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- IROS 2026 Best Paper LT-Mem explained: using hierarchical spatiotemporal memory to solve robotic temporal forgetting
The paper LT-Mem from the APRL lab at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) in South Korea won the IROS 2026 Best Paper award. The work proposes a volatile-perception spatiotemporal memory framework that uses three memory layers—Live, Delta, and Meta—and three volatility-based update strategies—coverage, retention, and multi-hypothesis—to solve the temporal forgetting problem in which new observations overwrite old memories when a robot revisits the same space multiple times.
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- From Demo to Global Product: Google Cloud and PongBot on the Barriers to Going Global in the AI Era
Heather Zhang, head of startup ecosystem for Greater China at Google Cloud, Yuanke Ma, AI business development manager, and Feng Yunlong, head of AI algorithms at PongBot, discussed at an ACC event the barriers AI products face in moving from demo to the global market.
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- Who Are Chinese VCs' Own People: Embodied AI's Share of Top VCs' Early AI Investments Rises to 39%
Dongcha Beating collected 17,079 seed-to-Series-A records from 46 institutions and identified 1,195 Chinese AI companies backed by 29 top VCs, of which 410 founding teams have verifiable backgrounds; only 4 had a No. 1 executive with an investment-firm background. In the first half of 2026, there were 1,203 AI funding rounds totaling 307.7 billion yuan; AI accounted for 55% of top VCs' early-stage investments, embodied AI accounted for 39% of early-stage AI deals, and autonomous driving had almost exited. Among founders from AI unicorns, 50% raised over 100 million yuan in their first round, versus 25% for other companies.
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- Six AgiBot Genie G2 units work 24-hour shifts at convenience store; four pass probation assessment
Starting November 2, six Genie G2 robots equipped with AgiBot's Genie Master embodied Agent framework worked continuous 24-hour shifts in a real convenience store. In the end, four passed the probation assessment, completing a cumulative 1,730 tasks, including greeting customers 683 times, fetching and delivering 369 items, and making coffee 147 times.
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- How Tencent Cloud AI Infra Supports Embodied Intelligence: Manifold Space, Machine Science, and Zeroth's Compute, Storage, and Network Practices
At the 2026 Tencent Global Digital Ecosystem Summit, Tencent Cloud showcased AI Infra deployments in embodied intelligence. Manifold Space used a cluster of 512 domestic chips to train stably, improving training performance nearly 3x in about two weeks. Machine Science built a unified data lake in Nanjing with COS, enabling cross-region direct reads of the same data between Beijing and Nanjing and saving tens of millions of yuan that would have gone to building high-performance storage in both locations. Zeroth used COS to handle PB-scale data across multiple campuses in Shanghai, North America, and Europe, with MetaInsight helping engineers quickly extract high-value segments.
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- Roborock F25 Steam 3-in-1 Cleaning
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- ETH Zurich develops FlexiQuad flexible quadrotor that resists collisions and reaches a top speed of 80 km/h
An ETH Zurich team has developed FlexiQuad, a ring-shaped flexible-frame quadrotor with no central body; on impact the frame deforms to absorb energy and the drone can keep flying. It reaches a top flight speed of 80 km/h, with collision tests at about 25 km/h; the frame material costs less than 15 Swiss francs, and it has been used to grasp and carry soft first-aid kits and payloads heavier than its own weight. The team also used reinforcement learning to let it stabilize its attitude after a collision before resuming autonomous flight, but reliable perception and autonomous navigation remain prerequisites for leaving the lab.
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- XSTO Showcases Innovative Handling Product Line at CeMAT Asia 2026
At CeMAT Asia 2026 in Shanghai, XSTO exhibited its innovative handling product line, including AI+ handling robots, the Magic Block King Kong series, a motion-sensing logistics vehicle, and the Qiaokeli electric portable stair-climbing cart. The Magic Block King Kong series features a modular configuration that integrates flat-ground assistance, electric stair climbing, and lifting/loading capabilities; the AI+ handling robots are designed for autonomous decision-making in heavy-load working conditions. The booth is N2-E4-3, and multiple cooperation intentions are being discussed on site.
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- Wangyuan Technology's overseas listing filing approved, plans main board listing on HKEX
Tianjin Wangyuan Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.'s overseas listing filing has been approved. The company plans to issue no more than 12.6886 million overseas-listed ordinary shares and list on the HKEX Main Board, while 16 shareholders plan to convert a total of 14.7139 million domestic unlisted shares into overseas-listed shares. The prospectus shows that proceeds will mainly be used to expand production capacity, expand global sales channels, and enhance R&D capabilities. According to a CIC report, Wangyuan Technology ranked among the global top three in pool cleaning robot shipments and GMV in 2024, with a market share of about 9.2%; its cordless product shipments ranked first globally, with a market share of 19.7%.
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- Sage Intelligent completes pre-Series B funding of hundreds of millions of yuan to advance multi-arm robots and large-model R&D
Shanghai Sage Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. has completed a pre-Series B funding round of hundreds of millions of yuan. Investors include Jiantou Investment, Nantong Investment Management, and Yunqi Capital. The funds will be used for large-model R&D, iteration of the multi-arm robot body, production line expansion, and global market expansion.
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- Zhicheng AI completes funding of hundreds of millions of yuan, with state-owned capital jointly betting on JEPA physical world model
Zhicheng AI announced the completion of a funding round of hundreds of millions of yuan, jointly invested by Hangzhou Capital, Fuzhe Technology, Caitong Capital, and Linglan Capital; the funds will be used for embodied intelligence and world model R&D and commercialization. The company was founded in March 2024 by Hu Luhui, former chief engineering lead at Meta. Its Chengling physical world model adopts the JEPA architecture, and version 0.1 was open-sourced under the MIT license in May 2026. The XR1 composite wheeled industrial robot has entered real production line operations at NIO's factory, while cooperation with Volkswagen remains in the scenario testing stage at the final assembly section.
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- Leaderdrive's first three quarters revenue up 45%, humanoid reducer orders reach 400,000 units
Leaderdrive's revenue for the first three quarters of 2026 was 591 million yuan, up 45.30% year on year, with net profit attributable to shareholders of 122 million yuan, up 30.33% year on year; humanoid-related reducer orders rose from about 100,000 units the previous year to 400,000 units. The company's annual harmonic reducer capacity has reached 1 million units, with a year-end target of 1.5 million units, but its gross margin in the first half was 32.26%, down 2.51 percentage points year on year, as new production line debugging and small-batch production of multiple models are weighing on profitability. The article also compares the catch-up pace of domestic manufacturers such as Zhongda Leader, HuanDong Technology, and Laifu Harmonic.
Across orders, capacity, gross margin, and domestic competition, readers can see the real operating constraints during the ramp-up phase for humanoid reducers.
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Zou Danping team proposes DiffDreamer, combining world models and differentiable simulation for agile quadrotor control
Zou Danping's team at Shanghai Jiao Tong University proposes DiffDreamer, which couples a learned world model with differentiable simulation for agile quadrotor control; the paper has been accepted to RAL 2026. The method uses the world model to predict external dynamics and differentiable simulation to propagate the robot's physical state. In aggressive tracking tasks, distance error drops to 0.381 m, versus 0.793 m for the strongest baseline; in dynamic gate crossing at gate speeds of 1.0/1.5/2.0 m/s, the number of gates passed is 16/12/8, versus 12/4/1 for MPC.
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- Cutter & Buck opens new distribution center in Texas with Kardex-integrated AutoStore system
Cutter & Buck has opened a new distribution center in Grand Prairie, Texas, featuring its second AutoStore goods-to-person system, designed and integrated by Kardex, with 50,502 storage bins, 32 AutoStore R5 Pro robots, and 13 ports.
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- Seeking advice on an Arduino sumo robot competition plan (non-magnetic dohyo)
A competitor plans to design an Arduino autonomous robot for an upcoming sumo robot competition held on a non-magnetic dohyo, with rules limiting the robot to a weight of no more than 3 kg and length and width each no more than 20 cm, with no height limit. The robot will use a blade and sensors, and the competitor hopes to get advice on motor, battery, and blade selection to improve the chances of winning.
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- DEEP Robotics Wins 2026 World Internet Conference Outstanding Contribution Award
DEEP Robotics received the Outstanding Contribution Award at the opening ceremony of the 2026 World Internet Conference, with co-founder Li Chao accepting the award on its behalf; the organizing committee said the company has deep expertise across the full embodied intelligence technology chain. Centered on its self-developed embodied brain DEEPRobotics-Brain, the company's products span quadruped, wheeled-legged, and humanoid robots, and have been deployed in over 1,200 scenarios, covering 34 provincial-level administrative regions across China and 46 countries and regions worldwide. Its quadruped robots have been deployed at Singapore's national grid SPPG, and its humanoid robots have been assigned to the Hangzhou traffic police's "Hangzhou Police Smart Patrol" duty roster.
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- Reproducing Deep Reinforcement Learning Control for In-Hand Object Reorientation with the Revo3 Dexterous Hand
This article reproduces three official pretrained policies for the Revo3 dexterous hand in Isaac Lab for in-hand object reorientation control. The cube random-target reorientation runs 8 times per episode, while the cylinder uses a 22.5° incremental chain, advancing once every 3.4 steps.
Guyuehome ·
- Dexterous Hand in Practice 11: Building Single-Finger Forward Kinematics with D-H Parameters
The 11th installment of the Dexterous Hand in Practice series explains how to build single-finger forward kinematics using D-H parameters. The content covers link-parameter modeling and forward-kinematics derivation for a single finger, and is part of this tutorial series.
Guyuehome ·
- End-side optimization with RKNN profiler: latency cut from 41 ms to 13 ms
The author used the RKNN profiler to complete a full end-side optimization, reducing latency from 41 ms to 13 ms. The material provides only an abstract and does not give the specific optimization steps or the hardware platform used.
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- How to Judge Data Quality Without Training a Model: Quantitative Evaluation of Robot Trajectory Quality
Robot trajectory data quality can be quantitatively evaluated without training a model, in order to judge whether the data is good or bad. The article centers on this evaluation approach and explains to robotics developers how to make quantitative judgments about trajectory quality.
Guyuehome ·
- The Secret of Action Discretization: How FAST Tokenizer and Action Bins Affect Performance
The content centers on the FAST tokenizer and action bins, discussing how action discretization affects performance. The original text provides no specific experimental data, robot model, or version information; it only identifies, at the title level, the FAST tokenizer and action bins as the two elements under analysis.
Guyuehome ·
- What Exactly Does Domain Randomization Randomize: A Complete Postmortem of a Sim2Real Failure
The article conducts a complete attribution analysis of a Sim2Real failure incident, asking which factors domain randomization actually randomizes. The original text does not provide a specific robot model, experimental platform, or quantitative metrics; the focus is on reviewing the causal chain behind the failure of simulation-to-reality transfer.
Guyuehome ·
- ROS2 TF2 Coordinate Frame Management: From Transform Tree Principles to Multi-Sensor Calibration in Practice
The article explains ROS2 TF2 coordinate frame management, extending from transform tree principles to multi-sensor calibration in practice. The material provides only the title and summary; it does not give specific method steps or calibration results.
Guyuehome ·
- The Mechanism, Usage, and Boundaries of Jev's Structured Decision Model
Jev is a decision model that does not generate text; the caller submits a state (text or JSON to be judged) and a set of predefined questions, and the model returns typed answers with probability distributions. The article explains its usage and applicable boundaries around this mechanism.
Guyuehome ·
- Webinar: Exploring advances in automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS)
A free webinar will be held at noon Eastern Time on November 4, 2026, to discuss improvements in automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) in areas such as modularity, software and vision, and robotic shuttles. The session will cover flexible scaling use cases for modular ASRS, AI-driven slotting and real-time reconfiguration, strategies for retrofitting and integrating legacy systems, and workflows that combine ASRS with mobile robots or picking systems. Brian Quigley, Director of Sales and Consulting at Kardex North America, will take part in the Q&A. The webinar is sponsored by Novanta and Dorner.
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- PHYMI launches action partner Sagi: a four-wheeled legged robot with a humanoid upper body that enters open scenarios without mapping
PHYMI released its first Physical Agent action partner, Sagi, on October 28. It uses a four-wheeled legged configuration with a humanoid upper body and a companion cargo box, and is positioned to complete long-range mobility and object manipulation in open, dynamic real-world scenarios.
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- What is the biggest bottleneck in training tactile perception in robots?
An enthusiast asks: given that tactile sensors, various humanoid robots, and grippers already exist, why is training at scale still difficult, and whether software similar to Claude or GPT exists that can transfer a clothes-folding skill from a gripper robot to a humanoid hand. They also ask whether robots must be taught movement and perception one by one, and why no one has yet launched software that solves this problem.
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- GE-Sim 2.0 and π0.5 closed-loop simulation test: Why does reward hacking occur in VLA training?
The Xbotics Embodied Intelligence Lab built a closed-loop simulation pipeline using the AgiBot GE-Sim 2.0 world model and the OpenPI π0.5 policy. In testing, the world model generated about 4.33 frames per second, the pure-policy closed loop ran at about 3.20 frames per second, and after adding MiMo online scoring, the rate dropped to about 0.88 frames per second.
The author uses a four-stage test to break down the frame-rate bottlenecks and causes of reward hacking in world-model closed-loop simulation, which can be transferred to the design of VLA evaluation workflows.
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- GelSight Mobile 4.5 software released: new measurement tools, performance improvements, and enhanced reporting
GelSight released the GelSight Mobile 4.5 inspection platform software update, which improves overall measurement performance through system-level optimizations and adds the Profile Analysis contour analysis tool and the Arc shape for the Offset tool, used to measure angles, radii, line-to-line and point-to-point distances, and height differences of circular features. The new version also offers a refreshed interface and enhanced PDF reports, which can include images and signature lines to facilitate sharing and sign-off of inspection results within organizations. The version is now available.
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- CoRL 2026 | X Square Robot Brings 2 Accepted Papers to Austin, Hosts Booth 707 and Tech Talk
X Square Robot is attending CoRL 2026 in Austin with 2 accepted papers, hosting Booth 707 for on-site exchanges with its CTO, researchers, and campus recruiting HR. On the evening of November 10, frontline researchers will give a Tech Talk on the latest work, and on the evening of November 11, the company will hold the X-Rhythm Night afterparty; registration is via the QR code on the poster.
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- Zhijian Dynamics Supports Mamba Drive at CeMAT Asia 2026 in Shanghai
Zhijian Dynamics is supporting Mamba Drive at the 26th International Exhibition for Logistics, Mobility, IT and Supply Chain Management 2026, jointly showcasing smart logistics technology innovations. The exhibition runs from November 3 to November 6 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, booth W2-A1, where the two parties will explore possible applications of embodied intelligence in logistics scenarios.
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- Hangcha and Zhijian Dynamics Exhibit Together at CeMAT Shanghai to Co-Create the Future of Intelligent Handling
Hangcha Group and Zhijian Dynamics are jointly exhibiting at the 26th International Trade Fair for Material Handling, Automation Technology, Transport Systems and Logistics (CeMAT ASIA) 2026, exploring the deep integration of embodied intelligence and smart logistics. The exhibition runs from November 3 to November 6 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre.
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- WAIC UP! Global Launch Event to Land at Hong Kong Science Park in December: Three Questions and Three Answers on AI Industrialization
The WAIC UP! Global Launch Event (proposed) will be held at Hong Kong Science Park on December 10-11, 2026, using a "Three Questions and Three Answers" agenda to address three industrial issues: technology bets, order acquisition, and overseas compliance. The first day focuses on large models and Agentic AI, compute and energy infrastructure, and robotics and mobile agents; the second day features AI4S and advanced manufacturing sessions, debuts the first batch of RMB 10 billion in procurement demand, and includes an overseas expansion session and an international investment and financing roadshow.
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- WAIC UP! Global Launch Event to Be Held in Hong Kong in December: Three Tracks Covering Compute Energy, Embodied Intelligence, and Agentic AI
The WAIC UP! Global Launch Event (proposed) will be held at Hong Kong Science Park on December 10-11, 2026. The main forum on the first day will be divided into two segments: "Insights · AI Trends" and "Hardcore · Technology Frontiers." In the afternoon, three roundtables will be held on compute, energy, and infrastructure; robots and mobile agents; and large models and Agentic AI. Representatives from companies such as MetaX, Tencent Cloud, Leju Robotics, AgiBot, and iFlytek are expected to be invited to discuss the scaling of embodied intelligence and the commercialization path for agents.
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- Intel Embodied Intelligence & Robotics Solutions Exchange Shanghai: Core Ultra 358H Dev Kit and Multi-Channel GMSL Live Demo
Intel will hold an Embodied Intelligence and Robotics Solutions Exchange in Shanghai on November 10, showcasing a multi-channel GMSL real-time perception solution and a 358H embodied intelligence complete system based on the Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake) platform.
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- LimX Dynamics Named a National-Level Specialized and Sophisticated "Little Giant" Enterprise
LimX Dynamics has been successfully recognized as a 2026 national-level specialized and sophisticated "Little Giant" enterprise. The designation is reviewed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology around dimensions such as specialization, refinement, distinctiveness, and innovation, and is the highest tier in this tiered cultivation system for such enterprises. The company said it will continue to make technological innovation its core driving force, improve its independent innovation capabilities and industrialization level, and work with upstream and downstream partners in the industrial chain to advance embodied intelligence technology innovation and industrial ecosystem building.
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- Yobotics showcases "Xingzhe Taishan" humanoid robot and quadruped, wheeled-legged series at 2026 China (Taishan) Embodied Intelligence Industry Development Cooperation Conference
At the 2026 China (Taishan) Embodied Intelligence Industry Development Cooperation Conference, Yobotics exhibited the "Xingzhe Taishan" humanoid robot, the Y30 industrial flagship quadruped robot, the Y20-W industry-grade wheeled-legged robot, and the E15 lightweight quadruped robot, and presented standardized industry solutions covering emergency firefighting, public safety, energy and power, and other areas. At the same time, Shandong Yobotics Intelligent Robot Co., Ltd. signed an agreement with Tai'an Taishan Urban Construction Investment Group Co., Ltd. to launch the Taishan Urban Investment robot flagship store and a project for co-cultivating and co-building intelligent industry scenarios.
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- Yobotics' "Xingzhe Taishan" autonomously climbs more than 3,100 stone steps on Mount Tai
Yobotics' "Xingzhe Taishan" humanoid robot fully autonomously traversed more than 3,100 stone steps on Mount Tai at the first CMG World Robot Mount Tai Climbing Competition, relying on its own perception and decision-making systems. The robot is equipped with multimodal perception, autonomously identifies step edges and obstacles, builds a map of the mountain path and plans its route, and then dynamically adjusts stride length, step height and landing posture through its self-developed joint modules and motion-control cerebellum. The team said the competition was a real-world validation of its full-stack self-development approach, and that it will next advance deployment in scenarios such as mountain inspection and emergency rescue.
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- Spirit AI's Spirit v1.6 Embodied Foundation Model Wins World Internet Conference "New Shining Scenario Award"
Spirit AI's Spirit v1.6 embodied foundation model won the "New Shining Scenario Award" at the 2026 World Internet Conference "Light of the Internet" Expo. The award recognizes digital-intelligence benchmarks with solid results and scale-up potential; Spirit AI has already deployed in real production lines, with partners including Bosch, JD.com, CATL, and Schaeffler.
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- Force Machine ATOMIX unveils tiered intelligent storage, transport and picking solution at CeMAT
After merging with ATOMIX, Force Machine made its debut at CeMAT ASIA 2026 with a robot multi-agent tiered operation system that divides case-piece picking into three tiers by difficulty: economical robotic arms handle about 60% of standard goods, embodied robots handle about 20% of irregular, hard-to-grasp goods, and the remaining 20% of long-tail tasks are covered by human workers.
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