Tutor has unveiled its next-generation robots Cassie and Sonny, general-purpose robot workers designed for scenarios such as supply chains and warehousing; both models are already in use at production facilities in multiple locations across the United States.
Atomrobot's parallel robots handle the pick-and-place and precise stacking of battery blocks, suitable for cell and module loading, sorting, and stacking. They emphasize high dynamics, high consistency, and high stability to meet the challenge of maintaining constant yield across tens of millions of repetitions in mass production. In addition to the Li Auto project, this solution has been deployed on the lithium battery production lines of CATL, BYD, Sunwoda, Leapmotor, Great Wall Motor, FAW, Foxconn, and other companies.
Agile Robots' humanoid robot factory in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany, went from an empty facility to mass production in about six months, starting production in January and entering series production in late summer.
ROBROS unveiled Real-Time FBT, a real-time full-body teleoperation technology for its IGRIS-C humanoid robot that maps the operator's movements onto the robot's full-body motion in real time. The demo includes basic full-body movements such as squatting, kicking, turning, and bowing, as well as box handling, sandbag punching, and ball kicking. The technology extends teleoperation from the previous upper-limb-focused control to the whole body, allowing the operator to coordinate locomotion, posture changes, and manipulation in real time as one continuous behavior.
Agility Robotics has launched Digit 5, its first humanoid robot able to work safely alongside human coworkers. Customers can get early access in the first half of 2027, with full commercial availability by the end of that year.
Rokae Robotics has launched a full-stack embodied intelligence development platform for developers and industry partners. The hardware includes the Xuanji HSA series integrated force-controlled joints, the Taibai AR series humanoid force-controlled arms, and the Xuanhe iNex embodied intelligence control system. The AR series offers 7 degrees of freedom, a 3 kg–20 kg payload, and a whole-machine force-control bandwidth of >30 Hz.
On September 12, UBTech's Liuzhou industrial humanoid robot super smart factory went into operation. UBTech calls it the world's first 10,000-unit-class humanoid robot smart manufacturing factory; it covers 14,000 m² and focuses on producing the Walker S and Cruzr series, rolling one unit off the line every 10 minutes.
On September 11, 2026, Stellantis' commercial vehicle division Stellantis Pro One announced a partnership with Wuxi UQI Intelligent (UQI Robotics) to advance an autonomous logistics concept called Box-on-Wheels, with validation planned first in Europe and its first public demonstration on September 14 at IAA Transportation 2026 in Hannover.
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Agility Robotics has released Digit 5, a next-generation general-purpose humanoid robot built around a safety architecture that allows it to work in close proximity to people without traditional physical safety fencing. It uses an independent safety controller, AI-based human detection, and audiovisual cues, and is the first launch partner for the NVIDIA Halos for Robotics platform, built on NVIDIA IGX Thor.
Why it matters: The official announcement details Digit 5's safety architecture, payload, battery life, and other specific upgrades, along with order background, giving readers insight into the product approach for humanoid robots working near people.
On September 12, UBTech's Liuzhou factory went into operation. The company officially calls it the world's first 10,000-unit-class industrial humanoid robot super smart factory, covering 14,000 square meters, rolling one unit off the line every 10 minutes, with annual capacity exceeding 10,000 units. At the factory, CruzrY1 and S2 handle depalletizing, palletizing, and material feeding, with digital twin technology in cooperation with Siemens; a single robot tightens more than 2,000 screws across more than 50 specifications, and complete-machine quality inspection takes over 4 hours.
Why it matters: Beyond the production start news, it adds analysis of capacity and orders and of the gap between training and real production lines, so readers can assess the practical constraints on scaling humanoid robot deployment.
Hikrobot appeared at the 2026 Tokyo International Logistics Exhibition (LTT), showcasing three major product lines: machine vision, mobile robots, and articulated robots. Exhibits include the STRP case storage solution, which supports double-deep storage up to 12 meters and handles 200 cases per aisle per hour; the F1-300 forklift robot with a rated payload of 300 kg; and the PlantMirror 3D logistics simulation software.
The ATEC2026 offline qualifier in Hong Kong will begin on September 12, with 43 contestants bringing their robots to compete for 5 final-round qualification spots. DISCOVER Robotics (Qiuzhi Technology), as an official partner, will compete with the AIRBOT Play six-axis robotic arm.
PaXini AI, drawing on the tactile sensing logic of the human Pacinian corpuscle, has released the PX6AX GEN4 product matrix, equipped with the GEN4 FUSE true 6D tactile sensing chip, and completed a new funding round of 1 billion yuan.
PaXini has cumulatively led or participated in 51 international, national, and industry standards projects, including 1 international standards project, 32 national standards projects, and 18 industry standards projects, covering areas such as perception, data, and complete robots. Recently, two national tactile sensor standards projects, with PaXini as the first lead drafter, were approved for development, launching the first national standards series in China's tactile sensor field.
Westwood Robotics has launched the new Gummy BEAR — GB01 and GB01X, with 3.8 Nm rated torque, 14 Nm / 1.5 s stall torque, and weights of 235 g / 248 g.
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Li Xiangming, general manager of RoboTechnik's Embodied Intelligence Business Unit, gave a keynote titled "How Industrial Robots Can Break Through in the AI Era" at the 2026 Global Industrial Internet Conference held in Liaoning, proposing four breakthrough paths: reliability, ease of use, full-category plus embodied intelligence, and going global.
Nanjing Tianchuang Intelligent and Daimon Robotics have formed a strategic partnership and signed a 100-million-yuan cooperation framework agreement to jointly upgrade next-generation embodied intelligent robots for special scenarios including firefighting, national defense, power grids, mining, and explosion-proof chemical applications. The two parties will establish a joint R&D team for tactile intelligence in special robots, closing the loop from tactile hardware supply, multimodal data collection, tactile model training, and full-robot adaptation and optimization to real-world scenario testing and validation and large-scale industrialization.
Highpower Technology recently participated again in a new funding round for Zhishen Technology, increasing its capital investment on top of its previous strategic investment; the two sides' cooperation will extend to product definition, joint technology research, and scenario validation. Highpower Technology is already a core battery system supplier to leading robotics companies such as AgiBot, Qiyuan, UBTECH, Disney, and Yunji. Zhishen Technology focuses on the R&D and industrialization of quadruped robots, humanoid robots, and related intelligent equipment, with products aimed at scenarios including security inspection, power operation and maintenance, firefighting and emergency response, scientific research and education, and commercial services.
At WRC 2026, Youren Intelligence made the global debut of a robotic dexterous hand that can perform pulse diagnosis: three fingers rest on the wrist, and on-device processing analyzes 28 pulse types and draws on traditional Chinese medicine knowledge to offer suggestions. The angel-round company, founded less than a year ago with a team of about 20 people, believes the tactile bottleneck lies in data trustworthiness rather than volume. Its CrediTac framework uses heterogeneous fusion sensors based on multiple mechanisms—capacitive, piezoresistive, and piezoelectric—and aims to deliver tactile data with 99.9% trustworthiness.
Highpower Technology has completed a strategic restructuring, positioning itself in AI edge batteries plus solid-state. Interim revenue grew 15% and net profit rose 27% year on year; excluding share-based payment expenses, net profit grew 60%. Energy storage revenue grew 66% year on year, with the share of cells sold externally exceeding 70%. AIDC energy storage R&D began in 2025, advancing on both lithium and sodium battery lines and currently in the sample submission and certification stage. Robot batteries have entered the supply chains of AgiBot, Zhishen, and UBTECH, and the company expects related revenue of nearly 100 million yuan in 2026.
XSTO is showcasing a range of material-handling products at the 2026 Japan International Logistics Exhibition (LTT EXPO), which opened in Tokyo on September 8, including the Magic Block King Kong, an AI+ handling robot, an electric portable stair-climbing cart, and a motion-sensing logistics vehicle. The Magic Block King Kong uses a modular architecture to achieve multiple functions in one machine with on-demand quick swaps, covering scenarios such as flat ground, stair climbing, and loading and unloading; the AI+ handling robot and the electric portable stair-climbing cart target stair scenarios, while the motion-sensing logistics vehicle serves warehouse freight handling with motion-sensing control.
NEURA Robotics and SECO S.p.A. announced a strategic partnership on September 7, 2026, under which SECO will design, engineer, and manufacture electronic compute modules for NEURA's cognitive robots, including the 4NE1 humanoid robot; the modules integrate Qualcomm Dragonwing processors.
iRobot showcased the Roomba Duo concept at the IFA trade show in Berlin. The main floor-washing unit navigates using lidar and cameras, its steam-mopping roller brush applies 46 newtons of downward pressure, and it carries a Roomba Plus 757 on top, which a robotic arm lowers to clean under tables and in corners. In the demo, the main unit picked pasta up from a carpet and cleaned the carpet. New CEO Hao Li introduced the machine; as a concept product it has no price or launch date, and its specifications are still in development.
Swancor showcased its full product line at Booth 6D18 in Hall 6.2 of the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) during the 29th China International Composites Industry Technology Exhibition (CCE2026), held September 1–3. Highlights included high-performance carbon fiber composites for robot components, resin solutions for fixed-wing drones, EzCiclo recyclable thermosetting resins and recycled products, along with several technical seminars such as "Swancor Robot Materials and Applications." All-carbon-fiber badminton rackets and pickleball paddles were also sold on site.
Wandercraft announced that its Calvin-40 industrial humanoid robot has secured 12 major customers spanning the automotive, logistics, retail, healthcare, and defense sectors. The company first builds reliability on material-handling tasks such as tires, boxes, and parcels, then expands to panels and carts, and is developing finer operations such as sorting; its partnership with Renault Group plans to deploy 350 humanoid robots over the next 18 months.
STIER has launched the PolishV series radial compliant spindle, featuring three main characteristics: high torque, precise force adjustment, and automatic tool change. The spindle delivers output torque of over 2.7 N.m and a floating torque of up to 24 N.m, providing 360° circumferential compliance and ±5° oscillating radial force, with floating accuracy of ±1 N, and supports automatic tool change in conjunction with a robot tool magazine. It has already been deployed in fields including liquid-cooling computing, chip manufacturing, aluminum alloy die casting, bearing manufacturing, medical devices, and 3C consumer electronics, and together with PolishX compliant force control and six-axis force sensors, forms its AI compliant grinding product system.
Stial has built a full-stack physical AI technology system spanning flexible force control, AI process decision-making, motion control, and robotic execution, focused on complex grinding, polishing, and deburring scenarios. Its PolishX flexible force control system can achieve contact force control accuracy of up to ±0.5% FS within the specified range and test conditions, and NextBrain™ AI Mushroom Cloud provides robot modeling, task planning, simulation, digital twin, and AI process decision-making capabilities. The related solutions have been applied in computing infrastructure, shipbuilding, auto parts, 3C electronics, and other fields, and have entered overseas markets such as Southeast Asia.
XSTO held the global debut of its M9 series light off-road electric wheelchair at a new product launch on September 3 at the China International Welfare Expo in Beijing. The series uses an intelligent all-time four-wheel-drive system, four-wheel independent suspension, and high-grip off-road tires to handle unpaved terrain such as grass and stone paths, with a maximum range of 54 kilometers; the M9 Pro supports fully electric posture adjustment and one-touch flat recline. The X13 embodied mobile robot, M4 Ultra smart wheelchair, and A7 wheeled bipedal robot also appeared at the same exhibition, which runs until September 5, with on-site preorders available at booth 3B04.
DEEP Robotics' X30 quadruped robot won the China Design Gold Award at the 26th China Patent Award, which is jointly organized by the China National Intellectual Property Administration and the World Intellectual Property Organization; no more than 10 Design Gold Awards are granted each year. The X30 features a wide operating temperature range of -20°C to 55°C, IP67 whole-machine protection, and a 520mm standardized mounting rail, and supports autonomous charging and rapid battery swapping. It was previously the first industry-grade quadruped robot from China to be deployed in an overseas power system in 2024.
zeroth_official has released the personal humanoid robot Zeroth Bridge, priced under $4,000 and now open for orders. The robot stands 88 cm tall and weighs 13 kg, uses custom actuators to support dynamic movements such as backflips, supports teleoperation and expansion, and is positioned as an open-source platform. Order at: https://zeroth-openbridge.com/
X Square Robot releases TwinDEX, a pair of twin three-finger, nine-degree-of-freedom dexterous hands: one is wearable for data collection, and one is mounted on a robot for real-machine deployment, enabling dexterous manipulation driven purely by embodiment-free data with zero real-machine teleoperation data.
Why it matters: The original text provides specific design dimensions for consistency between the collection end and the execution end, along with a data-efficiency comparison, offering a transferable understanding of the engineering path for replacing real-machine teleoperation with embodiment-free data.
The Kepler Qilin quadruped robot makes its debut; the company says it offers up to 8 hours of battery life at full load and is designed for heavy-duty industrial work across a range of operating conditions. The robot can carry out joint missions in coordination with the Kepler K2 Hornet humanoid mech.
iRobot has released the flagship robot vacuum-and-mop Roomba Max 875 Combo ($1,199) and the mid-range Roomba Plus 678 Combo ($899), now on sale at irobot.com and set to appear at IFA Berlin under its new shareholder Picea Robotics.
Direct Drive Technology does not take the humanoid route; it uses direct-drive motors as wheel hubs and joints. In 2021 it launched "Xingtian," the world's first fully direct-drive two-wheeled legged robot. In 2023 it launched the 8-DOF wheel-legged robot "TITA," and in 2025 the third-generation modular wheel-legged robot "D1" was born, with a maximum obstacle-crossing height of 70 cm and a maximum payload of 80 kg; it can split into two machines or combine to cross obstacles, suitable for scenarios such as campus inspection and delivery.
ZINOVA, using LimX Dynamics' TRON 2 dual-arm embodied robot, partnered with RIC Robotics to complete a POC demo of a scaled concrete slab construction scenario, covering processes such as formwork frame assembly, and multi-layer rebar laying and tying. In the demo, two TRON 2 robots respectively held a nail gun and wooden boards to collaboratively assemble and secure the concrete formwork frame. TRON 2 supports human-machine collaborative teleoperation, with operators intervening at key points while accumulating data to lay the foundation for future autonomous capabilities and model training.
Elite Robots has launched a robot cerebellum platform that uses a real-time motion stream of up to 500Hz to take in intents from the Yuanqi Primo embodied large model and from external intelligence that complies with interface constraints, and converts them into continuous, constrained motions. Real-machine tests used a 2ms target period, 30ms lookahead time, and a tracking gain of 2000; each frame's target undergoes constraint validation, and when the link breaks, the system follows isolation, convergence, or controlled-exit paths. The SDK brings interface calls, parameter tuning, and exception handling into a unified workflow, and general integration does not require a dedicated RT kernel.
RoboScience has launched REX G1, a wheeled humanoid general-purpose manipulation robot equipped with its self-developed Visics general embodied large model built on the VLOA architecture, targeting scenarios including logistics, factories, retail, and homes. REX G1 has 22 degrees of freedom, can carry 10 kg with both arms, supports ±0.1 mm repeat positioning accuracy, is only 540 mm wide and can enter 0.75-meter narrow passages, and relies on 2070 TFLOPS of on-device compute to complete the perception, decision, and control loop.
DEEP Robotics' X30 quadruped robot has won the Design Gold Award at the 26th China Patent Award, which honors no more than 10 winners each year. The X30 features IP67 whole-machine protection, supports operation across a wide temperature range from -20°C to 55°C, is equipped with four sets of LiDAR and a 520mm standardized mounting rail, and its battery supports autonomous charging and rapid swapping. The model previously won the 2023 Zhejiang Province First Set of Equipment award and in 2024 became China's first industry-grade quadruped robot deployed in an overseas power system.