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  1. 移动机器人产业联盟 · 微信公众号18

    Galaxis Technology to Appear at 2026 Embodied Picking and Loading/Unloading Robotics Industry Forum

    Bao Lixin, Deputy General Manager of Technology at Galaxis Technology, will give a keynote talk, "Reflections on Embodied Intelligence Front-End Deployment Engineering (FDE)," at the 2026 Embodied Picking and Loading/Unloading Robotics Industry Forum. The forum will be held on November 04, 13:30-17:00, in the N3 Hall meeting room at CeMAT, Shanghai New International Expo Centre, alongside CeMAT ASIA 2026. It will feature two tracks, picking and loading/unloading, and will host the global premiere of the 2026 Embodied Loading/Unloading Robotics Market Insights and Industry Trends Report, with Inge Intelligent as a co-authoring unit.

  3. 人形大讲堂 · 微信公众号60

    Who Is Building the Nerve Endings for Humanoid Robots: ADI's Chip Positioning Logic

    At the 2026 Industrial Fair, ADI showcased 11 humanoid robot-related chips and solutions, covering ADCs and op amps for six-axis force sensors, the ADIS16607 IMU, a tactile board with 1,000 sensing points, the TMC6460 dexterous hand driver chip, the ADMT4000 magnetic sensor, twisted-pair communication, and the LTC7000 electronic fuse (3.5 to 135 V, 150 V absolute maximum rating).

  5. 深圳市机器人协会 · 微信公众号38

    Shenzhen Robotics Association concludes South Korea SEDEX semiconductor expo business delegation

    The business delegation to the South Korea SEDEX semiconductor expo organized by the Shenzhen Robotics Association concluded on October 16. It was led by Zhou Jun, director of the association's office, and included member companies such as Zhidong Weilai and Jingzhi Gaoke. The delegation visited the booths of Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, 4lynx and other companies, and held one-on-one supply-demand matchmaking with member companies of the Korea Semiconductor Industry Association (KSIA), covering supply chain resources such as edge AI chips for humanoid and industrial robots, low-power SoCs, MEMS and torque sensor chips, and HBM memory solutions.

  7. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence45

    Nvidia Increases Investment in Europe, Will Support Four German Companies

    Nvidia announced plans at the German Investment Summit in Berlin to support four German startups: Agile Robots, Avelios Medical, Mirelo, and Reflex Aerospace. The plan is part of Nvidia's previously committed European investment program totaling nearly 10 billion USD, aimed at companies, universities, and research institutions across Europe; the specific investment amount was not disclosed.

  8. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence27

    Unitree Robotics: Humanoid Robot Industry Still in Early Commercialization Stage

    Unitree Robotics announced that its stock price rose by a cumulative deviation of more than 30% over three consecutive trading days, constituting an abnormal stock trading fluctuation. The company noted that the humanoid robot industry is still in the early commercialization stage, with uncertainty in technology maturity, downstream market demand cultivation, and supply chain support capabilities. If the progress of large-scale commercialization falls short of expectations, revenue expansion and performance realization may be adversely affected, and there is an investment risk of valuation regression.

  9. 鹿明机器人 · X40

    Lumos MOS 2 enters China Post logistics operations

    Lumos MOS 2 is moving beyond the factory floor. At China Post, MOS 2 assists in handling fresh crab packages on the packing line, supporting logistics operations. From the factory floor to logistics operations, MOS 2 is applying its material-handling capabilities in real-world scenarios. Robot skills in action. Real tasks, real-world impact. #LumosRobotics #MOS2

  10. OFweek Robotics57

    Nidec Enters Humanoid Robot Supply Chain with Joint-Level Interfaces

    At the Shanghai Industrial Fair, Nidec exhibited for the first time under a unified "One Nidec" banner, packaging motors, reducers, sensors, and other components into joint-level system solutions for humanoid robots. Its self-made actuators have already been deployed at about 10,000 axes in its own factories, with cumulative validation exceeding 40,000 hours, and the company began bringing them to market this year. The torque sensors on display are as thin as the 10 mm class, and the six-axis force sensors can withstand high torque loads of up to 10:1. The article also analyzes its idea of exchanging product data with robot makers using data from its own production lines, noting the scarcity value of real production-line data in embodied intelligence iteration.

  13. 维科网机器人 · 微信公众号57

    Guoyu Xingchen Completes Nearly 100 Million Yuan Series A Financing, Jointly Invested by Yijing Capital, Fosun Chuangfu and Luyao Capital

    Recently, Guoyu Xingchen completed a nearly 100 million yuan Series A financing round, jointly invested by Yijing Capital, Fosun Chuangfu and Luyao Capital. The raised funds will be invested in the construction of a space robot cluster and commercial market expansion. Prior to this round, the company had received investment from Shangqi Capital, Houxue Capital and Yuanhe Yuandian, and its cumulative order contracts on hand reached 100 million yuan. In May 2025, its self-developed Xingjiyuan-1 was launched in Jiuquan, becoming China's first space robot spacecraft to complete on-orbit mission verification, and has been operating stably in orbit for over 15 months; Xingjiyuan-2 is expected to complete its orbital insertion operation in early 2027.

  14. 人形大讲堂 · 微信公众号72

    OpenAI confirms in-house humanoid robot development, 27 job postings reveal its hardware priorities

    Altman confirmed on the Engadget podcast that OpenAI will develop its own humanoid robots, and gave a timeline of a striking demo in 2027, with real deployment on the streets still several years away. The article reviews OpenAI's trajectory from disbanding its robotics team in 2021, leading Figure AI's $675 million Series B in 2024, ending its partnership with Figure in February 2025, to establishing the OpenAI Robotics department in May 2026.

  15. 甲子光年 · 微信公众号62

    Exclusive interview with Zhejiang University's Yang Yihao: What does the 72-hour autonomous AI research livestream aim to prove with the "Qiushi Engine"?

    Jiazi Guangnian conducted an exclusive interview with Zhejiang University researcher Yang Yihao about the "Qiushi Engine"'s 72-hour autonomous AI research livestream at the Yunqi Conference: about two hours into the broadcast, the lower bound for the 32-dimensional kissing number rose from 346432 to 346944, and after the livestream ended, the team announced that it had advanced known lower bounds in 10 dimensions.

  16. 移动机器人产业联盟 · 微信公众号56

    419 AGV/AMR tenders awarded in first three quarters of 2026, totaling 2.64 billion yuan disclosed

    According to incomplete statistics from the Mobile Robot Industry Alliance and the New Strategy Mobile Robot Industry Research Institute, 419 AGV/AMR tender awards were disclosed in China in the first three quarters of 2026, totaling approximately 2.64 billion yuan, including 164 projects worth about 802 million yuan in the third quarter.

  18. 钛媒体75

    The first lesson for robots entering factories: why sorting robots are not humanoid

    The article analyzes why robots are entering logistics sorting scenarios in 2026: sorting is currently the only scenario that simultaneously has orders, repeat purchases, data, and tolerance for failure. Real data generated in the feeding process can flow back, and the gap between a 3% return rate and the 2% rate for manual labor is only a cost issue, not an accident.

  19. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence38

    Samsung develops robot that works 24 hours a day

    Samsung Electronics' RX Business Promotion Office is validating a robot that can operate 24 hours a day at industrial sites at its Seoul R&D Campus; the robot performs repetitive manufacturing and logistics tasks such as moving goods while learning about its surroundings and work methods. Samsung Electronics and partner company employees work three shifts around the clock to check the robot's work process, and Samsung is studying whether to exhibit the robot and other candidate products at CES.

  20. 云启资本75

    Neolix completes nearly $400 million Series E funding, deploys over 30,000 unmanned delivery vehicles globally

    Neolix announced the completion of a Series E funding round of nearly $400 million, equivalent to approximately RMB 2.68 billion, jointly led by Boyu Capital and a national-level fund, with existing shareholders including Yunqi Capital continuing to participate. The company says this is the largest single financing in China's autonomous driving sector in 2026, with cumulative funding exceeding RMB 10 billion.

    Why it matters: The original article provides the funding size, fleet numbers, and year-over-year comparison data, allowing readers to assess the commercialization pace and scaling path of the unmanned delivery sector.

  21. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence42

    MIIT: Equipment industry value-added contributes 26.6% to industrial growth in first three quarters

    The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said that in the first three quarters, the value-added of the equipment industry grew 7.1% year on year and contributed 26.6% to industrial growth. Industrial robot output rose 29.1% year on year, while output of CNC machine tools and new energy vehicles grew 13.5% and 11% respectively, and national shipbuilding completions rose 50.7% year on year.

  22. 深蓝AI · 微信公众号44

    The 4th Autonomous Robot Technology Symposium (ARTS 2026) will be held in Beijing from October 30 to 31

    The 4th Autonomous Robot Technology Symposium (ARTS) will be held from October 30 to 31 at the Capital International Convention Center in Beijing, with an expected scale of 1,500 participants. It is hosted by the Chinese Association of Automation, organized by Shandong University and Beijing Institute of Technology, and co-organized by Shenlan Academy. The conference features 6 keynote reports and 6 major technology sub-forums, plus 35 invited talks, bringing together more than 50 frontline young scholars including Yang Shuo, Xu Huazhe, Dou Qi, and Dong Hao. To celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Chinese Association of Automation, CAA members may attend free of charge, and non-member students pay only 50 yuan to register.

  23. 雷科技62

    Unitree robot commercial performance rental prices plunge 70% in a year; Unitree and peers ramp up overseas and cultural tourism markets

    Domestic robot commercial performance rental prices have fallen sharply within a year: all-inclusive daily rental for humanoid robots dropped from 10,000–30,000 yuan to 2,000–3,000 yuan, while bare-machine daily rental for the Unitree Go2 quadruped robot dog fell as low as 164 yuan. The article attributes the price decline to increased supply from mass production of robots, the entry of official platforms such as Qingtianzu that have broken down information gaps, and the fact that most rental companies lack secondary development capabilities and can only repeat existing movements.

  24. 雷科技55

    DJI, Insta360, Qiyuan, and Obsbot Double Down on AI Imaging: Will Photography Robots Be the Entry Point to Embodied Intelligence?

    The article reviews the AI imaging and photography robot initiatives of manufacturers including DJI, Insta360, Qiyuan, and Obsbot, and notes that photography robots are emerging at the intersection of two paths: the autonomization of imaging devices and the deployment of consumer-grade robots.

  25. 智东西58

    Apple's first consumer robot J595 reportedly features a robotic arm and is priced at $1,000

    Bloomberg's Mark Gurman disclosed in the Power On newsletter that Apple is developing a high-end version of HomeView, internally codenamed J595, equipped with a motorized robotic arm and a 9-inch screen that can rotate 360 degrees and automatically turn toward the speaker via voice recognition. It is planned for release in 2027 or 2028, with early rumors pricing it at about $1,000.

  26. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence12

    A-share three major indices close mixed, robotics concept strengthens

    The three major A-share indices closed mixed, with the Shanghai Composite up 0.12%, the Shenzhen Component down 0.14%, and the ChiNext Index down 0.26%; robotics, healthcare, and AI office concepts strengthened. Unitree Robotics rose over 6%, Changying Precision and Dian Diagnostics hit the daily limit up, and Intsig Information rose over 8%. Large financials, precious metals, and coal sectors led the declines, with Dayou Energy down over 9% and Guotai Haitong down over 4%.

  27. OFweek Robotics44

    Unitree Robotics Surges 16.15%, Market Cap Returns Above 200 Billion

    Unitree Robotics (688836.SH) closed up 16.15% on October 19, with its market cap returning above 200 billion to 200.58 billion, marking its largest single-day gain since its IPO listing on August 19. Previously, on October 15, its share price had just hit a post-listing low of 404.03 yuan, a decline of 63.27% in less than two months after listing. The article compares the valuations and R&D investment of Unitree Robotics and XPeng Group: Unitree's 2025 R&D investment was 145 million yuan with 5,500 units delivered, while XPeng Group's 2025 R&D investment was 9.49 billion yuan with a market cap of about 61.244 billion yuan.

  28. OFweek Robotics47

    Unitree Technology's stock price climbs back above 500 yuan, the industrial logic behind the humanoid robot boom

    Unitree Technology (688836.SH) has climbed back above 500 yuan per share, hitting an intraday high of 549.44 yuan in the morning session on October 20, with total market value surpassing 220 billion yuan, driving a broad rally across the humanoid robot sector. Catalysts include the approval and release of China's first six national standards for humanoid robots on October 15 (effective April 1, 2027), and global humanoid robot shipment data for the first half of 2026: AgiBot ranked first with about 9,700 units, Unitree Technology ranked second with over 7,000 units, and the top five were all Chinese companies, together accounting for 86.5% of the global share.

  29. 腾讯科技 · 微信公众号55

    Manycore Tech's Huang Xiaohuang Issues Internal Letter: Pledges No Share Sales for 12 Months, Outlines Spatial Intelligence Roadmap

    On October 20, Manycore Tech co-founder and chairman Huang Xiaohuang issued an internal letter to all employees outlining his view of the company's prospects in spatial intelligence; on the same day, the company announced that Huang Xiaohuang, Chen Hang, Zhu Hao and CFO Shen Bei voluntarily extended or entered into lock-up commitments covering about 483 million shares, roughly 27.99% of total issued shares, with the lock-up period running until October 16, 2027.

  30. OFweek Robotics62

    The new embodied-AI king has a hard role to play: the commercialization and listing challenges behind AgiBot's No. 1 shipment ranking

    The article analyzes how AgiBot, under IDC's methodology, took the No. 1 spot in global humanoid robot shipments in the first half of this year, yet faces a postponed Hong Kong listing that is almost impossible to achieve within the year. AgiBot is reported to have started a new funding round of 1 billion to 1.5 billion yuan at a valuation of about 50 billion yuan; under HKEX rules, if the deal closes within the year, the earliest listing would be in the first quarter of 2027.

  31. OFweek Robotics38

    Unitree Robotics jumps 16.15% in a single day, market cap returns to 200 billion yuan

    On the afternoon of October 19, Unitree Robotics surged 16.15% to close at 495.92 yuan, with its total market cap returning to 200 billion yuan, the largest single-day gain since its listing excluding the first day. Its share price had previously fallen more than 60% after it listed on the STAR Market on August 19 at an issue price of 150.80 yuan. Revenue in the first half of 2026 was 1.152 billion yuan, up 48.54% year on year, but non-recurring net profit attributable to shareholders fell 19.34% year on year. On October 22, Unitree will hold a partner ecosystem conference, and on October 29 it will disclose its first third-quarter report.

  32. 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.

  33. 量子位12

    GTC2026 Shanghai 'AI Hardware Zone' Recruits Exhibitors: Don't Be a 'Backdrop' When Taking AI Hardware Global

    GTC2026 Global Traffic Conference (Shanghai) will be held on November 4-5 at Hall H3 of the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center, with a special 'AI Hardware Zone' covering robotics, smart wearables, AI terminals, embodied intelligence, and other areas. Exhibitors are currently being recruited, and general tickets are free for a limited time. The conference is expected to welcome 1,800+ corporate executives, 120+ quality exhibitors, and 15,000+ industry professionals. The zone will be linked with agendas including the 'AI + Going Global Summit' on the morning of November 5 and the 'AI Technology Development Forum' on the afternoon of November 4.

  34. 亿欧网 · 微信公众号47

    From Scale Expansion to Efficiency Competition: ATOMIX White Paper Highlights New Trends in China's Cold-Chain Warehousing Automation

    EqualOcean and ATOMIX jointly released the white paper "An Efficiency Revolution at -18°C: White Paper on Food Cold-Chain Warehousing Automation," comparing four technology routes—stacker cranes, pallet four-way shuttles, AGV/AMR, and multi-level shuttles—and noting that the pallet four-way shuttle solution can achieve over 30% more storage capacity, over 40% lower O&M costs, over 35% lower electricity costs, and over 50% shorter project implementation cycles than traditional stacker cranes.

  36. 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.

  37. 高工人形机器人 · 微信公众号56

    Embodied AI industry raises over RMB 203.2 billion in the first 9 months of 2026

    In the first 9 months of 2026, the embodied AI industry saw 437 financing events totaling approximately RMB 203.2 billion, with the number of events up 146.07% year on year and the amount up 317.39% year on year. In September alone, there were 52 financing events totaling approximately RMB 13.4 billion, of which 48 domestic companies raised approximately RMB 11 billion in total and 4 overseas companies raised approximately USD 352.6 million.

  38. 高工人形机器人 · 微信公众号22

    Five highlights previewed for the 2026 GG Humanoid Robot Annual Conference

    The 2026 GG Humanoid Robot Annual Conference will be held in Shenzhen on November 3-4 under the theme "Reconstructing the Old Order, Breaking Through Boundaries." More than 100 companies have already registered, and the event is expected to bring together over 400 upstream and downstream companies and more than 1,000 industry leaders. The conference features five special sessions, including mass-production breakthroughs and the evolution of embodied brains and cerebellums, as well as six roundtable dialogues. GGII's "2026 Embodied Intelligence Progress Research Report" will be released on site, and the 2026 GG Golden Globe Awards will be announced on the evening of November 4.

  39. OFweek Robotics44

    Musk criticizes humanoid robot industry: pre-choreographed demos are not real AI capability

    At the X Takeover event at Tesla's Texas factory, Musk criticized the humanoid robot industry, saying many complex demonstrations rely on pre-choreography and "that is not real AI"; the criterion should be whether a robot can handle situations it has never seen before. In the first half of 2026, global humanoid robot shipments exceeded 22,000 units, up nearly 300% year on year, but entertainment performances and education/science data collection together accounted for over 60%, smart manufacturing for only 13%, and warehouse logistics for only 5%.

  40. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence42

    NDRC: Establish an investment growth and risk-sharing mechanism for future industries to form new growth drivers as soon as possible

    Ren Zhongbao, deputy director of the Innovation and High-Tech Development Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said at a press conference on the 20th that an investment growth and risk-sharing mechanism for future industries should be established, exploring diverse technological routes, typical application scenarios, viable business models and market regulatory rules, so as to form new growth drivers as soon as possible. He noted that quantum technology, biomanufacturing, brain-computer interfaces, hydrogen and nuclear fusion energy, embodied intelligence, and sixth-generation mobile communications show bright development prospects, and that deep integration of technological and industrial innovation must be maintained.