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Oct 20Tue
  1. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence40

    Tianlu X Flying Car and Starship Y eVTOL Appear on CCTV's "Smart Competition Future"

    Nanjing Tianlu Flying Car brought the Tianlu X flying car and the Starship Y eVTOL to the live broadcast of CCTV's "Smart Competition Future." The Tianlu X was independently developed by the team over five years and made its first public appearance in 2025. It uses an original split-coupled architecture and can switch between road driving and electric vertical takeoff and landing flight modes. The company is advancing product validation and application exploration around scenarios such as cultural tourism experiences, inspection, and emergency rescue.

  2. Westwood Robotics · YouTube38

    BEAR Actuator Firmware Flashing and Calibration Tutorial (Episode 06)

    Westwood Robotics has released Episode 06 of its BEAR series actuator firmware flashing and calibration tutorial, demonstrating step by step the entire process from connecting the actuator to completing the full calibration procedure. BEAR actuators ship with firmware pre-installed and calibrated, ready to use out of the box; this tutorial is only needed when updating firmware or when recalibration is required. The tutorial includes links to documentation, the STM32 download, the BEAR Calibration Tool, and the online store.

  3. 钛媒体51

    Black Sesame Technologies signs approximately 300 million yuan AI computing product sales framework contract, expanding beyond smart driving market

    Black Sesame Technologies signed an AI computing product sales framework contract and supporting technical cooperation agreement with a leading A-share listed company, with a total contract value of approximately 300 million yuan. Within one year, the partner is expected to purchase approximately 250 million yuan of AI computing products centered on Black Sesame Technologies' self-developed chips, marking the first batch of orders for its AI computing business.

  6. 钛媒体47

    Gajite Technology: Cumulative losses exceed 600 million over nine years, multi-tier pricing in equity transfer sparks controversy | IPO Watch

    Gajite Technology has submitted a Hong Kong IPO prospectus. Excluding the impact of the shareholding reform, its cumulative losses over nine years since founding exceed 600 million yuan, and its revenue in 2023 and 2024 was insufficient to cover selling, administrative, and R&D expenses for the two years. The company's nine financing rounds raised a cumulative nearly 800 million yuan, with valuation rising from 100 million yuan to 2.13 billion yuan, a 21-fold increase. On December 23, 2025, equity transfers to the same group of transferees showed four price tiers, with the highest and lowest prices differing by nearly 50%; three days later, the C++ round capital increase was priced at 34 yuan per unit of registered capital, 62.52% higher than the previous highest transfer price.

  7. OFweek Robotics63

    Robot IPOs begin to hit the brakes: withdrawals, suspensions, and high-valuation pullbacks appear together

    HuanDong Technology withdrew its STAR Market IPO, Goertek Microelectronics terminated its spinoff listing in Hong Kong, and the reviews for Hikrobot and Huake Precision were suspended. After its listing, Unitree Robotics' share price pulled back about 55%, and its market value evaporated by more than 240 billion yuan. Robot IPOs have clearly cooled, but primary-market financing remains active: Zhiyuan Innovation was reported to be raising funds at a valuation of about 50 billion yuan, and FaAo Robotics raised nearly 1 billion yuan across two rounds.

  8. Reddit r/robotics36

    Mini RGB + depth camera concept update: enclosure CAD and ray-casting simulation

    A Reddit user has proposed and is advancing a mini RGB + depth camera concept for close-range robotics experiments and hand-object demonstrations. The Mini version measures 44 x 44 x 30 mm and is planned to use a Camera Module 3 + TMF8829 dToF, an IMU, and an ESP32-P4; a separate Pi development enclosure version also exists.

  9. OFweek Robotics62

    OpenLoong open-source system progress released at ROSCon China; Avnet and Guyueju sign memorandum of cooperation

    ROSCon China was held in Shanghai on October 16, 2026. The National and Local Co-built Humanoid Robot Innovation Center presented the latest progress of the OpenLoong open-source system. Avnet, the National and Local Co-built Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, and Guyueju jointly released the white paper "From Specialized to General: 2026 Embodied Intelligence Technology Evolution and Industrial Implementation." Avnet and Guyueju signed a memorandum of cooperation.

  10. 人形大讲堂 · 微信公众号66

    FA Robotics completes consecutive C+ and D funding rounds, with nearly 1 billion yuan earmarked for core component capacity

    Collaborative robot company FA Robotics announced it has completed consecutive C+ and D funding rounds totaling nearly 1 billion yuan. The rounds were led by Meituan Longzhu and Meituan respectively, with participation from Yongxin Capital, Shishan Phase II, and Suzhou Venture Capital, while existing shareholders Guolian Minsheng Capital, Jiangsu Production Investment, and Qingliu Capital followed on.

  11. 钛媒体62

    Drone pilots in the fields earn 8,000 yuan a day

    More and more young people are obtaining crop-protection drone pilot certificates and returning to rural areas to take on jobs. Tang Jie's team has 11 people and 23 drones; during the busy farming season, one person operates two drones and can earn seven to eight thousand yuan a day. In 2025, China's crop-protection drone fleet reached 309,000 units, with annual operations covering 3.04 billion mu-times. Applying base fertilizer to 100 mu with a drone takes less than four hours and costs just over 1,000 yuan, while hiring 50 people would cost 4,000 yuan.

  13. Tech Xplore Robotics38

    Subterranean exploration robot Gopher joins Noah's Ark search in Türkiye

    Gopher, a subterranean exploration robot designed by Australia's La Trobe University, has been sent to eastern Türkiye to join an international team searching for Noah's Ark at the Durupınar geological formation. Equipped with front and rear waterproof wide-angle cameras and environmental sensors, the robot can be remotely lowered to 25 meters below the surface to collect data from places humans cannot reach. It is a scaled-down version of the 2021 WomBot and was shipped at the end of July.

  14. 钛媒体61

    Teardown of a 99-yuan AI toy: AI accounts for only about 10% of cost, hardware takes the bulk

    A TMTPost article breaks down the cost structure of a 99-yuan AI plush toy: material costs are under 80 yuan, of which about 70 yuan goes to hardware upgrades such as chips, modules, and batteries; a buyout license for cloud AI costs about 10 yuan, while per-call usage is worth only one or two yuan, putting AI at 1% to 10% of the retail price.

  15. OFweek Robotics64

    The first wave of robot unicorns begins lining up for bankruptcy: shipments double while companies fall

    In the first half of 2026, global humanoid robot shipments approached 25,000 units, up 432.1% year on year. In the same period, CloudMinds, valued at 22.3 billion yuan, was ruled to have entered bankruptcy liquidation; K-Scale Labs shut down after burning through $6.25 million; and OneStar Robotics, backed by Geely, disbanded less than six months after it was founded.

  16. 高工咨询 · 微信公众号64

    Casia Hand Robotics debuts 7 industry-grade dexterous hands and 4 industrial solutions at CIIF

    Casia Hand Robotics exhibited for the first time at the 26th China International Industry Fair, showing 7 industry-grade dexterous hands across the M, X, and G series and 4 industrial-grade solutions. The Casia Hand-M6 weighs only 410 g with a 10 kg payload, a payload-to-weight ratio of more than 24 times; the flagship X12 uses a 12-DOF fully direct-drive architecture, combining a 30 kg handling payload with 150 N grip force and an operating life of more than 1 million cycles at rated load; the G4 three-finger dexterous hand reaches a life of 500,000 cycles.

  17. New Strategy Robotics33

    Heli's heavy-duty concept forklift and intelligent control system win two Red Dot Design Awards

    Heli won two Red Dot Design Awards with two design works, a heavy-duty concept forklift and an intelligent control system, at the Red Dot Design Award ceremony held in Singapore. The heavy-duty concept forklift targets heavy-load logistics scenarios and explores the technical direction of high-tonnage electrification; the intelligent control system features an ergonomic curved form and integrated control buttons, and has now been gradually installed on complete machines for validation while commercialization is being advanced. Following the IDEA Award, the iF Design Award, Italy's A' Design Award and the US IDA Award, Heli adds another Red Dot honor.

  18. New Strategy Robotics15

    Huaray Technology to Showcase New Machine Vision and Mobile Robot Products at CeMAT ASIA 2026

    Huaray Technology announced it will present new machine vision and mobile robot products at CeMAT ASIA 2026 and invites visitors to its booth. Its machine vision products include industrial cameras, line scan cameras, smart cameras, smart sensors, 3D industrial cameras, and lenses, used for code reading and recognition, defect detection, measurement, and positioning; its mobile robot products include latent, tractor, forklift, and sorting robots, used in logistics warehouses and material handling. R&D staff account for more than 60% of the company, it has nearly 300 patent applications, and its products are used in logistics, automotive, 3C, lithium battery, photovoltaic, and pharmaceutical industries.

  19. OFweek Robotics72

    Fa'ao Robotics completes nearly 1 billion yuan in C+ and D rounds to expand humanoid force-controlled arm and core component capacity

    Fa'ao (Suzhou) Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. announced the consecutive completion of its C+ and D funding rounds, totaling nearly 1 billion yuan. The C+ round was led by Meituan Longzhu, and the D round was led by Meituan. The funds will go toward building production capacity for core components, as well as expanding production and R&D for the ART series industrial-grade humanoid force-controlled arm and the AIRLab embodied intelligence platform.

  21. OFweek Robotics60

    Robot component capacity ramped up early: overcapacity is both a risk and a filter

    The article compares the capacity of four component companies with full-machine shipment expectations: Changzhou Nanpeng's precision reducers at an annual output of 300,000 units; Foshan Jihua Qujie's joint module production line with a designed takt time of 90 seconds per set; Leadshine's frameless torque motors with orders in hand exceeding 1 million units and monthly capacity of 150,000 units; and Weiling Robotics' annual output of 200,000 reducers, 60,000 joint modules, and 210,000 servo motors. Combined, this totals annual capacity of more than 600,000 reducers, more than 300,000 joint modules, and nearly 1 million motors, while China's humanoid robot shipments in the first half of 2026 exceeded 40,000 units and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology forecasts full-year output above 100,000 units.

  22. OFweek Robotics62

    Tesla Optimus production capacity ramping up, humanoid robot component orders already booked through 2027

    The article analyzes the mismatch in the humanoid robot industry: complete-robot makers are ramping up production capacity slowly, while upstream component orders are already booked through 2027. Tesla Optimus produced several dozen units per week in Q2 2026, climbed to several hundred units per week in August, and targets exceeding 1,000 units per week by year-end; meanwhile, core transmission component suppliers have received formal orders, with 2026 capacity guidance at the 100,000-unit level and a 2027 plan for 200,000 units annualized.

  23. 机器人全球资讯 · 微信公众号42

    Chery to Hold Global Innovation Conference on October 20, Unveiling First Industry-Specific Large Model and Humanoid Robot "Mobao"

    Chery will hold its 2026 Global Innovation Conference in Wuhu on October 20, unveiling the first automotive industry-specific large model and showcasing an automotive-grade chip designed for physical AI world models. In embodied intelligence, Mocha robots are already in regular service across more than 100 scenarios including education and healthcare, and "Mobao," the first consumer-grade family companion humanoid robot, will make its global debut and open global pre-orders. The conference will also present the industry's first native front-installed Robotaxi, the Lingxiao eVTOL, and Chery's smart agricultural machinery product matrix.

  24. 机器人全球资讯 · 微信公众号31

    First Real-World Intelligent Robot Skills Exhibition (Nanjing Stop) Held on October 20, with 27 Jiangning Companies Including Estun and Zhongke Guiji Exhibiting

    The First Real-World Intelligent Robot Skills Exhibition (Nanjing Stop) was held on October 20 at Southeast University's Jiulonghu Campus, where ten typical application scenarios for intelligent manufacturing in Nanjing were released, showcasing equipment such as special robots, intelligent inspection robots, dexterous hands, and underwater operation robots.

  25. Robotics & Automation News55

    Tesollo dexterous hands cumulative sales expected to surpass 1,000 units in 2026

    South Korean robotic hand company Tesollo expects cumulative sales of its robotic hands and grippers to exceed 1,000 units by the end of 2026. The company expanded its production facilities in 2026, and its product line ranges from single-finger mechanisms to five-finger dexterous hands, with customers expanding from research and proof-of-concept to industrial deployment.

  26. Robotics & Automation News38

    The compact servo drive and controller cooling issues robot developers easily overlook

    Cooling for compact servo drives and controllers must be evaluated at the system level, not by looking at individual components alone. Thermal design should start with a heat budget: for example, with 45 W of heat dissipation, 35°C air temperature, and a 65°C baseplate limit, the allowable thermal resistance is about 0.67°C/W, and the heatsink should be selected accordingly. Once a fan is installed inside an enclosure, airflow resistance increases, creating a tradeoff between fin density and airflow, while natural convection depends more on fin orientation and spacing.

  27. 禾川科技 · 微信公众号42

    Hechuan Technology wraps up 2026 Shanghai Industrial Fair: full-stack industrial control solutions and FR1 industrial assembly robot on display

    At the 2026 Shanghai Industrial Fair, Hechuan Technology showcased its full-stack industrial control product matrix and debuted Sysctrl Studio, an AI programming assistant. The tool is natively integrated into domestic PLC programming software and supports natural-language PLC program generation, syntax checking, code optimization, and conversational troubleshooting, and is compatible with Hechuan's full controller lineup.

  28. 深圳市机器人协会 · 微信公众号44

    FAO showcases embodied intelligence production line deployment results at the Industrial Fair

    At the 26th China International Industry Fair Robotics Show (RS2026), FAO demonstrated its embodied intelligence deployment capabilities through a full-scale live production line and reached ecosystem strategic cooperation agreements with five partners: Aitu Technology, Boyin Hechuang, Yingshen Intelligence, Xingyuanzhi, and Lingqiao Intelligence.

Oct 19Mon
  2. IEEE Spectrum Robotics74

    Agility Robotics unveils Digit 5 humanoid robot, focused on warehouse work alongside people

    Agility Robotics co-founder Jonathan Hurst announced the launch of the Digit 5 humanoid robot, positioned as a robot that can safely and economically take on real work at scale. The unit weighs over 120 kg, can repeatedly lift 23 kg bins and reach shelves 1.75 meters high, and is designed to work 20 hours a day.

  3. Xbotics具身智能实验室 · 微信公众号58

    RealMan Intelligent releases ECO62 ultra-compact embedded six-axis robotic arm

    RealMan Intelligent has released the ECO62 ultra-compact embedded six-axis robotic arm, built around the "Arm in Machine" concept and aimed at scenarios such as in-device embedding, mobile platforms, and narrow workspaces. It has a working radius of 425 mm, a body weight of 3.6 kg, a rated payload of 2 kg, and repeat positioning accuracy of ±0.1 mm; it uses a 24V power supply and typically draws no more than 100 W. The product features fully in-house-developed automotive-grade joint modules with an MTBF of 50,000 hours, and offers embeddable, integrable six-axis manipulation capability for scenarios including education and research, new retail services, industrial 3C, and mobile operation platforms.

  5. 量子位57

    Damo Academy XuanTie Debuts Automotive-Grade Processor E908A and Autonomous Driving and Embodied Intelligence Roadmap at RISC-V China Summit

    The RISC-V China Summit was held in Shenzhen on October 19. At the event, Alibaba Damo Academy released the automotive-grade enhanced processor XuanTie E908A, which it says is the first RISC-V CPU IP to simultaneously meet ASIL-B and ASIL-D standards, with a single-point fault metric (SPFM) exceeding 90%, targeting scenarios such as safety islands, domain controllers, and in-vehicle gateways.

  7. 月泉仿生 · 微信公众号34

    Yuequan Bionic Showcases Y-Hand M2 Dexterous Hand and W-Bot 2.0 at 2026 China Outdoor Sports Industry Conference

    At the 2026 China Outdoor Sports Industry Conference, Yuequan Bionic is exhibiting its bionic dexterous hand, the Y-Hand M2, and its wheeled humanoid robot, the W-Bot 2.0, at Booth B3 of the Beijing Changping venue and at the "Shanshui Changping" viewing point, demonstrating outdoor human-robot interaction.

  8. 维科网机器人 · 微信公众号62

    Yuehongyuan plans to acquire 100% equity of robot component company Jinwangda for no more than 550 million yuan in cash

    Yuehongyuan announced that it plans to acquire 100% equity of Shenzhen Jinwangda Electromechanical Co., Ltd. by cash and obtain control, with a transaction price of no more than 550 million yuan, a premium of about 286% over Jinwangda's net assets attributable to the parent company, and is expected to generate goodwill of about 400 million yuan.

  9. 维科网机器人 · 微信公众号60

    Hongfuhan plans to invest 1.007 billion yuan to build a robotics precision metal components production base in Wuzhong, Suzhou

    Shenzhen Hongfuhan Technology plans to invest approximately 1.007 billion yuan to build a robotics precision metal components production base project in Wuzhong District, Suzhou, Jiangsu, with a construction period of 2 years. Of this, 220 million yuan comes from remaining IPO over-raised funds and 787 million yuan from its own and self-raised funds, to be used for producing CNC machined components, injection-molded components, and other products.

  10. Robotics & Automation News61

    Origin emerges from stealth with $20 million to scale general-purpose indoor construction robots

    Origin, a full-stack physical AI company focused on indoor construction, announced its emergence from stealth and the completion of $20 million in total funding co-led by Accel and Zacua Ventures. The funds will be used to deploy its flagship OG-1 robot, expand its fleet, and run large-scale pilots in the US and Europe.

  12. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence18

    Unitree Robotics: Company continues to focus on self-reliance and controllability of core components and supply chain optimization

    Unitree Robotics stated on an interactive platform that the company continues to focus on the self-reliance and controllability of core components and supply chain optimization. Specific operating data such as the proportion of self-developed and self-produced components are subject to the company's publicly disclosed information.