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Jun 18Thu
  1. 慧闻科技28

    Huiwen intelligent service robot deployed at Heihe Public Legal (Foreign-Related) Service Center

    The Huiwen intelligent service robot has officially been deployed at the Heihe Public Legal (Foreign-Related) Service Center as an intelligent receptionist. When visitors approach, it wakes automatically and proactively greets and guides them. It features a 6-microphone circular array pickup system with 5-meter far-field accurate pickup, has built-in AI models and is connected to large language models such as DeepSeek, can connect to government-specific knowledge bases, provides dual-modal legal consultation through voice explanation plus large-screen graphic display, and supports multilingual interaction in Chinese, English, and Russian.

Jun 17Wed
  1. Sanctuary AI57

    Sanctuary AI extends Physical AI strategy to industrial robots, achieving 99.5%+ success rate on wire plugging task

    Sanctuary AI announced a task success rate of over 99.5% on a wire plugging production task at a global Tier 1 automotive supplier, with a cycle time of 2.54 seconds, validated against the customer's real-time production benchmarks. The company has shifted its strategy to deploying Physical AI on existing commercial robot hardware rather than waiting for humanoid hardware to reach mass production; the system handles flexible cables on a moving conveyor, with throughput matching the customer's production line level.

  2. 线性资本55

    Octopus Dynamics completes $50 million funding round, nearly 1 billion yuan raised over 3 months

    Octopus Dynamics (SynapX) announced the completion of a new $50 million funding round led by Jinqiu Fund, Xinlian Capital, and Huangpu River Capital, with participation from existing shareholders including Linear Capital. The company has raised nearly 1 billion yuan over the past 3 months, and its next round of 500 million yuan is also nearing completion.

Jun 16Tue
  1. Sanctuary AI39

    Sanctuary AI Appoints Daniel Friedmann as CEO

    The Sanctuary AI Board of Directors has appointed Daniel Friedmann as Chief Executive Officer, succeeding James Wells. Friedmann previously served as the company's chairman, spent nearly two decades as CEO of MDA, and most recently served as CEO and chairman of Carbon Engineering. Sanctuary AI helps industrial customers automate complex tasks through the deployment of Physical AI and holds proprietary technologies such as hydraulic hands.

  2. 线性资本62

    Simple AI completes Pre-A round of hundreds of millions of yuan led by Didi and lands hotel-scenario POC validation

    General-purpose embodied AI robotics company Simple AI announced it has completed a Pre-A funding round of hundreds of millions of yuan, led by Didi, with participation from Plum Ventures and Keli Sensing, and continued backing from existing shareholders Genesis Partners, Linear Capital, and Puhua Capital; the company has completed four consecutive funding rounds within one year.

    Why it matters: It reports the composition of the investors and details of the hotel POC deployment, which can be used to observe how embodied AI companies leverage industrial capital to obtain real-world scenarios and supply-chain resources.

  3. Hexagon49

    Hexagon's AEON humanoid robot deployed at BMW Group's Leipzig plant

    Hexagon Robotics' AEON humanoid robot has begun performing production tasks at BMW Group's Leipzig plant while also being trained on applications for future manufacturing. The next phase of the collaboration will focus on improving autonomy, robustness, and operational performance, with battery assembly activities expected to move from the Innovation Garage into the plant environment as a future pilot. AEON is set to enter production by the end of 2026 and is seen as an important step toward a new generation of manufacturing automation.

  4. Deep Robotics/云深处科技57

    Deep Robotics Lynx M20 Wheeled-Legged Robot Deployed for Inspection in Chengdu Underground Utility Tunnel

    Deep Robotics' wheeled-legged robot Lynx M20, equipped with a smart utility tunnel solution, has been deployed for inspection in nearly 26 kilometers of underground utility tunnels at Chengdu Future Science and Technology City. The robot combines wheeled and legged locomotion, can pass through passages as narrow as 50 centimeters, and supports autonomous charging and automatic return for 7×24-hour inspection. It integrates infrared temperature measurement, gas detection, high-definition cameras, acoustic collection, and other sensor modules, and works with Junyi Digital to carry a digital twin operations and maintenance system, enabling three-tier red, orange, and yellow alerts and a closed digital inspection loop.

Jun 15Mon
  1. 上河动量48

    Shanghe Momentum Invests Hundreds of Millions of Yuan in Shihang Intelligence, Betting on a New Blue Ocean in Marine Embodied Intelligence

    Shanghe Momentum recently completed an investment of hundreds of millions of yuan in the marine embodied intelligence company Shihang Intelligence. This round is Shihang Intelligence's Series A financing, with an amount exceeding 1 billion yuan, making it the largest single-round financing in the global marine robotics sector to date. Shanghe Momentum also brought in the listed company Ocean Motor (002249.SZ) as a strategic investor, with Vertex Growth under Temasek and others participating, while existing shareholders such as GSR Ventures substantially oversubscribed their follow-on investments.

Jun 12Fri
  1. Harbin Institute of Technology Robotics22

    Fuzhou New Area Management Committee delegation visits Harbin Institute of Technology's State Key Laboratory of Robotics and Systems

    On June 10, Harbin Institute of Technology and the Fuzhou New Area Management Committee signed a special cooperation agreement on constellation construction, and Lan Wen's delegation visited the State Key Laboratory of Robotics and Systems and other units. The two sides will jointly build a commercial space satellite constellation for marine applications and an innovation cooperation platform in the satellite field, promoting the commercialization of satellite-related scientific and technological achievements in Fuzhou New Area.

Jun 11Thu
Jun 10Wed
  1. 极智嘉48

    Geekplus deploys moving-type AMRs at multiple Toyota plants in Japan, supporting fully unmanned transport from inbound receiving to picking

    Geekplus announced the deployment of moving-type AMRs at multiple Toyota Motor Corporation plants in Japan. A total of 436 units are currently operating in the factories, with a single system scaled up to approximately 200 units. These AMRs support fully unmanned inter-process transport from inbound receiving to picking.

  2. Zerith Robotics/零次方39

    Zero Power Robot joins Huawei Cloud's "Hundreds of Models, Thousands of Forms, Cloud for Shared Success" ecosystem partnership program, deepening embodied intelligence with CloudRobo

    At Huawei Cloud's INSPIRE Creators Conference in Shanghai, Zero Power Robot officially joined the "Hundreds of Models, Thousands of Forms, Cloud for Shared Success" ecosystem partnership program, becoming a partner in Huawei Cloud's embodied intelligence track. The two parties will collaborate on three main pillars: joint research on embodied foundation models, co-building and sharing the ecosystem, and scaled replication of industry solutions, leveraging the Huawei Cloud CloudRobo platform and computing infrastructure, with a focus on scenarios such as large retail, smart manufacturing, and home services to drive commercial deployment.

Jun 9Tue
  1. RobCo37

    RobCo and Koenig & Bauer Form Strategic Partnership to Advance the Shift to Autonomous Industrial Robotics

    RobCo and Koenig & Bauer announced a strategic partnership centered on RobCo's no-code robotics platform, aiming to move industrial robotics from isolated automation projects to platform-based deployment. The partnership initially focuses on applications in finishing processes and production systems, with the first customer installation planned for the first quarter of 2027; the two companies aim to cumulatively deploy a three-digit number of solutions over time. RobCo uses a robotics-as-a-service subscription model and operates in Europe and the United States.

  2. Deep Robotics/云深处科技60

    DEEP Robotics Lynx S10 prototype completes Arctic Ocean ice-surface and ice-water tests aboard research vessel

    DEEP Robotics' small wheeled-legged robot, the Lynx S10 prototype, completed a 76-day, 11,852-nautical-mile Arctic Ocean research test aboard Sun Yat-sen University's Polar Research Vessel Zhongshan, marking the first time a quadruped robot has set foot on Arctic Ocean ice. The unit, weighing under 20 kg including its battery, was fitted with anti-slip bionic feet mimicking polar bear paws in collaboration with Sun Yat-sen University, Westlake University, and Hangzhou Dianzi University, and completed crawling and motion-control tests with crampons; the body uses an IP67 integrated sealed design, and after increasing the surface area of its limbs for paddling, it completed swimming tests in ice water.

    Why it matters: The original article provides the specific test conditions and hardware modifications for the Lynx S10's walking on Arctic Ocean ice and operation in ice water, helping readers understand how quadruped robots are adapted for polar scenarios.

  3. YOUIBOT/优艾智合53

    Youibot Joins Huawei Cloud CloudRobo Embodied Intelligence Development Ecosystem

    At the Huawei Cloud INSPIRE Conference, Huawei Cloud released CloudRobo, an end-to-end embodied intelligence development platform, and Youibot became one of the first embodied intelligence companies to join the ecosystem. Youibot will integrate its proprietary "one brain, multiple forms" embodied AI system with the CloudRobo platform, using the platform's data assets, model development capabilities, and cloud-native infrastructure to shorten the development cycle of embodied intelligent robots and accelerate deployment in complex industrial environments such as semiconductors, energy, chemicals, and lithium batteries.

Jun 6Sat
  1. 灵巧智能23

    Zhejiang Provincial Party Secretary Wang Hao Visits National AI Application Pilot Base (Embodied Intelligence), Hears Special Report from Lingqiao Intelligent On Site

    On June 4, Zhejiang Provincial Party Secretary Wang Hao conducted a research visit in Hangzhou, observing demonstrations of embodied AI application scenarios at the National AI Application Pilot Base (Embodied Intelligence) and hearing an on-site special report from Dr. Zhou Chen, General Manager of Lingqiao Intelligent, a representative of the base's core co-building enterprises. Lingqiao Intelligent is a joint initiator, founding shareholder, and core co-builder of the base; Chairman Xu Chunshan has been appointed co-CTO of the base and chair of its technical committee. Wang Hao emphasized the need to strengthen coordination and integration among government, research, and academia as well as between universities, enterprises, and local governments, and to advance pairing cooperation under the "universities + platforms + enterprises + industrial chains" model.

Jun 4Thu
  1. 1X Technologies61

    1X Establishes World Model Lab, Sam Sinha Appointed Head of World Models

    1X announced the formal establishment of the 1X World Model Lab, focused on large-scale pretraining of embodied world models, with the goal of accelerating the realization of fully autonomous humanoid robots. Sam Sinha, formerly a founding research scientist at Luma AI, has joined as Founding AI Researcher and Head of World Models.

    Why it matters: 1X officially outlined the World Model Lab's data approach and its full-stack in-house development stance, giving readers insight into its technical path toward autonomous humanoids.

Jun 3Wed
  1. 普华资本58

    Acorn Robot completes nearly 100 million yuan seed round, co-led by Puhua Capital

    Acorn Robot, a general-purpose embodied manipulation technology company, announced the completion of a nearly 100 million yuan seed round co-led by Puhua Capital and others, with the funds mainly used for core technology iteration, product commercialization, and team expansion. Founded in late 2024, the company's core models include the Natus on-device autonomous decision-making model, which gives robots three instincts—orientation, exploration, and interaction—enabling zero-data cold start, hardware self-adaptation, and millisecond-level response, and the Magis general-purpose manipulation skill model. It also develops its own visual-tactile sensors and has launched a third-generation product.

  2. 国茂股份20

    Leveraging Complementary Strengths for Mutual Benefit | Northern Heavy Industries Group President Zhang Yifei and Delegation Visit Guomao to Renew Ties and Discuss Cooperation

    On May 30, Northern Heavy Industries Group President Zhang Yifei and his delegation visited Guomao. They were received by President Xu Bin and Vice President Wang Xiaoguang. The two sides held a special discussion meeting and signed a business cooperation agreement on site. During the visit, Zhang Yifei and his delegation toured Guomao's exhibition hall, gear production workshop, and final assembly workshop. Both sides said they will leverage complementary industrial strengths in heavy equipment system integration, large-scale engineering general contracting, and high-precision gear transmission systems, and expand cooperation in areas such as intelligent high-end equipment manufacturing.

Jun 1Mon
  1. 富唯智能17

    Fuwei Intelligence Wins 2025 Greater Bay Area High-Growth Enterprise Case Award, Empowering Smart Manufacturing

    On May 28, Guangzhou Fuwei Intelligence was selected as a 2025 Greater Bay Area high-growth enterprise case at the 2026 Greater Bay Area Innovation Economy Conference, becoming one of the 50 companies in the final selection. The list was announced by the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Research Institute, together with the Shenzhen Venture Capital Association, at the release of the 2025 Greater Bay Area Innovation Development Report, with the selection focused on five major innovation tracks including the digital industry and artificial intelligence. Fuwei Intelligence's embodied intelligence, composite robot, and industrial automation solutions have been deployed in manufacturing scenarios such as 3C electronics, auto parts, CNC machining, and new energy.

May 30Sat
  1. ETH Zurich Robotic Systems Lab14

    ETH Zurich Robotics Systems Lab participates in wow² public event: Space – To space and back

    ETH Zurich's Robotics Systems Lab is taking part in the first wow² public event, themed Space – To space and back. Elena Krasnova will give a keynote talk and present the lab's space research projects. The event includes a 60-minute guided tour starting from the main hall at Rämistrasse 101, aimed at people aged 12 and over, with multiple sessions each day at 11.00, 14.30, 15.30, and 16.30.

May 29Fri
  2. 线性资本47

    Starry Wilderness Secures Exclusive Angel Investment from Linear Capital to Explore Next-Generation Starry Sky Robot Camera

    Starry Wilderness, a astrophotography equipment brand, recently completed a several-million-US-dollar angel funding round exclusively invested by Linear Capital. It had previously received investment from the XbotPark Chongqing incubation fund and the Chongqing seed investment fund. The company's first product, the ASTERRA-Z lightweight equatorial mount, was launched at the end of 2024 and upgraded to the Z Plus version in 2025; it is currently sold only through domestic private channels.

May 27Wed
  1. 普华资本56

    OriginFlow Raises Over RMB 500 Million Across Multiple Rounds, Puhua Capital Invests in Two Consecutive Rounds

    Embodied intelligence company OriginFlow announced it has completed multiple financing rounds—an angel round, a strategic round, and a Pre-A1 round—with cumulative funding exceeding RMB 500 million. Puhua Capital participated in two consecutive rounds, and other investors include BlueRun Ventures, Oasis Capital, Monolith Management, and Yuanhe PuHua.

  2. Sanctuary AI55

    Zeon invests in Sanctuary AI and partners to develop specialized materials for dexterous robots

    Zeon has invested in Sanctuary AI through its Zeon Ventures arm and established a partnership in which Zeon will support the development of Sanctuary AI's dexterous hand products with its elastomer materials expertise and testing and evaluation capabilities. Sanctuary AI's dexterous hands use micro hydraulic actuators and high-fidelity tactile sensing, aiming for manipulation capabilities that approach human touch.

May 26Tue
  1. Figure AI63

    Figure AI Signs Agreement with Catalyst Brands to Deploy Humanoid Robots Across Its Logistics Network

    Figure AI announced a commercial agreement with Catalyst Brands to deploy Figure humanoid robots across its distribution and logistics network, starting at the Reno, Nevada distribution and logistics center, focusing on high-intensity physical tasks in automated supply chains.

    Why it matters: The original text provides the commercial deployment location and partnership context, allowing readers to understand the practical commercialization progress of humanoid robots in logistics scenarios.

  2. Blinx Technology/比邻星科技15

    Proxima Technology Showcases Over 20 AI and Robotics Products at the 64th Nanchang Higher Education Expo

    Proxima Technology exhibited more than 20 artificial intelligence and robotics products at the 64th Higher Education Expo (Nanchang), including an AI comprehensive experiment kit, a six-axis robotic visual inspection production line, an embodied intelligence application development experiment kit, a wheeled humanoid robot, and a composite mobile collaborative robot (indoor version). The product series is built on a foundation of domestically produced hardware and targets university teaching, research, and development needs; the booth drew over a thousand visitors during the expo.

May 25Mon
  1. Harbin Institute of Technology Robotics11

    Shi Mainan, Deputy Director of the Foreign Experts Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and delegation visit the National Key Laboratory of Robot Technology and Systems at Harbin Institute of Technology

    On May 21, Shi Mainan, Deputy Director of the Foreign Experts Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and a delegation visited Harbin Institute of Technology for a research visit and discussion. The Foreign Experts Department said it will continue to support the university's international exchanges and foreign expert work. Vice President Liu Ting said the university will provide good services and support for foreign experts and promote higher-quality and more effective international exchange and cooperation. During the visit, the delegation also toured the international campus and the National Key Laboratory of Robot Technology and Systems.

May 24Sun
  1. Zerith Robotics/零次方36

    Zero Power's "robot convenience store" debuts at ICIF, completing orders in 15 seconds

    Hefei Zero Power Robotics Co., Ltd. appeared as a representative enterprise of Baohe District at the Anhui Pavilion of the 22nd China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair with its "robot convenience store," marking the first time embodied intelligence has appeared at the fair in the form of a convenience retail store. After on-site visitors tap the screen to place an order, the robot autonomously goes to the retail shelf to select the product, completing order fulfillment in 15 seconds, with a fulfillment success rate of over 99% and more than 150 orders per day, exploring the integration of technology and culture in cultural tourism scenarios.

May 23Sat
  1. 拓斯达49

    From Single-Process Breakthroughs to Multi-Scenario Scale: Topstar's Path of Intelligent Manufacturing Evolution in the Automotive Industry

    Topstar completed a full-plant intelligent transformation for Changcheng Auto, delivering 19 Cartesian robots, 35 dehumidifying dryers, nearly 200 mold temperature controllers, and a central material-feeding pipeline system. Its sorting of irregular parts uses multimodal perception and a VLA large model to achieve millimeter-level positioning, with a grasp success rate of 95% and an effective sorting volume of 70% of that of a skilled worker. For lithium-battery handling, an AGV and robotic-arm composite body achieves sub-millisecond omnidirectional obstacle avoidance, with handling speed 11% higher than conventional solutions; it has been rolled out to multiple leading new-energy companies.

May 22Fri
  1. EngineAI48

    EngineAI's first batch of T800 humanoid robots officially rolls off the line, moving toward 10,000-unit-scale delivery capability

    EngineAI's intelligent manufacturing base (Shenzhen Honghualing) has officially opened, and the first batch of T800 humanoid robots has rolled off the line; the production line can roll out one unit every 15 minutes. The base covers a building area of 12,000 square meters and encompasses an integrated closed-loop manufacturing process from incoming material inspection to mass production shipment. Before leaving the factory, robots must pass 79 quality inspections and 46 simulated operating-condition tests, and automated equipment has increased production efficiency by 40%. EngineAI founder and CEO Zhao Tongyang said the company has moved from its first test machine in 2024 and hundred-unit-level PM01 production in 2025 toward 10,000-unit-scale delivery capability, and a planned 10,000-unit-scale production line in Zhengzhou is also underway.

  2. Zerith Robotics/零次方12

    Hefei Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee Member and Deputy Mayor Yuan Fei and delegation visit Zero-Space Robot, focusing on embodied intelligence

    On May 21, 2026, Hefei Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee Member and Deputy Mayor Yuan Fei led a delegation to visit Hefei Zero-Space Robot; founder and CEO Min Yuheng reported on core technologies, product iteration, and market expansion. Zero-Space trains robots with real-scenario data, enabling them to automatically determine grasping methods for new objects and achieve "human-like" operation, supporting deployment in scenarios such as household item organization and unmanned retail, and proposed building in Hefei a full-chain smart livelihood service system of "warehousing, distribution, and end-point pickup."

May 21Thu
  1. HUMANOID61

    Humanoid partners with Bosch to manufacture HMND 01 humanoid robot, advancing mass production for the European market

    UK robotics company Humanoid announced a partnership with Bosch, under which Bosch will serve as contract manufacturing partner for the HMND 01 humanoid robot, supporting production for the European market. The agreement builds on a POC completed in March 2026 at a logistics site in Bühl, Germany: in Bosch's dynamic logistics environment, the HMND 01 autonomously moved boxes from a conveyor to a cart, covering 5 different box types with varying footprints, heights, and weights, orchestrated by Humanoid's in-house KinetIQ framework.

    Why it matters: The material explains how a humanoid robot company moves from a single POC to mass manufacturing; the details of the contract manufacturing and DfX division of labor are useful for judging the path to deployment.

May 20Wed
  1. Dyna Robotics65

    Dyna Robotics reviews 10 months of production deployment, discusses robotics bubble and three paths

    Based on a review of nearly 10 months of real customer deployments, Dyna Robotics believes the timeline for converting robotics capabilities into commercial value is longer than current funding assumptions suggest, and that much of the market is a bubble. The article presents three judgments: hardware is not the same as a channel, pretraining data scale is not the same as downstream capability, and building deployment systems is underestimated. It says Dyna-1, released in April 2025, ran autonomously for more than 24 hours on tasks such as napkin folding with a success rate above 99%, but deployments did not self-accelerate, and no one in the industry has yet validated at scale that a second deployment is faster than the first.

    Why it matters: Based on the author's review of nearly ten months of real deployments, the piece points out differences between the pace of robotics commercialization and the LLM curve, offering a useful reference for judging an industry bubble.

  2. 君联资本49

    Legend Capital portfolio company Topu CNC successfully listed on HKEX

    Topu CNC (07688.HK) was successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on May 20; Legend Capital invested in the company in 2022. Topu CNC focuses on the R&D, design, and production of five-axis CNC machine tools, with products covering eight major segments including aerospace intelligent manufacturing equipment, compact general-purpose five-axis machine tools, and robotic automatic drilling equipment, and holds more than 90 registered patents and more than 40 pending patent applications. According to a China Insights Consultancy report, in 2025 it ranked first in China's aerospace five-axis CNC machine tool market with a market share of 10.0%.

May 19Tue
  1. 极智嘉36

    Geek+ Robot Arm Picking Station Wins 2026 RBR50 Innovation Award

    Geek+ Robot Arm Picking Station won the 2026 RBR50 Innovation Award for its successful deployment at Schneider Electric's Shanghai warehouse. RBR50 is presented by The Robot Report at the Robotics Summit & Expo and annually recognizes the 50 most innovative companies in global robotics. This is Geek+'s fifth time winning the award, placing it alongside ABB, Amazon, Boston Dynamics, and Nvidia.

May 18Mon
  1. 普华资本57

    DeepWise Robotics completes angel round of hundreds of millions of yuan, led by Puhua Capital and others

    Embodied general intelligence foundation model company DeepWise Robotics announced the completion of an angel round of hundreds of millions of yuan, with investment from Puhua Capital, Oriental Fortune Capital, Zhongguancun Capital and other institutions. The funds will mainly be used to accelerate the closed-loop construction of the "human data flywheel" and advance commercialization in education, elderly care and other scenarios.

May 15Fri
  1. 富唯智能26

    2025 Guangzhou AI Innovation List | Fuwei Intelligence's GRID large model selected as an outstanding AI+Manufacturing case

    Fuwei Intelligence's embodied-intelligence industrial robot solution, built on its self-developed GRID large model, was selected for the 2025 Guangzhou Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Development List as an "Outstanding AI+Manufacturing Case" and was also named to the "Startup Potential List." The list is assessed under the leadership of the Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, with review covering five major dimensions including technological originality and implementation feasibility. The solution features multimodal perception, autonomous environment recognition, real-time intelligent decision-making, and adaptive motion control, and targets industrial scenarios such as intelligent sorting, flexible assembly, and material transport.

May 14Thu
  1. SoftBank Robotics48

    SoftBank Robotics America expands strategic partnership with Direct Supply in autonomous floor-cleaning robots for senior living communities

    SoftBank Robotics America announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with Direct Supply to accelerate the deployment of autonomous floor-cleaning robots in senior living communities; since the partnership was officially announced in March 2025, it has reached nearly 100 communities, with more than 100 robots operating daily. Case examples show that Sabra Health Care REIT has shifted staff from heavy floor-cleaning work to resident services, while Dial is in the early stages of deploying its autonomous cleaning program.