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Apr 9Thu
  1. Andromeda Robotics · YouTube22

    Andromeda Robotics and emotional humanoid companion robot Abi: building emotional intelligence for robots

    Andromeda Robotics introduces Abi, an emotional humanoid companion robot that provides companionship, comfort, and conversation for aged care and assisted living communities rather than performing operational tasks. Abi is centered on companionship, aiming to replace hours of loneliness with moments of real connection and to help care teams bring joy and conversation to residents. The video features the founder and engineers, footage of Abi interacting with residents, and links to the official website and the US waitlist.

Apr 6Mon
  1. 云启资本55

    Yunqi x Tsinghua: Five Embodied AI Practitioners Discuss Physical AI Deployment in Roundtable

    At the Physical AI Frontier Exploration and Industrial Innovation Symposium hosted by Tsinghua University's Department of Electronic Engineering and others on March 28, Wang Yu moderated a roundtable forum where five alumni—Chen Yilun, Yao Maoqing, Wang Qian, Ding Wenbo, and Li Ziyi—discussed the technical bottlenecks and deployment of embodied intelligence.

Apr 3Fri
  1. 可以科技33

    Loona Deskmate Launches on Kickstarter

    KEYi Tech has officially launched Loona Deskmate, a desktop AI companion, on Kickstarter. Positioned as a desktop AI companion that can perceive the screen and interact naturally based on context, it provides support for everyday office scenarios. Loona Deskmate previously made its first public appearance at CES 2026; this crowdfunding campaign is open to early backers worldwide, inviting them to take part in the product's next stage of development.

Mar 26Thu
  1. RealMan/睿尔曼33

    RealMan "Tea Art Robot" Appears at 2026 Zhongguancun Forum

    RealMan, together with Pinpinxiang, presented a "robot tea master" tea-brewing service at the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum. An operator remotely teleoperated it from the Beijing Humanoid Robot Data Training Center, and a RealBOT wheeled humanoid robot replicated in real time on site the Fuding white tea steps of warming the cup, adding tea leaves, pouring water, and decanting the brew. The service relies on RealMan's Global Labor Network (GLN) to turn human expert operating skills into services that can be scheduled across time and space; it is a remote teleoperation demonstration, not autonomous tea brewing by the robot.

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Mar 20Fri
  1. HUMANOID25

    Humanoid demos KinetIQ-powered voice multi-robot collaboration at NVIDIA GTC

    UK robotics company Humanoid gave a live demo at NVIDIA GTC of voice-driven multi-robot collaboration powered by KinetIQ: two wheeled robots with grippers responded to visitor voice commands in a simulated shop, picking up and placing water bottles and popcorn and completing a physical handoff between robots. KinetIQ's Fleet Management system parses commands, dynamically assigns tasks, and displays real-time execution status. The demo is based on NVIDIA's open-source robotics platform, and KinetIQ is its recently released end-to-end fleet orchestration framework.

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Feb 19Thu
  1. Maxtronics Robotics SAS27

    NAO goes into hospital children's wards

    Maxtronics has partnered with the "Dessine Moi la High Tech" association to bring the NAO robot into a pediatric oncology ward, where it regularly takes part in ward interaction activities. While accompanying the children, NAO also brings parents warm and relaxed moments. Maxtronics said it hopes to support the association at its own scale and create more meaningful moments of interaction for children in hospitals.

Jan 27Tue
  1. Fauna Robotics63

    Fauna Robotics exits stealth mode to launch Sprout humanoid robot platform

    Fauna Robotics has released Sprout, its first humanoid robot platform, shipping the same day in a Creator Edition aimed at developers, researchers, and creators building embodied intelligence applications.

    Why it matters: The company has released an official lightweight humanoid platform for developers, detailing its safety design approach, configuration list, and SDK capabilities, which can help readers assess its usability in shared-space scenarios.

  2. Fauna Robotics50

    Fauna Robotics launches Sprout humanoid robot platform for human-robot coexistence scenarios

    On January 27, 2026, Fauna Robotics launched Sprout, a humanoid robot platform positioned for human living spaces such as homes, schools, and offices, rather than factory environments. Sprout is 3.5 feet tall, lightweight, soft to the touch, and moves quietly, with no pinch points or sharp edges. It has an expressive face that can convey intent, with a focus on physical safety and social approachability.

Jan 22Thu
  1. Blinx Technology/比邻星科技16

    Proxima Technology Co-organizes Forum on Integrated Innovation in IoT and Embodied Intelligence, Exploring New Paths for AI+Robotics Talent Development

    On January 11, the "Forum on Integrated Innovation in IoT and Embodied Intelligence" was held in Jiangmen, Guangdong, with Proxima Technology serving as a co-organizer. The forum was one of the sub-forums of the 2025 Guangdong Computer Society & CCF Guangzhou Chapter Academic Annual Conference. General Manager Zhang Hanle delivered a keynote presentation titled "AI+Robotics Talent Development and Practice in the Wave of Embodied Intelligence," outlining the challenges and opportunities of industry-education integration and sharing the company's achievements in robot product development, training laboratory setup, curriculum system development, and school-enterprise collaborative education.

Jan 15Thu
  1. Kepler Robot/开普勒机器人 · YouTube30

    Kepler K2 "Bumblebee" Demonstrates World's First Human-Robot Collaborative High-Altitude Welding

    The Kepler K2 "Bumblebee" humanoid robot completed the world's first human-robot collaborative high-altitude welding operation through full-body VR teleoperation, with operators controlling it safely from a remote location. The demonstration took place in a real industrial setting, with the robot taking on hazardous high-altitude welding tasks and possessing precision welding, high payload, and long-duration operation capabilities. Kepler says this shows that industrial humanoid robots are moving from demonstrations to production-grade applications, and notes that progressing from teleoperation to autonomy is a viable path.

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Jan 7Wed
  1. Mentee Robotics · YouTube34

    MenteeBot Executes Tasks via Verbal Instructions (No Teleoperation)

    MenteeBot completed a can-retrieval task based on verbal instructions without teleoperation: it understood the request, identified the correct can, navigated to the counter, grasped it, and brought it back to the person. The demo integrates language understanding, scene perception, navigation, and manipulation into a single coherent behavior. Instructions can be given in any language, and the original text states this lowers the barrier to human-robot collaboration and humanoid robot deployment.

  3. Dobot/越疆机器人20

    Dobot Open Day: Collaborative Robots Accompany "Children of the Stars" in Calligraphy and Gift Selection

    Dobot held an open day on December 30, 2025, partnering with the Shenzhen Four-Leaf Clover Autism Parents Support Center and China Life Nianfeng Insurance Shenzhen Branch to let 15 children with special needs experience interactive activities including selecting gifts by voice recognition with the Magician Lite robotic arm, gift distribution, and an AGV car obstacle course. The event design followed the principles of "no rushing, zero pressure, focus on companionship," and Dobot plans to develop such open days into a series of corporate social responsibility projects, exploring applications of collaborative robots in daily assistance, rehabilitation support, and educational integration.

Jan 6Tue
  1. 可以科技31

    Meet LOONA DeskMate: The Desktop AI Companion for Work

    KEYi Technology introduced LOONA DeskMate at CES 2026 (January 6–9, Las Vegas), positioning it as a desktop embodied AI companion. It uses three signals—Intent, State, and Emotion—to achieve wake-word-free audiovisual multimodal perception, claims to eliminate 300–500 ms of silent latency, and connects to workflows such as Gmail, Slack, and Calendly through real-time clipboard and screen awareness.

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Dec 30Tue
  1. HOSON/新益昌32

    Xinyichang and Tangyuan Electric Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement on Embodied-Intelligence Humanoid Robots

    Xinyichang and Chengdu Tangyuan Electric have formally signed a strategic cooperation agreement on embodied-intelligence humanoid robots, combining Tangyuan Electric's accumulated expertise in industry scenario understanding, AI algorithms, and machine vision with Xinyichang's technical strengths in humanoid robot bodies, motion control, and core components. The two parties will advance joint R&D, scenario adaptation, and industrialization across four major tracks: rail transit, intelligent manufacturing, smart emergency response, and health and medical care, including developing humanoid robots dedicated to rail transit, an integrated "embodied intelligence + factory AI Agent" solution, emergency robots, and medical robots.

  2. IntBot · X28

    Marriott Tulsa's Tulse robot supports reception in 50+ languages

    Perspective: You are a traveler in a foreign country. You walk into the hotel... and suddenly, you can't communicate. What should have been a warm arrival turns into a game of charades. At @MHTulsaOK, these moments no longer have to last. The Tulse robot supports more than 50 languages, helping guests get the answers they need and keeping check-in easy. People-first hospitality, now assisted by a gentle robot. #ai #marriott #tech #Innovation

Dec 23Tue
  1. RealMan/睿尔曼27

    Realman Founder Zheng Suibing Proposes Building a Remote Workforce Network at Corporate Social Responsibility Forum to Create a Sustainable "Real-Machine Data Engine"

    Zheng Suibing, founder and CEO of Realman, said on December 19 at the 2025 Corporate Social Responsibility Forum that the company is using a "remote workforce network" to let operators direct robots in real time to perform real tasks such as folding towels, utility tunnel inspections, and power control, while accumulating scenario data to feed embodied intelligence. Realman's integrated joint modules have annual production capacity exceeding 100,000 units, its robotic arms have passed CR L3 certification, and their mean time between failures has reached 50,000 hours. The company also co-founded the GPR open-source alliance in February 2023 and released a mobile composite robot development platform in 2024.

Dec 19Fri
  1. Maxtronics Robotics SAS20

    NAO at Creative December 2025 in Shenzhen: Maxtronics launches "AI·Now in Shenzhen" showcase at Art Design Center

    Maxtronics Robotics SAS showcased its NAO robot through live interactive performances at the Art Design Center during Shenzhen's annual Creative December 2025 festival, officially launching the "AI·Now in Shenzhen" showcase. The original text gives no technical specifications; the showcase is positioned as a live demonstration emphasizing an approachable, intuitive human-robot coexistence experience rather than a contest of technical capabilities. The company says its next focus is continuing its mission of providing support in education and healthcare settings.

Nov 22Sat
  1. 线性资本60

    Agile Robots releases full-size industrial-grade humanoid robot Agile ONE

    Agile Robots has officially launched Agile ONE, a full-size industrial-grade humanoid robot built around Physical AI and aimed at human-machine and automation system collaboration in industrial environments.

    Why it matters: The original text explains how the humanoid robot fits into the existing full-stack product line, which lets readers judge how its positioning differs from standalone humanoid products.

Nov 7Fri
Sep 10Wed
  1. MirrorMe Technology/镜识科技34

    Mirror Recognition Technology and South Korea's Caring Sign Strategic Cooperation to Advance Large-Scale Deployment of Robots in Elderly Care Scenarios

    Mirror Recognition Technology and South Korean senior-care company Caring have signed a strategic cooperation agreement focused on deploying the dual-form robot BAOBAO in elderly care scenarios. Caring will provide scenario requirements from home care, day care, and senior housing, while Mirror Recognition Technology will carry out targeted upgrades to BAOBAO's dual-form switching mechanism, interaction logic, and service algorithms. The two parties will run pilot applications in Caring's day care centers, Caring Stay senior housing, and home care services, then gradually move toward large-scale deployment in South Korea's elderly care market.

Aug 13Wed
  1. LimX Dynamics64

    LimX Dynamics showcases LimX Oli's human-like walking and TRON 1's extreme terrain capabilities at WRC

    Robot Lecture Hall reported on-site from the LimX Dynamics booth at the 2025 World Robot Conference. The full-size humanoid robot LimX Oli, 165 cm tall with 31 active degrees of freedom, made its first WRC appearance and went on sale, demonstrating outdoor live dancing and switching among multiple gaits such as a light quick step, model walk, and goose step, powered by a whole-body motion control algorithm combining traditional control, reinforcement learning, and imitation learning, with prices starting at 158,000 yuan.

    Why it matters: The author attended WRC in person and breaks down the gait switching, disturbance-rejection recovery, and teleoperation details at the LimX Dynamics booth item by item, so readers can understand its full-chain technology roadmap.

Aug 1Fri
  1. Hcfa/禾川科技58

    Qinglong Lite humanoid robot debuts at WAIC as Hechuan, Shanghai Humanoid, and ZJUT Ecological Research Institute release open-source platform

    At the main forum of the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, a joint laboratory of Zhejiang Hechuan Humanoid Robot, Humanoid Robot (Shanghai), and Quzhou ZJUT Ecological Industry Innovation Research Institute released Qinglong Lite, a low-cost, high-performance open-source humanoid robot.

Jun 19Thu
May 30Fri
  1. Estun Coolbot/埃斯顿酷卓28

    Estun Cubot and Nanjing University establish joint embodied intelligence laboratory

    On May 30, Estun Cubot and Nanjing University signed an agreement to establish a "Joint Embodied Intelligence Laboratory." Estun Cubot takes "embodied manipulation intelligence" as its technical path, providing embodied intelligent robot technologies and products with coordinated perception and control capabilities spanning "hands, feet, eyes, and brain," and is responsible for opening up new application scenarios; Nanjing University's AI team provides technical support in basic theory and algorithm frameworks. The two sides will also jointly build R&D translation and talent development channels to bring high-end AI talent into the robotics industry.

May 26Mon
  1. 线性资本33

    Linear Capital portfolio companies Manycore Tech and Rokid appear at J.P. Morgan Global China Summit

    Linear Capital portfolio companies Manycore Tech and Rokid appeared at the 21st J.P. Morgan Global China Summit. Manycore Tech co-founder and chairman Huang Xiaohuang took part in the roundtable discussion "AI: The Power of Innovation," and Rokid founder and CEO Zhu Mingming gave a keynote titled "AI+AR, Exploring Human-Computer Interaction Products."

May 22Thu
  1. Wandercraft48

    Wandercraft Opens "Walk in New York" Rehabilitation Center in New York, Using Exoskeleton Robots to Restore Upright Walking Ability for People with Mobility Impairments

    The "Walk in New York" private rehabilitation center, opened by Wandercraft in partnership with local physical therapists, is now officially open; patients can undergo rehabilitation training with its FDA-cleared Atalante X exoskeleton robot under the guidance of licensed physical therapists.

Mar 25Tue
  1. Wandercraft36

    Wandercraft personal exoskeleton debuts at NVIDIA GTC 2025

    Wandercraft showcased its prototype Personal Exoskeleton, a self-balancing exoskeleton robot for people with walking disabilities, at NVIDIA GTC 2025; it is currently in clinical trials. Test wearer Caroline Laubach walked independently with the device for two hours at the venue, the first time in three years since her injury that she has walked freely in a public space. The company worked with NVIDIA and AWS to complete billions of steps of training in simulation to improve walking safety and stability.

Jan 8Wed
  1. Wandercraft40

    Wandercraft Publishes First Case Study of Exoskeleton Use in Long-Term Care

    Wandercraft published its first case study of the Atalante X self-balancing exoskeleton in a long-term care setting, in Kinésithérapie, la Revue. A 31-year-old woman with spastic quadriparesis due to cerebral palsy completed 36 weekly sessions at Résidence Terro Flourido in Avignon, improving her walking distance (6MWT) by 58% and her FIM score from 69 to 104, with no adverse events reported.

Jan 7Tue
  1. Wandercraft38

    Wandercraft personal exoskeleton recognized by NVIDIA at CES 2025

    Wandercraft's AI-driven personal exoskeleton was highlighted by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang during the opening keynote at CES 202 and recognized as an ecosystem member. The exoskeleton features self-balancing technology (no crutches needed) and AI that adapts in real time to uneven terrain, and it can stand, walk, sit, bend over, and dance through simple joystick commands. The company has launched a clinical trial in the New York area, recruiting adults aged 18 and older with complete or incomplete motor spinal cord injury at T6 or above.

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