Skip to content
#Robot hardware and key components
Oct 15Thu
  1. 奥比中光53

    Orbbec launches 24-line 3D LiDAR Pulsar MH24 at Canton Fair, showcases one-stop CM manufacturing services

    At the 140th Canton Fair, Orbbec launched the 24-line 3D LiDAR Pulsar MH24, aimed at mobile platforms such as robotic mowers, AMRs, and delivery robots. The unit measures 66.6×62.1×66 mm, with a 21 mm high light emission window, and provides 360° (HFOV) 3D perception; in typical outdoor scenarios, a single unit can cover an operating range of about 15,000 m², and it supports operation under ≥100,000 Lux strong light, IP6K6 protection, and an operating temperature of -20°C to 60°C.

Oct 14Wed
  1. 越疆机器人 · 微信公众号20

    Dobot launches CRH high-performance collaborative robot with industry-first internal cable routing design

    Dobot has launched the CRH high-performance collaborative robot, highlighting its industry-first internal cable routing design. The original article only presents this design highlight and does not disclose specific specifications such as payload, degrees of freedom, battery life, or precision, nor pricing for the CRH.

  3. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence24

    Maxvision Technology: Humanoid robot business progressing in an orderly manner, first-half revenue share no more than 2%

    Maxvision Technology issued an announcement on abnormal stock trading fluctuations, responding that its humanoid robot business is progressing in an orderly manner, with revenue from this business accounting for no more than 2% of the company's revenue in the first half of 2026 and not constituting a material impact on operating performance. The company also stated that its intelligent computing business is newly launched and that uncertainty exists as to whether it can sustain rapid growth.

  4. GitHub Embodied AI Topic60

    PhysiClaw hardware v0.44 released: assembly manual, sourcing guide, and 9 custom STEP parts

    physiclaw/PhysiClaw has released hardware v0.44 build files for assembling a PhysiClaw rig. It includes a complete assembly manual in English and Chinese (HTML+PDF with exploded-view/step SVGs), a sourcing guide with technical drawings for 7 extrusions, and STEP files for 9 custom 3D-printed parts, recommended to be printed in black PA12 via SLS/MJF, along with a bilingual print guide.

  5. Reddit r/robotics54

    TAKTO ONE open-source hand exoskeleton released, with browser-based digital twin demo

    The author built the TAKTO ONE tendon-driven hand exoskeleton for a master's thesis, with one magnetic encoder for each of 12 finger joints and two IMUs driving a digital twin in a headset, without relying on camera tracking, so occluded fingers can still be measured. The CAD, PCB, firmware, and build guide are all open source, and a browser demo that requires no hardware is available at https://takto.one and https://github.com/molanocortes/takto-one.

  6. 深圳市机器人协会 · 微信公众号72

    Hui Ling Technology releases 20-DOF dexterous hand eHand-20, priced at 9,999 yuan

    Hui Ling Technology officially released the eHand-20 dexterous hand at the 2026 China International Industry Fair, priced at 9,999 yuan. The product is a direct-drive design with 20 fully active degrees of freedom and 4 joints per finger across five fingers. The entire hand weighs 650 grams and measures 196×87×40 mm. Compared with the previous-generation 6-DOF eHand-6, degrees of freedom are increased 3.3 times, while the unit price remains unchanged at about 500 yuan per degree of freedom.

    Why it matters: The original article uses a unit-price comparison to show that degrees of freedom increased while the price per degree remained unchanged, allowing readers to understand the change in the cost logic of high-DOF dexterous hands.

  7. 星海图 · 微信公众号62

    Galaxea LEMO Dual-Arm Development Platform Launches, Priced at 49,999 Yuan

    The Galaxea LEMO dual-arm development platform is officially on sale, with a launch price of 49,999 yuan. The platform integrates dual A1Z seven-degree-of-freedom robotic arms, G1Z grippers, a multi-view synchronized vision system, and a CCU controller. It supports 14-DOF dual-arm coordination, a 3 kg rated payload (5 kg peak, excluding end effectors), and ±0.1 mm repeat positioning accuracy, and can connect to external compute such as Orin, PC, and Mac.

  8. 维科网机器人 · 微信公众号65

    Aitu Technology's sewing robot manufacturing base begins production in Taizhou, with planned annual capacity of 10,000 units

    Aitu Technology announced that its sewing robot manufacturing base in Taizhou, Zhejiang, has officially begun production, with planned annual capacity of up to 10,000 units; it is described as the world's first specialized manufacturing plant for sewing robots. Its AI sewing robot carries a self-developed sewing VLA vertical-domain large model and can complete the full process of cut-piece separation, grasping, placement, and alignment; in some scenarios the pass rate reaches the level of 100% of human workers, and efficiency reaches more than 50% of human workers. Aitu's garment manufacturing workstations have already been deployed at leading garment enterprises in China, Vietnam, Thailand, Brazil, and other countries, and a global launch event for the Aini sewing robot will also be held at the end of October.

  12. GitHub Embodied AI Topic50

    PhysiClaw hardware v0.43 released with assembly manual, sourcing guide, and STEP printed parts

    PhysiClaw released hardware v0.43 build files for assembling the PhysiClaw device, with English and Chinese materials. Contents include a full assembly manual (HTML + PDF with exploded-view SVGs), a sourcing guide with extrusion technical drawings, technical drawings for the 7 frame extrusions, and STEP files for the 9 custom 3D-printed parts (recommended to print in black PA12 via SLS/MJF) plus a bilingual print guide.

  13. GitHub Robotics Topic51

    cycloidgen v7.10.0 Released: Cycloidal Reducer Design Tool Adds Assembly and Fastener Modeling

    cycloidgen v7.10.0 has been released, adding assembly and fastener modeling to the cycloidal reducer design tool. Bearing seats are now bored to the bearing's actual outer diameter and given a lip; new additions include sleeves, washers, ISO 4762 screw and ISO 4032 nut tables, a 0.5 mm default edge_chamfer, and a 0.3 mm first-layer relief for FDM-printed parts.

  14. 未来机器人网 · 微信公众号62

    Tesla humanoid robot V3 hardware frozen; Xinjian Transmission inquiry letter discloses mass production by end of 2026

    In its reply to the first round of inquiry letters for its ChiNext IPO at the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Xinjian Transmission disclosed that the hardware design for the V3 version of a humanoid robot, referred to as Company A, has basically been frozen and finalized, with mass production planned to begin before the end of 2026. The market and brokerages generally interpret Company A as Tesla's humanoid robot business entity.

  15. OFweek Robotics61

    Under the robot hardware boom, capital and capabilities shift to internal components

    The article analyzes how financing in the robotics industry is shifting from complete robots to capability layers such as embodied brains, motion control, dexterous hands, and data: in the first half of 2026, financing for core humanoid robot components exceeded 21 billion yuan, up 192% year on year, while financing for complete-robot companies was about 5.6 billion yuan in the same period. It cites financing cases including Moushen Intelligence, Deta Intelligence, and Yaole Technology, as well as deployment data from AgiBot and Figure, and points to three major constraints: insufficient data, shallow scenarios, and unclear technology roadmaps.

  16. OFweek Robotics70

    Unitree Technology STAR Market IPO analysis: research and education peak, government and enterprise procurement becomes a certain market

    Unitree Technology released its STAR Market issuance announcement on August 6, 2026, with an issue price of 150.80 yuan per share and 40.4464 million shares issued, a listing market value of approximately 60.993 billion yuan, and an oversubscription of approximately 1.7 billion yuan; the strategic placement list includes DeepSeek and four state-owned capital firms.

  17. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence34

    Solex Technology: Net profit for the first three quarters of 2026 expected to rise 22.91%-32.37% year on year

    Solex Technology announced that it expects net profit attributable to shareholders of RMB 195 million-210 million for the first three quarters of 2026, up 22.91%-32.37% year on year; the company previously hit the daily limit up twice in three days. The profit growth is mainly due to capacity coming on stream at its Vietnam production base and the continued conversion of new projects.

  18. Reddit r/robotics13

    What Are Common Failure Modes and Service Life of Collaborative Robots? Discussion on Repair and Spare Parts Reliability Under Long-Term Operation

    A user on r/robotics asked which components of collaborative robots (cobots)—motors, actuators, gears, or electronic parts—fail due to wear when running 18 hours a day on the same task for 2-3 years. The Chinese-made cobots they encountered had only run 5-10K hours, most users had not yet encountered failures, and some UR users said the equipment itself had no problems.

  19. 高工人形机器人 · 微信公众号62

    Poxiao Intelligence and Tinno Mobile Jointly Launch Full-Body Multimodal Data Collection System SeePhys Hub

    On October 14, Poxiao Intelligence and Tinno Mobile jointly launched the full-body multimodal data collection system SeePhys Hub, consisting of a four-eye headband, two wrist bands, three waist and leg motion trackers, and optional tactile gloves, capable of synchronously recording first-person vision, hand poses, contact pressure, and full-body posture and force estimation.

  20. OFweek Robotics73

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

    Stardust Intelligence announced on October 13 that it completed a new RMB 1 billion funding round led by Shenzhen Investment Holdings' Tongkong Donghai, reaching a post-money valuation of RMB 15 billion; this is the company's fourth funding round in nearly half a year. The funds will be used for model iteration, talent expansion, commercialization, and production capacity building. The company uses a cable-driven transmission design and has self-developed an end-to-end full-body VLA foundation model, Lumo. It has received orders for several thousand units, its S and T series have ten-thousand-unit-level production capacity, and the T1 brings the price of high-precision manipulation robots to under RMB 90,000.

  21. OFweek Robotics53

    KUKA unveils KAI intelligent platform, Visual Components CN, KUKA LBR NEXUS collaborative robot, and automated welding solutions at Shanghai Industrial Fair

    Under the theme "AI, Embodied," KUKA appeared at the 26th Shanghai Industrial Fair in 2026, launching the "KAI" intelligent platform and introducing Visual Components CN, the KUKA LBR NEXUS collaborative robot, embodied products, and new automated welding solutions.

  22. OFweek Robotics64

    Behind the Halving of Humanoid Robot Prices: Price Cuts Only Clear the Entry Threshold, Scale Still Awaits Breakthroughs in Dexterous Hands and Data

    The article analyzes the wave of falling humanoid robot prices: Goldman Sachs forecasts the average unit price will drop from about $41,800 in 2025 to about $21,300 in 2035; Unitree Technology's unit price fell from 593,400 yuan to 166,400 yuan in two years; Songyan Power's products have entered the sub-10,000-yuan range.

  24. New Strategy Robotics33

    Changlan Technology: From 'person-to-goods' to 'goods-to-person,' a reconstruction of warehouse operation logic

    Changlan Technology partnered with Galaxis to upgrade its traditional manual forklift warehouse into a 'goods-to-person' model using a four-way pallet shuttle rack system plus AGV transport, with 15 rack levels and storage for no fewer than 1,300 pallets. After the project went into operation, it saved more than 2,200 square meters of warehouse space, raised assembly line efficiency by more than 80%, and achieved daily inventory clearing and settlement. Three software systems—OES, PES, and RCS—handle task decomposition, shuttle scheduling, and AMR fleet traffic control, respectively, supporting fault-tolerant operation that 'degrades efficiency but does not stop the line.'

  25. New Strategy Robotics9

    Jieluo Exhibits at SEMICON WEST in San Francisco, Booth 6144

    Jieluo Systems will exhibit at SEMICON WEST, which opens on October 13 (US time) at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, at booth 6144. The team says its booth setup and equipment commissioning are ready. The company focuses on intelligent robots, IoT, and Industry 4.0 systems; its products include intelligent trackless wafer-handling robots, intelligent trackless robotic arms, and a fleet dispatch management system. Visitors are welcome to stop by and talk with the team.

  26. New Strategy Robotics49

    Hai Robotics' FlashPick robots power warehouse automation upgrade at Anta's Langfang regional warehouse

    Hai Robotics deployed 291 FlashPick robots, 78 charging stations, 5 inbound and 32 outbound workstations in Anta's Langfang regional warehouse, a space of over 6,400 square meters, replacing traditional person-to-goods picking with a tote-to-person model. After the system went live, storage height rose to 8.7 meters, vertical space utilization reached over 98%, storage density increased 3 times, and 120,000 storage locations were provided; picking accuracy is above 99%, inbound efficiency is 1,063 boxes per hour, outbound efficiency is 4,417 boxes per hour, daily capacity exceeds 210,000 items, and the system supports both B2B and B2C shipping scenarios.

  27. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence35

    Rockchip and State Labs sign strategic cooperation agreement to advance industrial vision intelligence deployment

    Rockchip Electronics and State Labs held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony at the Shanghai Industrial Fair. The two parties will combine Rockchip's AI chips with State Labs' on-device multimodal model capabilities to jointly drive the large-scale deployment of industrial vision intelligence solutions.

  28. OFweek Robotics42

    Zhongke Fifth Era Releases Embodied Brain "Epoch Spirit Brain" and Pillar Robot "Jiling-S1", with Live Demo of Three-Machine Collaborative Continuous Operation

    Zhongke Fifth Era unveiled its new-generation embodied brain "Epoch Spirit Brain" and its pillar-type embodied intelligent robot "Jiling-S1" at the Industry Expo. Jiling-S1 has 19 degrees of freedom, covers a three-dimensional workspace through pillar lifting and 360° waist rotation, and supports force control and modular end-effector quick changes; Epoch Spirit Brain relies on the FAM series of embodied large models, uses Action Flow technology to achieve cross-embodiment generality, and combines few-shot learning to adapt to new tasks. On site, three Jiling-L1 wheeled dual-arm robots autonomously collaborated to complete the full process of depalletizing, pouring, receiving, and palletizing, without manual intervention.

  29. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence48

    BlackRock and Baillie Gifford Lead Icon's $200 Million Series D for 3D-Printed Homes

    Icon, an Austin-based 3D-printed housing company, announced on October 13 that it closed a $200 million Series D round co-led by Baillie Gifford and funds under BlackRock, bringing its cumulative funding to $700 million at a valuation of $1.4 billion. The round follows its Titan multi-story robotic 3D construction system, which was commercialized in March this year and extends its previous capability of building only single-story structures to multiple stories. According to Icon, Titan can shorten the average home construction timeline by six weeks, reduce the number of workers needed, and lower overall costs by 40%.

  30. Tech Xplore Robotics49

    Soft robotic fish combines high-speed swimming with 3D maneuverability

    An electrohydraulically actuated soft robotic fish developed by the Shenyang Institute of Automation (SIA) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences achieved a measured swimming speed of 2.13 body lengths per second (about 26 cm/s) and a minimum cost of transport of 9.4 J/(kg·m), setting a speed record for soft robotic fish propelled by body and caudal fin (BCF) locomotion.

  31. Robotics & Automation News56

    Ubitium raises $14 million seed round to develop a universal processor for Physical AI

    Semiconductor startup Ubitium announced a $14 million seed round led by Ibex Investors, bringing its total seed funding to $18 million. The company is developing a unified reconfigurable processor architecture; its first chip, the UB108, uses Samsung's 8nm process and contains 256 processing units, and has demonstrated signal processing, AI inference, and real-time control on the same array. It plans to tape out the UB410 commercial processor with 4,096 processing units and deliver evaluation units in 2027.

  32. Robotics & Automation News61

    Symbotic announces acquisition of German sortation technology company cellumation

    Supply chain robotics company Symbotic announced the acquisition of cellumation, a Bremen, Germany-based automation company and creator of the software-driven sortation technology celluveyor. celluveyor consists of hundreds of independently controlled omnidirectional cells that can determine where goods go while moving them; Symbotic says it can achieve higher throughput in less space and simplify robot cell architecture.

Oct 13Tue
  1. Tech Xplore Robotics43

    Beetle-inspired soft robot BeetleBot walks, grasps, and relays sensory feedback via finger commands

    KAIST, together with Caltech and Nanyang Technological University, developed BeetleBot, a beetle-inspired soft robot that users can remotely control to walk, turn, and grasp by bending and extending a finger. The robot is driven by 3D-printed liquid crystal elastomer artificial muscles, and an onboard camera and capacitive pressure sensors relay visual and tactile information, enabling bidirectional feedback. The research was published in Science Advances; the artificial muscles' speed, energy efficiency, and power supply still need improvement, and performance still needs to be tested in real work environments.

  3. 甲子光年 · 微信公众号55

    Tesla Doubles Down on Robot Touch: DeepSkin's Decade of Work Targets Thin-Film Tactile Sensing

    On October 8, Tesla published a patent for a 3D flexible tactile sensor array for humanoid robots, with a scalable manufacturing method written into the title, merging sensing and manufacturing into a single approach. The article uses DeepSkin as an example to explain the thin-film tactile sensing field: relying on high-density thin-film electrodes and its own tactile chips, DeepSkin has achieved 9,216-point and 16,384-point tactile arrays, supports up to about 20,000 sensing points, a chip-level readout rate of 200 Hz, and can control sensing film thickness to within 500 micrometers.

  4. 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.

  5. 石麻笔记 · 微信公众号53

    A Century of Robotics EP02: The Rise and Dominance of the Four Industrial Robot Families, 1970s-2000s

    The article reviews the rise of the four major industrial robot families from the 1970s to the 2000s: KUKA launched the six-axis, all-electric KR FAMULUS in 1973; ASEA launched the IRB 6, combining all-electric drive with microprocessor control, in 1974; FANUC started out in NC and servos and mass-produced the ROBOT MODEL 1 in 1977; and Yaskawa launched the MOTOMAN-L10 in 1977.

  6. GitHub Embodied AI Topic58

    PhysiClaw hardware v0.42 releases assembly manual, sourcing guide, and STEP files for printed parts

    PhysiClaw has released hardware v0.42 build artifacts for assembling the PhysiClaw rig, in English and Chinese versions. Contents include a complete assembly manual (HTML + PDF with exploded/step-by-step SVG figures), a sourcing guide and technical drawings for the 7 frame extrusions, and STEP files for the 9 custom 3D-printed parts (recommended to print in black PA12 via SLS/MJF) along with a bilingual print guide.

  7. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence52

    JL Mag expects net profit of 735-800 million yuan in the first three quarters of 2026, with robotics revenue up about 100% year on year

    JL Mag announced that it expects net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company of 735-800 million yuan for the first three quarters of 2026, up 42.59%-55.20% year on year. The company's operating revenue rose about 40% year on year, with revenue from robotics and industrial servo motors up about 100% year on year. The change in performance is mainly due to continued consolidation of its advantages in new energy and energy conservation and environmental protection and its expansion into emerging markets.