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Apr 15Wed
  1. Skild AI67

    Skild AI Acquires Zebra Technologies' Robotics Division to Advance Warehouse Deployments

    Skild AI announced the acquisition of Zebra Technologies' robotics division (formerly Fetch Robotics), and plans to deploy Skild Brain in warehouse settings to automate end-to-end fulfillment processes. Zebra's Symmetry Fulfillment scheduling platform has been validated in logistics environments, where it can coordinate tasks among robots and frontline workers; the company says the acquisition will accelerate its data flywheel and expand into more verticals and robot form factors.

    Why it matters: The acquirer itself explained the integration direction, so readers can judge how its platform and general-purpose models will be combined to enter warehouse settings.

Apr 13Mon
  1. 线性资本51

    UNICUS completes new round of several million USD led by Linear Capital

    Personalized manufacturing brand UNICUS (formerly Fangzai Photo Studio, Shenzhen Qianzhi Technology Co., Ltd.) announced the completion of a new round of financing of several million USD, led by Linear Capital, with JiuKun Venture Capital and Skyline Capital participating, along with personal participation from the founding team and founders of leading companies in the Maker sector; the funds will be used for building-block generation large model training, AI Agent development, and overseas market expansion.

  2. 普华资本56

    Simple AI completes new funding round of hundreds of millions of yuan, co-led by Puhua Capital and Linear Capital

    General-purpose embodied AI robot company Simple AI announced the completion of its third funding round of hundreds of millions of yuan within six months, led by Puhua Capital and Linear Capital, with existing shareholders Junshan Capital, Shunwei Capital, and BV Baidu Ventures continuing to increase their investment. The funds will be focused on R&D of embodied robot brains and bodies.

  4. 德马科技34

    Damon Technology and UBTech Sign Strategic Agreement to Jointly Map Out Embodied Logistics Commercial Blueprint

    Damon Technology and UBTech signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Shanghai to jointly develop humanoid robots for scenarios including warehouse sorting, material handling, and production line collaboration, and plan to establish a joint venture. UBTech's Walker S2 industrial humanoid robot began mass production in 2025 and completed its first batch of large-scale deliveries; its full-size embodied intelligent humanoid robot business recorded 820 million yuan in sales revenue and 1,079 units sold for the full year 2025. The cooperation also covers core component development and embodied data collection coordination.

Apr 12Sun
  1. 线性资本52

    Companion robot company Ludens AI completes two funding rounds totaling tens of millions of yuan, with Linear Capital leading the angel round

    Companion robot company Ludens AI announced the completion of two funding rounds totaling tens of millions of yuan. The angel round was led by Linear Capital with participation from Clear Water Bay Fund, and the angel+ round was jointly invested in by Japan's PKSHA Algorithm Fund and Clear Water Bay Fund. The company's products include the small robot COCOMO and the desktop companion robot INU, both of which use on-device AI deployment, can complete the vast majority of emotional interactions without an internet connection, and run on the self-developed edge-native system Klara OS. The two products are planned to launch on crowdfunding platforms this year, formally entering overseas markets.

Apr 11Sat
  1. 线性资本57

    Simple AI completes third funding round in six months, raising hundreds of millions of yuan, led by Linear Capital and Puhua Capital

    General-purpose embodied intelligent robotics company Simple AI announced the completion of its third funding round within six months, raising hundreds of millions of yuan, led by Linear Capital and Puhua Capital, with existing shareholders Junshan Capital, Shunwei Capital, and BV Baidu Ventures continuing to increase their investment; the funds will be focused on R&D of embodied robot brains and bodies.

Apr 10Fri
  1. EngineAI46

    EngineAI Robotics and Zhongchuang Zhiling Sign Strategic Agreement to Open New Blue Ocean in 'AI + Manufacturing'

    On April 3, EngineAI Robotics and Zhongchuang Zhiling (Zhengzhou) Industrial Technology Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement focused on integrating humanoid robots with intelligent manufacturing, centering on core component supply, embodied intelligence production line construction, and joint R&D of control systems and embodied brains. The two parties will jointly build a joint laboratory and a benchmark embodied intelligence production line project, connecting the full chain from R&D and trial production to mass production and delivery, and will deepen collaboration at the capital level to promote resource integration across the industrial chain.

  2. EngineAI64

    Zhongqing Robot completes $200 million Series B funding, valuation exceeds 10 billion yuan

    Zhongqing Robot has completed a Series B funding round totaling $200 million, with its valuation exceeding 10 billion yuan. The round was led by Henan Investment Group Huirong Fund, with Luxshare Precision co-leading, and participation from multiple institutions, local state-owned capital platforms, and existing shareholders. The funding will be used to deepen technology R&D, expand production capacity, and broaden deployment scenarios.

    Why it matters: The original text provides the funding amount, valuation, and lead investor structure, allowing readers to understand Zhongqing Robot's current capital and industrial resource positioning.

Apr 9Thu
  1. EngineAI20

    EngineAI URKL Humanoid Robot Freestyle Combat League Launches Global Partner Recruitment

    URKL, a humanoid robot freestyle combat event IP jointly created by EngineAI and Miyueguang Culture, has launched global partner recruitment targeting industry partners, brands, investment institutions, and ecosystem collaborators. The contact email is URKL@engineai.com.cn. The event is described as the world's first commercial freestyle combat event IP focused on the humanoid robot field. With the vision of "building a heart for machines," it features a 10-kilogram pure gold champion belt and a substantial prize pool. A complete annual schedule for the 2026 events has been planned, and the event has strategic support from the Longgang Human-Machine Agency, Longgang Data Company, and others.

  2. Zerith Robotics/零次方62

    Zero Power Robot completes over 100 million yuan funding round led by Runze Group

    Zero Power Robot announced the completion of a new funding round of over 100 million yuan, led by Runze Group, with Ningbo Dongli, Jieli Angel, and Pinghu Zexin participating. The company said its order count has exceeded 100 million yuan and revenue is in the tens of millions, with stable monthly mass production of 100 units, and validation completed in more than 20 landmark scenarios nationwide; the article also introduced its technological progress including the 4D augmented model ZERITH-SDA and the brain-inspired dual-stream asynchronous execution architecture ZERITH-V2.

    Why it matters: The company self-reports its funding details and order scale, and explains its scenario deployment path and data augmentation method, offering insight into its commercial and technological layout.

Apr 8Wed
  1. 普华资本62

    Puhua Capital invests 2 billion yuan in Galaxea's B+ round

    Galaxea has completed a 2 billion yuan B+ funding round, with investment from Puhua Capital, funds under CICC Capital, Hongtai Fund, and others. This follows its 1 billion yuan B round completed in February 2026. The funds will be used for foundation model R&D and global ecosystem development.

    Why it matters: From the investor's perspective, this systematically reviews Galaxea's technology roadmap, data system, and commercialization progress, serving as a sample for observing the funding cadence and implementation path of embodied intelligence companies.

Apr 2Thu
  1. 云启资本20

    Yunqi Team | New Promotions and New Members: Deepening Roots, Growing Upward

    Yunqi Capital announced the promotions of Liang Hao and Sang Yu to Executive Director, and the addition of He Hongli as Executive Director. Sang Yu joined in 2021 and has participated in laying out the embodied intelligence and intelligent driving sectors, with cases including MiniMax, Neolix, Realman Intelligent, X Square Robot, and Stardust Intelligence; He Hongli joined in March 2026 and focuses on emerging semiconductors, new materials, and high-end manufacturing, and previously served as a senior analog IC R&D engineer at OmniVision Group and as Executive General Manager of Shanghai Beyond Moore Fund.

Apr 1Wed
  2. Agile Robots/思灵机器人64

    Agile Robots completes acquisition of thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering's Europe and North America assets

    Agile Robots has completed its acquisition of thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering's Europe and North America assets; the deal was first announced in November 2025.

    Why it matters: The acquirer describes the deal structure and business integration direction, giving readers insight into the brand and market layout after the two parties' asset handover.

  3. 普罗宇宙20

    Embodied Insight | Pro Universe President Ge Jin Invited to 2026 Shanghai-Jiaxing AI Industry Matchmaking Exchange Conference

    Pro Universe Robotics President Ge Jin was invited to attend the 2026 Shanghai-Jiaxing AI Industry Matchmaking Exchange Conference and spoke during the roundtable session, stating that the large-model dividend period is far from peaking and is shifting from "general-capability showmanship" to "deep cultivation of vertical scenarios." Pro Universe builds an embodied intelligence industrial large model on the foundation of real application data from industrial scenarios, insists on local deployment to ensure data security, and uses the "general-purpose robot body + quickly replaceable end effector" architecture of its "Dabai" robot to achieve line changeovers in seconds to minutes. During the event, Pro Universe Robotics successfully signed an agreement at the project signing ceremony in Pinghu Economic Development Zone.

  4. Persona AI48

    Persona AI Appoints Former Amazon Robotics Executive Brian Davis as Head of Global Manufacturing

    Persona AI has appointed Brian Davis as Head of Global Manufacturing to prepare for large-scale production of humanoid robots. He has 30 years of operations experience and previously oversaw manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, and quality at Amazon Robotics and Dell Technologies. The company's agreements with HD Hyundai and POSCO, as well as its Louisiana pilot, require on-schedule hardware delivery to customers.

Mar 31Tue
  1. 东方精工65

    Dongfang Precision and Leju Launch China's First Humanoid Robot Production Line with 10,000-Unit Annual Capacity

    On March 29, a humanoid robot production line jointly built by Dongfang Precision and Leju, the first in China with an annual capacity of 10,000 units, was officially launched in Guangdong. The line can roll out one humanoid robot every 30 minutes, covering 24 precision assembly processes and 77 full-dimension inspections, with production efficiency 50% higher than traditional modes; each robot must also pass 41 simulated operating-condition tests before leaving the line. The line uses a flexible design that supports mixed production of multiple models, paired with smart warehousing and AGV automated delivery systems.

    Why it matters: The production line has disclosed specific cycle times and process inspection data, which readers can use to assess the current stage of humanoid robot mass-production capability.

Mar 30Mon
  2. RobCo26

    RobCo: Dennis Hauser appointed new Chief Financial Officer

    Robotics company RobCo has appointed Dennis Hauser, formerly of Celonis, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), responsible for the finance organization and strategy and supporting international growth and expansion in the US market. He spent more than five and a half years at Celonis, participating in its international scaling, and previously worked at Creandum and Credit Suisse.

Mar 29Sun
  1. 线性资本62

    Manycore Tech Passes HKEX Listing Hearing; Linear Capital Was Earliest Angel Investor

    Manycore Tech Inc. has passed the Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing hearing, disclosing its post-hearing information package on March 29. JPMorgan and CCB International are joint sponsors. It will become the first tech company among the "Hangzhou Six Little Dragons" to complete an IPO.

    Why it matters: It reviews Manycore Tech's path from spatial design software to a spatial intelligence service provider, and the place of its synthetic 3D data and spatial models in embodied intelligence training.

  2. 若愚科技34

    Ruoyu Technology Rides the Momentum: Professor Zhang Min Wins the Wu Wenjun AI Science and Technology Progress Award Grand Prize

    The project "Key Technologies and Applications for Deep Natural Language Understanding and Generation," led by Professor Zhang Min, Chief Scientist and co-founder of Ruoyu Technology, won the 2025 Wu Wenjun AI Science and Technology Progress Award Grand Prize. Its top-tier NLP core technology will be integrated into Ruoyu Technology's core business, the Ruoyu Jiutian multimodal large model.

Mar 27Fri
  1. Filics18

    Filics completes brand refresh and launches new website

    Filics has completed a brand refresh, with its new website going live before LogiMAT as planned. The company also mentioned the next-generation Filics Unit and the market momentum from a successful funding round last year. The new website showcases products, industries, partners, and downloadable content, and gives greater visibility to its careers section; Filics will appear at LogiMAT in Stuttgart on March 24–26 (Hall 8, Booth 8F25).

  2. 赛那德21

    Senad showcases iLoabot-M at LogiMAT logistics trade fair in Germany, empowering global market expansion with embodied intelligence

    Senad showcased its autonomous loading and unloading robot iLoabot-M at the LogiMAT international logistics trade fair in Stuttgart, Germany, from March 24 to 26, 2026, with live on-site demonstrations of fully unmanned autonomous loading and unloading capabilities. iLoabot-M features AI intelligent algorithms and autonomous motion path planning technology, targeting the needs of Europe's high logistics labor costs and labor shortages. Senad says its products have been exported to regions including Europe, the US, Japan, and South Korea, and that it achieves large-scale mass production through China's domestic intelligent manufacturing system.

Mar 26Thu
  1. RealMan/睿尔曼33

    RealMan "Tea Art Robot" Appears at 2026 Zhongguancun Forum

    RealMan, together with Pinpinxiang, presented a "robot tea master" tea-brewing service at the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum. An operator remotely teleoperated it from the Beijing Humanoid Robot Data Training Center, and a RealBOT wheeled humanoid robot replicated in real time on site the Fuding white tea steps of warming the cup, adding tea leaves, pouring water, and decanting the brew. The service relies on RealMan's Global Labor Network (GLN) to turn human expert operating skills into services that can be scheduled across time and space; it is a remote teleoperation demonstration, not autonomous tea brewing by the robot.

  2. 赛那德27

    iLoabot-X Wins Innovation Case Award at 2026 Logistics Technology Conference; SENAD Decodes the Path to Embodied AI Deployment

    SENAD's autonomous robot iLoabot-X won the Best Innovation Case Award at the 2026 Logistics Technology Conference. Company deputy general manager Han Hetian delivered a keynote speech at the loading and unloading technology forum of the conference in Huzhou, sharing the deployment logic of embodied AI in the logistics sector. Drawing on real operational data accumulated from vertical logistics scenarios, SENAD has built the logistics industry's first multimodal VLA vertical large model. The company proposes a path of "deep cultivation of vertical scenarios + data closed-loop iteration" and will continue to focus on the pain points of the final 20 meters of loading and unloading in logistics while iterating this VLA vertical large model.

Mar 25Wed
  1. Lavender Hill Capital Partners61

    Elite Robots Completes RMB 600 Million D+ Funding Round

    Chinese collaborative robot manufacturer Elite Robots has completed a RMB 600 million D+ funding round, led by several Chinese institutions including Lavender Hill Capital Partners, Fortune Capital, Yuanhe Holdings, Yuanfeng Capital, and the Zhengzhou Embodied Intelligence Industry Fund.

    Why it matters: The funds cover three areas at once: R&D, overseas channels, and production capacity, which readers can use to gauge where cobot makers are currently focusing their expansion.

Mar 24Tue
  1. Agile Robots/思灵机器人66

    Agile Robots and Google DeepMind announce strategic partnership to integrate Gemini Robotics models into industrial robots

    Agile Robots SE and Google DeepMind announced a strategic research partnership to combine the Gemini Robotics foundation models with Agile Robots' industrial robot platform and develop adaptable, reasoning-capable robots. The partnership initially focuses on industrial manufacturing scenarios where reliability and scale are critical, forming a data flywheel through deployment, data collection, model training, and iteration; Agile Robots says it has installed more than 20,000 robot solutions worldwide.

    Why it matters: The partnership focuses on industrial deployment and data feedback for training, giving readers insight into the path to real-world adoption when foundation models are connected with robot manufacturers.

  2. Hcfa/禾川科技26

    Hechuan Technology 2026 National Distributor Conference Successfully Held

    Hechuan Technology's 2026 National Distributor Conference was held at its Longyou headquarters, where it released its 2026 strategic plan and channel policies and showcased a product matrix including servo systems, inverters, control products, industrial robots, and core components for humanoid robots. New products included the new-generation SV730 AC servo family, three series of inverters, the T1 series multi-joint robots, and the first version of an AI-assisted programming and intelligent Q&A agent. Several core distributors signed a new round of strategic cooperation agreements on site.

  3. Fauna Robotics61

    Fauna Robotics announces joining Amazon

    Fauna Robotics officially announced that it has formally joined Amazon and will operate under the name Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company. The company will continue selling the Sprout Creator Edition robot to new customers and continue supporting existing customers, saying there is no practical change to current operations, while the team is expanding and hiring.

    Why it matters: The acquisition announcement comes from the parties' official statement, which makes clear that sales of existing products and customer support remain unchanged, allowing readers to assess the follow-on impact on that basis.

  5. Dobot/越疆机器人64

    Dobot begins mass production delivery of third batch of full-size industrial humanoid robot ATOM

    Dobot Robotics has officially begun mass production delivery of the third batch of its full-size industrial humanoid robot ATOM, deploying it to frontline industrial applications worldwide. ATOM runs on the self-developed DOBOT-VLA model, which combines vision, language, and action for autonomous decision-making; its joint modules have undergone nearly 10,000 cycle tests, and it supports coordinated scheduling with wheeled and multi-legged robots on a unified platform.

    Why it matters: The source, provided by the party involved, describes progress on the third batch's mass production delivery and its deployment in real scenarios, giving readers a sense of the pace of its industrialization.

Mar 23Mon
  1. 线性资本66

    Amazon acquires Swiss wheel-legged robotics company RIVR, with Linear Capital as lead investor in its first round

    Amazon has completed its acquisition of Swiss robotics startup RIVR, and the RIVR team will join Amazon. RIVR was founded in April 2023 and is headquartered in Zurich; formerly known as Swiss-Mile, it completed its first funding round in November 2023, led by Linear Capital with Agile Robots participating, and in August 2024 received joint investment from Amazon, Bezos Expeditions, Sequoia China, and others.

    Why it matters: It lays out RIVR's full path from fundraising to acquisition, helping readers understand the practical progress of wheel-legged last-mile delivery robots in Europe.

  2. Keenon Robotics/擎朗智能19

    KEENON Robotics and DigiCorp to showcase service robots at Food & Hotel Vietnam 2026

    KEENON Robotics and its Vietnamese partner DigiCorp will take part in Food & Hotel Vietnam 2026 from March 24 to 26 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City, at booth A13. On site, they will showcase intelligent service robots for the hospitality and commercial sectors, including delivery robots and cleaning robots.

  3. Keenon Robotics/擎朗智能14

    Keenon Robotics to exhibit full robot lineup at CCE 2026 in Shanghai

    Keenon Robotics will exhibit at CCE 2026 in Shanghai, bringing its full robot lineup, covering professional cleaning scenarios and the C40 technology upgrade, and demonstrating its practical applications in retail, hotels, hospitals, and commercial hubs. The exhibition runs from March 31 to April 3 at Booth N3D30, Shanghai New International Expo Centre.

Mar 20Fri
  1. 线性资本58

    Octopus Dynamics completes nearly $50 million first funding round, jointly invested by Horizon Robotics, Hillhouse Venture Capital, Xiaomi Strategic Investment, and others

    Physical AI company Octopus Dynamics (SynapX) announced the completion of a nearly $50 million first funding round. The investors are Horizon Robotics, Hillhouse Venture Capital, Xiaomi Strategic Investment, Shunwei Capital, and Linear Capital. The company was founded in January 2026, and less than two months passed from its founding to the closing of this first round.