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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 2Tue
  1. Boston Dynamics27

    Boston Dynamics Mechanical Design Engineer Chastity Discusses Atlas Robot Foot Design and Her Path into the Field

    In an interview, Boston Dynamics mechanical design engineer Chastity Kelly explains the foot design of the Atlas humanoid robot. The new-generation foot has a symmetric structure, with the ankle joint located at the middle of the foot; combined with knees that can bend backward, this allows Atlas to walk forward and backward without turning around. The sole has multi-directional treads to provide two-way grip and prevent slipping on factory floors. She also shares her own journey: starting at a community college, she spent 15 years earning a PhD in mechanical engineering and entering the robotics industry.

Jun 1Mon
  1. Enchanted Tools · YouTube18

    Mirokaï in Motion: The Wonderful Waltz

    Enchanted Tools demonstrates in a video how the Mirokaï robot moves naturally in dynamic environments, relying on trajectory visualization, smooth navigation, and model predictive control (MPC) to continuously adjust its movements. The video targets hospitals, nursing homes, public spaces, and workplaces, emphasizing that movement is not just about avoiding obstacles but about making the people around it feel comfortable, able to predict its motion, and at ease intuitively. It ends with "WE'RE READY. ARE YOU?" and the date June 16, 2026.

  2. Agile Robots/思灵机器人28

    Agile Robots gains early access to NVIDIA Cosmos 3 for physical AI simulation

    Agile Robots has obtained early access to NVIDIA Cosmos 3, with early simulation tests showing strong capabilities. The company will integrate Cosmos 3 for customers, offering new options for simulating, testing, training, and deploying physical AI, and is exploring the Cosmos-based NVIDIA Video Augmentation Skill for automated data curation, generation, and evaluation.

  3. 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
  1. 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.

  2. 慧闻科技21

    Huiwen Intelligent Service Robot Debuts at China Telecom Unmanned Technology Exhibition Hall

    The Huiwen intelligent service robot has been deployed at the China Telecom Unmanned Technology Exhibition Hall as an intelligent guide, supporting proactive greeting, bilingual Chinese-English commentary, and real-time Q&A. Its 6-microphone circular array pickup system supports 5-meter far-field audio pickup and can link with exhibition hall equipment such as sound, lighting, and access control for full IOT integration. The robot also supports dual-unit collaboration for relayed guided tours across exhibition halls, is equipped with an 11-megapixel camera for group photos, and features automatic power on/off and automatic return to its charging dock.

  3. 可以科技23

    Loona DeskMate features explained: how it helps you work smarter

    Loona DeskMate is a desktop AI companion robot from Keji that uses a MagSafe-attached iPhone as its processor and screen, with a base that is a 165W GaN charging station and a 3-DOF motorized gimbal. It supports wake-word-free conversation, about 0.5-second response, and local multimodal processing, with data staying on the phone; it natively syncs with Slack, Gmail, Zoom, Notion, and others, can sense the screen and clipboard, integrates 50+ services, and offers an open API and MCP.

May 28Thu
  1. Genesis AI · YouTube72

    Genesis AI open-sources simulation platform Genesis World 1.0

    Genesis AI has released and open-sourced Genesis World 1.0, the second product in its full-stack suite, alongside the Quadrants compute library and the Nyx rendering engine.

    Why it matters: The article provides quantitative comparisons of startup and runtime performance, making it easier to judge how far it shifts real-world validation into a compute problem.

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. PAL39

    CENTAURO project improves TIAGo Pro's precision and safety in industrial handling

    The CENTAURO project, in which PAL Robotics participates, redesigned the 7-DOF robotic arm for the TIAGo Pro mobile manipulator, optimizing the workspace to reach angles and positions that were previously unreachable. The arm integrates series elastic actuators (SEA) that can absorb impacts and measure contact force, and shifts to torque and admittance control, enabling the robot to sense applied pressure. The WebGUI v3 ecosystem adds a drag-and-drop visual programming interface, allowing non-experts to configure complex tasks in scenarios such as polishing and logistics.

  2. 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.

  3. 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. LimX Dynamics56

    LimX Dynamics Releases Full-Size Interactive Humanoid Robot LimX Luna, Priced at 298,000 Yuan in China with Global Preorders Open

    LimX Dynamics has released LimX Luna, a full-size interactive humanoid robot for commercial services. It stands 160 cm tall and has 27 body degrees of freedom (excluding end effectors). Global preorders open today, with a domestic retail price of 298,000 yuan and a limited-time 40,000 yuan discount on the first 100 units.

  2. 影智科技20

    Yingzhi Technology XBOT: The ROI Logic of a Coffee Robot System

    The Yingzhi Technology XBOT coffee robot system can operate continuously 24 hours a day without on-site staff, producing hundreds of cups per day while maintaining consistent output standards. AI custom latte art supports printing selfies, logos, and more onto drinks, creating social exposure through customers' spontaneous sharing. Operators can remotely monitor revenue, order volume, and equipment performance through a centralized dashboard, turning the store model into scalable retail infrastructure.

  3. 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. 慧闻科技35

    Huiyan AI large model officially launches: say goodbye to mechanical dialogue and give robots their own unique soul

    Huiwen has officially launched the Huiyan AI large model platform, upgrading the semantic understanding and dialogue capabilities of commercial service robots. It supports customizing an exclusive persona with a single sentence, one-click ingestion of PPT/PDF/Word/Excel/images and other files to generate an enterprise knowledge base, and one-click binding and unbinding of robot devices.

  3. 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.

  2. Sanctuary AI22

    Sanctuary AI CEO at Web Summit Vancouver Urges Canada to Seize the Physical AI Moment

    Sanctuary AI CEO James Wells took part in a panel discussion and gave an interview at Web Summit Vancouver, arguing that Canada must adopt and invest in Physical AI and robotics early or its economic sovereignty could be held by others. He introduced the concept of "labor sovereignty," warning that if foreign robots take on work in Canada's key industries, control over labor productivity will flow abroad, and he called on the federal government to support domestic innovation, commercialization, and large-scale deployment on top of the six pillars of the national AI strategy.

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.

  2. 大象机器人32

    Elephant Robotics launches myAGV Plus to advance AI and robotics education and research

    Elephant Robotics has launched myAGV Plus, a major upgrade to its myAGV 2023 mobile robot platform, aimed at teaching labs, scientific research, algorithm development, intelligent inspection, and robotics competitions. The intelligent AGV platform improves computing performance, perception, and motion control precision, and supports students in exploring autonomous navigation, machine vision, sensor fusion, and robot operation through experiments and project-based learning.

  3. 矩阵超智 · YouTube69

    Matrix Robotics launches its first mass-production humanoid robot MATRIX-3, with MATRIX-3 PRO starting at $99,000

    At AI DAY 2026, Matrix Robotics unveiled MATRIX-3, its first mass-production humanoid robot. The robot is 170 cm tall, weighs 65 kg, features 27-DOF dexterous hands, has a 4-hour battery life and a 30 kg payload, and maintains a standard walking speed of 3.9 km/h.

    Why it matters: It disclosed the full specifications, key components, and starting price of the mass-production model, giving readers a basis to judge the current hardware specifications and commercial positioning of humanoid robots.

  4. PKU Intelligent Robotics Open Laboratory18

    Peking University Intelligent Robotics Open Laboratory holds 2026 master's and doctoral thesis defenses

    The 2026 graduating class of Peking University's Intelligent Robotics Open Laboratory completed their thesis defenses on May 17. Three doctoral students, Zhang Wanruo, Liu Jinfu, and Wang Wenshuai, were recommended for conferral of Doctor of Science degrees, and five master's students, Jiang Peifeng, Chen Siyu, Tang Tao, Xu Jing, and Xu Xinhua, were recommended for conferral of Master of Science degrees. Zhang Wanruo's doctoral thesis was recommended as an outstanding doctoral thesis, and Tang Tao's master's thesis was recommended as an outstanding master's thesis; their advisor is Professor Liu Hong.

  5. 影智科技10

    XBOT: Why More U.S. Self-Service Retail Kiosk Operators Are Turning to Automation

    More U.S. self-service retail kiosk operators are turning to automation as a solution to rising labor costs and the challenge of maintaining consistency across multiple locations, with their evaluation focus shifting from technological novelty to long-term profitability. Yingzhi Technology's XBOT positions its automated coffee equipment as part of a scalable retail operating model rather than as a standalone robotic device, aiming to reduce labor dependence, stabilize beverage quality, and extend operating hours within a smaller footprint. When assessing such systems, operators focus on variables such as labor-reduction potential, throughput capacity, and payback period.

  6. 慧闻科技31

    Huiwen Showcases at CeMAT SEA 2026! iBenX Series AMR Overseas Debut Wins Favor!

    At CeMAT SEA 2026, Huiwen debuted its iBenX series AMR intelligent handling robots in the Southeast Asian market. The booth drew high traffic over the three-day show, attracting buyers from multiple countries. The series uses laser plus vision dual-SLAM navigation, can go from unboxing to production in as fast as 30 minutes, covers payloads from 100 kg to 1500 kg, and supports multiple forms including flatbed, lifting, underride, and forklift. In no-WiFi and weak-network environments, it can achieve multi-robot coordination through ad-hoc network distributed scheduling. It has already been deployed in packaging, new energy, textiles, electronics manufacturing, and other industries.

  7. 影智科技15

    From Labor Pressure to Intelligent Retail: Automated Coffee Systems Are Becoming a Strategic Asset (XBOT)

    In an article, XBOT (Yingzhi Technology) argues that rising labor costs, inconsistent execution, and the difficulty of expanding across multiple stores are leading operators to evaluate automated coffee systems as retail infrastructure rather than coffee equipment. Their value lies in more repeatable service processes during peak hours, a smaller operational footprint, longer opening hours, and lower reliance on labor, making them suitable for high-traffic settings such as airports, office buildings, transit hubs, hospitals, and universities. Such systems are also connecting to data on ordering behavior, inventory management, and throughput analysis, becoming part of a more integrated retail operating model.

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.

  2. 拓斯达44

    Topstar T1 Cartesian robot officially launched | Three metrics to watch when selecting for precision injection molding part removal

    Topstar has launched the T1 Cartesian robot, aimed at precision injection molding part removal scenarios. The T1 reaches a maximum instantaneous speed of 3 m/s, cuts in-mold time from 1.4 s to 0.99 s, and reduces the full cycle from 6 s to 5 s, a 20% efficiency gain; it achieves repeat positioning accuracy of ±0.02 mm, is equipped with a 23-bit absolute encoder, and has a maximum payload of 7 kg. A high-rigidity aluminum alloy body paired with a self-lubricating system lets the slider assembly go up to 65 days without lubrication maintenance, and the absolute encoder supports position memory after power loss.