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  1. 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.

  2. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence62

    Tage Zhixing completes nearly 300 million yuan in new funding round

    Tage Zhixing, a domestic autonomous driving transport company for open-pit mines, recently completed a new funding round of nearly 300 million yuan. On May 20 this year, Tage Zhixing submitted an IPO application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for the first time. Given the Hong Kong listing cycle, this round may be its last funding round before going public.

  3. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence22

    Institutions buy 25 stocks including Unitree Robotics today, sell Sieyuan Electric for 287 million yuan

    In the October 20 dragon-tiger list, the top three stocks by net institutional buying were Espressif Systems, Unitree Robotics, and Haitian Ruisheng, with net buying of 347 million yuan, 159 million yuan, and 154 million yuan, respectively. The top three stocks by net institutional selling that day were Sieyuan Electric, Chaozhou Three-Circle, and Veken Lithium Core, with net selling of 287 million yuan, 283 million yuan, and 207 million yuan, respectively. Institutions appeared in a total of 42 individual stocks, with 25 seeing net buying and 17 seeing net selling.

  4. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence62

    Fulin Precision plans to invest 500 million yuan to build robot intelligent electric joint project

    Fulin Precision announced that the company and its subsidiary Sichuan Banqiao Intelligent Robot Co., Ltd. signed an investment agreement with the People's Government of Fucheng District, Mianyang City, to invest in and build a robot intelligent electric joint project, with a planned total investment of 500 million yuan, implemented in two phases. Phase I involves an investment of 250 million yuan to build production lines for intelligent electric joints and core components, with an expected annual capacity of 2 million sets.

  7. Italian Institute of Technology22

    IIT and Fondazione Luzzati-Teatro della Tosse present three events at the Science Festival exploring the "Corpi aumentati" project and bionic prostheses

    The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Fondazione Luzzati-Teatro della Tosse have partnered to organize three events for the Science Festival, centered on the IIT-coordinated "Corpi augmentati" project, exploring user-centered robotic prosthesis design.

  8. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence15

    Dong'an Power: Flying car business has not yet generated revenue

    Dong'an Power issued a stock trading risk warning announcement, confirming that its flying car business had not generated revenue from January to September 2026, and that there has been no major change in the company's fundamentals. The company's stock closed at the daily limit-up price on 3 trading days cumulatively from October 16 to October 20, after media previously listed the company as a flying car concept stock.

  9. 维科网机器人 · 微信公众号61

    Jihua Qujie's production line for 100,000 high-dynamic intelligent integrated joint modules per year goes into operation

    Jihua Qujie Technology (Foshan) Co., Ltd.'s production line for 100,000 high-dynamic intelligent integrated joint modules per year has recently officially gone into operation. The line covers nine major processes with full-process traceability, has a designed cycle time of 90 seconds per unit, and targets a first-pass yield of over 96%. Its high-dynamic integrated joint modules cover a peak torque range of 6.5 Nm to 390 Nm, feature a 6 kHz current-loop bandwidth and an MTBF of more than 10,000 hours, and are paired with high-power-density micro servo drives ranging from 100 W to 6,000 W; all have completed design finalization and entered mass production. The company completed a tens-of-millions-of-yuan angel round in May this year, led by Yueke Group.

  10. 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.

  11. 维科网机器人 · 微信公众号56

    Shenmou Intelligence's "Fumo" quadruped robot with arm wins State Grid Electric Power's "Quadruped Robots for Complex Environments" project

    Shenmou announced that its intelligent quadruped robot with an arm for operational tasks, "Fumo," has won the State Grid Electric Power "Quadruped Robots for Complex Environments" project. The materials state that the robot is aimed at working conditions such as old cable tunnels with no power or network and narrow, damp spaces, and that it features an integrated design with a robotic arm and dexterous hand, traversal of complex terrain, multi-source information fusion perception and positioning, defect recognition and dynamic visual servoing algorithms, and the ability to detect harmful gases such as O₂, CO, CO₂, CH₄, and H₂S using surface acoustic wave single-chip multi-channel wireless passive sensors.

  12. 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.

  13. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence42

    UBTech Establishes Embodied Intelligence Company with 20 Million Yuan Registered Capital

    UBTech established Huizhou Guanfu Embodied Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd. through its wholly owned subsidiary Shenzhen Tongzai Embodied Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd. The legal representative is Hao Baoyu, and the registered capital is 20 million RMB. Its business scope includes AI application software development, intelligent robot R&D, AI basic software development, and data processing and storage support services. UBTech is a Hong Kong-listed company.

  14. 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.

  15. 机器人前瞻 · 微信公众号57

    Shenzhen Embodied AI Company Ita Dynamics Completes Over 100 Million Yuan Seed and Seed+ Funding Rounds

    Ita Dynamics, a Shenzhen-based embodied AI manipulation platform and power systems company, announced the completion of over 100 million yuan in Seed and Seed+ funding, jointly invested by Matrix Partners China, SenseTime Guoxiang Capital, CCB International, L2F Light Source Entrepreneur Fund, Galbot, and Fourier Intelligence.

  16. Italian Institute of Technology12

    Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) to take part in 2026 Genoa Science Festival

    The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) will take part in the 24th Science Festival in Genoa, held from October 22 to November 1 under the theme "Prospettive," with 254 events in total. IIT's participation includes an exhibition on optogenetics, workshops on bionic prosthetics and body enhancement, and an online robotics special event, "Prospettive robotiche," led by Alessandra Sciutti.

  17. 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.

  18. 钛媒体28

    Fujia Shares' fundraising shrinks twice but still bets on Vietnam, aiming to keep major customer orders

    Fujia Shares (603219.SH) approved an adjusted convertible bond plan at its board meeting on October 19, lowering the fundraising cap from 500 million yuan to 460 million yuan, with about 346 million yuan going to the Vietnam production base (phase II); the target of adding 3.4 million units of annual capacity remains unchanged, and Vietnam phase II becomes the sole industrial construction project.

  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. Robotics & Automation News57

    Agility Robotics selects Nyobolt to supply fast-charging battery for Digit 5, enabling over 20 hours of work per day

    Agility Robotics announced that it has selected Nyobolt as its fast-charging battery technology supplier, providing a new battery system for Digit 5: 90 minutes of runtime, a full charge in 9 minutes, and a run-to-charge ratio raised from 2:1 on Digit 4 to 10:1, enabling Digit 5 to work more than 20 hours in a 24-hour period.

  21. Robotics & Automation News56

    Toyota Material Handling says digital twins can halve autonomous forklift commissioning time

    Toyota Material Handling Europe is working with Nvidia and SoftServe on a simulation-first approach that completes testing and validation before equipment reaches customer sites, aiming to cut commissioning effort by up to 50% and shorten time to market for autonomous material handling systems by up to 40%.

  22. 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.

  23. 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.

  24. 穿山甲机器人 · YouTube18

    Alpha Robotics showcases reception, delivery, and security robots at the 140th Canton Fair

    Alpha Robotics showcased reception, delivery, and security robots on-site at the 140th Canton Fair (Canton Fair 2025), drawing global attention and completing multiple on-site signings. The original text only gives the results of on-site exhibition and signings, and does not disclose specific robot models, payload, battery life, success rate, or price indicators.

  25. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence38

    NetEase Leihuo's Wanxiang Technology increases registered capital to 5.5 billion yuan

    Hangzhou Leihuo Wanxiang Technology Co., Ltd. recently underwent a business registration change, with its registered capital increasing from 3 billion yuan to 5.5 billion yuan, a rise of about 83%. The company was established in May 2026, its legal representative is Hu Zhipeng, and it is wholly owned by Hangzhou NetEase Leihuo Technology Co., Ltd. Its business scope includes technical services, technical development, technical consulting, technical exchange, technical transfer, and technical promotion.

  26. 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.

  27. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence38

    MIIT: Drafting policies and measures for next-generation intelligent manufacturing

    Wang Weiming, chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), said at a State Council Information Office press conference on October 20 that the MIIT is studying and drafting policies and measures for next-generation intelligent manufacturing to accelerate the deep integration of artificial intelligence and manufacturing. The National Conference on Advanced Manufacturing held in September this year explicitly stated that next-generation intelligent manufacturing should be the main direction, and that the intelligent, green, and integrated development of manufacturing should be accelerated.

  28. 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.

  29. 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.

  30. 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.

  31. 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.

  32. 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.

  34. 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%.

  35. 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.

  36. 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.

  37. 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.

  38. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence32

    Yimu Technology and South Korea's NEOUL ROBOTICS Reach Strategic Partnership

    Yimu Technology and South Korean Physical AI company NEOUL ROBOTICS held a strategic signing ceremony in Nanjing, reaching a strategic partnership; the two sides will explore more possibilities in robotics technology and industrial applications. Yimu Technology is dedicated to building a world model and robotics technology system for general-purpose physical AI, providing key tactile interaction data and physical understanding capabilities for physical AI world models, and has currently deployed more than 700 intellectual property assets globally.

  39. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence58

    Huawei Hubble, AgiBot and others invest in Yitai Embodied

    Yitai Embodied Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. has undergone a business registration change, adding shareholders including Shenzhen Hubble Technology Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership) under Huawei and Zhiyuan Innovation (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd. Its registered capital increased from 1 million RMB to approximately 1.27 million RMB. The company was founded in December 2025, with Yang Yeqing as legal representative, and its business scope includes foundational AI software development, AI application software development, and AI industry application system integration services.

  40. 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.