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Oct 26Mon
  1. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence58

    MoSense Completes RMB 100 Million Angel+ Round

    MoSense, a company offering full-body multimodal fusion tactile solutions, recently completed an angel+ funding round of RMB 100 million, led by CDH Investments and Oasis Capital. LimX Dynamics, Loongson Venture Capital, CAS Star, Huashan Capital, Pudong Venture Capital, and an undisclosed domestic embodied AI manufacturer also participated, with Houlang Capital serving as long-term exclusive financial advisor. The company's previous angel round included participation from HongShan, Hillhouse Venture Capital, and AgiBot.

  2. OFweek Robotics42

    Aishida loses over 1.2 billion yuan cumulatively over six and a half years, moves into embodied intelligence as an OEM for AgiBot

    Aishida has posted non-recurring net profit losses for six and a half consecutive years since 2020, totaling nearly 1.2 billion yuan, with a non-recurring loss of 104 million yuan in the first half of 2026. The company has launched four humanoid robots covering commercial, entertainment, and family scenarios, and has reached an OEM/ODM manufacturing partnership with AgiBot. Its industrial robot business is operated by Qianjiang Robot, which recorded 310 million yuan in revenue in 2025, with growth far below the industry rate.

  3. 钛媒体55

    AgiBot IPO Shelved as Humanoid Robot Capital Logic Shifts to Orders and Repeat Purchases

    AgiBot's IPO has been shelved, while it has reportedly launched a new funding round and market talk puts its valuation at about RMB 50 billion. The article notes that Unitree Robotics' market value nearly halved after its STAR Market listing and Mech-Mind broke issue price on its first day in Hong Kong, shifting capital's criteria from prototypes and concepts to order quality and customer repeat purchases. AgiBot CEO Deng Taihua disclosed that revenue grew from RMB 300,000 in its first year to more than RMB 1 billion in 2025, and the company plans for overseas sales to account for over 30% by 2026.

Oct 25Sun
  1. 机器人产业应用 · 微信公众号22

    Embodied AI Industry Weekly: ByteDance Expands Robotics R&D Hiring, Unitree Releases H2-X Humanoid Robot, Daxiao ACE-Brain-0.6 Model Outperforms GPT in Evaluations

    ByteDance's Seed Model team added ten robotics positions, covering body design, core components, low-level control, application software, and data evaluation, extending from the model layer toward full-robot development. Unitree Technology released the humanoid robot H2-X "Kung Fu Legend Guardian"; a demo video shows a maximum battery life of about 8 hours, the ability to lift a car bare-handed, and a landing from 4 meters high. Daxiao Robotics released the embodied model ACE-Brain-0.6, which surpassed GPT-6Astra in six of eight Grounding evaluations.

  2. 高工咨询 · 微信公众号22

    Founded 5 months ago, Yita Dynamics completes over 100 million yuan seed series funding; Dema Technology plans to raise 230 million yuan to develop embodied intelligent robot systems

    Founded just 5 months ago, Yita Dynamics has completed over 100 million yuan in seed and seed+ funding, jointly invested by Matrix Partners China, SenseTime Guoxiang Capital, CCB International, L2F Light Source Entrepreneurs Fund, Galaxy General, and Fourier Intelligence. Its core products are joint modules, force-controlled dual arms, and complete-machine ODM solutions, and it has reached tens of millions of yuan in intended orders. Dema Technology plans to issue convertible bonds to raise no more than 700 million yuan, of which 230 million yuan will go toward a smart logistics equipment and embodied intelligence system R&D center to carry out full-stack technology R&D for embodied intelligent robots for the logistics industry.

  3. 雷科技42

    Canton Fair 70th Anniversary Robot Watch: Embodied Intelligence Moves Past Showmanship—How to Break Through the Commercialization Test?

    At the 140th Canton Fair, AgiBot Elf G2, Zhidong Future's "Xiaozhi," and Dongyi Technology's PHYBOT C-series bipedal humanoid robots moved from exhibition booths to actual roles, taking on tasks such as subway guidance, showroom presentations, and autonomous badminton and table tennis rallies, with service continuing until November 4. Dongyi Technology supports cross-scenario capability transfer with the PhyAgents decision-making agent in its Embodied PhyStack architecture and has launched a modular deployment kit, PhyAgents Hub. The industry is also exploring two commercialization paths: systematic foundations and positioning in vertical scenarios such as those of CloudMinds.

  4. 机器人全球资讯 · 微信公众号40

    AgiBot's 110 Expedition A3 humanoid robots dance together in Jinan, setting a Guinness World Record

    AgiBot organized 110 full-size Expedition A3 humanoid robots to dance together at the Yellow River International Convention and Exhibition Center in Jinan, Shandong, setting a Guinness World Record for "most humanoid robots dancing simultaneously." The adjudicator on site confirmed that the successful count was 110 robots.

  5. 机器人全球资讯 · 微信公众号42

    Pudong embodied intelligence supply chain: over 150 firms cover the full robotics chain; Zhangjiang South platform enables one-week trial production

    Pudong is now home to more than 150 embodied intelligence companies, and the brain, chips, perception, control, body, and application scenarios needed for a robot can all be sourced locally. The Zhangjiang South embodied intelligence supply chain platform offers one-stop services: standard parts matched in one day, prototyping in three days, and trial production in one week. Yiyou Technology's automated joint production line has landed in Zhangjiang, with annual joint capacity of up to 100,000 units. AgiBot Lingxi X2 is already providing regular service in Chengdu's Kuanzhai Alley.

Oct 24Sat
  1. 机器人前瞻 · 微信公众号58

    AgiBot's 110 Expedition A3 humanoid robots dance together on stage, setting a Guinness World Record

    AgiBot organized 110 Expedition A3 humanoid robots to complete a group dance challenge at the Jinan Yellow River International Convention and Exhibition Center, with a Guinness World Records adjudicator presenting the certification on site. The challenge relied on the self-developed LinkBots group control and scheduling system to uniformly manage motion trajectories, action timing, and formation changes, combined with UWB centimeter-level fusion positioning and 5G/WiFi dual-mode communication to achieve millisecond-level synchronization, and supports fault isolation and empty-slot avoidance. These robots will subsequently enter subway stations, scenic areas, and other settings to take part in information guidance, patrol assistance, and cultural tourism performances.

  2. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence42

    AgiBot's 110 Expedition A3 humanoid robots dance simultaneously, setting a Guinness World Record

    In Jinan, Shandong, AgiBot had 110 Expedition A3 full-size humanoid robots dance simultaneously, setting a Guinness World Record for "most humanoid robots dancing simultaneously." The attempt relied on AgiBot's Lingdong LinkBots swarm control platform and UWB centimeter-level positioning technology to achieve synchronized multi-robot movements and formation changes. These robots will later be deployed in cultural tourism performances, public services, scientific research and education, and other scenarios.

  3. 钛媒体47

    Chinese Embodied AI Goes Global with a "Weight-Loss Plan": Shifting from Complete-System Delivery to Quick-Release Modules and RaaS

    In the first half of 2026, China's robot exports reached 24.85 billion yuan, up 359.0% year on year, but entertainment performances and education/ research procurement together accounted for over 60% of the export mix, while only 13% truly entered intelligent manufacturing. Wujie Dynamics' K15, entering a French battery factory, required on-site re-collection of force and tactile data and model fine-tuning, turning delivery into a project-based, non-standardized process. Realman demonstrated cross-ocean cloud teleoperation, Nanjing Yinxesi launched a second-generation humanoid robot joint module supporting quick release, and AgiBot launched an overseas standalone site promoting RaaS with a starting rental price of 899 euros per day, covering 17 countries and regions.

Oct 23Fri
  1. 36氪 · 微信公众号58

    State Capital Behind the Embodied AI Frenzy: Scrambling for Deals, Propping Up Valuations, Guessing the Future from Policy Documents

    HardTech interviewed multiple investors and FAs to map how local state capital is entering the embodied AI sector and how the landscape is diverging. IT Juzi data shows that in the first half of 2026, domestic embodied AI financing events exceeded 300, up 137% year on year, with disclosed totals reaching 93.5 billion yuan; state capital participated in 42% of large deals. Interviewees said state capital typically lets market-based institutions set prices first and then follows in. After Unitree's listing, its market value halved, and tightening of the 18C rules has weakened IPO expectations for second- and third-tier players; financing pressure may be released in a concentrated way after November 2026.

  2. OFweek Robotics43

    Zhang Yiming personally oversees world model: ByteDance won't build robots, aims to be physical AI's "data nanny"

    ByteDance has chosen to enter the embodied intelligence track with an infrastructure positioning, not building robot bodies but instead laying out physical AI data supply. Zhang Yiming is personally supervising a real-time spatial video generation large model, expected to launch as early as October, used to generate simulated visual data that conforms to physical laws; Seed Robotics, originally led by Li Hang, has been merged into Zhou Chang's management scope, combined with multimodal interaction and world models to achieve a technical closed loop and data reuse.

  3. 钛媒体20

    Titanium Morning Voice Broadcast: AgiBot Open-Sources First Real-World Physical Agent Dataset; Unitree Technology Clarifies Three Major Layout Directions

    AgiBot's AGIBOT WORLD 2026 fourth installment embodied reasoning dataset has been officially open-sourced, making it the first open-source Physical Agent dataset oriented toward real-world scenarios, with the task focus shifting from manipulation difficulty to decision-making difficulty. Unitree Technology founder Wang Xingxing clarified three major layout directions: improving large-scale mass production capability, advancing the deployment of small physical AI models adapted to its own hardware, and laying out ultra-large-scale computing power clusters, while building a robot self-evolution system of "AI independent R&D—simulation training—real-world testing—feedback iteration."

  4. 机器人产业应用 · 微信公众号60

    Humanoid robot rental prices fall from 30,000 yuan to the thousand-yuan range: who is repricing robot assets?

    Humanoid robot rental prices have dropped by more than 70% in just over a year, with daily rental for mainstream models falling from 10,000 to 30,000 yuan after the 2025 Spring Festival Gala to the thousand-yuan range, while robot dogs fell by about two-thirds. The author argues that what has mainly fallen is the scarcity premium, that about 65% of orders are one-off commercial performances, and that a bare-unit quote only constitutes real delivery when an engineer is on site. Based on industry accounting, monthly net profit is about 70,000 yuan and payback takes about 50 months, longer than the 3-to-5-year cycle over which residual value falls to zero, so rental companies are in effect cashing out asset residual value in advance.

  5. 钛媒体25

    Titanium Morning Brief: DeepSeek reportedly completes 100 billion yuan financing with CATL and Tencent participating; Foreign Investment Management Measures take effect December 1

    DeepSeek plans to raise about 100 billion yuan (approximately 15 billion US dollars) in its latest funding round, with Tencent and CATL as the largest investors. The deal is expected to be officially completed within the next few days, and the funds will be used for model training, computing infrastructure, and talent recruitment.

  6. 机器人全球资讯 · 微信公众号60

    Frost & Sullivan Report: Top Five Global Humanoid Robot Revenue Rankings for First Half of 2026 All Chinese Companies, UBTECH Leads

    International consulting firm Frost & Sullivan released the "2026 Global Humanoid Robot Market Research Report": in the first half of 2026, global humanoid robot sales reached 36,000 units and revenue reached USD 540 million, already exceeding the full-year 2025 figures of 35,000 units and USD 500 million.

Oct 22Thu
  1. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence55

    AGIBOT signs on as Hong Kong OASES key enterprise, to expand presence in the city

    AGIBOT signed on as one of the new batch of key enterprises introduced by the Hong Kong SAR government's Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises (OASES), witnessed by Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po. AGIBOT will use Hong Kong as an important hub for international R&D, industry cooperation and connecting to global markets, and will continue to advance research collaboration, talent development and the practical application of embodied intelligence technology.

  2. arXiv cs.RO73

    AgiBot World Colosseo releases large-scale manipulation data platform and GO-1 generalist policy

    AgiBot World Colosseo introduces the AgiBot World large-scale manipulation platform, containing over 1 million trajectories covering 217 tasks across 5 deployment scenarios, an order-of-magnitude increase in data scale over existing datasets, and uses a standardized collection pipeline with human-in-the-loop verification.

  3. OFweek Robotics69

    Humanoid robot rental prices plunge, so why are manufacturers still building channels?

    The article notes that all-inclusive daily rental for humanoid robots fell from 10,000 yuan in early 2025 to under 3,000 yuan for a Unitree U2 including technical staff in October this year, while UBTech signed a strategic cooperation agreement with C&D Inc. on October 9 covering channels, supply chain, financing leases, and overseas markets.

  4. OFweek Robotics58

    AgiBot launches seven consecutive days of technology releases and will conduct a 24-hour convenience store livestream validation

    AgiBot announced that starting October 22, it will release seven full-stack technology achievements over seven consecutive working days, covering datasets, an operation platform, the heavy-duty robot G2 Max, the embodied Agent framework GenieMaster, a simulation platform, a foundation model, and a collective experience learning paradigm.

  5. 未来机器人网 · 微信公众号58

    AGIBOT AI WAVE set for October 22: Seven full-stack embodied AI technologies to be released over seven consecutive days, with 6 G2 robots entering a convenience store for a 24-hour livestreamed assessment

    AGIBOT announced the official launch of its AI WAVE event. Starting October 22, over 7 consecutive working days it will release seven full-stack embodied AI technology results one by one, including the fourth installment of the AGIBOT WORLD 2026 embodied reasoning dataset (150 hours of real-robot data collection).

Oct 21Wed
  1. 雷科技55

    Leitech Analysis: Tesla Optimus Still Faces Three Hurdles Before Mass Production—Dexterous Hands, Supply Chain, and Embodied Brain

    In its annual shareholder meeting materials, Tesla confirmed in writing for the first time that its third-generation humanoid robot Optimus is ready for large-scale mass production, but it did not announce a specific timeline; the original target of producing 50,000–100,000 units in 2026 is basically unachievable.

  2. OFweek Robotics29

    AgiBot reportedly signs for 220,000 square meters of office and R&D space

    According to multiple office-focused self-media reports, AgiBot and related companies have signed leases with Lujiazui Group for about 63,000 square meters at Qiantanyuan, about 73,000 square meters at Qiantanshang, and about 88,000 square meters at Pudong Yuqiao Smart Valley, totaling more than 220,000 square meters. If confirmed, this would set a record for a single office lease in Shanghai, but neither party has responded to or confirmed the report.

  3. LeadeRobot57

    AgiBot Takes Stake in Tsinghua-Linked RISC-V Chip Company Xinji Wuxian

    Xinji Wuxian, a Tsinghua-linked RISC-V chip company, recently completed a Pre-A funding round with joint investment from AgiBot, the Anhui Automotive Innovation Center, Guoyuan Equity, and Hefei Baohe Venture Capital, among others, with Wanchuang Investment Bank serving as financial advisor. The funds will focus on R&D and commercialization of full-stack RISC-V chips for embodied intelligence.

  4. LeadeRobot65

    AgiBot Expedition A3 Ultra Full-Size Humanoid Robot Smart Retail Warehouse Opens at Wuhan Riverbank

    AgiBot has partnered with Wuhan Tourism Group and Zhongyun Weixun to deploy the Expedition A3 Ultra full-size bipedal humanoid robot for real-world commercial operations at the "Jiangyu" bridge-pier film camp on the Hankou riverbank. As of October 19, the Expedition A3 Ultra had run stably for 18 days, completed 827 orders cumulatively, and achieved an overall grasp success rate of over 97%; this weekend, single-day orders exceeded 100 with a grasp success rate of 100%.

Oct 20Tue
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. OFweek Robotics62

    The new embodied-AI king has a hard role to play: the commercialization and listing challenges behind AgiBot's No. 1 shipment ranking

    The article analyzes how AgiBot, under IDC's methodology, took the No. 1 spot in global humanoid robot shipments in the first half of this year, yet faces a postponed Hong Kong listing that is almost impossible to achieve within the year. AgiBot is reported to have started a new funding round of 1 billion to 1.5 billion yuan at a valuation of about 50 billion yuan; under HKEX rules, if the deal closes within the year, the earliest listing would be in the first quarter of 2027.

  5. OFweek Robotics63

    Robot IPOs begin to hit the brakes: withdrawals, suspensions, and high-valuation pullbacks appear together

    HuanDong Technology withdrew its STAR Market IPO, Goertek Microelectronics terminated its spinoff listing in Hong Kong, and the reviews for Hikrobot and Huake Precision were suspended. After its listing, Unitree Robotics' share price pulled back about 55%, and its market value evaporated by more than 240 billion yuan. Robot IPOs have clearly cooled, but primary-market financing remains active: Zhiyuan Innovation was reported to be raising funds at a valuation of about 50 billion yuan, and FaAo Robotics raised nearly 1 billion yuan across two rounds.

  6. 高工人形机器人 · 微信公众号56

    Embodied AI industry raises over RMB 203.2 billion in the first 9 months of 2026

    In the first 9 months of 2026, the embodied AI industry saw 437 financing events totaling approximately RMB 203.2 billion, with the number of events up 146.07% year on year and the amount up 317.39% year on year. In September alone, there were 52 financing events totaling approximately RMB 13.4 billion, of which 48 domestic companies raised approximately RMB 11 billion in total and 4 overseas companies raised approximately USD 352.6 million.

  7. OFweek Robotics44

    Musk criticizes humanoid robot industry: pre-choreographed demos are not real AI capability

    At the X Takeover event at Tesla's Texas factory, Musk criticized the humanoid robot industry, saying many complex demonstrations rely on pre-choreography and "that is not real AI"; the criterion should be whether a robot can handle situations it has never seen before. In the first half of 2026, global humanoid robot shipments exceeded 22,000 units, up nearly 300% year on year, but entertainment performances and education/science data collection together accounted for over 60%, smart manufacturing for only 13%, and warehouse logistics for only 5%.

  8. OFweek Robotics64

    The first wave of robot unicorns begins lining up for bankruptcy: shipments double while companies fall

    In the first half of 2026, global humanoid robot shipments approached 25,000 units, up 432.1% year on year. In the same period, CloudMinds, valued at 22.3 billion yuan, was ruled to have entered bankruptcy liquidation; K-Scale Labs shut down after burning through $6.25 million; and OneStar Robotics, backed by Geely, disbanded less than six months after it was founded.

  9. 钛媒体59

    Embodied AI sector cools: the commercialization test behind AgiBot's No. 1 shipments

    AgiBot is reported to have started a new funding round of 1 billion to 1.5 billion yuan at a valuation of about 50 billion yuan, pushing back its Hong Kong listing, which is now seen as nearly impossible this year. By IDC's methodology, AgiBot ranked first in global humanoid robot shipments in the first half of this year, with about 8,400 units shipped and a 44% share under SAG's methodology, and about 9,700 units under Counterpoint's methodology; cumulative output exceeded 20,000 units as of September.

Oct 19Mon
  1. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence66

    AgiBot, NVIDIA, and universities launch WorldOracle world-model evaluation platform

    WorldOracle, a world-model evaluation platform jointly developed by researchers from AgiBot, NVIDIA, and several universities, is now live and open for evaluation submissions. The platform uses 335 real manipulation trajectories, with about 40% of interaction segments containing failed or suboptimal operations, testing model prediction against real execution outcomes. Testing of 7 world models found that while some models can reproduce robotic-arm motions relatively accurately, their predictions of object states still show considerable deviation, and performance drops markedly on long-horizon prediction.

  2. 雷科技78

    WorldOracle world-model evaluation platform launched, using real-robot testing to fact-check the industry

    On October 16, WorldOracle, an action-driven world-model evaluation platform jointly completed by researchers from AgiBot, NVIDIA, Princeton University, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Toronto, was officially released, opening evaluation submissions to developers.

    Why it matters: The evaluation compares world-model predictions frame by frame against real execution records, revealing a common problem in which robotic arm motion is replicated but object states are systematically hallucinated, providing concrete reference points for judging model usability.