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Oct 20Tue
  1. 机器人全球资讯 · 微信公众号36

    140th Canton Fair opens service robot zone showcasing multi-scenario applications

    The 140th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) opened on October 15, with a dedicated service robot zone focused on global demand for upgraded smart services. The zone showcased multi-scenario applications including industrial robotic arms, firefighting robots, sorting robots, stair-climbing robots, exoskeleton products, drone flight performances, and smart medical equipment, drawing inquiries and hands-on experiences from overseas buyers and visitors.

  2. 机器人全球资讯 · 微信公众号20

    Musk: Optimus humanoid robot and Cybercab will make up the vast majority of Tesla's value

    In a post on X, Musk said Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot and Cybercab autonomous vehicle will make up the "vast majority" of the company's value, reiterating his focus on robotics and artificial intelligence. He proposed that superintelligence, robots, solar power, and large-scale space transportation are among the few business directions with extremely high potential for economic expansion. In a reply to a post about a potential Tesla-SpaceX collaboration on the Roadster sports car, he mentioned "$43, revenue of $27.9 billion."

  3. 机器人全球资讯 · 微信公众号26

    Philadelphia woman arrested for blocking Uber delivery robot

    A Philadelphia woman, Carolyn Marvin, was handcuffed and arrested by police and charged with disorderly conduct after standing in front of an Uber delivery robot to block its path and refusing to move. She said she was protesting because such robots are taking jobs away from human delivery workers, and said she will continue demonstrating on the sidewalk. These delivery robots are already a common sight on streets in downtown Philadelphia, and earlier this year there was also an incident in which a robot was kicked over.

  4. 机器人全球资讯 · 微信公众号42

    Chery to Hold Global Innovation Conference on October 20, Unveiling First Industry-Specific Large Model and Humanoid Robot "Mobao"

    Chery will hold its 2026 Global Innovation Conference in Wuhu on October 20, unveiling the first automotive industry-specific large model and showcasing an automotive-grade chip designed for physical AI world models. In embodied intelligence, Mocha robots are already in regular service across more than 100 scenarios including education and healthcare, and "Mobao," the first consumer-grade family companion humanoid robot, will make its global debut and open global pre-orders. The conference will also present the industry's first native front-installed Robotaxi, the Lingxiao eVTOL, and Chery's smart agricultural machinery product matrix.

  5. 机器人全球资讯 · 微信公众号31

    First Real-World Intelligent Robot Skills Exhibition (Nanjing Stop) Held on October 20, with 27 Jiangning Companies Including Estun and Zhongke Guiji Exhibiting

    The First Real-World Intelligent Robot Skills Exhibition (Nanjing Stop) was held on October 20 at Southeast University's Jiulonghu Campus, where ten typical application scenarios for intelligent manufacturing in Nanjing were released, showcasing equipment such as special robots, intelligent inspection robots, dexterous hands, and underwater operation robots.

  6. 机器人全球资讯 · 微信公众号58

    XPeng plans to mass-produce humanoid robots by end of this year, with deliveries starting in the first half of 2027

    XPeng announced its humanoid robot plan at the Paris Motor Show, aiming to achieve mass production by the end of 2026 and begin deliveries in the first half of 2027, starting with commercial scenarios such as stores and shopping malls before gradually expanding to industrial and home scenarios. XPeng's robot production line has officially been launched, and the world's first high-level general-purpose humanoid robot completed automated final assembly and walked off the production line on its own. XPeng IRON features multimodal interaction capabilities, can recognize faces, remember conversation context, and switch between Chinese, English, and German.

  8. Robotics & Automation News55

    Tesollo dexterous hands cumulative sales expected to surpass 1,000 units in 2026

    South Korean robotic hand company Tesollo expects cumulative sales of its robotic hands and grippers to exceed 1,000 units by the end of 2026. The company expanded its production facilities in 2026, and its product line ranges from single-finger mechanisms to five-finger dexterous hands, with customers expanding from research and proof-of-concept to industrial deployment.

  9. Weekly Robotics30

    Weekly Robotics #381: RoboParty's open-source humanoid Roboto 01, Physical Intelligence API beta, and more

    Weekly Robotics #381 rounds up several humanoid robotics and robot learning projects, including RoboParty's open-source humanoid Roboto 01 (1.35 m tall, 24 or 30 degrees of freedom, with repositories covering BOM, CAD, wiring, and more) and the API beta released by Physical Intelligence (users upload robot data, which it uses to fine-tune Pi models).

  12. Robotics & Automation News56

    Skyports deploys beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone inspections for Australia's HumeLink West transmission project

    Skyports Drone Services is providing fully automated beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone-in-a-box surveying services for the HumeLink West transmission line project in New South Wales, Australia. The project permanently deploys a DJI Dock 2 at the Maragle substation construction site, remotely operated from the Remote Operations Centre in Sydney, conducting automated surveys once every two weeks and covering up to five times the area of traditional methods in a single day, with mission flights of about 8-10 km.

  15. IEEE RAS54

    Agility Robotics co-founder Damion Shelton on the path to humanoid robot commercialization

    IEEE RAS interviewed Damion Shelton, co-founder of Agility Robotics and executive director of CMU's Swartz Center, who recounted how Digit chose its first commercial scenario: it once worked with Ford to explore last-mile delivery, but abandoned that because humanoid robots depend on autonomous driving, another deep-tech challenge, and instead focused on in-warehouse material handling in closed environments.

  17. 甲子光年 · 微信公众号56

    In conversation with Weilan Deep Sea's Zhang Dayu: underwater embodied intelligence should start with dangerous and expensive small O&M tasks

    Jazzyear talks with Zhang Dayu, founder and CEO of Weilan Deep Sea, about the path to deploying underwater embodied intelligence. The company chose to start with specific tasks such as structural inspection, cleaning, and patrol inspection, believing that underwater operations account for 20% to 25% of infrastructure value, and that a robot only needs to reliably perform one or two capabilities to change a customer's cost structure.

  18. 泰伯网 · 微信公众号38

    Satellite Remote Sensing AI Company Hengkong Technology, Founded by Wuhan University PhD, Completes Angel Round Financing

    Hengkong Technology recently completed an angel round of financing, jointly invested by Shanghai Qingmiao Artificial Intelligence Industry Venture Capital Partnership (Limited Partnership) and Wuhan Optics Valley Angel Venture Capital Partnership (Limited Partnership). The company was founded in November 2025 and focuses on special fields such as emergency response, firefighting, water conservancy, and agriculture, using multi-band sensing technology to provide target recognition capability that penetrates dense fog and rain fog for rescue equipment such as drones and robot dogs.

  19. 深圳市机器人协会 · 微信公众号44

    FAO showcases embodied intelligence production line deployment results at the Industrial Fair

    At the 26th China International Industry Fair Robotics Show (RS2026), FAO demonstrated its embodied intelligence deployment capabilities through a full-scale live production line and reached ecosystem strategic cooperation agreements with five partners: Aitu Technology, Boyin Hechuang, Yingshen Intelligence, Xingyuanzhi, and Lingqiao Intelligence.

  20. 深圳市机器人协会 · 微信公众号13

    Shenzhen Robotics Association opens registration for 2026 "Robot+" Application Promotion Series · Education Session

    The "Independent Innovation Lecture Series," co-hosted by the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology and the Shenzhen Robotics Association, is coming to Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology. Registration is now open for the 2026 "Robot+" Application Promotion Series · Education Session, to be held on October 22, 2026, from 10:00 to 12:00 at Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology. Five education-sector robotics companies—Maxvision Technology, Shenzhen Jiasiling Technology, Shenzhen Fanbote Robotics, Shenzhen Seeed Technology, and AgileX Robotics—will give presentations, followed by a free exchange session.

Oct 19Mon
  2. Dexmal 原力灵机 · 微信公众号20

    Force Machine General-Purpose Robot Apex Wins MUSE Design Award Gold

    Force Machine's general-purpose robot Apex won the Gold Award in the Product Design · Robotics category at the 2026 MUSE Design Awards. Apex is positioned as native hardware for embodied intelligence, deeply integrating hardware with embodied large models rather than layering large models onto traditional robots. The MUSE Design Awards were founded in 2015 by the International Awards Associates (IAA) in the United States.

  4. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence22

    ST Hengxin: Former chairman subject to criminal coercive measures, significant impact on major subsidiaries

    ST Hengxin announced that on the evening of October 16 the company learned that former chairman Meng Nan has been subject to criminal coercive measures. He had previously been removed from his position as a non-independent director by the shareholders' meeting on June 30, but because the industrial and commercial registration change was revoked, he remains the legal representative on the company's business license and also serves as executive director, manager and legal representative of several major subsidiaries. The company said the matter has a significant impact on its major subsidiaries; as of now, all production and business activities are proceeding normally, and if the matter concerned relates to his tenure, the company will fully cooperate with public security and judicial authorities in the investigation and make every effort to recover the company's losses.

  5. 钛媒体62

    Niuwa Robotics' Yang Ruigang: Why the Last Few Hundred Meters of Unmanned Delivery Struggle to Reach the Door

    A TMTPost interview and analysis of Niuwa Robotics founder Yang Ruigang notes that after a decade of unmanned delivery development, China's logistics unmanned vehicle fleet exceeds 35,000 units and more than 200 cities have opened road rights, yet the last few hundred meters—entering residential compounds, boarding elevators, and delivering to the doorstep—remain unsolved. Most explorations at home and abroad, including JD.com, Cainiao, and Amazon Scout, have largely exited. The core reasons are ambiguous rules for private spaces, high deployment costs, and the need for human fallback for exceptions; no company has ever made this account profitable.

  8. 小鹏机器人57

    He Xiaopeng announces XPENG's open cooperation across smart vehicles and physical AI at Paris Automotive Summit

    As the only Chinese automaker CEO invited to the Paris Automotive Summit, He Xiaopeng formally introduced XPENG's smart vehicle solutions business "XPENG AI ENGINEERING," opening three major areas to global partners: vehicle platforms, modular technologies, and toolchains. XPENG is also opening physical AI ecosystem technology cooperation covering humanoid robots, Robotaxi, flying cars, Turing AI chips, and physical-world foundation models.

  11. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence44

    Damon Technology: Plans to issue up to 702 million yuan in convertible bonds for embodied intelligence system R&D and other projects

    Damon Technology announced a plan to issue convertible corporate bonds to unspecified targets, with total proceeds not exceeding 702 million yuan. The proceeds will be used to expand a production and R&D project for core components of intelligent logistics equipment, build an R&D center project for intelligent logistics equipment and embodied intelligence systems, construct a production project for industrial intelligent data collection terminals, expand a project for energy-saving integrated permanent magnet motors (Phase I), and supplement working capital.

  13. 极客公园47

    Houmo AI Ecosystem Conference Roundtable: Five Frontline Operators Break Down the Barriers to Edge AI Commercialization

    Houmo AI held an ecosystem partner conference in Beijing. Geek Park founder Zhang Peng moderated a roundtable with five guests—Yao Ling of Kylin Software, Huang Junshi of Liaogu Intelligence, Liu Xuepeng of Logre Data, Chen Zhanling of Yinpu Computing, and Chen Zhongming of Houmo AI—who discussed edge AI commercialization.

  14. 量子位44

    Healthcare World Model Session of 2026 Physical AI and World Models Conference Held in Nanjing

    On the afternoon of October 19, 2026, the Healthcare World Model Session of the 2026 Physical AI and World Models Conference was held at the Nanjing International Expo Center, under the theme "Foreseeing Disease, Simulating Life — World Models Reshaping Medical AI," featuring eight keynote speeches and releases of results in six areas.

  16. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence20

    Commerce Ministry: Expanding service consumption through technology

    The Ministry of Commerce said it will expand service consumption through technology, promoting the use of AI, big data and other technologies to empower the development of service consumption. Meng Yue, director of the Ministry's Department of Market System Development, said the Ministry encourages housekeeping companies to cooperate with tech firms to build smart housekeeping service platforms and to make service ratings and service processes traceable online; it supports the building of smart elderly care institutions that use smart wearable devices and human-sensing monitoring technology to provide health monitoring, emergency rescue and other functions. The Ministry will also promote the use of technology to expand upgraded service supply in sports, education and other fields.

  18. 移动机器人产业联盟 · 微信公众号66

    New FCC rules propose excluding mainland Chinese labs from recognition, requiring testing to move to reciprocal economies from December 2028

    FCC Chairman Brendan Carr proposed a final rule on October 7 that would limit FCC-recognized testing labs to the United States and reciprocal economies. The rule was submitted to the full commission for a vote on October 29; if passed, all device authorization testing and certification would have to be completed in those regions starting December 1, 2028.

  19. 月泉仿生 · 微信公众号34

    Yuequan Bionic Showcases Y-Hand M2 Dexterous Hand and W-Bot 2.0 at 2026 China Outdoor Sports Industry Conference

    At the 2026 China Outdoor Sports Industry Conference, Yuequan Bionic is exhibiting its bionic dexterous hand, the Y-Hand M2, and its wheeled humanoid robot, the W-Bot 2.0, at Booth B3 of the Beijing Changping venue and at the "Shanshui Changping" viewing point, demonstrating outdoor human-robot interaction.