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Oct 21Wed
  1. 高擎动力40

    High Torque Power and QingTianZu Reach Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Robot Deployment

    High Torque Power and QingTianZu have reached a strategic partnership to match robot products with application demand in areas including K12 and research education, commercial performances and cultural tourism, and robot competitions. High Torque Power enters the platform supply matrix as a QingTianZu selected brand, and the two parties will carry out local scheduling in key cities, promote High Torque products' integration into the "two-hour robot supply and service circle," and jointly build a service system covering inspection, repair, and maintenance. QingTianZu can dispatch more than 4,000 robots, connects over 1,000 service providers, and its service network covers more than 200 cities nationwide.

  3. Fudan Multimodal Embodied Intelligence38

    Fudan University's Qi Lizhe team wins innovation gold award at 26th CIIF university exhibition area for "space-air-ground integrated desert planting robot"

    The "space-air-ground integrated desert planting robot" project from Fudan University's Qi Lizhe team won the innovation gold award in the university exhibition area at the 26th China International Industry Fair. The robot integrates autonomous perception, precise navigation, and integrated planting functions, combining BeiDou, inertial navigation, LiDAR, and stereo vision positioning, and has completed field operation verification in the desert of Dalad Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia. The team has filed 7 core invention patents, and the single-vehicle platform will later integrate four planting mechanisms, with operating efficiency reaching more than 10 times that of traditional manual work.

Oct 20Tue
  1. NASA53

    NASA Provides Progress Update on Moon Base Rovers

    NASA released a video update on the Moon Base, covering progress on the commercial Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) and robotic lunar rovers. VIPER will travel to the lunar south polar region before 2027, covering more than 18 miles (30 kilometers) to prospect for resources such as water; it has completed final assembly and is undergoing final testing at Johnson Space Center.

  2. Realbotix5

    Realbotix to exhibit at CES 2027

    Realbotix announced that it will exhibit at CES 2027. The original text only provides an entry point for subscribing to news updates and the contact email contact@realbotix.com, and does not disclose the robot models, specifications, or demonstration content to be shown.

  4. Italian Institute of Technology22

    IIT and Fondazione Luzzati-Teatro della Tosse present three events at the Science Festival exploring the "Corpi aumentati" project and bionic prostheses

    The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Fondazione Luzzati-Teatro della Tosse have partnered to organize three events for the Science Festival, centered on the IIT-coordinated "Corpi augmentati" project, exploring user-centered robotic prosthesis design.

  5. Italian Institute of Technology12

    Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) to take part in 2026 Genoa Science Festival

    The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) will take part in the 24th Science Festival in Genoa, held from October 22 to November 1 under the theme "Prospettive," with 254 events in total. IIT's participation includes an exhibition on optogenetics, workshops on bionic prosthetics and body enhancement, and an online robotics special event, "Prospettive robotiche," led by Alessandra Sciutti.

  6. 云启资本75

    Neolix completes nearly $400 million Series E funding, deploys over 30,000 unmanned delivery vehicles globally

    Neolix announced the completion of a Series E funding round of nearly $400 million, equivalent to approximately RMB 2.68 billion, jointly led by Boyu Capital and a national-level fund, with existing shareholders including Yunqi Capital continuing to participate. The company says this is the largest single financing in China's autonomous driving sector in 2026, with cumulative funding exceeding RMB 10 billion.

    Why it matters: The original article provides the funding size, fleet numbers, and year-over-year comparison data, allowing readers to assess the commercialization pace and scaling path of the unmanned delivery sector.

  7. 穿山甲机器人 · YouTube18

    Alpha Robotics showcases reception, delivery, and security robots at the 140th Canton Fair

    Alpha Robotics showcased reception, delivery, and security robots on-site at the 140th Canton Fair (Canton Fair 2025), drawing global attention and completing multiple on-site signings. The original text only gives the results of on-site exhibition and signings, and does not disclose specific robot models, payload, battery life, success rate, or price indicators.

Oct 19Mon
  1. 小鹏机器人57

    He Xiaopeng announces XPENG's open cooperation across smart vehicles and physical AI at Paris Automotive Summit

    As the only Chinese automaker CEO invited to the Paris Automotive Summit, He Xiaopeng formally introduced XPENG's smart vehicle solutions business "XPENG AI ENGINEERING," opening three major areas to global partners: vehicle platforms, modular technologies, and toolchains. XPENG is also opening physical AI ecosystem technology cooperation covering humanoid robots, Robotaxi, flying cars, Turing AI chips, and physical-world foundation models.

  3. 中控技术60

    SUPCON UCS goes into operation at Qinghai Salt Lake Magnesium's 300,000-ton PVC plant, with TPT deployed alongside

    SUPCON's independently developed Universal Control System (UCS) has been successfully commissioned in the intelligent upgrade of Qinghai Salt Lake Magnesium's 300,000-ton ethylene-based PVC plant, making it the first large-scale UCS deployment in China's ethylene-based PVC industry; meanwhile, the TPT time-series large model has won the bid and entered the deployment and implementation phase.

    Why it matters: The original article provides details on the retrofit window and delivery, and the transferable point is how software-hardware decoupling plus skid-mounted prefabrication can compress serial work into parallel work.

  4. 中控技术38

    SUPCON Releases TPT Industrial AI Foundation Platform and AOP Autonomous Operations Factory System, Holds Industrial AI Results Conference in Ningbo

    SUPCON held an industrial AI results conference in Ningbo, launching an industrial AI foundation platform centered on the TPT time-series large model and integrating it with the universal control system UCS to build the AOP autonomous operations factory system, connecting the perception-analysis-decision-execution chain. TPT and AOP have been replicated across 29 sub-sectors, and SUPCON signed industrial chain cooperation agreements with Huawei, Alibaba Cloud and others, while the industrial AI data alliance has more than 300 members. Companies including Wanhua Chemical and Zhenhai Refining & Chemical disclosed the results of TPT in early warning and optimized operations at chlor-alkali and refining units.

  7. 普华资本45

    Puhua Capital and Hengze Capital jointly invest tens of millions in Panhu Intelligent TigerX angel round to advance TigerMind world model R&D

    Panhu Intelligent TigerX has completed its first angel round of financing in the tens of millions of RMB, jointly invested by Puhua Capital and Hengze Capital, with the funds going toward R&D of the TigerMind multi-dimensional sensory cognitive world model, edge intelligence, and industry-grade embodied intelligence systems. The company has built its technology system around Physical Interactive Intelligence (PII), focusing on embodied operations in confined spaces and physical capabilities in extreme environments, and has already begun co-creating scenarios with partners in urban public utilities, industrial infrastructure, and smart home and elderly care.

  8. 豪鹏科技34

    Highpower Technology's AI transformation: from AI edge devices to AIDC and robotics, and why it isn't starting from zero

    Vincent, Senior Vice President of Highpower Technology, explains the logic behind the company's transformation into an AI energy foundation, laying out three growth curves: AI-enabled consumer electronics, AIDC energy storage, and robotics. The company has already entered deep cooperation with AgiBot, rolling out robot dogs, companion robots, data collection, and embodied robots in stages. Technologically, it is pursuing solid-state, lithium, and sodium battery routes in parallel, with steel-shell stacked batteries raising energy density by 30%–50%. It is deeply tied to customers including HP, Dell, DJI, Sony, Meta, Google, Harman, and Amazon, upgrading from supplier to co-definer.

Oct 18Sun
  1. Atom Robotic/阿童木机器人32

    Atom Robots Showcases MINI Parallel Robot at CCF Chinese Intelligent Robotics Academic Conference

    Atom Robots appeared as a sponsor at the 7th CCF Chinese Intelligent Robotics Academic Conference (CIRAC 2026), showcasing its MINI parallel robot. The model targets high-speed sorting of small precision parts, precision assembly, and flexible feeding in confined spaces, and has been validated over the long term on high-volume production lines. Atom's parallel robots have ranked first among domestic independent brands in market share for six consecutive years, surpassed foreign brands to become first across all brands starting in 2023, and in 2025 the company entered the embodied intelligence track, having completed the build-out of a five-product matrix.

Oct 17Sat
  1. 锐曼REEMAN42

    How the REEMAN Fly Boat AMR transports 200 kg of cargo via a 1.15 m elevator: a real electronics factory case study

    The REEMAN dual-laser Fly Boat factory delivery robot (Fly Boat AMR, ABOT11B) is deployed at an electronics factory in Zhuhai, transporting about 200 kg of PCB materials and bottled water per trip, with a rated payload of 300 kg, a loaded delivery route of about 600 m plus an empty return of about 100 m, and the customer reports about 70–90 trips per day.

  2. Robotphoenix/翼菲科技27

    Four linked exhibitions: EFORT's October spans three major regions across Europe and Asia — a concentrated showcase of overseas channels

    In October, EFORT will hold four international exhibitions in Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Seoul; Jakarta; and Palma. It will exhibit jointly with local partners at the first two stops and independently at the last two. Overseas revenue reached 22.57 million yuan, up 318.5% year on year, and its share of total revenue rose from 4.6% to 12.1%. Its distributor network covers 8 countries, and its products are exported to 27 countries and regions. The Seoul booth is its first concentrated showcase after signing with MiR Korea, which has been appointed to represent its full series of delta and SCARA robots. At the last two stops, it will display the newly released palletizing workstation and the Bat800-S3 delta robot.

Oct 16Fri
  1. 云启资本33

    Yunqi Quarterly Q3 | Entering Autumn, Harvests Are Happening

    In the third quarter of 2026, Yunqi welcomed 10 new partners, and 15 portfolio companies completed new funding rounds, covering areas such as embodied intelligence, nuclear fusion, quantum computing, and brain-computer interfaces. In embodied intelligence, Pokebot received an additional USD 100 million-scale Pre-A round, Stardust Intelligence completed a new RMB 1 billion funding round, its new-generation humanoid robot T1 has begun shipping with pricing entering the RMB 90,000 range, and Zhigu Tianchu's cooking robots have achieved revenue exceeding RMB 100 million and continued profitability. In addition, Nuova Fusion completed a RMB 1.2 billion Pre-A series of funding, and Manycore Tech and MiniMax successively disclosed post-listing performance.

  2. 高擎动力44

    High Torque Power Debuts at the 140th Canton Fair: Breaking Through with Miniaturization to Accelerate the Global Adoption of Humanoid Robots

    High Torque Power brought its Pai and Mini Pi plus humanoid robots and a new-generation integrated joint module to the 140th Canton Fair Phase 1 Advanced Manufacturing exhibition, with live demonstrations of gait and high-dynamic movements, autonomous ball-chasing and kicking, and robot dancing in real-world scenarios.

  4. Kinetix AI · YouTube15

    HKU-KAI SMASH Team Appears on RTHK's Vibrant Hong Kong: AI Table Tennis Robot (Part 2)

    The HKU-KAI SMASH team appeared in the second part of RTHK's Vibrant Hong Kong program, sharing the cutting-edge AI technologies and R&D journey behind its AI table tennis robot. The content is mainly an introduction to the program interview; the original text did not disclose the robot's model, performance metrics, or experimental data.

  6. Boshi/博实股份24

    Wanhua Chemical President Kou Guangwu and delegation visit Boshi to inspect and exchange, award "Excellent Supplier" plaque

    On October 15, Wanhua Chemical President Kou Guangwu and his delegation visited Boshi Co., Ltd., touring the exhibition hall and pilot workshop and observing inspection robots, industrial service operations, and the digital twin visualization platform. As a core equipment supplier to Wanhua Chemical for complete packaging lines and automatic loading equipment, Boshi's related equipment has been put into production and application at multiple Wanhua bases in China. During the discussion, the two sides reviewed more than 20 years of cooperation, and Kou Guangwu, on behalf of Wanhua Chemical, awarded Boshi the "Excellent Supplier" plaque; the two sides will continue joint research and intelligent optimization and upgrading of equipment.

  7. 数字华夏23

    Digital Huaxia Showcases Xialan R03 and Xingxingxia P2 at 2026 Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition)

    At the invitation of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Digital Huaxia showcased its new-generation bionic robot Xialan R03 and Xingxingxia P2 at the RoboPark zone of the 2026 Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition). During the same event, the "2026 Future Industry Sci-Tech Pioneer Top 100 Release" was held, and Xialan R03 received the "Top 100 Products" honor for its bionic intelligent technology and scenario value. Xingxingxia P2 took the RoboPark Stage for a dance performance and interacted with visitors for photos in the photo check-in area.

  8. NVIDIA40

    Mercedes-Benz and NVIDIA Expand Strategic Partnership to Advance Safe Highly Automated Driving in the Next Decade

    Mercedes-Benz and NVIDIA announced on October 16 an extension of their strategic partnership to jointly develop next-generation driver assistance and automated driving systems. The collaboration combines Mercedes-Benz's automotive engineering and the MB.OS operating system with NVIDIA's Hyperion in-vehicle compute and sensor architecture, the Alpamayo Stack full-stack driving software, and the Halos safety system, supporting urban point-to-point assisted driving, active safety, and automated parking.

Oct 15Thu
  1. Agility Robotics59

    Agility Robotics selects Nyobolt to provide ultra-fast charging battery technology for Digit 5

    Agility Robotics announced that it has selected Nyobolt as its ultra-fast charging battery technology partner for the Digit 5 humanoid robot. The new battery system for Digit 5 supports 90 minutes of runtime and 9 minutes of charging, raising the run-to-charge ratio from 2:1 on Digit 4 to 10:1, with the goal of more than 20 hours of work within 24 hours.

  2. 灵巧智能47

    Dexterous Intelligence and FA Robotics Reach Ecosystem Strategic Partnership, Showcasing Teleoperated Grasping Solution for Wheeled-Legged Robot at CIIF

    On October 14, at the FA Robotics booth at the 2026 China International Industry Fair, Zhejiang Dexterous Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd. and FA Robotics officially signed an ecosystem strategic cooperation agreement. The two parties will carry out in-depth cooperation on embodied intelligent robot products, technical collaboration, product ecosystem, and industrial scenario applications.

  4. Holiday Robotics49

    Holiday Robotics builds humanoid robot factory in Seongsu-dong, Seoul, with annual capacity of about 100 units

    Holiday Robotics has set up its own production line in Seongsu-dong, Seoul, and begun producing its self-developed wheeled dual-arm humanoid robot "Friday," with an annual capacity of about 100 units. About 10 units have been completed or are in assembly so far, and the company aims to produce 2 units per week. Friday is positioned as a robot for carrying and handling tasks at logistics centers and manufacturing sites. The company is running PoCs with companies in logistics, semiconductors, and auto parts, and plans to deploy the robot in actual industrial sites next year.

  5. XSTO 小神童创新37

    Peak of Honor | XSTO Wins G-MARK Gold Award

    XSTO's embodied mobile robot won the 2026 Good Design Award (G-MARK) Gold Award, the only Gold Award in its judging category. The entry stood out from 5,111 entries worldwide. It uses AI intelligent control to switch intelligently between wheeled quadruped and tracked modes, helping users independently go up and down stairs and travel on slopes and rough terrain, while its 360° dynamic self-balancing seat actively keeps the seat level.

  6. XSTO 小神童创新23

    Two Shows, One Spotlight | XSTO's Embodied Tech Matrix Leads at Canton Fair

    XSTO opened dual booths at the 140th Canton Fair, which began on October 15: F44 in Hall 20.2 and B44 in Hall 20.1, presenting its full-stack embodied technology matrix and solutions for complex scenarios. The X13 embodied mobile robot won the 2026 G-MARK Design Gold Award and is the only product in the annual mobility category to receive the award; it is showcased with AI intelligent control and all-terrain integrated design. The light off-road electric wheelchair, motion-sensing logistics vehicle, Qiaokeli electric portable stair climber, tracked stair climber, and Mokuai Jingang are also on display. On the first day, domestic and overseas buyers stopped to experience the products, and negotiations continued.