Richtech Robotics' robot Adam served Golden Hour drinks from Foley Family Wines to fans at the VGK Paramount+ Plaza during the Vegas Golden Knights' 10th season opening game, including on-site pouring and interaction. This was a fan-facing brand and experience showcase; the original text provides no technical specifications, performance metrics, or commercial deployment data.
Richtech Robotics' robot Adam poured drinks for fans at the VGK Paramount+ Plaza during the Vegas Golden Knights' 10th season opening game, serving Golden Hour from Foley Family Wines and interacting with attendees. The event was a robotic service demonstration during the game; the original text did not provide metrics such as payload or success rate.
At the 140th Canton Fair, Orbbec launched the 24-line 3D LiDAR Pulsar MH24, aimed at mobile platforms such as robotic mowers, AMRs, and delivery robots. The unit measures 66.6×62.1×66 mm, with a 21 mm high light emission window, and provides 360° (HFOV) 3D perception; in typical outdoor scenarios, a single unit can cover an operating range of about 15,000 m², and it supports operation under ≥100,000 Lux strong light, IP6K6 protection, and an operating temperature of -20°C to 60°C.
At booth F008 in Hall 8.1H at the 2026 China International Industry Fair, Elite Robots is demonstrating its self-developed embodied large model Yuanqi Primo coordinating composite robots, wheeled humanoid robots, and collaborative robots in collaborative operations. The on-site scenarios include optical module insertion and removal, teaching-free welding, automatic drone battery swapping, and coffee kitchen applications, among which the phone gluing and tightening solution gives metrics such as gluing accuracy <±0.1 mm, repeat positioning ±0.02 mm, and a single-station cycle time <10 s.
RoboCT completed an ecosystem partner signing ceremony with Siemens Xcelerator. The two parties will advance standardized, replicable joint solutions around smart logistics and flexible manufacturing scenarios. The Siemens Xcelerator platform has connected more than 670,000 users and over 680 ecosystem partners, with AI solutions accounting for more than one-third. At CeMAT ASIA, RoboCT will connect its new-generation fully open-mold wheeled humanoid platform to Siemens' Simove scheduling system, demonstrating a complete handling operation via the VDA 5050 standard protocol.
Under the theme "Intelligent Economy, Boundless Smart Manufacturing," the 26th China International Industry Fair opened on the morning of October 12 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). Wang Weiming, Chief Engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology; Chen Jie, Member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; and Chen Jie, Member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Vice Mayor, attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches.
On October 12, the 2026 Shanghai Next-Generation Intelligent Manufacturing Development Forum was held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), with about 500 delegates attending. The forum released the Baoshan District Action Plan for Building Shanghai's Intelligent Manufacturing Leading Zone (2026–2028), announced the start of construction of the Baoshan Intelligent Manufacturing Laboratory, and saw Shanghai Electric Group and China Mobile Shanghai sign a strategic cooperation memorandum. Shanghai has cultivated 2 national pilot-level and 28 national excellence-level smart factories.
The Form S-4 registration statement for the proposed business combination between Agility Robotics and Churchill Capital Corp XI (Nasdaq: CCXI) was declared effective by the SEC on October 13, 2026, and Churchill XI has scheduled a special shareholders meeting for November 2, 2026 to vote on the matter.
Why it matters: The original text provides specific terms such as the transaction amount, voting date, and use of proceeds, allowing readers to track this robotics company's listing process.
Rokae Robotics made its first appearance at the 2026 China International Industry Fair, presenting the results achieved after the delivery of 10,000 humanoid force-controlled arms. The Zhuxing H series wheeled humanoid robot, equipped with the ROKAE-Brain multimodal model and the Xuanhe iNex control system, has already been deployed in real manufacturing scenarios such as the Schaeffler factory for tasks including bin picking; ROKAE-Brain achieves a task success rate of 95%-99% in vertical tasks such as precision assembly. The Taibai AR series force-controlled arm has seven degrees of freedom, a force-control bandwidth exceeding 30Hz, and a force-control resolution of <0.05N.
NVIDIA announced the launch of cuPotential, a new CUDA-X library for developers to build AI agents that simulate atomic and molecular interactions. In early access testing, it delivered a further 2-3x speedup on already GPU-optimized workflows, and Synopsys is one of the early adopters.
On October 13, during the 26th China International Industry Fair (CIIF), Rokae Robotics and JD Industrial signed an upgrade to their strategic cooperation, focusing on industrial goods supply chains, digital and intelligent services, and the implementation of benchmark scenarios. Rokae supplies the new-generation humanoid force-controlled dual arms for JD Logistics' embodied picking robot "Canglang," and JD's "Yilang" embodied intelligent robotic arm has already been deployed at scale in warehouse sorting scenarios. Rokae also exhibited the RKE-PAR35 intelligent collaborative palletizing solution, equipped with the CR35-35/2.2C; the CR35 series offers a maximum payload of 45 kg and a maximum working range of 2246 mm.
On October 10, Zhuoyide's fully bionic robot Moya entered Shanghai Songjiang Jiahua Kindergarten, serving as a preschool teacher in the classroom, leading the children in Q&A, singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" together, and taking group photos. Powered by the DroidSoul robot intelligence system, it performs multimodal perception, large-model empathetic decision-making, and full-body coordinated expression. The body uses tendon-cable actuation and weighs about 30 kg, far below the 55 to 75 kg of comparable rigid designs, and works with more than 60 micro-expressions to enable near-human safe interaction.
Schaeffler released preliminary figures for the first nine months of 2026: group revenue of 17.5 billion euros and an EBIT margin before special items of 4.5%, and it confirmed its full-year 2026 guidance and mid-term targets for 2028. The E-Mobility division recognized one-off impairments and provisions of about 240 million euros, of which about 220 million euros were booked in the third quarter of 2026, mainly relating to production equipment left idle by declining project volumes. In the third quarter, the humanoid robotics business added two new customers in Greater China, and new orders rose to about 400 million euros.
Schaeffler released preliminary results for the first nine months and third quarter of fiscal 2026, with humanoid robot business orders improving to about €400 million and two new Chinese customers won in Greater China. Group revenue for the first nine months was €17.5 billion (€17.7 billion in the prior-year period), and the EBIT margin before special items rose to 4.5%; the E-Mobility division recorded a one-off special charge of about €240 million due to reduced volumes from European automakers' projects in China, of which about €220 million occurred in the third quarter.
On October 12, Huo Bugang, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and secretary of the municipal party committee, chaired a symposium at the Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Mayor Ma Shanshan attended. The discussion focused on deepening institute-local cooperation and promoting the commercialization of scientific and technological achievements. Li Shuo, director of the Shenyang Institute of Automation, and Sun Lei, party secretary, presented the institute's research work. Research teams proposed on-site solutions in three areas—urban operations and maintenance, aviation embodied intelligent equipment, and railway operations—to Shenyang Industrial Investment Group, Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, and Shenyang Qihui. Huo Bugang required that the dedicated working group operate as a substantive entity, that a proof-of-concept center and pilot testing base be well established, and that scientific and technological achievements be driven toward industrialization.
Stardust Intelligence recently completed a new funding round of RMB 1 billion, reaching a valuation of RMB 15 billion. The round was led by Toushe Donghai (Shenzhen Investment Holdings), with participation from Hongtai Fund, Ninghai Xingtaaihe Fund, and Shanheng Capital, among others, and existing shareholder Xianmu increased its investment. This is its fourth funding round in the past six months; its Series B valuation first exceeded RMB 10 billion in June 2026 and rose to RMB 15 billion three months later.
Why it matters: It reviews the pace of the company's four funding rounds in six months and details of its full-stack architecture, which can be used to understand the commercialization progress of the rope-driven approach.
On October 11, at the Premium Going-Global Exhibition of the 2026 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Entrepreneurs Economic and Trade Exchange Conference held in Shenzhen, Digital Huaxia exhibited the bionic humanoid robot "Xialan R03," which stood with near-human body proportions and displayed bionic facial expressions and natural limb movements. Relying on the company's self-developed multimodal embodied intelligent interaction platform "Juhao®," Xialan R03 enables natural human-robot dialogue and multimodal interaction, and is mainly aimed at scenarios such as exhibition hall guidance, branch service, and brand showcases. The company states that it has already possessed the engineering capability for batch delivery and stable operation as well as the conditions for large-scale commercialization.
Danu Robotics is bringing to market an AI-driven recycling sorting robot after six years of R&D. Its flagship product, H.E.R.O., uses a pincer-style gripper rather than the suction-cup systems common among competitors, and continuously improves software performance through AI.
Pudu Robotics' PUDU BG1 Series won two ISSA awards in 2026: the Robotics Award at the ISSA ASIA AWARDS in South Korea and the People's Choice Award at the ISSA Excellence Awards in Australia, recognizing its innovation in AI-native commercial cleaning robots.
Schaeffler and Qorix have entered a strategic partnership to jointly develop, integrate, and market software platform solutions for future vehicle architectures and intelligent machines. Both parties participate in the Eclipse S-CORE open-source ecosystem, with Qorix providing the Qorix Performance middleware, covering deterministic communication, end-to-end lifecycle management, and ISO 26262-compliant functional safety. The partnership initially targets the automotive industry, with plans to expand to robotics and industrial automation in the future; the first joint solutions will be deployed in customer projects.
Schaeffler and Qorix have formed a strategic partnership to jointly develop, integrate, and market software platform solutions for software-defined vehicles and intelligent machines, aiming to shorten development cycles and reduce integration costs. The collaboration is based on the Eclipse S-CORE open-source project, in which both parties participate; Qorix provides the ISO 26262-compliant Qorix Performance middleware, while Schaeffler provides the hardware platform and system integration.
SJ Integrated Solutions signed an MoU with SoftBank Robotics Singapore to jointly develop an AI-driven facility management solution, integrating SJ-IS's 24K platform and its in-development robot management platform with SoftBank's Smart Building X (SBX) platform to connect robot deployments to building systems such as elevators and access control.
The NEXTAGE dual-arm robot will give a food-handling demonstration at TOKYO PACK 2026 (October 14–16, Tokyo Big Sight East Hall 1, Booth 1R01, NASCO booth). The demo comes from the research group of Goal 3 "Foundational Robots for Intelligent Creation Based on Order of Embodied Interaction" of the JST Moonshot R&D Project in which Kawada Robotics participates, led by Associate Professor Takahiro Nozaki of Keio University.
Atomrobot has implemented an eye drop cartoning and tray-loading project using high-speed parallel robots paired with a dynamic tracking vision system, enabling tracking-based picking, tracking-based placement, and 90° oriented placement. The system is equipped with a single 6.1 kW parallel robot, achieves a stable capacity of 120 packs per minute and a repeat positioning accuracy of ±2 mm, replaces 2 operators, increases workstation efficiency by 100%, and has a 12-month return on investment period.
Keli Sensing has completed a strategic investment of tens of millions of yuan in embodied intelligence company Luming Robotics. The funds will be used for technical collaboration and industrial linkage between the two parties, to advance large-scale mass production of industrial-grade embodied intelligent robots and commercial deployment in real-world scenarios. Luming's self-developed Prime R0 model ranked first globally on the MolmoSpaces benchmark, a global zero-shot embodied intelligence evaluation benchmark, in June 2026; its MOS series heavy-duty embodied robots for industrial scenarios have already performed tasks such as bin handling, flexible quality inspection, and intelligent assembly in factories.
On October 9, ESWIN Computing (01256.HK), a RISC-V chip company backed by Legend Capital, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Founded in 2019, ESWIN Computing operates a fabless model; its products include human-machine interaction and multimedia processing chips, as well as interconnect and computing chips, the latter mainly used in automotive, robotics, and industrial scenarios.
Lixing Technology and Yves Rocher recently held a cooperation exchange in La Gacilly, France, reviewing six years of collaboration. The new packaging for a high-end lipstick product jointly developed by the two parties has officially launched. The packaging uses a thin-wall all-PET middle core, achieving a single-material design for the middle core, and has been implemented from design and R&D through prototyping to mass production. The two parties will continue to explore directions including single materials, packaging reduction, recycled materials, and refillable packaging.
Stanford University and Elsevier recently released the 2026 Global Top 2% Scientists list. A total of 22 scholars from Fudan University's College of Intelligent Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing were selected, 10 of whom appear on both the career-long scientific impact and single-year scientific impact lists. Twelve are on the career-long list and 20 on the single-year list, covering fields including artificial intelligence and image processing, nanoscience, and mechanical engineering. The list is compiled based on indicators such as citation counts and H-index from the Scopus database.
Westwood Robotics presented a live, on-hardware autonomous demonstration of its humanoid robot THEMIS at IROS 2026 in Pittsburgh, achieving a success rate of 90%+ in a completely unseen environment. Setup took only 10 minutes from assembly to showtime, with perception, thinking, and decision-making all performed onboard in real time as the robot autonomously completed grasping, carrying, and placing. THEMIS is powered by AOS (AI-augmented Humanoid OS) and BEAR Series actuators.
AGIBOT opened a Hong Kong office at Times Square in Causeway Bay on October 9 to expand its local business and partnerships. The company plans a phased rollout, including establishing an international R&D headquarters, building joint laboratories with local universities, and investing tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars to support research collaboration; starting that day, it will hold campus recruitment presentations at universities including the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The office will also explore practical robotics applications in service scenarios such as retail and hospitality.
KEENON Robotics announced its participation in the 140th Canton Fair in Guangzhou, where it is exhibiting its service robot solutions as an exhibitor in the service robot zone. The company welcomes visitors to experience its technology and discuss partnership opportunities.
KEENON Robotics will showcase its latest innovations in embodied cleaning and service robots at ISSA Show North America 2026 in Las Vegas, under the theme "BREAKTHROUGH UPGRADE AT ISSA: OPENING THE ERA OF EMBODIED CLEANING." Attendees can scan the QR code on the poster for details and to register.
Digital Huaxia and Global Digital Technology have formed a strategic partnership. Leveraging Global Digital Technology's existing cultural tourism client resources, the companies will jointly build benchmark humanoid robot cultural tourism projects and complete real commercial pilots. Digital Huaxia's new-generation bionic robot "Xialan R03" supports multilingual interaction and wake-word-free natural dialogue, and can fully autonomously handle services such as greeting and reception, guidance, and explanation; the IP-customized dual-form robot "Xingxingxia P2" supports interaction in more than 20 languages, including Cantonese, English, and French. Global Digital Technology is a leading smart cultural tourism enterprise, with business serving more than 50 regulatory authorities, over 100 scenic areas, and more than 10 million visitors.
The Shanghai stop of the Zhongqing URKL City Tour Challenge was held on September 19 in Baoshan, Shanghai, with Team "White Eagle" sweeping victories in both the afternoon and evening sessions. The event showcased the T800's multi-robot collaborative perception and fully autonomous ring competition, achieving an end-to-end AI autonomous closed loop from perception and decision-making to motion execution, with new moves such as the "kip-up," "dragon-like footwork," and "jumping knee strike" making their debut. The event was hosted by the Baoshan District People's Government and organized by Shenqing Robotics, and was selected as a featured project of the 2026 Shanghai Tourism Festival's "Classic Activity Season."
XSTO is showcasing its X13 series embodied mobile robots, M4 smart wheelchair, and EzGo 3 series carbon-fiber electric wheelchairs at the 2026 International Welfare Equipment Exhibition (H.C.R.), held in Tokyo from October 7 to 9. The X13 series uses intelligent switching between wheeled quadruped and tracked modes to cross terrain such as steps and steep slopes; the M4 smart wheelchair, which previously won Japan's G-Mark Design Award, supports ramp self-balancing and multi-posture adjustment; and the EzGo 3 features a lightweight carbon-fiber design to reduce the burden on users on the go.
Founded by three former Technical University of Munich (TUM) robotics students, the Munich-based company RobCo has reached a valuation of €1 billion, becoming TUM's 24th unicorn. The company develops modular, AI-assisted robotic systems based on research from TUM's Chair of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Real-time Systems, enabling small and medium-sized manufacturers to deploy flexible robotic automation more easily in a plug-and-play manner.
The CMU Robotics Institute's Howie Choset team provided analysis and modeling support for Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV). The new docking technology inserts a probe into the target satellite's liquid apogee engine nozzle to complete docking, and has been successfully executed multiple times in orbit. The MRV launched from Cape Canaveral in July this year and, in addition to refueling, can also support in-orbit repair, component replacement, and upgrades.
SOSV has announced that the agenda for the SOSV Deep Tech Summit is now live. The summit will be held November 4-6 as a free, fully online, sponsor-free event, and more than 4,000 founders, VCs, and technologists have already registered.
Professor Enrica Tricomi of TUM MIRMI has established a new research group focused on neurorobotics and intelligent assistance, studying how wearable robots can understand and adapt to their users. She focuses on hybrid systems combining robotics with neuromodulation, acting on nerves and muscles through mechanical assistance and electrical or sensory stimulation to provide immediate movement assistance and help people with movement disorders (such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease) recover motor function over the long term. The lab is recruiting researchers with backgrounds in robotics, mechanical, electrical, and biomedical engineering, as well as neuroscience and rehabilitation.
Hexagon Robotics' multi-purpose humanoid robot AEON has been named an honoree in Fast Company's 2026 Next Big Things in Tech, recognized as one of the breakthrough technologies with the potential to transform industry.