations on Later Life in the AI Era." The salon invited eight guests, including Dai Jun, Hu Yong, Zhang Yue, and Cao Cuifen, to discuss aging amid the AI wave. Cao Cuifen said she would prefer a privacy-protecting robot as a caregiver, while Hu Yong argued that technology is only a supporting tool above the waterline of the caregiving iceberg.

  28. 高擎动力40

    High Torque Power and QingTianZu Reach Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Robot Deployment

    High Torque Power and QingTianZu have reached a strategic partnership to match robot products with application demand in areas including K12 and research education, commercial performances and cultural tourism, and robot competitions. High Torque Power enters the platform supply matrix as a QingTianZu selected brand, and the two parties will carry out local scheduling in key cities, promote High Torque products' integration into the "two-hour robot supply and service circle," and jointly build a service system covering inspection, repair, and maintenance. QingTianZu can dispatch more than 4,000 robots, connects over 1,000 service providers, and its service network covers more than 200 cities nationwide.

  29. 机器人前瞻 · 微信公众号47

    China Telecom's TeleAI incubates embodied intelligence company Gamma Robtics, focusing on self-evolving humanoid robots

    Gamma Robtics recently registered in Xuhui, Shanghai. It is the first market-oriented innovation company incubated by China Telecom's Institute of Artificial Intelligence (TeleAI) and has received strategic investment from China Telecom (Shanghai) AI Industry Private Equity Fund. The company focuses on full-model innovation and applications for self-evolving humanoid robots, will advance R&D around "self-evolution" and "whole-body models," and will build a humanoid robot laboratory with TeleAI. Li Xuelong, CTO of China Telecom Group, serves as scientific advisor, and Bai Chenjia, former director of TeleAI's General Embodied Intelligence Research Institute, serves as founder and CEO.

  30. LeadeRobot57

    AgiBot Takes Stake in Tsinghua-Linked RISC-V Chip Company Xinji Wuxian

    Xinji Wuxian, a Tsinghua-linked RISC-V chip company, recently completed a Pre-A funding round with joint investment from AgiBot, the Anhui Automotive Innovation Center, Guoyuan Equity, and Hefei Baohe Venture Capital, among others, with Wanchuang Investment Bank serving as financial advisor. The funds will focus on R&D and commercialization of full-stack RISC-V chips for embodied intelligence.

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    Panhu Intelligence completes tens of millions of yuan angel round, co-founded by a Zhejiang University professor and former Alibaba executives

    Hangzhou-based embodied intelligence startup Panhu Intelligence announced the completion of a tens-of-millions-of-yuan angel funding round, jointly invested by Puhua Capital and Hengze Capital. The funds will be used mainly for R&D on core technologies including the TigerMind multi-dimensional sensory cognitive world model, on-device intelligence, and industry-grade embodied intelligence systems, and to advance joint validation with industry partners in real-world scenarios.