Three days after Geek+ invested 50 million yuan in Shenyi Robot for a 20% stake, Shenyi Robot, which was founded just nine months ago, unveiled its self-developed embodied foundation model SE-1 at the 2026 CIIF, along with Sculptor, a multi-task embodied operation robot focused on heavy-load logistics, and Edge, a dual-arm robot focused on fine industrial operations.
Xinming gave a keynote at ROSCon China 2026, where Vice President Dr. Zhou Fan presented its spatial intelligence chip and 3D vision AI module. The self-developed chip integrates real-time 3D stereo vision perception, on-device AI, and SLAM on a single chip, delivering about 3.5 TOPS of on-device compute at under 1 W power consumption, with roughly 1 ms motion-to-display latency, and supports 6 cameras and multi-sensor fusion.
Unitree Technology has released its new humanoid robot H2-X Kung Fu Legend Guardian, and an official video claims a maximum battery life of about 8 hours. In the video demonstrations, the robot can lift the front of a car with its bare hands, jump down from a 4-meter-high platform and roll to a standing position, perform consecutive airborne flying kicks and land steadily, and dent a car door with a single kick. The original article holds that these demonstrations test balance control, leg torque, and mid-air posture correction capabilities, and infers that the robot may target fields such as emergency rescue and security protection.
At its product launch event, Baidu Dazi announced full compatibility with domestic IT innovation, listing on the Lenovo Kaitian Tianxi Store, Kylin Software Store, and UnionTech Software App Store, and partnering with Lenovo Kaitian to launch the first fully domestic full-stack general-purpose AI agent workstation. The workstation integrates Lenovo Kaitian hardware, the Tianxi AI Pro base, and Baidu Dazi, supports Kylin and UnionTech operating systems, is compatible with domestic GPUs such as Hygon BW100 and Iluvatar CoreX Zhikai 100, and comes with preinstalled models and runtime environment for out-of-the-box use.
Unitree Robotics announced the release of the humanoid robot "H2-X Kung Fu Legend," with a maximum battery life of about 8 hours.
On October 14, RoboParty released the developer-oriented humanoid robot RP1 on X. As of October 20, the release post had about 49,000 views and 52 replies, and the official video had over 1.6 million plays. RP1 fully open-sources materials including mechanical CAD, BOM, the self-developed ROMOMO joints, firmware, motion control, simulation models, and SDK. It stands 1.35 meters tall, with 24 active degrees of freedom in the standard version and 30 in the Pro version; some joints have a peak torque of 160 N·m, and its top running speed is 4 m/s.
Geek+ RoboShuttle Hyper tote-to-person solution uses conveyor-line workstations to enable robots to "drop and go": a dual-line conveyor structure buffers totes instead of making robots queue, and after handoff a robot can pick up a tote from the other conveyor line and leave the station to continue its tasks.
A Grip Sensor board gives basic PWM servos a sense of touch by measuring servo current to estimate grip force. A status LED indicates whether an object has been grasped, a Teach button lets users teach the grip strength, and an open-drain status output can communicate with existing MCUs. In the video demo, the servo grips a box; when the box drops, the board detects it and notifies the MCU, while also preventing the servo from gripping too tightly and overheating. The author has made 5 boards for testing, available by direct message.
The Honghu eVTOL pre-production prototype made its public debut at the 2026 Inclusion·Bund Conference, with a cruise speed of up to 320 km/h, a maximum takeoff weight of 2,500 kg, a 5-seat layout, 60 minutes of endurance, and tuning in accordance with civil aviation airworthiness standards.
Yufeng Flight Technology's self-developed all-weather aerostat "Yunshao M1000-CNS" recently completed a series of first flight tests in Rong County, Zigong City, Sichuan Province, conducted in stages, successively completing the rigid-flexible coupled structure system final assembly, transfer out of the warehouse, buoyancy transfer, mooring and tethering, and low-altitude hovering. The aerostat has a diameter of 21 meters and a length of 24 meters, adopts a second-generation rigid-flexible coupling technical architecture, can carry a 300-kilogram mission payload, and achieves energy self-sufficiency through wind power, photovoltaic and energy storage systems.
Chery's self-developed light eVTOL, the "Lingxiao Flying Car Q212," was publicly unveiled on October 20, marking Chery's first public display of a complete eVTOL aircraft. The model uses a compound-wing multirotor configuration and can take off and land vertically. It has a full-load endurance of over 60 minutes, a cruise speed of 140 km/h, and a maximum range of 150 km. Its core components are 100% domestically sourced, and it is positioned for urban short-distance commuting, low-altitude sightseeing, and emergency rescue scenarios.
A robot named Bob uses the AgenticROS Trick or Treat Skill to interact with trick-or-treaters in a Halloween setting, give instructions, and keep watch over a candy bowl.
Tuesday Labs has opened reservations for its bipedal home robot Voxel Series-1, with a $200 deposit; the full price is expected to be about $20,000, with shipping planned for 2028.
The author's open-source locomotion controller for a self-designed quadruped robot has been updated with a vision-based foothold selection method, currently demonstrated in MuJoCo simulation.
RLinf, an open-source training framework for embodied reinforcement learning developed by Tsinghua University, Infinigence AI, and the Beijing Zhongguancun Academy, has officially released v0.4, with updates across four areas: a Lego-style real-machine system, real-machine post-training algorithms, full-modality model support, and a domestic computing power foundation.
Why it matters: It outlines the framework's evolution from simulation to real-machine training, helping readers understand the capability boundaries of the embodied reinforcement learning engineering stack.
Isaac Lab 3.0 has been officially released, and the official recommendation is for new projects and projects migrating from 2.x to use v3.0.0 as their base. The new version adopts a multi-backend architecture with a unified task API, supporting backends such as Newton and OV Libraries. Supported tasks can switch physics, rendering, and visualization backends without rewriting logic, and most workflows do not require installing or launching Isaac Sim.
Why it matters: The original article lists the specific changes in the multi-backend architecture and the removal of the Isaac Sim installation requirement, as well as the environment and interface changes needed for migration, making it easier to judge the upgrade cost for existing projects.
Plus One Robotics demonstrated AI vision depalletizing and palletizing cells live at PACK EXPO 2026 in Chicago, combining Torfresma's TRF Compact system with ABB robots in a modular workstation.
A Reddit user built a DIY RGB SLAM camera with a 193.8° fisheye lens and an integrated IMU, taking about a month to complete debugging. Today the user ran a fast-motion tracking test, reported good results, and asked the community for suggestions.
Suzhou sandisiwei has launched the Jingxun V4 research-grade area structured light scanner, featuring a measurement-grade DLP4710 optical engine, interchangeable C-mount lenses, and a Hikvision 14-megapixel global camera, with CUDA acceleration for the entire point cloud processing workflow. The product supports single-point measurement, regional flatness/sphericity calculation, manual and feature-based point cloud stitching, and SSD surface reconstruction. It comes with structured light 3D reconstruction and PCL point cloud processing courses, is open at the source-code level, and supports secondary development with OpenCV, Halcon, and VisionMaster.
Holocron Engine v2 is live. After a user describes a robot in text, the tool sequentially generates a 3D concept form, selects real servos/motors/QDDs from a catalog and verifies torque, speed, and power margins, designs the wiring network pin by pin and checks voltage, current, wire gauge, and grounding, produces a 2D layout linked with 3D, generates the frame and cable routing based on real part dimensions, writes firmware for the selected board that can actually drive the actuators, and outputs printable parts and a procurement list.
Vention has launched round-the-clock video remote support: operators can start a live video session from the machine's teach pendant, and experts join within 10 minutes with access to hardware and firmware versions, real-time I/O status, and programs running on MachineMotion AI.
Agility Robotics has selected Nyobolt battery technology for its Digit 5 humanoid robot, targeting 90 minutes of operation from a 9-minute charge and more than 20 hours of effective work within 24 hours.
REEMAN has launched the Waterproof Ant (model WBOT10F), an outdoor waterproof autonomous forklift with a rated load of 2 tons. It features a waterproof body and chassis protection design, aimed at material handling in outdoor factory areas on rainy days.
Founded by a former NVIDIA world model team, Dream Labs has emerged from stealth, announcing the completion of a $90 million (about RMB 600 million) seed round led by B Capital, and simultaneously launching the Dream API, opening up its world action model Dream-1.
A 6-DOF robot hand adapted from the open-source HRI Hand design, set up for servo drive, using a rigid PLA structure and flexible TPU fingertips to improve contact and grasping, aimed at robotics projects, education, and grasping experiments. Editable STEP files and STL files for 3D printing are provided and available on the Cults platform; only digital files are sold, not including servos, electronics, or assembly hardware.
A team from Nanyang Technological University used a system combining the AgileX PiPER-X robotic arm and the Zhishen Technology Tongchui M1 quadruped robot to win the championship and the Best Autonomous Capability Award at the IROS 2026 LRC legged robot challenge, with the task scenario being local hazardous chemical label recognition.
Hesai Technology launched the Kosmo 3D world data engine on October 14 and introduced the Kosmo One 8K ultra-high-definition AI spatial camera.
ABB Robotics has launched the IRB 1700 and IRB 1700ID, two compact high-performance robots that it says cut cycle times by up to 20% compared with comparable robots on the market.
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.
Lift. Move. Park with precision. Learn how Hyundai Motor Group's parking robot moves vehicles in any direction while using parking space more efficiently. *Some content was produced with AI involvement.
A Reddit user has proposed and is advancing a mini RGB + depth camera concept for close-range robotics experiments and hand-object demonstrations. The Mini version measures 44 x 44 x 30 mm and is planned to use a Camera Module 3 + TMF8829 dToF, an IMU, and an ESP32-P4; a separate Pi development enclosure version also exists.
The Asimov 1 team has released an updated user manual, a step-by-step guide from parts to a robot that stands and walks, with each assembly step accompanied by a rotatable 3D visual. Asimov 1 is built with off-the-shelf components, so users can source the parts themselves and build it from scratch. The manual is at docs.menlo.ai/asimov/1/overview, and the code is in the GitHub repository menloresearch/asimov-1.
DeanWay Labs developer releases QuietOS, a runtime governor positioned between AI models and tools/actuators that judges each action by policy as ALLOW, ESCALATE, or BLOCK.
Casia Hand Robotics exhibited for the first time at the 26th China International Industry Fair, showing 7 industry-grade dexterous hands across the M, X, and G series and 4 industrial-grade solutions. The Casia Hand-M6 weighs only 410 g with a 10 kg payload, a payload-to-weight ratio of more than 24 times; the flagship X12 uses a 12-DOF fully direct-drive architecture, combining a 30 kg handling payload with 150 N grip force and an operating life of more than 1 million cycles at rated load; the G4 three-finger dexterous hand reaches a life of 500,000 cycles.
Agiwei Robotics has introduced a new three-dimensional embodied intelligence paradigm based on VLA (Vision-Language-Agent) technology, used for environmental understanding and autonomous decision-making by unmanned forklifts under complex industrial conditions. Its self-developed fully dynamic laser SLAM navigation fuses LiDAR and 3D vision, achieving repeat positioning accuracy of ±5 mm; the fourth-generation MCU controller coordinates with high-precision servo motors for motion control. Agiwei's mobile robot solutions have entered industries including photovoltaic new energy, petrochemicals, and automotive parts, with cumulative delivery to 900 customers and annual capacity of 3,000 units (sets).
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Primepick is bringing the MealMate unattended hot-food robotic kiosk to the US market. It has already been deployed at manufacturing plants in New Jersey and Connecticut and at Molloy University, and is being rolled out to hospitals and nursing homes in the Tri-State area, with three new sites in Huntsville, Chicago, and Dallas in preparation.
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.
The PNY-supplied NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition and Max-Q Workstation Edition target AI training, inference, and data science; a single machine can hold up to 4 Max-Q GPUs, delivering up to 14.2 petaflops of AI compute and 384 GB of GPU memory.
At PACK EXPO 2026 in Chicago, Vention announced the launch of a 24/7 video remote support service. When a production line goes down in the early hours, operators can start a live video session from the machine's teach pendant and connect with an automation expert within 10 minutes. The expert can join with full context, including hardware and firmware versions, real-time I/O status, and the program running on MachineMotion AI.