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Oct 14Wed
  1. 珞石机器人43

    Rokae Robotics and JD Industrial Sign Strategic Cooperation Upgrade at CIIF

    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.

Oct 13Tue
  1. Droidup/卓益得29

    Zhuoyide Bionic Robot Moya Takes On Role as Preschool Teacher at Shanghai Jiahua Kindergarten

    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.

  2. Hexagon25

    Hexagon Robotics AEON: Scaling humanoid robots is not simple copy-paste

    A Forbes article explores how Hexagon Robotics is moving its humanoid robot AEON from single-unit tasks toward industrial deployment at a scale of 1,000 units. AEON uses a wheel-legged design that combines efficient mobility with obstacle-crossing capability, and is positioned as a multi-purpose industrial platform supporting manipulation, inspection, and real-world data collection. Hexagon Robotics uses a sim-to-real-to-sim closed loop to collect real-world data and feed it back into training, and cites BMW Group and Schaeffler as examples of the path from pilots to repeatable performance and industrial-scale deployment.

  3. Schaeffler45

    Schaeffler releases preliminary figures for the first nine months of 2026

    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.

  4. Schaeffler52

    Schaeffler's first nine months of 2026 results: humanoid robot orders rise to about €400 million

    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.

  5. 江苏箸境智能科技有限公司20

    ZhuJing H1 Mini lightweight embodied humanoid robot to make official global debut in November

    Jiangsu ZhuJing Intelligent Technology has announced that it will officially launch its lightweight embodied humanoid robot H1 Mini (Xiao Xiao Zhu) in November 2026, positioned as a small humanoid robot. Its full body uses a 21-degree-of-freedom humanoid motion system that can perform human-like movements, and it carries an autonomous large-model intelligence engine for quickly learning new postures. For interaction, it features an agile interactive face that supports facial perception and voice dialogue, as well as a dynamic programmable lighting interaction system; the original article did not disclose payload, battery life, or price.

  6. 江苏箸境智能科技有限公司21

    ZhuJing H1 Mini lightweight embodied humanoid robot to make official global debut in November

    Jiangsu ZhuJing Intelligent Technology has announced that it will officially launch its lightweight embodied humanoid robot H1 Mini (Xiao Xiao Zhu) in November 2026, positioned as a small humanoid robot. Its full body uses a 21-degree-of-freedom humanoid motion system that can perform human-like movements, and it carries an autonomous large-model intelligence engine for quickly learning new postures. For interaction, it features an agile interactive face that supports facial perception and voice dialogue, as well as a dynamic programmable lighting interaction system; the original article did not disclose payload, battery life, or price.

  7. 江苏箸境智能科技有限公司57

    Zhujing Participates in Drafting National Standard "Specification for the Construction of Humanoid Robot Data Training Grounds"; Draft for Public Comment Released

    Recently, the draft for public comment of the national standard "Specification for the Construction of Humanoid Robot Data Training Grounds" (plan number: 20261784-T-604), which Zhujing participated in drafting, was released. The standard is administered by TC591 and executed by TC591SC5, with the China Machinery Industry Federation as the competent authority.

  8. 江苏箸境智能科技有限公司59

    Zhujing Participates in Drafting National Standard "Specification for Construction of Humanoid Robot Data Training Grounds"; Draft for Public Comment Released

    Recently, the draft for public comment of the national standard "Specification for Construction of Humanoid Robot Data Training Grounds" (plan number: 20261784-T-604), in whose drafting Zhujing participated, was released. The national standard is administered by TC591 and executed by TC591SC5, with the China Machinery Industry Federation as the competent authority.

  9. Skydio48

    Skydio Launches ISR Command: The Next Step Toward Drone Dominance

    Skydio has launched ISR Command, which uses Skydio Autonomy to orchestrate multiple X10D aircraft for coordinated reconnaissance, allowing a single operator to control two aircraft at once. The X10D weighs 2.14 kg (4.72 lbs) and can navigate autonomously using onboard cameras without GNSS; the system is TAK-native and supports the STANAG 4609 and STANAG 0903 metadata standards.

  10. Shenyang Institute of Automation CAS21

    Huo Bugang chairs institute-local cooperation symposium at SIAS, Ma Shanshan attends

    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.

  11. 云启资本66

    Stardust Intelligence completes new RMB 1 billion funding round at RMB 15 billion valuation

    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.

  12. 数字华夏21

    Digital Huaxia Showcases Xialan R03 at 2026 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Entrepreneurs Exchange Conference Premium Going-Global Exhibition

    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.

  14. Physical Intelligence62

    Physical Intelligence opens Pi API beta, offering π model training and inference

    Physical Intelligence has opened the Pi API beta, allowing developers to upload data, fine-tune π models on the company-managed compute and infrastructure, and then run inference through a hosted gateway; the current interface already offers more data-efficient fine-tuning and improvement capabilities.

    Why it matters: Pi API brings data upload, fine-tuning, and hosted inference into one ready-made pipeline, helping readers weigh building their own machine learning infrastructure against calling the API directly.

Oct 12Mon
  1. Pollen Robotics · YouTube40

    Four Microducks sing together

    Four Microducks synchronize with neighboring Microducks via Bluetooth, improvising a song together without sheet music or a conductor, with harmony and beat perfectly aligned. Two, three, or four Microducks are enough to form a choir. Pollen Robotics demonstrated this Bluetooth-based generative music robotics project on YouTube.

  3. Pudu Robotics/普渡科技25

    Pudu Robotics' PUDU BG1 Series Wins Two ISSA Awards

    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.

  4. 松灵机器人55

    What is Mobile ALOHA? How a dual-arm mobile robot learns tasks through teleoperation

    Mobile ALOHA is a low-cost, open-source dual-arm mobile manipulation system proposed by a Stanford research team. It adds a mobile base and a whole-body teleoperation interface to the ALOHA dual-arm teleoperation platform, synchronously collecting vision, robotic arm state, and base motion data through teleoperation, then training policies with imitation learning methods such as behavioral cloning. Among these, ACT predicts a segment of an action sequence at a time.

  5. Pollen Robotics · YouTube64

    Pollen Robotics launches Microduck Arena virtual competition arena

    Pollen Robotics has released Microduck Arena, a virtual arena where Microduck robots race, train, and compete without the need for physical robots. Users train policies with reinforcement learning and publish them to their own Hugging Face accounts to enter challenges; each submission is evaluated uniformly by the Arena, and results can be compared across players. Published policies can be downloaded as .onnx files to watch replays and learn from the best runs.

    Why it matters: It connects policy training, unified evaluation, and replay-based learning into a closed loop, letting readers learn how to train and compare reinforcement learning policies without physical robots.

  7. Schaeffler44

    Schaeffler and Qorix Enter Strategic Partnership for Software-Defined Vehicles and Machines

    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.

  8. Schaeffler30

    Schaeffler and Qorix Form Strategic Partnership on Software-Defined Vehicles and Machines

    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.

  9. Skydio32

    What Happens When Police Dogs Train Alongside the Skydio R10 Drone

    Skydio brought Trident K9 Consulting's police dog team to its headquarters for exploratory joint training with the R10 tactical drone, simulating search warrant entries in an indoor training house and a parking lot. The training had the R10 fly above and below the dogs to observe their reactions to sound and motion, identifying friction points for curriculum design. The R10 can fly autonomously indoors with obstacle avoidance in GPS-denied environments, NightSense supports navigation in zero light, and two-way audio lets team members talk into a room before entering.

  10. SoftBank Robotics47

    SJ Integrated Solutions signs MoU with SoftBank Robotics Singapore to jointly develop AI facility management solution

    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.

  11. Kawada Robotics37

    "Touch, Sense, Change Motion" NEXTAGE Dual-Arm Robot Food-Handling Demo to Be Exhibited at TOKYO PACK 2026 — JST Moonshot R&D Project Results Demonstration

    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.

  12. Shanghai AI Laboratory - Embodied Intelligence68

    Shanghai AI Lab launches Shusheng SCP-Lab experimental equipment access and collaboration protocol

    Shanghai AI Lab has launched Shusheng SCP-Lab, an experimental equipment access and collaboration protocol based on the Scientific Context Protocol (SCP), providing research agents with a unified mechanism for device capability discovery, task interaction, and trusted feedback. It has been open-sourced.

    Why it matters: The original text presents the specific design of the layered architecture, five control granularity levels from L1 to L5, and the trusted feedback mechanism, allowing readers to understand the protocol approach for research agents to connect to heterogeneous experimental equipment.

  13. Shanghai AI Laboratory - Embodied Intelligence73

    Shanghai AI Lab launches decision model Intern·Mingjue, outperforming Jev and releasing 0.8B, 2B, and 4B weights

    Shanghai AI Laboratory has launched the decision model Intern·Mingjue (Decision), which outperforms Jev and is available in 0.8B, 2B, and 4B parameter versions. In RTX 4090 tests, the 0.8B and 2B models had an average end-to-end latency of about 33 milliseconds and about 30 decisions per second, while the 4B model was 44.16 milliseconds and Jev was 109.70 milliseconds.

    Why it matters: The original text provides measured latency, benchmark scores, and a mechanism for routing between large and small models, which readers can use to judge the decision model's suitability for interactive scenarios.

  14. Atom Robotic/阿童木机器人52

    Atomrobot implements automated eye drop tray-loading project with stable capacity of 120 packs per minute

    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.

Oct 11Sun
Oct 10Sat
  1. Ollobot Robotics Limited21

    How to introduce an AI robot pet into the home

    Before bringing an AI robot pet home, first clear a safe activity area, check functions such as voice interaction and the camera, and review privacy settings; then let children observe first and start with short, simple interactions. Tell children that AI can respond but has no human thoughts or feelings and can make mistakes, and the American Academy of Pediatrics notes that AI cannot replace stable interpersonal relationships. Also set no-use periods for homework, bedtime, and meals, do not disclose private information such as names and addresses to the robot, and supervise children's interactions with real pets in the early stage.

  2. Ollobot Robotics Limited19

    Is a Robot Pet Right for Your Child? What Parents Should Know

    Before buying a robot pet for your child, parents should distinguish between traditional interactive products and AI-powered ones, and pay attention to AI response quality, privacy, and age suitability. A 2026 Common Sense Media evaluation of some AI toys found that 27% of tested outputs were unsuitable for children; the result applies only to the products tested. Common Sense Media recommends that children aged 5 and under not use AI toys, and that ages 6 to 12 use them with caution.

  4. 柯力股份41

    Keli Sensing Makes Strategic Investment in Luming Robotics to Boost Large-Scale Deployment of Industrial Embodied Intelligence

    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.

  5. 君联资本58

    Legend Capital portfolio company ESWIN Computing lists on HKEX

    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.

  6. 力合科创10

    Lixing Technology and Yves Rocher exchange on cooperation outcomes in France and discuss future development

    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.

  7. Fudan Multimodal Embodied Intelligence19

    22 Scholars from Fudan's College of Intelligent Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing Named to 2026 Global Top 2% Scientists List

    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.

Oct 9Fri
  1. Westwood Robotics · YouTube27

    THEMIS at IROS 2026: See Why It Drew Everyone's Attention

    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.

  2. 锐曼REEMAN25

    REEMAN explains how AMR robots navigate warehouses without AGV tracks

    AMR robots rely on four onboard technologies for trackless navigation: laser SLAM mapping, real-time LiDAR perception, dynamic obstacle avoidance, and real-time path replanning, with no need for floor tracks, magnetic strips, or QR codes. REEMAN delivery robots achieve laser navigation accuracy of ±5 cm, with an optional reflector code accuracy of ±3 cm; the Fly Boat model achieves QR code accuracy of ±2 cm, and a single map covers about 40,000 square meters. Its product line covers payloads from 100 kg to 1.5 tons, and since 2015 it has delivered to more than 55 countries and regions.

  3. 锐曼REEMAN23

    Where to Buy an AMR Chassis Compatible with Your Own Robot Design: A REEMAN Chassis Procurement and Adaptation Guide

    Compatible AMR chassis can be purchased through three channels: direct manufacturer sales, authorized distributors, or online portals. The key selection criteria are an open SDK, ROS/ROS2 compatibility, and mechanical and electrical modularity. The REEMAN chassis series includes the robot mobile chassis (50 kg), Feizhou, Big Dog, Moon Knight, and the 600 kg IronBov AGV, offering laser SLAM and obstacle avoidance plus 24/7 technical support; with complete documentation, a first autonomous run can be achieved in 2–6 weeks.