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  1. 上海市经信委43

    2026 Shanghai Next-Generation Intelligent Manufacturing Development Forum Held

    On October 12, the 2026 Shanghai Next-Generation Intelligent Manufacturing Development Forum was held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), with about 500 delegates attending. The forum released the Baoshan District Action Plan for Building Shanghai's Intelligent Manufacturing Leading Zone (2026–2028), announced the start of construction of the Baoshan Intelligent Manufacturing Laboratory, and saw Shanghai Electric Group and China Mobile Shanghai sign a strategic cooperation memorandum. Shanghai has cultivated 2 national pilot-level and 28 national excellence-level smart factories.

  2. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence54

    Nvidia plans to announce an additional $2 billion investment in Europe within the next week

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said at an event in Paris on Tuesday that the company plans to announce a $2 billion investment in Europe within the next week, an addition on top of the $8 billion Nvidia has already invested in Europe over the past year. He also announced new investments in French startups Doctolib, Genesis AI, Pigment, and Entalpic, and said he opposes slowing AI development, arguing that AI can develop safely and drive economic growth.

  3. 低空产业纵横 · 微信公众号26

    Hainan Yunyi-led Project on Satellite Communication and UAV Collaborative Inspection System Receives Provincial Approval in Hainan

    The project "R&D of Satellite Communication and UAV Collaborative Inspection System for Blind-Spot-Free Intelligent Transportation," led by Hainan Yunyi Low-Altitude Economy Development Co., Ltd., was selected for Hainan Province's 2026 industrial science and technology innovation project approval list and granted 2.99 million yuan in provincial financial support. The project was jointly submitted by Hainan University, the Hainan Aerospace Information Research Institute, and Shenzhen Mengxiang Xingtong Network Co., Ltd., and aims to build a "satellite + UAV" collaborative operation model, focusing on breakthroughs in satellite communication link optimization, UAV swarm scheduling, and multi-source data fusion technologies.

  4. Agility Robotics76

    SEC Declares Effective S-4 Registration Statement for Agility Robotics and Churchill Capital Corp XI Merger

    The Form S-4 registration statement for the proposed business combination between Agility Robotics and Churchill Capital Corp XI (Nasdaq: CCXI) was declared effective by the SEC on October 13, 2026, and Churchill XI has scheduled a special shareholders meeting for November 2, 2026 to vote on the matter.

    Why it matters: The original text provides specific terms such as the transaction amount, voting date, and use of proceeds, allowing readers to track this robotics company's listing process.

  7. The Verge – Robot52

    Mind Robotics hires Doug Field as president

    Mind Robotics, the robotics company founded by Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe, announced that it has hired Doug Field as president. Field will lead efforts to advance "general-capability robots" for scenarios including Rivian's factories.

  8. Reddit r/robotics48

    What is holding back small manufacturers from adopting robots?

    The barriers to robot adoption among small manufacturers go beyond programming difficulty: integration work such as fixtures, machine tool interfaces, and safety systems, as well as repeated adjustments caused by part and scheduling changes in high-mix production, all drive up deployment costs. The article cites cases such as robot loan programs, outside integration assistance, and training CNC operators to oversee unattended production. The author also notes that industry order data is not broken down by company size, making it hard to distinguish the actual adoption situation among small businesses.

  9. Robotics & Automation News46

    Scan Computers partners with OLO Robotics to lower the barrier to advanced robot deployment

    Scan Computers has partnered with Sheffield-based OLO Robotics to combine Scan's Unitree robot hardware with OLO's browser-based platform. The OLO platform requires no installation, runs on ROS 2, and integrates teleoperation, simulation and autonomous navigation, enabling teams without dedicated ROS developers to go from unboxing to autonomous navigation for industrial inspection, academic research or prototyping.

  10. Robotics & Automation News56

    Ubitium raises $14 million seed round to develop a universal processor for Physical AI

    Semiconductor startup Ubitium announced a $14 million seed round led by Ibex Investors, bringing its total seed funding to $18 million. The company is developing a unified reconfigurable processor architecture; its first chip, the UB108, uses Samsung's 8nm process and contains 256 processing units, and has demonstrated signal processing, AI inference, and real-time control on the same array. It plans to tape out the UB410 commercial processor with 4,096 processing units and deliver evaluation units in 2027.

  12. Robotics & Automation News61

    Symbotic announces acquisition of German sortation technology company cellumation

    Supply chain robotics company Symbotic announced the acquisition of cellumation, a Bremen, Germany-based automation company and creator of the software-driven sortation technology celluveyor. celluveyor consists of hundreds of independently controlled omnidirectional cells that can determine where goods go while moving them; Symbotic says it can achieve higher throughput in less space and simplify robot cell architecture.

  13. 珞石机器人50

    CIIF Live: Rokae's humanoid force-controlled arm makes its first appearance after 10,000-unit delivery, showcasing industrial embodied intelligence deployment solutions

    Rokae Robotics made its first appearance at the 2026 China International Industry Fair, presenting the results achieved after the delivery of 10,000 humanoid force-controlled arms. The Zhuxing H series wheeled humanoid robot, equipped with the ROKAE-Brain multimodal model and the Xuanhe iNex control system, has already been deployed in real manufacturing scenarios such as the Schaeffler factory for tasks including bin picking; ROKAE-Brain achieves a task success rate of 95%-99% in vertical tasks such as precision assembly. The Taibai AR series force-controlled arm has seven degrees of freedom, a force-control bandwidth exceeding 30Hz, and a force-control resolution of <0.05N.

  14. NVIDIA57

    NVIDIA releases cuPotential and partners with multiple semiconductor companies to accelerate chip design and manufacturing with CUDA-X libraries

    NVIDIA announced the launch of cuPotential, a new CUDA-X library for developers to build AI agents that simulate atomic and molecular interactions. In early access testing, it delivered a further 2-3x speedup on already GPU-optimized workflows, and Synopsys is one of the early adopters.

  15. 珞石机器人43

    Rokae Robotics and JD Industrial Sign Strategic Cooperation Upgrade at CIIF

    On October 13, during the 26th China International Industry Fair (CIIF), Rokae Robotics and JD Industrial signed an upgrade to their strategic cooperation, focusing on industrial goods supply chains, digital and intelligent services, and the implementation of benchmark scenarios. Rokae supplies the new-generation humanoid force-controlled dual arms for JD Logistics' embodied picking robot "Canglang," and JD's "Yilang" embodied intelligent robotic arm has already been deployed at scale in warehouse sorting scenarios. Rokae also exhibited the RKE-PAR35 intelligent collaborative palletizing solution, equipped with the CR35-35/2.2C; the CR35 series offers a maximum payload of 45 kg and a maximum working range of 2246 mm.

Oct 13Tue
  2. The Robot Report68

    Promise Robotics signs multi-year deal with D.R. Horton to build over 1,250 homes using FaaS platform

    Promise Robotics has signed a multi-year agreement with D.R. Horton, the largest U.S. homebuilder, which will use its Factory-as-a-Service (FaaS) capabilities to build more than 1,250 homes in the United States. The company's software can interpret residential designs, generate robot instructions and orchestrate manufacturing, and can produce components such as floors and walls for a two-story duplex in one day. It currently has its first facilities in Edmonton, Calgary and Phoenix, uses KUKA robotic arms and is not tied to any robot brand.

  4. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence35

    Xingshuaier plans to acquire 100% equity of Fanyu Automation; shares to resume trading

    Xingshuaier announced a plan to acquire 100% equity of Dongguan Fanyu Automation Technology Co., Ltd. through the issuance of shares and cash payment. The company's shares will resume trading at market open on October 14, 2026. The transaction does not involve raising supporting funds; the audit and valuation work has not yet been completed, and the company will temporarily not convene a shareholders' meeting for review.

  5. 甲子光年 · 微信公众号55

    Tesla Doubles Down on Robot Touch: DeepSkin's Decade of Work Targets Thin-Film Tactile Sensing

    On October 8, Tesla published a patent for a 3D flexible tactile sensor array for humanoid robots, with a scalable manufacturing method written into the title, merging sensing and manufacturing into a single approach. The article uses DeepSkin as an example to explain the thin-film tactile sensing field: relying on high-density thin-film electrodes and its own tactile chips, DeepSkin has achieved 9,216-point and 16,384-point tactile arrays, supports up to about 20,000 sensing points, a chip-level readout rate of 200 Hz, and can control sensing film thickness to within 500 micrometers.

  6. Droidup/卓益得29

    Zhuoyide Bionic Robot Moya Takes On Role as Preschool Teacher at Shanghai Jiahua Kindergarten

    On October 10, Zhuoyide's fully bionic robot Moya entered Shanghai Songjiang Jiahua Kindergarten, serving as a preschool teacher in the classroom, leading the children in Q&A, singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" together, and taking group photos. Powered by the DroidSoul robot intelligence system, it performs multimodal perception, large-model empathetic decision-making, and full-body coordinated expression. The body uses tendon-cable actuation and weighs about 30 kg, far below the 55 to 75 kg of comparable rigid designs, and works with more than 60 micro-expressions to enable near-human safe interaction.

  7. 古月居 · 微信公众号18

    Galaxea Pioneer Partner Salon: Focus on Embodied AI Secondary Development and Scenario Deployment

    The ROSCon China 2026 sub-forum Galaxea Pioneer Partner Salon will be held on October 16, 14:00–17:00, in Meeting Room A102 at Midea's Global Innovation Park in Shanghai. The theme is "Embodied AI Secondary Development and Scenario Deployment," and it is aimed at enterprises and technical teams with capabilities in embodied AI model application, secondary development, scenario development, and project delivery.

  8. 古月居 · 微信公众号22

    Avnet Smart Technology Ecosystem Forum: Focus on humanoid robot hardware foundation and scaled mass production of embodied intelligence

    The ROSCon China 2026 sub-forum, the Avnet Smart Technology Ecosystem Forum · Shanghai, will be held on October 17 from 9:30 to 12:20 in Meeting Room A102 at Midea's Global Innovation Park in Shanghai, focusing on the humanoid robot hardware foundation and scaled mass production of embodied intelligence.

  9. 古月居 · 微信公众号15

    ROSCon China 2026 Perks Guide: Stamp Collection + Raffle + AI Photos

    Three days before ROSCon China 2026 opens, the organizers announced attendee activities: collect 15 stamps on the ticket stamp card to exchange for an exclusive tote bag, and collect 30 stamps to exchange for a mystery prize (limited to 20 per day). On each day from October 16 to 18, a raffle will be held in the final segment of the main forum, giving away 20 Pop Mart blind boxes, 8 Logitech keyboard and mouse sets, and 1 Insta360 Luna. An AI photo check-in area will also be set up on site, where attendees can generate ROSCon China 2026 exclusive photos.

  10. OFweek Robotics70

    Embodied AI data collection supply chain investigation: ordinary people become data workers, about 4.47 billion yuan in funding in one year

    Embodied AI lacks real manipulation data, spawning a complete supply chain from collection and annotation to trading; 15 independent embodied data service providers raised about 4.47 billion yuan within one year. The industry is shifting from centralized data collection centers to bodyless crowdsourced collection: Mifeng Technology launched the Mifeng Pai platform covering 40 cities, and Figure launched the Index platform with 69,943 weekly active contributors. At the same time, controversies persist over data being subcontracted layer by layer at falling prices, workers' lack of informed consent, and collected data ultimately training robots that replace their own jobs.

  11. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence58

    Agibot launches new funding round at about 50 billion yuan valuation, IPO delayed to next year

    According to investor sources, embodied intelligence company Agibot Innovation recently launched a new funding round of about 1 billion to 1.5 billion yuan, which is nearing completion, at a latest valuation of about 50 billion yuan. Because Hong Kong Stock Exchange rules require a company that completes new financing after filing and before listing to wait 120 days before it can begin trading, Agibot cannot complete its IPO this year. A relevant Agibot representative said there is no response for now.

  12. 移动机器人产业联盟 · 微信公众号14

    New Product Preview: Jiexiang Lingyue's All-New Forklift Robot Family Coming Soon

    Jiexiang Lingyue will hold an online launch event at 14:00 on October 15, unveiling its all-new forklift robot family under the theme "Natively Defining the Future," streamed simultaneously on the Mobile Robot Industry Alliance livestream. The original text is a launch preview stating that the new family will form a matrix to cover complex industrial scenarios, but specific models, payloads, and performance parameters have not yet been disclosed.

  13. Schaeffler45

    Schaeffler releases preliminary figures for the first nine months of 2026

    Schaeffler released preliminary figures for the first nine months of 2026: group revenue of 17.5 billion euros and an EBIT margin before special items of 4.5%, and it confirmed its full-year 2026 guidance and mid-term targets for 2028. The E-Mobility division recognized one-off impairments and provisions of about 240 million euros, of which about 220 million euros were booked in the third quarter of 2026, mainly relating to production equipment left idle by declining project volumes. In the third quarter, the humanoid robotics business added two new customers in Greater China, and new orders rose to about 400 million euros.

  14. Schaeffler52

    Schaeffler's first nine months of 2026 results: humanoid robot orders rise to about €400 million

    Schaeffler released preliminary results for the first nine months and third quarter of fiscal 2026, with humanoid robot business orders improving to about €400 million and two new Chinese customers won in Greater China. Group revenue for the first nine months was €17.5 billion (€17.7 billion in the prior-year period), and the EBIT margin before special items rose to 4.5%; the E-Mobility division recorded a one-off special charge of about €240 million due to reduced volumes from European automakers' projects in China, of which about €220 million occurred in the third quarter.

  15. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence52

    JL Mag expects net profit of 735-800 million yuan in the first three quarters of 2026, with robotics revenue up about 100% year on year

    JL Mag announced that it expects net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company of 735-800 million yuan for the first three quarters of 2026, up 42.59%-55.20% year on year. The company's operating revenue rose about 40% year on year, with revenue from robotics and industrial servo motors up about 100% year on year. The change in performance is mainly due to continued consolidation of its advantages in new energy and energy conservation and environmental protection and its expansion into emerging markets.

  16. 深圳市机器人协会 · 微信公众号36

    ROSCon China 2026 agenda released and registration open

    ROSCon China 2026 will be held in Shenzhen on October 16–18. The Shenzhen Robotics Association has released the full agenda and opened registration. The conference includes 50+ talks, 3 days of lunch, exchanges with 35 exhibitors, and opportunities to connect with 500+ embodied intelligence companies.

  17. 深圳市机器人协会 · 微信公众号34

    Tan Weijia, Full-time Secretary-General of the Shenzhen Robotics Association, Interviewed by Xinhua News Agency's Oriental Outlook Weekly, Shares Shenzhen's New-Profession Talent Evaluation and Talent-Attraction Policy Implementation

    Tan Weijia, Full-time Secretary-General of the Shenzhen Robotics Association, was interviewed by Xinhua News Agency's Oriental Outlook Weekly, describing Shenzhen's practice of incubating new professions such as robotics, the low-altitude economy, and artificial intelligence through the "20+8" strategic emerging industries, as well as the implementation of new-profession talent evaluation and talent-attraction policies.

  18. 云深处科技 · 微信公众号43

    First "robot expedition member" in the Ailao Mountains! DEEP Robotics Lynx M20S wheeled-legged robot joins field scientific research

    The program "Scientific Expedition China," together with the China Scientific Exploration Association, invited DEEP Robotics' Lynx M20S wheeled-legged robot to take part in a scientific expedition in the Ailao Mountains, where it took on tasks including scouting hazardous sections, biological observation, image recording, and supply transport, marking the first field scientific research application of an embodied intelligent robot from China in the Ailao Mountains.

  19. 英诺天使基金 · 微信公众号54

    Inno Fund and MegaRobo Launch Poreva Open AI Protein Design Challenge; Top 10 Teams Get Fast-Track Investment Channel

    Inno Fund and MegaRobo have jointly launched the Poreva Open global AI protein design challenge and opened a "first check" fast-track investment decision channel for the top 10 teams on the overall leaderboard of the inaugural event (G1), with intended investments of RMB 3 million to 20 million per deal, decided independently on a case-by-case basis by the investment committee.

  21. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence23

    NetEase Cloud Music and Unitree Technology Reach Deep Partnership, Launching Robot Natural-Language Song Request Feature

    NetEase Cloud Music and Unitree Technology have reached a deep partnership, launching an industry-first robot natural-language song request experience. The feature already covers models including the Unitree Go2 robot dog and the G1 and R1 general-purpose humanoid robots, allowing users to request songs on the robots via natural language.

  23. OFweek Robotics64

    Sita Robotics completes angel funding round with participation from Huawei Hubble and others

    Shenzhen Sita Robotics has completed an angel funding round. Investors include Huawei Hubble Investment, a fund under Shenzhen Capital Group's Shenzhen High-Tech Investment, and Gaoxuan Investment; a fund under Qianfeng had previously invested. The company focuses on flexible photonic crystal tactile sensing. Its self-developed electronic skin can be controlled to a thickness of under 1 mm, with up to 100,000 sensing points per square centimeter. It has received orders for hundreds of data acquisition devices and completed delivery. The team has about 50 people. The funds will be used for product R&D iteration and commercialization, covering embodied intelligence, consumer electronics, and industrial scenarios.

  24. OFweek Robotics54

    Fangqi Technology completes eight-figure angel round led by TUSStar

    Fangqi Technology, a Tsinghua-affiliated robot brain company, has completed an eight-figure angel funding round led by TUSStar, just four months after its registration and establishment. The company does not build hardware bodies; instead, it trains robot skills using ordinary human video footage combined with world models, and claims that overall processing cost is 80% lower than traditional teleoperation, time consumption is reduced to 30%, and action execution success rates are on par with traditional approaches. It has begun joint research and real-world testing with a five-star chain hotel management group in Jiangsu, and is supplying its robot brain system to a robot hardware manufacturer in Shenzhen.

  25. OFweek Robotics58

    Lituo Intelligence Completes Series A Funding, Co-led by Guangtou Capital and Liuzhou Industrial Group

    Guangxi Lituo Intelligence has completed a Series A funding round, co-led by Guangtou Capital and Liuzhou Industrial Group, with the proceeds mainly directed toward product iteration and market expansion. Based in Liuzhou, the company develops Luban-axis flexible grippers and NC servo positioning equipment. It is a core supplier of NC equipment for SAIC-GM-Wuling's leading-level smart island factory, and its products have been supplied to automakers including Geely, BYD, Leapmotor, and Vietnam's Kim Long. The company holds nearly 60 core patents and plans subsequent Series B and C rounds.