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Sep 18Fri
  1. 世纪金源32

    Tengyun Hong Kong I&T Cluster Accelerator Gains Momentum After Being Cited in Hong Kong Policy Address

    The Tengyun Hong Kong I&T Cluster Accelerator, initiated by Century Golden Resources Group, was cited in Hong Kong's 2026 Chief Executive's Policy Address as a benchmark case under the Innovation and Technology Accelerator Pilot Scheme. Paragraph 87 of the report states that it has established an accelerator base at Cyberport, serving nearly 100 member companies, including 8 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of over HKD 180 billion, and focuses on industries such as AI, embodied intelligence, and robotics. The accelerator opened on October 21, 2025, and currently has 99 member companies, 9 listed companies, and a combined market capitalization of over RMB 200 billion.

  2. 数字华夏26

    Digital Huaxia Appears at Embodied Intelligence and Humanoid Robot Brain Technology Conference, Wins "Yingxing Benchmark Enterprise Award"

    Digital Huaxia won the "2026 China Embodied Intelligence Yingxing Award — Yingxing Benchmark Enterprise Award" at the 2026 Embodied Intelligence and Humanoid Robot Brain Technology Conference. Deputy General Manager Shi Biao delivered a speech titled "Exploration of Embodied Robot Applications in Interactive Scenarios," proposing a four-layer capability model for "warm interaction" covering perception, memory, understanding, and expression. Founded in March 2024, the company has delivered products to ICBC, China Mobile, and State Grid, with applications in finance, elderly care, and cultural tourism scenarios.

  3. Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center34

    Tiangong Kaiwu · Smart Convergence Hangzhou: 2026 Global Embodied Intelligence Developers Conference Concludes Successfully

    The Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center and the Hangzhou Research Institute of Xidian University jointly hosted the "Tiangong Kaiwu · Smart Convergence Hangzhou" 2026 Global Embodied Intelligence Developers Conference (GEADC 2026) and the Embodied Intelligence Training Camp (Seventh Session) from September 16 to 17.

  4. 珞石机器人23

    Rokae Invited to Bosch 2026 China Supplier Conference, Wins Bosch Excellent Supplier Innovation Award

    Rokae Robotics stood out from hundreds of suppliers to win the "Bosch 2026 China Excellent Supplier Innovation Award." The Bosch 2026 China Supplier Conference was held in Shanghai on September 17. Rokae founder and CEO Tuo Hua was invited to attend and took part in the roundtable forum "Gathering Local Innovation, Building a Resilient Future Together," exchanging views with industry chain partners on local innovation, technical collaboration, and supply chain resilience. Leveraging its integrated hardware-software and full-stack in-house development capabilities, Rokae provides robot products and solutions that help make production lines smarter and more flexible.

  5. Fudan Multimodal Embodied Intelligence29

    Fudan students win national first prize at China Graduate Electronics Design Contest with industrial-grade embodied intelligent power operation and maintenance equipment

    Under the guidance of teachers Zhang Wenqiang and Zhao Qing, a Fudan University student team of Wang Jianan, Li Jinghui, and Jiang Kaixun won a team first prize in the business plan special track at the national finals of the 21st China Graduate Electronics Design Contest (held in Wuzhen, Tongxiang, Zhejiang) for their project "Fangwei Dudian: the world's first industrial-grade embodied intelligent advanced power operation and maintenance equipment."

  6. Fudan Multimodal Embodied Intelligence14

    Fudan University undergraduate Liu Dewen selected for 2026 National Natural Science Foundation Young Student Basic Research Program

    Liu Dewen, a 2023 undergraduate student in Intelligent Science and Technology at Fudan University's Innovation College of Intelligent Robots and Advanced Manufacturing, has been selected for the 2026 National Natural Science Foundation Young Student Basic Research Program. The project is titled "Research on Self-Evolution Mechanisms of Cross-Embodiment Embodied Systems in Open Scenarios," and the advisor is Ye Ziyi. The project aims to study how embodied systems can acquire self-evolution capabilities in the physical world. In 2025, the college also had an undergraduate project approved, "Research on Embodied Lifelong Learning Methods for Dynamic Tasks and Scenarios," led by Wang Jinqiu and advised by Wu Zuxuan.

  7. vizumtech/伟景智能21

    Weijing Intelligence Named to 2026 EY-Fudan Most Promising Enterprises List

    On September 18, EY released its 2026 Most Promising Enterprises list, and Weijing Intelligence made the list. The selection was jointly launched by EY and Fudan University School of Management in 2011 and has been held for 16 editions, with more than 400 companies selected cumulatively. Weijing focuses on fully self-developed stereo vision and hand-eye servo technology; its products have secured market orders in scenarios such as industrial grasping and intelligent welding, it holds 45 authorized invention patents, and it provides robot manufacturers with the ViEye perception solution.

Sep 17Thu
  1. Figure AI79

    Figure AI releases Helix 2.5, achieving zero-shot full-body autonomy in 30 unfamiliar homes

    Figure AI released Helix 2.5, which completed three long-horizon full-body behaviors—tidying a living room, folding towels, and making a bed—zero-shot in 30 Bay Area homes where no data had ever been collected, without collecting data or fine-tuning in the evaluation environments.

    Why it matters: The original article provides controlled comparison data on Index pretraining for zero-shot generalization and evaluation details, helping readers understand the actual level of humanoid robot pretraining transfer.

  2. 穿山甲机器人 · YouTube19

    Meet Speedybot — the delivery robot that brings the community supermarket right to your door

    Alpha Robotics demonstrates the delivery process of its Speedybot delivery robot: orders are packed and loaded at the community supermarket within seconds, the robot passes through the access gate without a card swipe, and it autonomously calls and rides the elevator, selecting the correct floor, then delivers the package to the user's doorstep and pushes a notification. These capabilities all come from a process demonstration video; Alpha Robotics has not disclosed specific metrics such as payload, degrees of freedom, battery life, or success rate.

  3. Droidup/卓益得17

    Zhuoyide Wins RoboSec 2026 "Embodied Intelligence Security Compliance Pioneer Unit" Award

    On September 16, 2026, Zhuoyide received the RoboSec Awards "Embodied Intelligence Security Compliance Pioneer Unit" award at RoboSec 2026, the first China Embodied Intelligence Security Conference. Dr. Yang Yichao of its Zhuoling Research Institute took part in discussions on topics including robot overseas compliance, large model security quantification, and accident liability determination. The company said it will continue to invest in security compliance technology and build a trustworthy embodied intelligence ecosystem.

  4. Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center66

    "Embodied Intelligent Robot Application Technician" enters national list of new professions, with Beijing Humanoid providing technical support for the application

    On September 9, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other departments released the eighth batch of 11 new professions, and "Embodied Intelligent Robot Application Technician" (occupation code 4-04-05-16) was officially added to the national occupational list. The Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center led the technical support work, including job research, argumentation on occupational boundaries, and drafting of application materials, with the Chinese Institute of Electronics as the proposing organization.

    Why it matters: The original article outlines the definition of the new profession, its boundaries with similar occupations, and its main tasks, so practitioners can use it to understand the job profile and the direction of future occupational standards.

  5. 数字华夏25

    Digital Huaxia appears at Beijing Services Trade Fair, robot becomes "cultural relic shopkeeper"

    Digital Huaxia brought two humanoid robots, Xialan and Xiaqi, to the cultural relics and museums exhibition area of the Beijing Services Trade Fair from September 9 to 13. Xialan, dressed in ancient costume, served as a "cultural relic shopkeeper," responsible for explaining cultural relics and assisting with exhibition sales, while Xiaqi handled exhibition-area tours and visitor guidance. Xialan's face has nearly 30 degrees of freedom and supports more than ten high-precision expressions; based on Digital Huaxia's self-developed embodied intelligent interaction platform "Juhao®," it achieves real-time interaction of voice, expressions, and movements. On the morning of September 12, Xialan and Xiaqi also appeared in the live broadcast segment of Beijing Radio and Television Station's "Beijing Time."

  6. 豪鹏科技32

    Highpower Technology CTO details the "technology compound effect" from AI edge devices to AIDC

    Highpower Technology CTO Liao Xingqun detailed the technical logic behind the three growth curves of AI edge devices, AIDC, and robotics under the "AI edge battery + solid-state" strategy. The next-generation solid-state battery will be released in May 2026, with a volumetric energy density of 1200Wh/L and a gravimetric energy density of 400Wh/kg, about 30% higher than mainstream mass-production levels in the industry; it has so far only completed small-scale trial validation, while 950Wh/L solid-liquid batteries are already in mass supply. Robot batteries have been stably mass-produced and delivered to AgiBot, Zhishen, and UBTech, with related revenue expected to approach 100 million yuan in 2026.

  7. Rainbow Robotics54

    Samsung Medical Center demonstrates ORchestra humanoid surgical assistant robots with two-robot collaboration reproducing cholecystectomy

    In a humanoid surgical assistant robot demonstration hosted by Samsung Medical Center, the lead surgeon issued commands by voice only, and two humanoid robots, acting as an instrument-passing nurse and a camera-holding assistant respectively, collaborated to reproduce a cholecystectomy on a goat liver.

  8. 中控技术39

    SUPCON Deeply Participates in the 2026 Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference on Accelerating the Building of World-Class Enterprises

    The 2026 Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference on Accelerating the Building of World-Class Enterprises, supported and co-organized by SUPCON, was held in Luoyang, Henan, from September 10 to 11. Its Autonomous Operation Plant (AOP) system, formed by integrating the Time-series Pre-trained Transformer (TPT) and the Universal Control System (UCS), became a focus of discussion.

  10. Wandercraft63

    Wandercraft's self-balancing personal exoskeleton Eve officially launches commercially in the US

    Wandercraft announced the official US commercial launch of its personal exoskeleton Eve, calling it the first FDA-cleared self-balancing personal exoskeleton that does not restrict the neurological level of spinal cord injury, allowing users to stand and perform daily activities hands-free without crutches. The access process includes clinical evaluation, a physician's prescription, individualized customization, and training; Medicare covers it under HCPCS code K1007, NSM supports delivery through more than 180 locations, and it is backed by a 16-participant training study published in JoVE.

    Why it matters: The original text is an official announcement of Eve's US commercial launch, explaining its crutch-free self-balancing capability and the access, reimbursement, and training process, so readers can understand the product's positioning and path to real-world adoption.

  11. Atom Robotic/阿童木机器人24

    Atomrobot Parallel Robot Battery Stacking Case: Serving Li Auto's Lithium Battery Production Line

    Atomrobot's parallel robots handle the pick-and-place and precise stacking of battery blocks, suitable for cell and module loading, sorting, and stacking. They emphasize high dynamics, high consistency, and high stability to meet the challenge of maintaining constant yield across tens of millions of repetitions in mass production. In addition to the Li Auto project, this solution has been deployed on the lithium battery production lines of CATL, BYD, Sunwoda, Leapmotor, Great Wall Motor, FAW, Foxconn, and other companies.

Sep 16Wed
  1. 极智嘉46

    Geekplus Opens European Innovation Lab in Düsseldorf to Accelerate AI-Driven Robotics Deployment Across Europe

    Geekplus opened its first European innovation lab in Düsseldorf, Germany, on September 16, as a venue for experiencing and testing its AI warehouse robots in Europe. The opening ceremony drew more than 150 industry representatives, and the lab showcased Pallet-To-Person and other goods-to-person automation logistics demos, the Gino 1 Humanoid robot, and RoboShuttle Hyper. The lab is supported by the embodied AI framework Gravity and plans to host visitors monthly, with an expected more than 1,000 people per year.

  2. Boston Dynamics21

    Boston Dynamics Joins DoW SkillBridge Program as Industry Partner

    Boston Dynamics announced it has become an official industry partner of the DoW SkillBridge program, helping US service members transition into civilian careers before leaving the military. The program allows service members to gain industry experience during their final 180 days of service. The company is currently hiring for field application and field service roles through the program; opportunities can be found on the SkillBridge website by filtering for Boston Dynamics under Provider.

  4. Italian Institute of Technology14

    Fondazione Dalmine and IIT present second podcast, "Le mani e la mente"

    The second podcast produced by Fondazione Dalmine in collaboration with IIT, "Le mani e la mente," has 12 episodes and is now available on RaiPlaySound, featuring Peppino Ortoleva in conversation with IIT researchers Monica Gori, Guglielmo Lanzani, Alberto Diaspro and Arianna Traviglia on the relationship between technology and culture.

  5. ROBROS · YouTube44

    ROBROS unveils IGRIS-C Real-Time FBT full-body teleoperation

    ROBROS unveiled Real-Time FBT, a real-time full-body teleoperation technology for its IGRIS-C humanoid robot that maps the operator's movements onto the robot's full-body motion in real time. The demo includes basic full-body movements such as squatting, kicking, turning, and bowing, as well as box handling, sandbag punching, and ball kicking. The technology extends teleoperation from the previous upper-limb-focused control to the whole body, allowing the operator to coordinate locomotion, posture changes, and manipulation in real time as one continuous behavior.

  6. 云启资本57

    Yunqi Partner Q&A Excerpt: Four Guests Discuss Divergences on Data, Intelligence, and Scenarios in Embodied AI

    This article is excerpted from the roundtable "Physical Intelligence: Divergences and Choices" at the 2026 Inclusion·Bund Conference, moderated by Koji of Crossroads, with Han Zheng of Sudo Technology, Shen Yujun of Ant Lingbo, Wang Qian of X Square Robot, and Xu Huazhe of PoKe Robot participating. The discussion centered on three sets of divergences: data sources (simulation versus real machines), whether Astra will deliver a crushing blow to embodied AI, and what metrics can prove that embodied AI has moved past the bubble.

  7. 元禾控股32

    Industrial Mother Machine Fund, Oriza Holdings, and Leaderdrive Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement

    On September 9, the Industrial Mother Machine Fund, Oriza Holdings, and Leaderdrive officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The three parties will collaborate on high-end industrial mother machines, precision transmission technology, and the market. Leaderdrive was founded in 2011 and listed on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2020 (stock code 688017). It mainly produces harmonic reducers, CNC indexing tables, lead screws, and other products. To date, its annual output of harmonic reducers has reached one million units, with a domestic market share of over 60%, and it holds more than 160 patents.

  9. 珞石机器人42

    Advancing embodied intelligence industry collaboration, Rokae builds an open full-stack development platform to strengthen the foundation of physical AI infrastructure

    Rokae Robotics has launched a full-stack embodied intelligence development platform for developers and industry partners. The hardware includes the Xuanji HSA series integrated force-controlled joints, the Taibai AR series humanoid force-controlled arms, and the Xuanhe iNex embodied intelligence control system. The AR series offers 7 degrees of freedom, a 3 kg–20 kg payload, and a whole-machine force-control bandwidth of >30 Hz.

  10. Shanghai AI Laboratory - Embodied Intelligence71

    2026 Pujiang Innovation Forum AI-Enabled Scientific Research Special Forum Held; Shanghai AI Lab Releases ShuSheng-S2 and ShuSheng World Model W0

    The 2026 Pujiang Innovation Forum AI-Enabled Scientific Research Special Forum was held on September 13 at the Shanghai Zhangjiang Science Hall, co-hosted by the Fourth Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Shanghai AI Lab. During the forum, Shanghai AI Lab launched the ShuSheng Scientific Multimodal Large Model S2 and the ShuSheng Physical World Model W0, opened the full-stack services of the ShuSheng·DuanYan Scientific Discovery Platform, and jointly released 20 major scientific questions with 14 institutions as well as multiple co-construction achievements of the "Climber Program."

    Why it matters: The official report summarizes multiple advances released at the forum, among which the force-touch fusion and robotic arm operation details of the W0 world model may be of reference to readers in the embodied direction.

Sep 15Tue
  1. Foundation Robotics · YouTube9

    Foundation Robotics Iconic Robot Rankings #2

    Foundation Robotics released episode 2 of its robot ranking video series, "Ranking Iconic Robots #2," on YouTube. The video's copy asks whether this version of the rankings is better or whether the model still needs another upgrade, and it does not give specific evaluation results or data. The background music in the video is "Russian Dance," recorded by PM Music.

  2. RealSense65

    RealSense Perception Studio Min-Z extends stereo depth near-field range to about 2 cm

    RealSense has introduced Min-Z, an improved close-range depth feature in Perception Studio that extends usable stereo depth to about 2 cm on D401/D405 and about 12 cm on D43x/D45x without changing cameras.

    Why it matters: The original explains how Min-Z extends the near-field usable range of stereo depth and the trade-offs between two deployment paths, which can be used to evaluate grasping and close-range perception solutions.

  3. RoboForce46

    RoboForce Partners with Samsung SDS to Advance Deployment-First Physical AI

    RoboForce has entered a partnership with Samsung SDS to explore industrial robotics applications and potential deployments for Samsung-affiliated companies. As a founding member of Team REX, RoboForce participates in an ecosystem spanning robotics hardware, Physical AI, data, simulation, and manufacturing, and was mentioned in Samsung SDS's RX ART 2026 announcement and at REAL Summit 2026. The two sides are currently in the use-case evaluation stage and plan to move toward on-site testing and validation.

  4. 小鹏机器人66

    XPeng XOS 6.3.0 OTA Deploys Second-Generation VLA Upgrade, Adds InfiniVLA and X-Foresight World Model

    XPeng XOS 6.3.0 deploys a second-generation VLA upgrade via OTA, restructuring the model architecture around the time dimension: InfiniVLA lets historical visual information continuously participate in current judgments, with the vehicle side selecting 30 seconds of historical context alongside streaming autoregressive inference.

    Why it matters: The article explains concretely the trade-offs in co-designing model architecture and deployment under onboard compute constraints, making it a useful engineering reference for deploying large models on limited hardware.

  5. TetraBOT/天创机器人35

    Tianchuang Robotics and Inner Mongolia Emergency Safety Industry Association reach strategic cooperation

    Nanjing Tianchuang Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. and the Inner Mongolia Emergency Safety Industry Association have reached a strategic industrial technology cooperation to jointly promote the implementation of embodied intelligent robots and the RaaS service model in Inner Mongolia. The cooperation will cover scenarios including fire watch, industrial and mining safety, emergency rescue, urban security, and grassland and forest fire prevention, and will advance smart fire protection applications around the policy of single-person duty in fire control rooms. The two parties will also jointly carry out standards research, industry surveys, and technical assessments, and apply for local standards, association standards, and research topics.

  6. TetraBOT/天创机器人31

    Tianchuang Robotics and Jiangsu Fire Protection Association reach industrial technology strategic cooperation to advance intelligent upgrading of fire safety scenarios

    On September 9, Nanjing Tianchuang Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. and the Jiangsu Fire Protection Association reached an industrial technology strategic cooperation focused on fire safety scenarios such as fire control duty staffing. The two parties will establish a special joint working group for fire protection RaaS, deliver an integrated service of "robot equipment usage rights + AI duty capability + operations and maintenance support," and jointly carry out standards research, hazard surveys, and technical validation, applying for industry standards, local standards, and research topics.

  9. Agility Robotics66

    Agility Robotics Releases Next-Generation Humanoid Robot Digit 5

    Agility Robotics has released Digit 5, a next-generation general-purpose humanoid robot built around a safety architecture that allows it to work in close proximity to people without traditional physical safety fencing. It uses an independent safety controller, AI-based human detection, and audiovisual cues, and is the first launch partner for the NVIDIA Halos for Robotics platform, built on NVIDIA IGX Thor.

    Why it matters: The official announcement details Digit 5's safety architecture, payload, battery life, and other specific upgrades, along with order background, giving readers insight into the product approach for humanoid robots working near people.

Sep 14Mon
  1. Pudu Robotics/普渡科技31

    Pudu Robotics Deepens European Presence After IFA 2026, PUDU D7 Makes European Debut

    Pudu Robotics is accelerating its expansion into the European market after IFA Berlin 2026, where it showcased its full product line spanning service delivery, commercial cleaning, industrial logistics and embodied AI, and PUDU D7 was also exhibited in Europe for the first time. Pudu's robots are already deployed in everyday settings including retail, hotels, food and beverage, healthcare, real estate and property management, industrial facilities and transportation, as the company advances a scaled and localized European growth strategy.

  2. AgiBot55

    AgiBot releases AGILE 2.0 perception-driven motion control framework, showcasing dynamic humanoid robot tasks

    AgiBot has released AGILE 2.0, a second-generation perception-driven locomotion and whole-body control framework that brings visual perception into the motion control loop and introduces a unified whole-body motion representation, supporting manipulation while moving, real-time replanning, and cross-robot coordination. In the demo video Acrobat BOT, the AGIBOT X2 completes tasks such as ball balancing, three-robot jump rope, and collaborative carrying; the framework also supports risk perception and autonomous recovery from disturbances in human-robot shared environments.

  3. Atom Robotic/阿童木机器人13

    Atom Robots Supports Tianjin University MBA Orientation and Receives Outstanding Partner Honor

    On September 12, Tianjin University's 2026 MBA and EMBA orientation event was held. Alumni company Atom Robots participated in supporting the event and was awarded the Outstanding Partner honor by the university. Company founders Liu Songtao and Song Tao are alumni of Tianjin University's Class of 2013 in Mechanical Automation. The company's business covers two major tracks: high-speed industrial robots and embodied intelligent robots. Its parallel robots have ranked first in domestic market share for five consecutive years since 2020, and in 2023 it became first among all brands.