At its Humanoid Gym in Erlangen, Germany, Schaeffler is working with Hexagon Robotics to train and validate new capabilities using the humanoid robot AEON in representative production scenarios, preparing it for entry onto factory production lines.
The School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Shenzhen Polytechnic University will hold its 2027 graduate job fair on November 4, 2026, from 14:00 to 17:00 at Dayun Square on the Xili Lake campus. More than 700 graduates are expected, and employers are invited to attend. The school offers programs including Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering Technology (undergraduate), Electrical Automation Technology, Mechatronics Technology, and Industrial Robot Technology, and has an on-campus training base of more than 7,600 square meters with equipment valued at about 136 million yuan. Participating employers must bring a copy of their business license and a printed copy of the invitation letter when registering.
On October 14, the Shenzhen Robotics Association and the Shenzhen Semiconductor and Integrated Circuit Industry Alliance hosted the Embodied Intelligence Application Technology Innovation Forum in Shenzhen, with China Electronics Port XinChacha as co-organizer. UBTech shared the industrial practices of Walker S2 and its "brain-cerebellum" layered architecture; Huayan Robotics presented a high-precision XYZ linear motor platform with ±0.05μm repeat positioning accuracy; and AMD, Huacheng Industrial Control, Molex, and Sanwei Xin'an discussed computing power, motion control, connectors, and security chips.
Wanhua Chemical President Kou Guangwu and a delegation visited Boshi Co. for an exchange. Wanhua Chemical presented Boshi Co. with an "Excellent Supplier" award. As a core equipment supplier for Wanhua Chemical's complete packaging and automated loading equipment, Boshi's related equipment has been put into production and application at multiple Wanhua domestic bases, supporting the automation and intelligent upgrading of the solid material post-processing stage. The two sides will carry out joint research, relying on the collaboration between Boshi Co. and Bolong Technology to advance the intelligent optimization and upgrading of equipment.
The Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center appeared at ROSCon China 2026 as a gold sponsor, showcasing both the Tiangong 3.0 and Tianyi 2.0 robots together at Booth B08. Tiangong 3.0 is a full-size general-purpose robot equipped with the self-developed "Huisikaiwu" general embodied intelligence platform and 43 high-precision controllable joints, and it performed a highly dynamic choreographed dance on site; Tianyi 2.0 demonstrated fully autonomous tabletop fruit sorting on site, with no manual intervention throughout. Visitors who scan the code to join the Tiangong Zaowu open-source community can receive 4090 computing power resources for free.
Shenzhen Ruoyu Technology announced on October 15 that it has completed a hundred-million-yuan Pre-A funding round, led by Sunway Communication, with participation from Jinmu Capital, Qindao Capital, Huanghai Capital, and Zhongchuang Capital. The funds will focus on iterating the Ruoyu Jiutian robot brain and expanding ecosystem partnerships.
Reports say DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng is in contact with several embodied AI startups and participated in Unitree Technology's IPO strategic placement (contributing about 141 million yuan), and plans to lead a funding round for Winverse AI. The article analyzes a new approach in which general-purpose large models drive agents to call robot tools: in RoboCurve tests, GPT-6 Astra succeeded 19 out of 20 times in a block-into-bowl task, but this approach still faces real-time issues such as API call costs and several-second response latency.
Odigo is drawing attention at Pacific Mall in Jaipur! 15 AI-driven #Odigo advertising robots have been deployed, allowing brands to attract more shoppers through dynamic advertising, interactive engagement, and smart wayfinding.
Musk spoke remotely to more than 2,000 owners and investors at the third X Takeover event at Tesla's Gigafactory in Austin, Texas; the remarks summary focused on Optimus mass production and supply chain difficulties. He said Optimus hand engineering accounts for about half the difficulty of the whole machine, and that the robot's core components lack a ready-made supply chain; last year China's restrictions on electric motor magnet exports stalled the Optimus project for two to three months, so core parts must be ensured to be manufacturable domestically in the US. The remarks also touched on chip manufacturing, the Cybercab fleet, AI, and Starship.
Hesai held its Kosmo global launch event in Shanghai on October 14, unveiling Kosmo, a new three-dimensional world data engine, and disclosing that its robot motion modules have begun commercial delivery, with cumulative deliveries exceeding 10,000 units. The next-generation motion module offers roughly 3x the torque density and power density of benchmark products, is 37% smaller in volume, and achieves transmission efficiency above 95%; the company expects motion module shipments to reach the hundred-thousand level by 2027, with a revenue guidance of 200 million to 300 million yuan for its strategic growth business in 2026.
Wenzhou Huanbao Technology Co., Ltd., wholly owned by Meituan subsidiary Xigua Limited, was recently established with a registered capital of USD 2 million and Ling Hongjia as its legal representative. The company's business scope includes basic artificial intelligence software development, Internet of Things technology R&D, and intelligent robot R&D.
Holiday Robotics has set up its own production line in Seongsu-dong, Seoul, and begun producing its self-developed wheeled dual-arm humanoid robot "Friday," with an annual capacity of about 100 units. About 10 units have been completed or are in assembly so far, and the company aims to produce 2 units per week. Friday is positioned as a robot for carrying and handling tasks at logistics centers and manufacturing sites. The company is running PoCs with companies in logistics, semiconductors, and auto parts, and plans to deploy the robot in actual industrial sites next year.
Most robotics talks are about capability; this one is about character. Lightberry Design Director Do Park (@alrightdo) opened the Humanoid Hub conference with a talk titled "From Pixar to the Physical World: Designing the World's Most Interactive Humanoid Robot." Tomorrow
Robotic brain company Ruoyu Technology has completed a RMB 100 million Pre-A funding round led by Sunway Communication, with Jinmu Capital, Qindao Capital, Huanghai Capital, and Zhongchuang Capital participating. Since its founding in 2023, the company has raised several hundred million yuan in cumulative funding. The proceeds will go toward full-stack R&D of its robotic brain, real-world data closed loops, and industrialization. Its first deployment scenario is intelligent refueling (refueling robots), with its core product being the self-developed Ruoyu Jiutian robotic brain, which uses a cloud-edge-device layered architecture and has been in trial operation at a Foshan pilot site since April this year.
What is stopping teams from getting value from the data they already have? Aurora Feng (founder of Neural Motion) and Joe Harris (founder and CEO of Alloy Robotics). Tomorrow @aurorafeng_01 @_joe_harris_
Ahead of GTC Berlin, NVIDIA showcased the Nordic technology ecosystem: ABB Robotics helps engineers train and test robots in simulation, while Spotify improves podcast recommendation efficiency. Several startups adapt open-source models for tasks such as Swedish transcription and patent research, underpinned by computing investment and a community of researchers, entrepreneurs, and enterprises.
Benmo Technology listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Main Board on September 29, rising 7.41% to HK$23.2 that day and closing at HK$32.5 on October 14, up more than 50% from its HK$21.6 IPO price. The article reviews the technical advantages of its two direct-drive motor series, M6 and M15, and prospectus data: 2025 revenue of 282 million yuan, 97.4% from power modules. It also notes four pressures, including widening losses and the average selling price of direct-drive power modules falling from 77 yuan to 32 yuan, and argues that the second half, in which the company must prove it can turn a profit, has only just begun.
Founded in 2023, Yueqian Innovation has completed an angel funding round with participation from Mingshi Venture Capital, Nanshan Zhanxin Investment, and Chuxin Capital; it previously received seed funding from Li Zexiang. Its first product, the force-balanced camera robotic arm Cilin X, uses a "3+3" configuration and a mechanically pre-balanced design, reducing joints that originally required 100 N·m of drive to under 10 N·m, while retaining six-degree-of-freedom camera movement and achieving lightweight design, targeting independent creators and small shooting teams. The company plans to accumulate data from professional users to build a visual expression model, and is planning smaller products for general users.
Tmall Double 11 presales will begin at 8 PM on October 15, with official sales starting at 8 PM on October 20. The number of products is the highest in the event's history, and brand discounts combined with platform coupons bring prices as low as 28% off. 88VIP coupons support self-selected denominations, and AI services are included in Double 11 for the first time. Apple's foldable iPhone Duo will make its Tmall debut at 8 PM on the 16th, and the iPhone 18 Pro will be available from 9,199 yuan during Double 11. Embodied AI robots, smart door locks, digital cameras, and other products are included in subsidies for the first time.
Visual Science announced the completion of its angel and angel+ funding rounds, with a cumulative amount of tens of millions of yuan. Investors include Shanghai Future Industry Fund, Houxue Capital, and Pudong Venture Capital, with Yundao Capital serving as long-term exclusive financial advisor.
The National Railway Administration has issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for Railway Science and Technology Innovation, which proposes steadily advancing engineering research on 600 km/h high-speed maglev. The author's interpretation holds that four of the plan's seven core tasks name special intelligent equipment, including air-ground integrated inspection robots, embodied-intelligence construction robots, rail flaw detection robots, catenary maintenance robots, and emergency inspection robots. The article sorts these into six categories: rail flaw detection, tunnel and bridge inspection, catenary maintenance, EMU undercarriage inspection, intelligent construction, and disaster emergency response, and notes that maglev deployment will create demand for new equipment such as high-precision track inspection.
Tesla has announced that the Roadster event will be livestreamed at 8:55 a.m. Beijing time on October 16 at SpaceX's McGregor, Texas facility, and Musk commented that timing is crucial. The author argues that what is more worth watching at the event is not the sports car but possible Optimus information, including progress on the Texas Optimus factory, finalization of V3 hardware, and the mass-production schedule, and notes the risk that the event may not mention Optimus at all.
In Cologne, Germany, a 1.2-meter-tall humanoid robot was remotely controlled outside a fast-food restaurant to touch a 16-year-old girl's buttocks and make indecent gestures; the incident was livestreamed, and police have seized the robot and are investigating its 16-year-old owner and a 19-year-old companion. The key point is that the robot was not operating autonomously but was controlled by a person, so the law needs to determine whether the actions were preprogrammed or remotely controlled in real time. The incident coincided with the release of China's "Embodied AI Ethics Governance Research Report" the same day, highlighting the legal gap in embodied AI ethics and the definition of responsibility.
MIRAVA, a water-surface smart consumer hardware brand under Ouka Zhichuan, has completed an angel funding round of nearly RMB 50 million, led by Jiuhe Venture Capital with co-investment from Chuxin Capital and Eversnow. The funds will go toward R&D and iteration of core technologies, production line and mass-production buildout, and the establishment of localized channels and service systems in Europe.
Tianyancha shows that Shenzhen RoboSense Technology Co., Ltd. recently completed a business registration change, with its registered capital increasing from about 620 million RMB to about 700 million RMB, an increase of about 13%. The company was founded in August 2014, its legal representative is Qiu Chunxin, and it is wholly owned by RoboSense HongKong Limited. Its business scope covers the R&D, design, sales, and leasing of electronic products, IoT, and intelligent-related products.
Hefei Banyi Tong (MiMA) presented its full suite of narrow-aisle high-bay storage solutions at booth D136 in Hall 7.1 during the China International Industry Fair held in Shanghai from October 12 to 16, 2026. On display were the MCC16 man-up turret truck, MQC30 wide-body sit-down omnidirectional forklift, MJ20 articulated forklift, MFE14 pantograph reach truck, and two AGV forklift bodies, the MKV40 and MBV14 (slim14). The company also offered live product demonstrations and one-on-one technical consultations.
The 26th China International Industry Fair Robotics Show (RS2026) opened on October 12 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). The mobile robot section features 56 exhibitors presenting AGV/AMR, forklift robots, and smart warehousing solutions, with the focus shifting from demonstrations to production-line processes such as palletizing and sorting.
Shenzhen Leishen Intelligent System Co., Ltd. invites industry professionals to attend the 2026 4th China Marine Equipment Expo. Founded in 2015, the company is the world's only lidar company that simultaneously masters four measurement principles: TOF time-of-flight, phase method, triangulation, and frequency-modulated continuous wave. It has mass-production capability for 1550nm and 905nm automotive-grade lidar, and its products are applied across ten major industrial ecosystems including autonomous driving, robotics, and smart logistics. The company also received the 2020 National Science and Technology Progress Award, Second Class.
Langyu Robotics is presenting multiple unmanned heavy-load transport vehicles and a full-scenario intelligent handling solution at the Industrial Fair at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), Booth C201 in Hall 8.1H, from October 12 to 16. Its exhibits include multi-vehicle coordinated heavy-load transport and all-weather indoor/outdoor heavy-load mobile robots. Backed by self-developed control systems, multi-sensor fusion navigation, and AI-based intelligent scheduling, the solution can handle heavy-load transport of up to 1,000-ton class, covering industry scenarios such as wind power, energy storage, and ports.
On October 12 at the Shanghai Industrial Fair, HKUST, Estun, and Freedo Technology reached a long-term strategic cooperation to jointly carry out "industrial physical AI foundation technology research." The cooperation focuses on industrial-scenario data generation, physical-law modeling, dynamic-environment simulation, and robot task decision-making, connecting the technology chain of spatial-scene generation, industrial-environment semantic understanding, high-fidelity physical simulation, model training, and standardized evaluation. The three parties will build a closed technology loop integrating 3D spatial perception, factory digital twins, virtual simulation training, and physical robot execution to help flexible manufacturing land.
Jisu Yueqian CEO Huo Jianghao will deliver a keynote speech, "Breaking Through Warehousing: Cost-Reduction and Efficiency-Boosting Practices of Embodied Intelligence in Picking, Induct, and Sorting," on November 04 at the 2026 Embodied Picking and Loading/Unloading Robotics Industry Forum. The forum is hosted by the Mobile Robot Industry Alliance and the Humanoid Robot Scenario Application Alliance, features two tracks for picking and loading/unloading, and will hold the global premiere of the 2026 Embodied Loading/Unloading Robot Market Insight and Industry Trends Report.
Robotics company NEXFORM announced the completion of a seed round in the tens of millions of yuan, with investors including Gobi Partners and Zheda Youchuang. The company positions itself in the Physical AGI space, building around a "general-purpose hardware platform + developer ecosystem + physical agents" layout, with Physical RSI as its technical approach and Auto Research conducted through AI Agentic. It offers general-purpose robot products and development tools, enabling developers to build physical agents for different scenarios and deliver operational capabilities.
Amazon's warehouse robot count has exceeded 1 million, and its 2025 annual report shows more than 1.5 million full-time and part-time employees. A study published in ILR Review in April 2025 found that serious injuries at robot warehouses were 40% lower than at traditional warehouses, but minor injuries related to repetitive motions increased by 77%; a report by the Strategic Organizing Center, a union coalition, based on injury data from 2017 to 2020, stated that injury rates at Amazon's robot warehouses were higher than at non-robot warehouses.
At the 26th China International Industry Fair, Shanghai proposed bringing 8,000 humanoid robots into factory workshops by 2028 as part of an action plan to accelerate next-generation smart manufacturing. Supporting goals include raising industrial robot density to 600 units per 10,000 workers, cultivating 500 advanced-level smart factories, and expanding the scale of the AI-enabled new smart manufacturing equipment industry beyond 200 billion yuan.
XSTO's embodied mobile robot won the 2026 Good Design Award (G-MARK) Gold Award, the only Gold Award in its judging category. The entry stood out from 5,111 entries worldwide. It uses AI intelligent control to switch intelligently between wheeled quadruped and tracked modes, helping users independently go up and down stairs and travel on slopes and rough terrain, while its 360° dynamic self-balancing seat actively keeps the seat level.
XSTO opened dual booths at the 140th Canton Fair, which began on October 15: F44 in Hall 20.2 and B44 in Hall 20.1, presenting its full-stack embodied technology matrix and solutions for complex scenarios. The X13 embodied mobile robot won the 2026 G-MARK Design Gold Award and is the only product in the annual mobility category to receive the award; it is showcased with AI intelligent control and all-terrain integrated design. The light off-road electric wheelchair, motion-sensing logistics vehicle, Qiaokeli electric portable stair climber, tracked stair climber, and Mokuai Jingang are also on display. On the first day, domestic and overseas buyers stopped to experience the products, and negotiations continued.
Tether Capital announced a strategic investment in AIsa, which lets AI agents access and pay for data, software, APIs, and computing services through a single interface, billed per call, with support for fiat or stablecoins and company-set spending limits.
Tang Duyu, former chief AI expert at Huawei and former head of the Xiaoyi large model, has founded Guanxing Shuzhi to build proactive AI systems for the physical world, enabling robots to decide on their own whether and how to intervene when there are no human instructions.
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors in California passed a robot permit ordinance on September 29, expected to take effect on October 29, requiring commercial establishments to apply for an annual permit before using robots and to submit an economic impact assessment and a workforce placement plan. Companies must choose one of three options: equal-pay reassignment, 60 days' advance notice with severance pay, or payment of an automation impact fee into a workforce retraining fund.
At the Zigong Low-Altitude Economy Industry Development Conference on October 14, Sichuan's air transport force reached an agreement with Volant Aerotech through its low-altitude economy investment platform to purchase 50 VE25-100 "Tianxing" passenger eVTOLs, of which 30 are intended orders.