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Jul 30Thu
  1. Stial/斯帝尔科技45

    Stial wins flexible grinding robot project from leading automotive steering system company

    Stial has won a flexible grinding robot project from a leading domestic automotive steering system company, providing a full AI flexible grinding solution for its precision automotive structural parts and new energy vehicle supporting components. The project uses Stial's self-developed six-axis robot equipped with the PolishX flexible force control and NextBrain™ Mogu Cloud system, achieving contact force control accuracy of ±0.5% FS through hybrid force/position control and real-time gravity compensation to complete deburring, chamfering, surface finishing and other processes.

  2. Livox62

    Livox releases ultra-long-range LiDAR Avia 2, with maximum detection range of up to 1,000 meters

    Livox has released the ultra-long-range LiDAR Avia 2, aimed at power line inspection, roadside obstacle detection, and bulk material measurement in coal yards and grain silos, with a maximum cutoff detection range of up to 1,000 meters using a 1535nm laser.

    Why it matters: The original article lists measured detection ranges at different reflectivities and field-of-view switching options, which can be used to assess the deployment cost of replacing multiple sensors with a single device.

Jul 29Wed
  1. Stial/斯帝尔科技45

    Stial wins bid for intelligent flexible polishing robot project for liquid cooling systems, delivering customized full-process AI flexible polishing solution for AI computing centers

    Stial recently won a project to upgrade the intelligent flexible polishing production line of a leading domestic precision metal composite materials company, with an order value in the millions of yuan. The solution deploys multiple AI flexible polishing workstations, uses the NextBrain™ Mogu Cloud system for multi-task intelligent decision-making, and is equipped with the self-developed PolishX flexible force control system at the end effector. Through hybrid force/position control and real-time gravity compensation, it adapts to irregular curved surface profiles and dynamically adjusts contact force, serving the AI computing center's liquid cooling pipelines to improve mass-production quality and efficiency.

  2. 大象机器人34

    Elephant Robotics launches ultraArm P1, bridging the gap between robotics education and advanced automation development

    Elephant Robotics has launched the ultraArm P1, a 4-DOF programmable desktop smart palletizing stepper robotic arm upgraded from the ultraArm P340 platform. The product supports drag-and-drop teach programming, features absolute encoders, collision detection, a built-in LCD screen, and a dual-core control architecture, with a working radius extended by 20 mm. It targets robotics education, academic research, prototyping, and commercial application scenarios.

Jul 28Tue
  1. Westwood Robotics · YouTube24

    Mastering BEAR Actuators 04: Parameters and Data Control GUI Walkthrough

    Westwood Robotics releases the fourth installment of its BEAR actuator tutorial series, walking through the control table register architecture via the BEAR Data Control GUI: CONFIG registers are used to set PID gains, baud rate, hardware limits, and safety thresholds, while STAT registers manage runtime states and telemetry feedback.

  2. 禾川科技 · 微信公众号34

    HCFA Industrial Robots: Delivering Customer Smart Manufacturing Value Through Solutions

    HCFA Technology has launched the S1 series SCARA four-axis robots and the T1 series six-axis articulated robots, with payloads covering 3kg–60kg and 7kg–80kg respectively. The S1 achieves repeat positioning accuracy of ±0.015mm and is suited to scenarios including 3C electronics, lithium batteries, food and medical, photovoltaics, and machine tool loading/unloading, spraying, grinding, and palletizing.

Jul 27Mon
  2. JAKA Robotics/节卡机器人26

    JAKA π humanoid robot appears in formation performance at Suzhou Super League Changzhou home match

    On July 25, JAKA Robotics' self-developed JAKA π (π Zai) lightweight legged humanoid robot appeared at the Changzhou home match of the Suzhou Super League, where multiple robots danced in coordinated formation, hitting precise beats to the music. The robot is 1.2 meters tall, weighs 42 kg, and has 27 degrees-of-freedom joints. It uses a fused "brain + cerebellum" architecture, combining 1 ms EtherCAT high-speed servo communication with kilohertz-level joint feedback to achieve stable motion output. The JAKA Kargo wheeled humanoid robot project, built on the same underlying technology, was selected as a typical case among Jiangsu Province's top ten application scenarios for embodied intelligent robots.

  3. Wandercraft49

    Wandercraft's self-balancing rehabilitation exoskeleton Atalante X receives ARCSA approval in Ecuador, advancing Latin American expansion

    Wandercraft's self-balancing rehabilitation exoskeleton Atalante X has received approval from Ecuador's health regulator ARCSA for rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injury (C4 to L5), post-stroke hemiplegia, and multiple sclerosis. The device balances autonomously without crutches and is already in use at more than 150 clinical and research institutions worldwide; La Clínica de Lesiones Deportivas in Quito will be the first center in Ecuador to introduce the device, and the company is also evaluating markets such as Costa Rica and Chile.

Jul 25Sat
  1. 柯力股份25

    From Sensors to a Robotics Industry Ecosystem | Keli Appears at the 5th Embodied Intelligence and Humanoid Robotics Industry Connection Conference

    Keli Sensing co-organized the 5th Embodied Intelligence and Humanoid Robotics Industry Connection Conference held in Ningbo, and showcased its multi-dimensional force product series, with Chairman and President Ke Jiandong delivering a keynote speech. The company proposed a strategy of building from a "sensor forest" foundation toward a robotics industry ecosystem, and is developing robot sensors for force perception, touch, vision, inertial navigation, vibration, and temperature and humidity. It is also advancing the construction of a 40,000-square-meter robotics industry building and plans to open Zhejiang's first robot 4S store, gathering more than 100 robot-related enterprises and integrating 8 core functions.

Jul 24Fri
  2. Fudan Multimodal Embodied Intelligence30

    Fudan Institute of Intelligent Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing Innovation showcases multiple achievements at 2026 World AI Conference

    During the 2026 World AI Conference, Fudan University's Institute of Intelligent Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing Innovation presented achievements in embodied intelligence, physical intelligence, and related areas. Professor Su Hao delivered a keynote speech on physical intelligence at the main forum; Sudo Technology made its first public appearance in China and demonstrated a four-robot collaborative battery module assembly production line; and Zhang Lihua's team's intelligent inspection robot dog appeared on a CCTV program.

Jul 21Tue
  1. Elite Robots/艾利特机器人23

    Elite Robots × WAIC 2026 booth concludes successfully

    During the four-day WAIC 2026 exhibition, Elite Robots showcased collaborative robots, mobile manipulators, wheeled humanoid robots, and a coffee robot, and ran a live full-process optical module production line on site. Over the course of the exhibition, the booth received nearly 10,000 visitors, held signing ceremonies with multiple batches of strategic partners, announced the industry-education integration strategy of its sub-brand "Aifan Robotics" and the new commercial layout of "Qianbi Intelligent Robot," welcomed visiting government leaders at multiple levels from Jiangsu, Shanghai, Anhui, and other regions, and hosted five themed presentations.

  2. YOUIBOT/优艾智合40

    WAIC 2026: Youibot's Edge humanoid robot showcases multi-robot collaborative industrial embodied intelligence with FabriX

    At WAIC 2026, Youibot publicly unveiled its industrial humanoid robot Edge offline for the first time; five Edge robots and one mobile transport robot collaborated in a simulated line-side warehouse to complete material picking and delivery. The demonstration is based on its industrial embodied intelligence foundation model FabriX and a "one brain, multiple embodiments" architecture, in which a unified control framework dynamically decomposes workflows and assigns tasks. After leaving the factory, Edge requires only 50 training demonstrations to reach a success rate of up to 90% on applicable tasks, and it iterates training on a 24-hour cycle.

  3. JAKA Robotics/节卡机器人36

    JAKA × WAIC: Full-stack in-house development, JAKA embodied intelligence really enters factories and gets work done

    At 2026 WAIC, JAKA Robotics' full-stack, in-house developed embodied intelligence products were showcased together. The JAKA K1-25 humanoid robot weighs under 25 kg, has a maximum payload of up to 30 kg, and features 1 kHz force-control response and ±0.1 mm repeat positioning accuracy; the new energy motor collaborative assembly system jointly built by JAKA Kargo and Hasco Automotive has a recognition accuracy of 99% and can complete 0.5 mm fine-thread screw fastening in 10 seconds.

  4. 具微科技44

    Juwei Technology Showcases at WAIC 2026: Full-Stack In-House New Products Debut, "Body-Data-Brain" Ecosystem Loop Takes Shape

    At WAIC 2026, Juwei Technology unveiled the Curious S01 industrial high-speed wheeled quadruped robot and JW106P, the world's first embodied-intelligence flat-wire joint. The JW106P joint module achieves 90% efficiency, 600 N·m peak torque, and 276 N·m/kg torque density; the MOVENEW P series "four-proof" models carry 200-400 kg loads with 8-12 hours of battery life. The exhibition also presented a closed loop of "four-proof body + real industrial machine data + embodied industrial brain." The company obtained the world's first composite explosion-proof certification for wheeled-legged robots in April this year.

Jul 20Mon
  1. 开普勒人形机器人 · 微信公众号50

    Kepler Unveils Qilin Series Quadruped Robots and K3 Hornet Humanoid Robot at WAIC 2026

    At the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), Kepler unveiled its full Qilin series of quadruped robots, calling them the world's first hybrid-architecture quadruped robots. They feature self-developed planetary roller screws and can walk continuously for 8 hours on a single charge. The Qilin rideable model supports carrying a real person and rear cargo transport, has IP67 protection for core components, and can climb slopes up to 45°. The heavy-duty flatbed model weighs around 300 kg, has a near-ton payload capacity, stands over 2 meters tall, and can walk continuously for 8 hours on a 1-hour charge.

  2. Elite Robots/艾利特机器人28

    Elite Robots' Cao Yunan Discusses Physical AI Deployment Challenges and Solutions at WAIC 2026

    At the "Intelligent Trends Forum" at WAIC 2026, Cao Yunan, Chairman of Elite Robots, delivered a speech titled "Optically Connected Intelligence: The Strategic Outpost of Physical AI," noting that physical AI deployment faces four bottlenecks: data, models, execution, and scale. The company's self-developed "Yuanqi Primo" solution enables on-site cold start with a small number of samples, keeps sensitive data resident locally, and evolves through federated intelligence; it has already achieved scaled deployment in optical communications manufacturing. Its Suzhou super factory is expected to be completed and put into operation by the end of 2026, and the company has accumulated millions of robot operation trajectories and hundreds of millions of force-tactile sensor sampling data points.

Jul 17Fri
  1. 傅利叶 · 微信公众号57

    Fourier Unveils GRW Wheeled Dual-Arm Robot and Debuts Cat-Head Robot Family

    At WAIC 2026, Fourier released GRW, its first high-payload wheeled dual-arm robot, featuring a maximum payload of 16 kg, a 2-meter-class workspace, 29 degrees of freedom in the body (excluding end effectors), power-off braking, anti-tip protection, and hot-swappable batteries with 4 hours of battery life. It also showcased for the first time its Embodied Home technology solution for home companionship; GR-3 can complete a long-sequence closed loop from intent judgment to task execution based on vague natural language instructions, and relies on the FOCUS centralized control system to achieve multi-robot coordinated avoidance; GR Mini and GR Nano appeared, together with GR-3 forming the Cat-Head robot family.

  2. OFweek Robotics27

    Sifang Fengxin launches 7525 and 9020 series centrifugal fans to solve drying blind spots in robot vacuum bases

    Sifang Fengxin has launched centrifugal blower solutions for hot-air drying in robot vacuum and mop bases. The 7525 series is small and low-cost, supports PWM stepless speed control, and covers functions such as mop drying, UV sterilization air circulation, and wastewater tank deodorization; the 9020 series targets flagship models, features a 20mm ultra-thin body, supports PWM speed control and speed feedback, and offers stronger airflow penetration, which can solve the problem of insufficient airflow at the end of bent air ducts.

Jul 16Thu
  1. Booster Robotics/加速进化45

    Booster Robotics secures another round of strategic funding to advance global delivery of humanoid robots

    Booster Robotics announced that it has secured another round of strategic funding. The first batch of fully paid orders for its new Booster K1 sold out within 20 minutes, and dealers placed orders for more than 1,000 units at the launch event; the company promised 3x compensation for any undelivered orders by the end of December. It has delivered more than 700 humanoid robots worldwide, serving over 200 customers. Production capacity is expected to reach the tens of thousands of units level next year. Booster K1 runs on the Booster Agents platform, offering APIs, an open-source framework, and a no-code teaching method.

Jul 15Wed
  1. Boston Dynamics50

    Boston Dynamics' Atlas appears in 2026 World Cup halftime show

    Boston Dynamics' humanoid robot Atlas handed the match ball to the referee and performed a series of soccer celebration moves during halftime of the 2026 FIFA World Cup round-of-16 match between Norway and Brazil on July 5. This was the first public appearance of the production version of Atlas and the first robot halftime performance in World Cup history. The behavior is based on reinforcement-learning whole-body control training and was tested in both the lab and real environments; it was a live demonstration rather than an on-site autonomous operational deployment. The event is related to Hyundai's "Next Starts Now" project.

  2. RoboParty · 微信公众号63

    RoboParty completes nearly 500 million yuan in funding to advance open-source humanoid robot platform and HFM R&D

    RoboParty recently completed consecutive Angel++ and Pre-A funding rounds totaling nearly 500 million yuan. The Angel++ round was joined by existing shareholders including Shunwei Capital, Matrix Partners China, Xiaomi Strategic Investment, and SenseTime Guoxiang, while the Pre-A round was exclusively invested by CATL. Lighthouse Capital served as incubator and financial advisor.

Jul 14Tue
  1. 开普勒人形机器人 · 微信公众号38

    Kepler K3 Bumblebee and Qilin Series Robots to Make Debut at 2026 WAIC

    Kepler announced that its K3 Bumblebee series and Qilin series robots will be shown in physical form for the first time at the 2026 WAIC World Artificial Intelligence Conference, with on-site rides on the heavy-load Qilin and a 1:1 recreation of an industrial scenario demonstrating a fully autonomous closed loop for long-horizon tasks. It will also showcase two deployed solutions, smart retail shelf sorting and the Kepler Coffee smart coffee pod, from July 17 to 20 at booth H3-D409.

  2. Singularity Hub59

    Humanoid robot Surgie performs two live pig gallbladder removals under surgeon teleoperation

    A UC San Diego team completed two live pig gallbladder removal surgeries in an ordinary operating room using the teleoperated humanoid robot Surgie, with surgeons directing and controlling the procedures rather than the robot operating autonomously. Surgie is a modified commercial Unitree G1 that can quickly switch between standard surgical instruments and is smaller in size and footprint than conventional surgical robots such as Da Vinci. Participating surgeons reported intuitive control and reduced physical strain, but also noted overheating and the need for frequent repositioning.

Jul 13Mon
  1. 禾川科技 · 微信公众号18

    Hechuan Humanoid invites you to WAIC 2026 World AI Conference

    Hechuan Humanoid Robot (Hechuan Technology, 688320.SH) will exhibit at the 8th World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), held July 17-20, 2026, at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, booth H3-C108. The company will highlight industrial assembly robots, joint actuators, coreless motors, frameless torque motors, and five-finger dexterous hands, focusing on full-stack R&D of core humanoid robot components and electric drive system technology, and offering cost-effective core components and system-level solutions.

  2. UBTECH Robotics58

    UBTECH Signs with Terra Robotics: Walker S2 Humanoid Robots Enter European ROSSMANN Logistics Center

    UBTECH Robotics has signed a cooperation agreement with European robotics integrator Terra Robotics, which will serve as its exclusive distributor and strategic partner in the German-speaking region (Germany, Switzerland, Austria). Terra Robotics has purchased an initial batch of dozens of full-size embodied intelligent humanoid robots, deployed at the logistics center of European retailer ROSSMANN to perform repetitive tasks such as handling and sorting through long-term, large-scale pilot operations.

Jul 10Fri
  1. RoboParty · 微信公众号22

    RoboParty to appear at WAIC 2026, showcasing full-stack open-source humanoid robot platform ROBOTO Origin (RPO)

    RoboParty will appear at WAIC 2026 in Shanghai from July 17 to 20, 2026, with exhibits centered on a "full-stack open-source robot platform" at X1C-307, West Bund International Convention and Exhibition Center; H4-FT B101, Hall H4, Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center; and ZT-010, All-Domain Link Hall.

  3. OFweek Robotics26

    Pound Flag Technology launches robot rental RaaS model, using "zero investment" to solve the difficulty of investing in smart warehousing

    Pound Flag Technology has launched a robot rental RaaS (Robotics as a Service) model, under which enterprises do not need to purchase equipment assets and pay service fees only based on deterministic operational results, achieving "zero-investment move-in." The solution relies on industrial AI agents and the industry's first LDS production-collaboration unmanned pull system and ADS multi-brand robot hybrid scheduling system to uniformly schedule a full-category cluster of self-developed AMR/AGV robots. Pound Flag says the model has been implemented in 2,000+ projects worldwide and can reduce per-unit inbound and outbound costs by 35%, increase picking efficiency by 300%, and save 50% in labor costs.

Jul 9Thu
  1. 1X Technologies65

    1X releases 25-DOF tendon-driven dexterous hand for NEO humanoid robot

    1X Technologies announced a 25-DOF tendon-driven dexterous hand for the NEO humanoid robot platform, which will ship with every NEO unit.

    Why it matters: The original article provides key specifications and production progress for the 25-DOF tendon-driven hand, which readers can use to assess its actual impact on humanoid manipulation capabilities.

Jul 6Mon
  1. Deep Robotics/云深处科技39

    DEEP Robotics Holds Global Partner Conference to Build a Collaborative and Win-Win New Ecosystem for Embodied Intelligence

    DEEP Robotics held its Global Partner Conference in Hangzhou on June 27, bringing together more than 500 partners and unveiling its "1+X+N" development strategy: one embodied brain, X product series covering quadruped, wheeled-legged, and humanoid robots, and N industry application scenarios.

Jul 5Sun
  1. 加速进化 · 微信公众号22

    Accelerating Evolution: Booster T2 Humanoid Robot Nears Launch

    Booster Robotics has announced that its Booster T2 humanoid robot is about to launch. The company previewed its motion control, perception, battery life, and manipulation capabilities in four sections of copy framed as stance, mind, internal strength, and moves, but did not disclose specific specifications. The original text gives no details such as degrees of freedom, payload, battery life, price, or release date, and only provides product inquiry contacts: 400-865-2028 and sales@booster.tech.

  2. 加速进化 · 微信公众号59

    Accelerated Evolution Booster robots help multiple teams sweep all bipedal humanoid gold medals at RoboCup 2026

    RoboCup 2026 concluded in Incheon, South Korea. Tsinghua University's Huoshen team, equipped with the Accelerated Evolution Booster T1, successfully defended its world championship in the Large group, having ended a 28-year title drought for Chinese teams in Brazil a year earlier.

Jul 2Thu
  1. Stial/斯帝尔科技44

    STIER wins bid for AI intelligent flexible production line project from leading listed lighting company, achieving one-stop implementation of the full welding and grinding process

    STIER has won the bid for an intelligent manufacturing production line project from a globally renowned lighting company and will build an intelligent flexible production line covering upstream welding and downstream AI flexible grinding. The downstream grinding uses its AI flexible grinding robot, equipped with the self-developed PolishX flexible force control system and the AI brain NextBrain™ Mogu Cloud system. Through hybrid force/position control and real-time gravity compensation, it handles burrs, curved-surface polishing, and edge and corner grinding, while the entire line achieves coordinated linkage of welding, grinding, conveying, dust removal, and inspection.

Jul 1Wed
  1. Yaskawa61

    Yaskawa Electric builds new European Robotics Distribution Center (ERDC) in Slovenia and relocates and expands YASKAWA Ristro

    Yaskawa Electric announced that YASKAWA Europe Robotics d.o.o. will build a new logistics facility, the ERDC (European Robotics Distribution Center), in the city of Kocevje, Slovenia, and will relocate and expand YASKAWA Ristro d.o.o., currently located in the city of Ribnica, to the same site, consolidating development, production, and systems operations.

    Why it matters: The original article provides hard figures such as investment amount, floor area, and monthly production capacity, which can be used to gauge the scale of change in Yaskawa's European logistics and production capacity layout.

  2. OFweek Robotics36

    Juwei Technology to appear at OFweek 2026 Smart Manufacturing Conference, holding the world's first explosion-proof certification for wheeled-legged robots

    Juwei Technology will appear at the OFweek 2026 China Smart Manufacturing Industry Conference in Shenzhen on July 10, showcasing its wheeled-legged special-purpose quadruped robot. In April this year, the company obtained the world's first explosion-proof certification for a wheeled-legged robot (Ex db eb mb IIB T4 Gb). The explosion-proof model can climb 25 cm steps and 45° slopes, carries a payload of 200-400 kg, and has an endurance of 8-12 h. Its kinetic energy recovery technology can extend effective endurance by about 40%, and the whole machine can operate stably in environments from -40°C to 85°C.

Jun 30Tue
  1. 松灵机器人30

    How to Choose a General-Purpose Mobile Robot Chassis for All Domains? Analysis Based on Complex Environment Adaptation and Large-Scale Deployment Scenarios (Using AgileX Robotics UMR as an Example)

    Mobile robot chassis selection should be evaluated across six dimensions: terrain adaptation, drive and steering architecture, core hardware reliability, modular expansion, software ecosystem, and mass-production delivery, using the AgileX Robotics UMR four-wheel four-steering omnidirectional chassis as a reference.