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  1. 人形大讲堂 · 微信公众号62

    AgiBot proposes Worken robot energy-efficiency unit, discloses CEL collective experience learning validation results

    At its 2026 Innovation Day, AgiBot's Peng Zhihui proposed the robot energy-efficiency unit Worken, defined as the number of active robots × autonomous working hours × output efficiency ratio, to measure how much work robots actually do. At the Longqi factory, 8 robots worked a cumulative 528 hours with an output efficiency ratio of 0.7, for a total of 2,956.8 Worken; at Guangzhou Metro, 120 robots worked 240 hours with an efficiency ratio of about 0.5, for a total of 14,400 Worken.

  2. 雷科技62

    Meta and Fourier collaborate on humanoid robot Max, completing prototype in three months

    According to The Information, Meta has partnered with Fourier Intelligence to develop a humanoid robot prototype named Max, completing development in three months, and has already started work on a second-generation Max 2. Max is about 1.5 meters tall and weighs about 48 kilograms, is equipped with Nvidia's Jetson Thor computing platform, and has five-fingered dexterous hands that can grasp small objects such as bottles and toys; Meta requires it to recognize human voices from 5 meters away, detect waving gestures from 3 meters away, and maintain eye contact.

  3. 雷科技58

    Six AgiBot Genie G2 Robots Enter Shanghai Convenience Store for 24-Hour Continuous Operation Challenge

    On November 2, six AgiBot Genie G2 humanoid robots entered an operating convenience store in Xuhui, Shanghai, working 24 consecutive hours in roles including greeter, barista, stocker, and cleaner, under online supervision from viewers across the internet. The robots relied on real-time visual inventory checks to return items to their places on disorganized shelves, stopping before people and then going around them, and routing around boxes. Through Genie Master and the embodied execution protocol EEP, they stored successful and failed task trajectories in long-term memory to feed back into motion strategy optimization.

  4. 北京理工大学 · 微信公众号36

    CCTV features BIT swarm intelligence research group: "BIT Zhixingzhe" humanoid robot and quadruped robot dog unveiled

    The swarm control research group at the School of Mechatronical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, presented platforms including the "BIT Zhixingzhe" humanoid robot and a quadruped robot dog on CCTV's program "Amazing, We Are 'Science' People." At the 2026 Beijing Yizhuang Humanoid Robot Half Marathon, "Zhixingzhe" completed the full 21-kilometer course, achieving zero falls and zero interruptions across more than ten types of complex terrain including urban roads, wetland parks, steep slopes, and near-90-degree sharp turns, and won second place for "Best Gait." The research group also independently developed Sigma, a simulation system for single-drone and swarm algorithms, which supports multi-scenario, multi-weather simulation training.

  6. 智东西60

    InSpatio opens embodied simulation data collection center in Hangzhou, plans 1 million hours of simulated data per month

    Spatial intelligence company InSpatio opened an embodied simulation data collection center in Hangzhou on October 30, planning to produce 1 million hours of simulated training data per month, with a comprehensive cost per data item of about 1/10 that of traditional real-machine teleoperation collection. Relying on its self-developed Topos spatial intelligence base, the center scans real sites and then automatically decomposes objects, fills in blind spots, and calibrates physical attributes, before generating embodied Tokens containing depth, pose, contact force, and action semantics in parallel through multiple channels in the cloud.

  7. 开普勒人形机器人 · 微信公众号23

    Shanghai University of Engineering Science and Kepler's Bumblebee Robot Win Third Place in Express Sorting at IEIC International Embodied Intelligence Skills Competition

    A team from Shanghai University of Engineering Science, using the Kepler Bumblebee robot, won third place in the express sorting category at the 2026 Global Developer Pioneer Conference and IEIC International Embodied Intelligence Skills Competition, with preparation guided by Kepler's education team. The robot is a full-size humanoid with 52 degrees of freedom, a 30 kg dual-arm payload, 8 hours of continuous operation on a 1-hour charge, and 100 TOPS of onboard computing power. The robot coffee house scene previously built jointly by the university and Kepler has completed acceptance and also serves as a platform for undergraduate lab courses and scene operations training.

  8. 乐聚机器人 · 微信公众号22

    Leju Robotics Named a National-Level Specialized, Refined, Distinctive and Innovative "Key Little Giant" Enterprise

    Leju Robotics has been named a national-level specialized, refined, distinctive and innovative "Key Little Giant" enterprise. The designation is organized and selected by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and is the highest tier in the tiered cultivation system for such enterprises.

  9. 乐聚机器人 · 微信公众号34

    29 provinces and 500 organizations join forces! National Embodied Intelligence Industry Application Industry-Education Integration Community established

    The National Embodied Intelligence Industry Application Industry-Education Integration Community was established on October 31 in Harbin. It is led by Leju Robotics, Northeastern University, and Harbin Vocational and Technical University, with participation from institutions in 29 provinces and more than 500 organizations across the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain. The community adopts an organizational mechanism of enterprise leadership and council governance, focusing on talent cultivation, supply-demand matching, technological breakthroughs, and teaching resource development. Leju Robotics CEO Chang Lin said the company will open up three categories of core resources: the "Kuafu" robot body, the OpenLET open-source dataset community, and industrial production line training experience.

  10. 斯帝尔科技 · 微信公众号52

    STIER Wins Bid for Intelligent Flexible Grinding Robot Project for Aviation Material Repair

    STIER's AI flexible grinding robot has won the bid for an intelligent flexible grinding project for aviation material repair, entering the complex grinding scenarios of aviation maintenance (MRO). Addressing the issues of diverse aviation material categories, large differences in wear deformation, and difficulty in forming standardized machining benchmarks, STIER builds a full-stack solution with multimodal environmental perception, multi-source heterogeneous data analysis, intelligent decision-making, and precise execution, enabling self-analysis of workpiece features, self-generation of grinding paths, and intelligent matching of process parameters. Its PolishX flexible force-controlled actuator achieves force control accuracy of ±0.8N, adjustment response <10ms, and contact force accuracy of ±0.5% FS.

  11. 九合创投 · 微信公众号58

    Junrou Technology completes angel round series financing, totaling 100 million yuan

    Brain-computer interface company Junrou Technology has completed a series of angel round financings: the angel round was led by Jiuhe Venture Capital, and the angel+ round was invested in by Shunwei Capital, Hillhouse Venture Capital, Agibot, and others, with the three rounds completed within one year of the company's founding totaling 100 million yuan. The company's core technology is a neural worm dynamic electrode originating from Liu Zhiyuan's team at the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; a planar electrode array is rolled into a fiber electrode about 196 micrometers in diameter, which crawls toward multiple brain regions under magnetic field guidance through a small hole of about 1 centimeter in the skull. The first-generation brain-computer interface system has completed some animal experiments, and an IIT is expected to launch in 2027.

  14. 机器人daily · 微信公众号42

    Agibot Proposes Worken as a Measure of Effective Intelligent Work Hours: From Horsepower and Kilowatt-Hours to Tokens, Humanoid Robots Gain a New Ruler

    At its A.I.DAY event on October 29, Agibot proposed Worken (effective intelligent work hours) as a unit of measurement. The formula is the number of active robots × autonomous working duration × output efficiency ratio. It counts only robots that are online, able to execute tasks, and meet standards; it excludes teleoperation and charging/battery-swap periods from continuous autonomous working time; and it uses the qualified output of a standard worker per unit time as one equivalent.

  16. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence25

    Press conference for Humanoid Robots and Embodied Intelligence Real-World Training Challenge held in Beijing

    On November 2, the press conference for the Humanoid Robots and Embodied Intelligence Real-World Training Challenge was held in Beijing. The event is co-hosted by the Ma'anshan Municipal People's Government, the Chinese Institute of Electronics, and the World Robot Cooperation Organization, and a team assembly call was issued. The challenge features 13 competition events across 5 major scenarios—"embodied intelligence + logistics, manufacturing, service, safety, and culture and sports"—moving the "exam room" into real production and living environments such as Ma'anshan manufacturing enterprises, logistics companies, hotels, communities, and supermarkets. Ma'anshan has already built an embodied robotics innovation center, forming a capacity to supply 500,000 hours of high-quality real-machine data per year, with over 1,600P of computing power online.

  17. 深圳市机器人协会 · 微信公众号12

    "Biweekly Chain" Session 11: Greater Bay Area Robot Full-Industry-Chain Supply-Demand Matchmaking — Embodied Intelligence Data Collection: Device Adaptation, Real-World Scenarios, and Quality & Efficiency

    The 11th "Biweekly Chain" Greater Bay Area Robot Full-Industry-Chain Supply-Demand Matchmaking event will be held on November 6, 2026, in Longgang, Shenzhen, under the theme "Embodied Intelligence Data Collection: Device Adaptation, Real-World Scenarios, and Quality & Efficiency." The event is aimed at companies with robot deployment needs as well as complete-machine, component, and integration companies, with a scale of 30–50 participants and free registration, focusing on face-to-face supply-demand connections across the data collection industry chain.

  18. 深圳市机器人协会 · 微信公众号15

    Intel Embodied Intelligence and Robotics Solutions Exchange to Be Held in Shenzhen on November 13, Focusing on Edge Computing Power and Mass Production

    The "Embodied Intelligence & Robotics Frontier Trends and Intel Solutions Exchange," hosted by Intel and jointly convened by the Shenzhen Robotics Association, will be held on November 13, 2026, at Shenzhen Weixin Software Park, with limited registration open to algorithm, hardware, complete-machine, and supply-chain partners.

  19. 深圳市机器人协会 · 微信公众号12

    Shenzhen Robotics Association October 2026 Work Summary and November Event Preview

    The Shenzhen Robotics Association released its October 2026 work summary: on October 6, the FAIR plus Germany promotional event was held at the VISION 2026 conference, focusing on humanoid robot perception, planning, teleoperation, and industrial deployment; on October 29, the 11th "FAIR plus × Guoxian Demo Hub" featured demonstrations by 6 companies and drew 18 investment institutions. During the month, the association also held a special education session of the Independent Innovation Lecture Series, participated in discussions on the "Technical Specification for Elderly Care Emotional Companion Robots (Draft)," and welcomed new members including Sitong Group and Wangge Changliang.

  20. 中国机器人网 · 微信公众号60

    Meta and Fourier Intelligence build humanoid robot prototype Max, completing first prototype in three months

    The Information reports that Meta has jointly developed a humanoid robot prototype codenamed Max with Fourier Intelligence and has started development of a second-generation Max 2. The Max prototype is about 1.5 meters tall and weighs 48 kilograms, is equipped with Nvidia's Thor chip, and is positioned as the physical embodiment of Meta's Muse large model, with the goal of entering home scenarios. The project took only three months from initiation to the first prototype, which was shipped back to Silicon Valley at the end of August this year and completed a dynamic demonstration at Meta's internal robotics summit.

  21. 中国机器人网 · 微信公众号12

    2027 Humanoid Robot Ecosystem Conference (HREC) to be held April 15-18 at Shanghai Auto Exhibition Center

    The 2027 Humanoid Robot Ecosystem Conference (HREC) is scheduled for April 15-18, 2027, at the Shanghai Auto Exhibition Center. It is hosted by China Robot Network and has been held 3 times previously. This edition features 1 main forum and multiple sub-forums covering technology R&D, industry development, market expansion, investment and financing, and scenario applications. A humanoid robot exhibition will be held concurrently, showcasing humanoid bodies, dexterous hands, core components, and industry chain brands.

  22. OFweek Robotics42

    Robot Vacuum Earnings Diverge: Roborock Net Profit Jumps 40%, Ecovacs Revenue Up but Profit Down

    In the first three quarters of 2026, Roborock's revenue was 15.699 billion yuan and net profit was 1.466 billion yuan, up 41.23% year on year, with overseas revenue rising to 60% of the total; Ecovacs' revenue was 14.987 billion yuan and net profit was 1.368 billion yuan, down 3.47% year on year, mainly because higher memory chip procurement prices squeezed gross margins. Global robot vacuum shipments in the second quarter were 7.885 million units, up 22% year on year; Dreame rose to second place with a 21.2% shipment share, while Ecovacs fell to third with 16.2%.

  24. Tech Xplore Robotics40

    Robots Race Up Mount Tai Carrying Eggs and Watermelons: First World Mountain Robot Challenge Held

    Robots from about 90 teams competed in the first World Mountain Robot Challenge on Mount Tai, on a 3.9-kilometer course with over 600 meters of elevation gain, requiring them to race or carry fragile items such as eggs and watermelons to the summit. A quadruped robot from Beijing Lingyi Technology (a Unitree subsidiary) won the quadruped speed category in 43 minutes 41 seconds, while a humanoid robot from the Beijing Zhishen Lingyue team completed a shorter course in 27 minutes 26 seconds. The event was hosted by China Media Group and included awards such as Fastest Robot and Best Load-Bearing Quadruped Robot.

  25. OFweek Robotics38

    Report: Robot company under home appliance giant lays off nearly 100, team shrinks from nearly 100 to just over 10

    An independent robot subsidiary under a home appliance giant, which completed a brand rename in June this year, is reported to have undergone large-scale personnel adjustments. The team shrank from nearly 100 people in June-July to just over 10 employees keeping operations running, and the company gave affected employees corresponding compensation in accordance with regulations. The parent company had high hopes that the subsidiary would drive its transition from home appliance manufacturing to an intelligent equipment service provider, but prototypes and trade show buzz failed to translate into stable orders, and after commercialization fell short of expectations, it chose to pull back.

  26. 量子位22

    INESA Intelligent Computing Cloud Token Factory launched: triple trust system and "Flywheel Turns, All Things Arise" digital-chain ecosystem

    Shanghai INESA and Shanghai Innovation Institute jointly released the "Flywheel Turns, All Things Arise" INESA intelligent computing digital-chain ecosystem. The INESA Intelligent Computing Cloud Token Factory addresses enterprises' question of whether they dare to use token services through triple trust: service operations, an independent ecosystem, and security compliance. The factory provides production-grade inference capabilities through a high-performance inference engine and elastic scheduling, and offers full-stack domestic delivery with full-chain call traceability and evidence retention. The all-in-one machine released at the same time features the first batch of "Data Search" functions, enabling rapid data discovery and precise supply-demand matching after out-of-the-box access.

  27. New Strategy Robotics35

    Heli Debuts FICS Digital Forklift Solution at Tencent Digital Ecosystem Summit, Partners with Tencent Cloud on New Fleet Management Paradigm

    At the 2026 Tencent Global Digital Ecosystem Summit, Heli showcased its FICS digital forklift solution and built the FICS industrial internet platform with Tencent Cloud to advance connected, cloud-based forklifts and real-time collection of operating data. More than 70,000 vehicles are currently connected to the platform, serving over 500 customers; the platform can coordinate fleet resources for intelligent dispatch, predict faults and safety risks, automatically remind about maintenance, and track energy consumption.

  28. New Strategy Robotics8

    Kete Robotics invites you to CeMAT ASIA 2026; free visitor ticket applications close today

    Kete Robotics will exhibit at CeMAT ASIA 2026 (November 3 to 6, Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Booth W5-B2-2), showcasing unmanned forklifts and AGV automation solutions for diverse warehousing scenarios. Free visitor badge applications close today. The company, backed by Zhejiang University, also offers industrial robotic arms, intelligent warehousing and logistics systems, and automated assembly lines.

  29. New Strategy Robotics58

    Landing Intelligent Signs Chuyang New Energy Wuhan Phase II Warehousing and Logistics Project Worth About 258 Million Yuan

    Landing Intelligent (688557.SH) disclosed on October 30 that it signed a contract for the Wuhan Phase II warehousing and logistics equipment project of Wuhan Chuyang New Energy Co., Ltd., worth about 258 million yuan. The Wuhan Chuyang Phase II new energy battery production project served by this project has a planned annual capacity of 80GWh and total investment of about 22 billion yuan. Landing Intelligent said its solution covers the front, middle, and back stages of lithium battery manufacturing as well as the full PACK process, and that it has cooperated with customers including CATL, BYD, and NIO.

  30. 雷科技38

    Kyland Technology Showcases Physical AI and Fully Domestic Robot Electronics Architecture at 2026 China Automation Congress

    At the 2026 China Automation Congress, Kyland Technology exhibited its Physical AI solutions and a fully domestically produced embodied intelligent robot electronics architecture. The architecture integrates the Hongdao Intewell industrial operating system, the AUTBUS deterministic industrial bus, MaVIEW agent tool software, and domestic AI processor chips. In on-site technical tests organized by the National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center, robots equipped with this architecture passed tests related to fault isolation, cybersecurity, and real-time control under scenarios including joint power loss, simulated network flooding attacks, and simulated Trojan virus infections.

  31. 锐曼REEMAN58

    REEMAN Ironhide autonomous forklift completes wrapper and elevator integration at Shanghai chemical shipping warehouse

    REEMAN has published a deployment case at a chemical shipping company in Shanghai, where the Ironhide autonomous forklift links pallet pickup, automatic stretch wrapping, elevator floor transfer, and indoor and outdoor delivery, covering about 600 kg per trip, about 650 meters round trip, about 12 minutes per cycle, and about 50 cycles per day. The forklift exchanges station-ready and wrapping-complete status with the wrapper through an industrial interface, and coordinates requests, entry, and exit with the building elevator control system. During commissioning, the team adjusted drive-wheel downforce to resolve ramp slipping, and worked with the wrapper manufacturer to correct the pallet handover process.

  32. OFweek Robotics35

    Physical AI Evolution: Large Models Begin Competing on "Feel," Electronic Skin Completes the Robot's "Last Centimeter"

    The 2026 Physical AI and World Models Conference was held in Nanjing, where Andrew Yao noted that reliability is the threshold physical AI must cross to move from demonstrations to real-world deployment. In September, Kuangda Technology released its first-generation flexible fabric skin system solution for embodied intelligent robots, which has already been delivered in small batches to some leading companies; the second generation is advancing multimodal sensor integration and operating-condition validation. GGII (Gaogong Industry Research Institute) forecasts that by 2030, global demand for flexible tactile sensors for humanoid robots will reach 1.525 million square meters, with a market size of about 27.4 billion yuan.

  33. OFweek Robotics60

    AgiBot Innovation Day releases AHA3, GO-3 and Lingqu OS, proposes Worken work-hour unit

    At the 2026 AgiBot Innovation Day on October 29 at the Shanghai World Expo Center, Peng Zhihui released the third-generation hardware architecture AHA3, the foundation model GO-3 Preview, the multimodal interaction model WITA-OMNI and Lingqu OS 1.0, and proposed Worken, a new unit for measuring robot value (number of active robots multiplied by autonomous working hours multiplied by the output efficiency ratio).

  34. OFweek Robotics62

    Yingzhi XBOT completes two consecutive funding rounds, A and B, totaling about 600 million yuan; coffee robot stores deployed in over 1,600 locations

    Yingzhi XBOT announced the consecutive completion of a Series A round of over 200 million yuan and a Series B round of nearly 400 million yuan. Its coffee robot stores have been deployed in over 1,600 locations worldwide, making over 5 million cups of coffee cumulatively. The device occupies less than 2 square meters, houses a coffee machine, ice maker, milk frother, and a six-axis robotic arm, produces a cup of coffee in 46 seconds, and its price has dropped from 700,000 to 800,000 yuan four years ago to over 100,000 yuan. Founder Tang Mu said orders on hand for 2026 are counted at 300 million yuan, with recent monthly deliveries exceeding 100 units and monthly revenue exceeding 20 million yuan.

  35. OFweek Robotics60

    Physical Intelligence in talks for $1 billion new funding at a target valuation of about $20 billion

    Foreign media report that Physical Intelligence is in talks for a new funding round, planning to raise at least $1 billion at a target valuation of about $20 billion, more than 8 times its $2.4 billion valuation in November 2024. The company was founded in 2024, develops the π series of robot models, and opened a beta version of the Pi API on October 13. The article also compares Skild AI: 10 months of formal commercial deployment, more than 60 paying customers, ARR exceeding $100 million, and cumulative recognized revenue of $50 million.

  36. OFweek Robotics62

    Investors hold off on embodied AI: valuation correction amid halved financing, discounted secondary shares, and Hong Kong IPO breakouts

    Primary-market investors are collectively pausing embodied AI projects. IT Juzi data shows 33 financing deals worth 10.105 billion yuan in October 2026, down more than two-thirds from the June peak of 55 deals and 30.892 billion yuan. Secondary-share transfer quotes generally range from 65% to 80% of the previous round's valuation, and 8 of the 13 robotics-related companies that listed in Hong Kong in 2026 broke issue price. The article argues that capital is not exiting the direction of physical-world intelligence, but rather the valuations and delivery pace that demo capabilities cannot support.

  37. New Strategy Robotics20

    AiTEN First Embodied Intelligent Robot Exhibition Held Nov 3–17 in Suzhou Park

    AiTEN (Dolphin Star) held its first Embodied Intelligent Robot Exhibition from Nov 3–17 at the AiTEN park in Suzhou. The exhibition ran 15 days and used a bilingual Chinese-English reservation system. The park featured five exhibition zones: Z1 single-machine product matrix, Z2 live scenario operations, Z3 embodied intelligent interaction, Z4 AI intelligent control zone, and Z5 delivery experience zone, showcasing unmanned forklifts, industrial AMRs, logistics mobile robots, and multi-vehicle coordinated scheduling. Z5 allowed visitors to draw their own paths, dispatch tasks, and time the deployment; after completing a run, they printed a Delivery Moment Certificate.

  38. OFweek Robotics58

    Why embodied AI funding suddenly got harder: after 322 deals worth nearly 93.5 billion yuan in H1, September funding fell 40% month-on-month

    After embodied AI funding reached 322 deals worth nearly 93.5 billion yuan in the first half of 2025, September funding fell 40% from August, and the first half of October totaled only 4.9 billion yuan. The article analyzes the cooling from three angles: technology, orders, and valuation. In the first half, 218 publicly disclosed winning bids totaled about 1.7 billion yuan, of which industrial orders accounted for only 20% and were mostly prototype testing. After Unitree's listing, its share price fell from 1,100 yuan to 404 yuan, and more than 20 robotics companies collapsed within 19 months. The author argues that capital has not left but has shifted toward early-stage rounds and up and down the industry chain, with more emphasis on real delivery and orders.

  39. OFweek Robotics22

    October Robotics Industry Monthly Report: Stardust Intelligence Discloses 1 Billion Yuan Financing; Qiyuan's 5,000th Personal Robot Rolls Off the Line

    Stardust Intelligence disclosed a new round of financing of 1 billion yuan at a valuation of 15 billion yuan; Qiyuan Robotics' 5,000th personal robot rolled off the line, with a production line takt time of one unit every 2.5 minutes and daily capacity raised to more than 200 units. Unitree Technology released the H2-X humanoid robot, officially rated for a maximum battery life of about 8 hours; 110 AgiBot Expedition A3 units danced together on the same stage, setting a Guinness World Record. Schaeffler's Taicang plant deployed 5 Luoshi Zhuxing H wheeled humanoid robots to participate in the production of joint module components.

  40. 雷科技55

    FFR humanoid robots reach 1,168 cumulative deliveries, 351 units sold in October alone

    Since FFR, under Jia Yueting, began deliveries in late February this year, cumulative sales plus shipments of its humanoid robots have reached 1,168 units, with deliveries maintained at positive gross margin; October sales alone were 351 units. Education is currently its fastest-advancing sector, having expanded from a Los Angeles pilot to the Bay Area and Silicon Valley. Of the two new products released in October, the FF Nova is priced at $2,490 and the Nova Mini body at $299. If monthly shipments in both November and December exceed 400 units, full-year 2026 sales are projected at around 2,000 units.