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Oct 26Mon
  1. 机器人全球资讯 · 微信公众号52

    OpenAI to develop humanoid robots; Altman says the core is building the "brain"

    Speaking on the Sources podcast, Altman confirmed that OpenAI will manufacture humanoid robots itself, arguing that appearance matters far less than the "brain" that drives the robot. He expects a striking demo prototype in 2027, but robots reaching the streets will take several more years, and the company has not announced the appearance, price, or launch date. OpenAI's careers page currently lists 27 robotics positions, covering motion control, state estimation, actuator control, whole-body behavior development, and in-house mechatronic actuators.

  2. 未来机器人网 · 微信公众号75

    Agibot Genie G2 Max Safety-Certified Heavy-Load Embodied Robot Released

    Agibot released the safety-certified heavy-load embodied robot Genie G2 Max at its AI WAVE event on October 26. It features 7-DOF force-controlled dual arms, with a single-arm payload of 20 kg, a dual-arm rated payload of 40 kg, a peak payload of 50 kg, and repeat positioning accuracy of ≤±0.5 mm.

  3. 未来机器人网 · 微信公众号58

    Nomura report assesses humanoid robots: brain not yet at GPT-2 stage, dexterous hands to scale first

    Nomura Securities released a research report on humanoid robots and China's embodied intelligence industry, arguing that robots are developing along the path of large language models, but their current brain has not yet reached the GPT-2 stage, and world model maturity is even lower than AI in 2012. The report proposes five test metrics: continuous working hours, fine hand manipulation, speed of adapting to new embodiments, number of demonstrations, and factory-floor accuracy. It says robots currently fall far short on all metrics, with factory-floor accuracy at about 60% versus the industrial requirement of over 98%.

  4. 36氪 · 微信公众号12

    VIGX Kenqi Releases Pocket-Sized AI Exoskeleton Robot π6 with Quick-Release Split Architecture

    VIGX Kenqi released the pocket-sized AI exoskeleton robot π6 in Shenzhen on October 23. It features a quick-release split architecture and is only the size of a water cup. The exoskeleton is equipped with a 4-core 1.5GHz AI processor, IMU+dTOF radar, and a full-HD camera, and can intelligently anticipate road conditions and provide precise assistance.

  5. 智东西60

    Qiyuan Robotics' 5,000th personal robot rolls off the line, daily capacity raised to over 200 units

    Qiyuan Robotics rolled out its 5,000th personal robot on October 25, about a month after the Qiyuan Q1 and T1 went on sale on September 20. Co-President Gao Quanzhong said the line now produces one robot every 2.5 minutes, with daily capacity up from just over 10 units to over 200, and that the company has set test standards including million-cycle wiring harness bending and 100,000-cycle joint durability. A Qiyuan T1 numbered NO.5000 was delivered to a user at the event. The company plans an OTA upgrade at the end of October to add features such as children's spoken English practice, following in complex environments, and remote video-call control.

  6. 高工咨询 · 微信公众号58

    Inovance Debuts Wheeled Humanoid Robot InoBot W1 at CIIF, Connected to Automotive Welding Demonstration Line

    At the 26th China International Industry Fair, Inovance unveiled its wheeled humanoid robot InoBot W1 for the first time and connected it to an automotive welding demonstration production cell, where it works with a vision system and an arc welding robot to autonomously complete tasks such as workpiece loading and unloading and resetting.

  7. 高工咨询 · 微信公众号38

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

    Statistics from Gaogong Humanoid Robot show that in the first 9 months of 2026, the embodied AI industry saw 437 financing events, raising a cumulative total of approximately 203.2 billion RMB, 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 13.4 billion RMB: 48 domestic deals worth about 11 billion RMB, and 4 overseas deals worth about 352.6 million USD. In September, Diguo Robotics completed a 400 million USD Series C round to strengthen the product layout of its Sunrise chips across all compute tiers and to build a full-link software platform.

  8. 高工咨询 · 微信公众号71

    Agibot launches safety-certified heavy-duty embodied robot Genie G2 Max with 20 kg single-arm payload and 40 kg dual-arm payload

    On October 26, Agibot launched the safety-certified heavy-duty embodied robot Genie G2 Max (AGIBOT G2 Max). Official figures are 20 kg per arm and 40 kg for both arms (50 kg peak). Its 7-DOF force-controlled dual arms achieve repeat positioning accuracy of ≤±0.5 mm, with vertical operation covering 0.1 m to 2.5 m.

  9. 人形大讲堂 · 微信公众号58

    Hangzhou Lingyan Technology closes tens-of-millions-yuan seed round four months after founding, building bionic faces for humanoid robots

    Hangzhou Lingyan Technology has completed a seed round and seed+ round totaling tens of millions of yuan. The seed round was backed by Yingdong Capital and Zhejiang Torch Center, while the seed+ round included Yida Capital, Plum Ventures, and Linglu Capital. Founded four months ago, the company's flagship product, FaceSoul Agent, uses a cable-driven design to achieve 32 facial degrees of freedom and features a self-developed on-device expression-generation model. It has launched four product series: Lingshu M1, Lingshu W1, Lingyun, and Lingneng. The funds will go toward product iteration, core component R&D, algorithm platform development, and team expansion.

  10. 维科网机器人 · 微信公众号58

    Tiejin Technology's 2.5 billion yuan micro bearing and humanoid robot component project breaks ground in Suzhou

    Suzhou Tiejin Electromechanical Technology Co., Ltd.'s micro precision bearing and humanoid robot core component project has broken ground in Wujiang District, with total investment expected to reach 2.5 billion yuan. Once completed, it plans an annual output of 1 billion sets of micro precision bearings and 1 million sets of humanoid robot core components, focusing on R&D of ultra-micro cycloidal reducers and actuators.

  11. 维科网机器人 · 微信公众号47

    MOONS' headquarters and R&D center project tops out, expected to be operational in 2028, with focus on embodied intelligence

    The main structure of the MOONS' headquarters and R&D center project has topped out. The project covers 17,800 square meters with a total investment of 1.009 billion yuan and is expected to be operational in 2028. Its R&D directions cover embodied intelligence, data center liquid cooling, semiconductors, and high-end equipment. MOONS' already has volume supply capability for dexterous hands, upper-limb joints, and wheel-hub/wheel-side modules for wheeled chassis. In the first half of 2026, revenue from robot-related application areas grew about 58% year on year, but accounted for about 9% of operating revenue.

  12. Atom Robotic/阿童木机器人38

    Iterative Launch | Atomrobot Flexible Parallel Loading and Unloading Workstation Solves the Automation Dilemma of Small Precision Parts

    Atomrobot has launched a flexible parallel loading and unloading workstation for small new-energy lithium-battery parts, 3C electronic components, and small daily-chemical products, performing visual recognition and positioning, high-speed picking, and tray placement. The equipment requires no modification to the production line foundation, can start production with AC220V, and its graphical interface lets ordinary operators complete debugging; it also supports rapid changeover between products. The workstation has already served customers including CATL, BYD, Foxconn, Luxshare, and Sunwoda.

  13. 3D视觉工坊 · 微信公众号50

    Suzhou 3D-SW SD-M Series Three-in-One High-Precision Structured Light 3D Camera: Supports Area Scan, Oscillating Line Scan, and Fixed Line Scan

    Suzhou 3D-SW has launched the SD-M series three-in-one 3D camera, which uses active structured light technology and supports three modes: area scan, oscillating line scan, and fixed line scan. It can output high-quality point clouds and is suitable for indoor and outdoor high-precision measurement, robotic arm grasping, welding, spraying, and other scenarios. The series includes the standard SD-M2600 as well as the SD-M51000 and SD-M52000, available in color and monochrome versions. The company provides an official SDK and tutorials, and has demonstrated reconstruction cases such as weld seam recognition, reflective parts, and castings.

  14. 中国机器人网 · 微信公众号40

    Bionic beetle robot BeetleBot unveiled, insect-level agility could change post-disaster search and rescue

    Researchers have developed a bionic robot called BeetleBot that mimics a beetle's body and limb structure and gait control, allowing it to move stably across complex terrain such as rubble, sand, and narrow crevices. Experiments show it can climb over complex obstacles and quickly recover its movement state after external impacts or being flipped over. The robot is expected to be used in post-disaster search and rescue, exploration of hazardous areas, inspection of industrial facilities, and environmental monitoring.

  15. 中国机器人网 · 微信公众号58

    Shenmou Intelligence's Dragon Claw arm-equipped aerial work drone wins State Grid power aerial operations project

    Shenmou Intelligence's Dragon Claw aerial work drone has won State Grid Power's "High-Stability UAV for Aerial Operations" project, using a drone-plus-robotic-arm-plus-dexterous-hand configuration to clear foreign-object hazards on overhead transmission lines. The system identifies foreign objects such as bird nests through inspection, then uses the robotic arm and dexterous hand to carry out removal and verification, forming an integrated discover-handle-verify workflow. Shenmou says it developed the flight control system, robotic arm and dexterous-hand grasping control, dynamic visual guidance, and piezoelectric six-axis force sensors in-house, and cites research estimating annual procurement demand of about 150 million to 200 million yuan per province.

  16. Robotics & Automation News72

    Schaeffler's Taicang humanoid robot lighthouse factory begins production, with humanoid robots assembling joint modules

    Schaeffler has opened an approximately 7,500-square-meter humanoid robot lighthouse factory in Taicang, China, where six humanoid robots at five workstations handle the loading, sorting, assembly, inspection, labeling, and packaging of key components such as linear and rotary actuators. The factory also includes a training and data acquisition center, a digital twin platform, and a data center, enabling real-time mirroring and optimization of parameters such as assembly precision, work hours, and energy consumption, and offering customers and partners the ability to train and test physical AI systems under real industrial conditions.

  17. 量子位75

    Tesla Fremont factory begins initial Optimus production, plans to build 10,000 to 20,000 units first for training at Optimus Academy

    In its third-quarter earnings report, Tesla confirmed that the Optimus humanoid robot production line at its Fremont factory has begun initial production, with the first batch of robots meeting mass-production manufacturing standards rolling off the line; the line is planned for an annual capacity of 1 million units. On the earnings call, Musk said the plan is to first build about 10,000 to 20,000 robots and send them to a training facility called Optimus Academy to practice autonomously, using the resulting data to iterate the next generation of AI models, and he expects deliveries to external companies to begin around the end of 2027.

  18. OFweek Robotics22

    Robot Data Collection: The 10 Fastest-Growing and Most Profitable Companies

    Ranked by growth metrics such as revenue CAGR and CAGR of non-recurring net profit, and profitability metrics such as return on equity and gross margin, the article selects 10 companies in the robot data collection industry chain. Longcheer Technology, Orbbec, and OPT Machine Vision take the top three spots. The list covers segments including embodied data collection hardware ODM, RGB-D depth collection hardware, optical motion capture, professional embodied data services, and data collection center operations. Frontop Digital Creative Technology's revenue CAGR of 72.81% is the highest in the sample. The data is based on historical figures and does not constitute investment advice.

  19. OFweek Robotics58

    Xinjian Transmission responds to SZSE first-round inquiry, plans to raise 2.519 billion yuan for 1 million-unit screw capacity

    Hangzhou Xinjian Electromechanical Transmission Co., Ltd. responded to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange's first-round inquiry on October 12, 2026, as it pushes toward an IPO. Its prospectus shows 2025 revenue of 383 million yuan and net profit attributable to shareholders of 62 million yuan. The fundraising projects have a total investment of 2.812 billion yuan, of which 2.519 billion yuan is planned for an industrialization project with annual capacity of 1 million planetary roller screws for humanoid robots and automobiles.

  20. arXiv cs.RO60

    Coupled Design and Analysis of a Nonlinear Parallel Mechanism for Dynamic Humanoid Legs

    The paper proposes a series-parallel humanoid leg design that combines a knee parallel mechanism, an ankle parallel mechanism, and a nonlinear knee-ankle coupling, with all actuators placed near the hip. The authors derive coupled nonlinear transmission models and validate them in simulation and on hardware. The 6 kg leg achieves an effective reflected mass of 0.37 kg at the foot end; the coupling passively assists ankle dorsiflexion to lift the foot when the knee flexes, and assists plantarflexion for push-off when the knee extends.

  21. arXiv cs.RO57

    DASH: A surgical robotics research platform adapting da Vinci instruments to serial-link and humanoid robots

    The research team proposes DASH, a da Vinci adapter for serial-link and humanoid robots that mounts da Vinci Classic and Xi instruments onto general-purpose robots without modifying the instruments themselves. The two adapter types are compatible with robotic platforms of various load capacities, engage the instruments' native latches, and wirelessly identify inserted instruments to load the corresponding kinematics and coupling matrices. Teleoperation experiments validated the approach and its role in lowering the barrier to surgical robotics research.

  22. arXiv cs.RO52

    Robotic Budding: Homogeneous Modular Robots Achieve Physical Self-Replication

    Researchers propose a standardized robotic module that combines a magnetic docking interface with two actuated joints and can fold from a flat two-dimensional configuration into three-dimensional structures. Modules of a single design can be assembled into two morphologies: a three-module "trilobite" and a five-module "seal". Using a small set of discrete motion commands, an operator steers an assembled parent robot to dock magnetically in sequence with spare modules, assembling a second, structurally identical individual that then separates from the parent. The parent retains all of its original modules, forming budding-style physical reproduction.

  23. Reddit r/robotics42

    Menlo Research Marks One Year of Open-Source Humanoid Robot Asimov 1: From Sketches to Deployment

    Menlo Research's Emre reviewed the progress of the open-source humanoid robot Asimov 1 in the year since the project began, saying it has advanced from sketches to the deployment stage. The team cut a short film from self-shot footage to document the year, and opened discussion on hardware, locomotion strategies, and the detours taken along the way.

  24. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence58

    Jinkong Technology, founded by Shanghai Jiao Tong University professor He Jun, completes tens of millions of yuan angel round, targeting space manufacturing robots

    Space intelligent robotics company Jinkong Technology has completed an angel round of tens of millions of yuan, led by CDH VGC with participation from Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Hanyuan Asset, Guoke Green Fund, and Lingqiao Intelligent. The funds will be used for R&D of core components for space robots, in-orbit verification, and product engineering.

  25. New Strategy Robotics48

    Anqing Liandong Attachments launches eight-category all-electric smart attachment matrix, compatible with AGV/AMR

    On October 23, Anqing Liandong Attachments, a subsidiary of Anhui Forklift Group, released a matrix of eight categories of electric-drive smart attachment products in Anqing, replacing hydraulic structures with electric actuators and covering mainstream industrial scenarios such as electric three-way forks, electric fork positioners, and electric rotators. The series is controlled by electrical signals, can connect with AGV/AMR and intelligent logistics scheduling systems, is compatible with unmanned handling equipment from multiple brands, and eliminates the risk of hydraulic oil leaks while reducing oil-line maintenance. After the launch event, customers observed working-condition simulations on site and toured the production workshop.

  26. New Strategy Robotics40

    Longhe Intelligent's 'Speed' heavy-duty smart loading robot: 3.5 minutes per truck, 600% efficiency gain

    Longhe Intelligent has launched the 'Speed' heavy-duty smart loading robot for high-tempo shipping scenarios. It autonomously completes the entire process from grasping and palletizing to full truck formation without manual intervention, cutting loading time per truck to 3.5 minutes, a 600% efficiency gain over traditional loading methods. The equipment can operate around the clock and adapts to domestic road transport vehicle types such as container trucks, flatbed trucks, curtain-side trucks, low-sided trucks, and high-sided trucks without modification, ready to use on installation. The overall technology behind this full-truck loading solution fills a domestic gap and can replace imports.

  27. New Strategy Robotics18

    Bluecore Robotics' Five CeMAT Highlights: VR-Teleoperated Humanoid Robot VB2, Chassis H6, and Transport Robot V400

    Bluecore Robotics will showcase five highlights at Booth C3-3, Hall N1, Shanghai New International Expo Centre, from November 3 to 6, 2026, including the VR-headset-teleoperated humanoid robot VB2, the humanoid robot chassis H6, the point-to-point transport robot V400, ultra-thin latent and cage-cart transport robots, and Mayer Vision 3D vision sensors. The V400 targets lightweight short-distance transport, requires no deployment of a scheduling system, and supports rapid deployment in 30 minutes; the ultra-thin latent robot has a body thickness of 120 mm. Visitors can experience the VB2's multimodal perception, task understanding, and precise force control capabilities on site.

Oct 25Sun
  1. Reddit r/robotics22

    DIY bipedal robot CBR-II V3 update: smoother gait, attempts one-leg stand

    The DIY bipedal robot CBR-II has released its third version (V3), walking more confidently with noticeably less jitter, but when "forward" is immediately followed by "stop," the front foot still slams heavily into the ground. In simulation, V3 balances on one leg every time, but on the real machine it is still far from perfect; the author says the hardware is too fragile, with one joint breaking three times in a day and a GT2 belt snapping, and the project ends here for this year.

  2. 未来机器人网 · 微信公众号67

    Figure AI All-Hands Meeting Reveals Figure 04 Design Lock and Helix 3.0 Internal Testing Progress

    At an all-hands meeting made public on October 22, Figure AI announced that its fourth-generation humanoid robot, Figure 04, has completed design lock and entered the hardware verification and testing phase, and that a larger version of its in-house end-to-end vision-language-action model Helix 3.0 is expected to complete internal testing within a few weeks.

  3. 高工咨询 · 微信公众号42

    Siweite Debuts RV Cycloidal Precision Module and 45T Heavy-Duty RV Reducer at CIIF, Showcasing 400+ Products

    At the China International Industry Fair (CIIF), Siweite debuted an updated generation of its RV cycloidal precision module developed specifically for humanoid robot joints, emphasizing compactness and lightweight design, low backlash, high stiffness, and impact resistance; it has already partnered with several leading humanoid robot companies. Also featured is the heavy-duty RV reducer 45T, with torque reaching 450,000 Nm, used for heavy-duty rotary drives. Siweite also supplied the world's largest RV reducer for the EAST "artificial sun" project at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and its reducers have also been adopted by the ITER project. The display features more than 400 products in total, covering 70+ industry applications.

  4. AI前线 · 微信公众号26

    ByteDance Seed recruits embodied AI talent with starting pay of 55K, targeting data collection and hardware, moving toward a full-stack layout

    ByteDance's Seed team updated its robotics hiring this month, extending roles from algorithms and simulation to data collection and robot hardware. Embodied data positions offer monthly pay of 55,000 to 85,000 yuan, and the data collection lead role starts above 70,000 yuan. The hiring covers Beijing and Shanghai and requires candidates to have experience in robot data collection, teleoperation, or on-site project management. Industry rumors say Seed has been collecting Ego data in China for several months.

  5. 人形大讲堂 · 微信公众号60

    HD Hyundai Robotics unveils legless dual-arm humanoid robot: 7 kg payload per arm, five-finger dexterous hands

    HD Hyundai Robotics showcased its self-developed intelligent dual-arm robot at FIX 2026 and FABTECH 2026. It replicates the human upper body, with a five-finger dexterous hand at the end of each arm, a maximum payload of 7 kg per arm and a working radius of 630 mm. It runs on the company's self-developed Robot Foundation Model (RFM) and can autonomously perceive its environment and generate motion plans.

  7. Reddit r/robotics22

    Cubic Doggo Update: Wouf Takes Its First Steps

    Wouf, the quadruped robot in the open-source Cubic Doggo project, has completed its first walk. The author traced the earlier low-speed problem to latency in reading position, speed, and torque from the ST3215 servos (about 3–5 ms per read across three servos) and has now disabled feedback reading on Wouf. After switching to the ST3215, Wouf's walking speed exceeded expectations, but the turning algorithm still has issues. The author believes the approach can be used for walking robots, and whether feedback reading (an input required for reinforcement learning) can be restored depends on how difficult it is to develop synchronized-read firmware.

  8. 优宝特 · 微信公众号18

    Yobotics Robots Debut at Three-Domain Expo, Showcasing Embodied Intelligence Equipment

    Yobotics Robotics showcased multiple self-developed embodied intelligent robots at the Electronics and Artificial Intelligence exhibition area of the Aerospace, Aviation, Maritime and "Two Capabilities" Integration Shandong Collaborative Empowerment Event held in Jinan. The company has established a full technology chain spanning "joint modules—robot bodies—motion control cerebellum—intelligent brain." Its models feature strong obstacle-crossing capability, water- and dust-resistance, and autonomous perception in complex environments, making them suitable for scenarios such as space launch site inspections, aviation equipment maintenance, offshore platforms, and ship cabin interiors. At the event, academicians and experts exchanged views on scenario adaptation and industrial chain support under the special operating conditions of the three domains.

  9. 电子工程专辑 · 微信公众号42

    The mass-production secret of humanoid robots lies in the automotive supply chain

    Humanoid robots are extensively reusing resources from the automotive and industrial automation supply chains. McKinsey data shows their BOM cost is about $30,000 to $150,000 per unit, with a long-term target of pushing it below $20,000. However, actuators, force and tactile sensing, and computing and control are listed as high-risk bottlenecks, and dexterous hands are difficult to develop by reusing adjacent industries because of the lack of a standardized, large-scale supply ecosystem. Tesla Optimus's two hands, integrated with the forearms, contain more than 50 actuators, while the rest of the body has only 25 to 30; Tesla has used the Chinese supply chain to cut costs to $20,000 to $30,000, and Unitree's R1 is officially priced from 29,900 yuan.

  10. 36Kr Embodied Intelligence58

    Lingyan Technology Completes Tens of Millions of Yuan Seed and Seed+ Funding to Build Biomimetic Dexterous Faces for Humanoid Robots

    Hangzhou Lingyan Technology recently completed a seed round and a seed+ round totaling tens of millions of yuan. Seed-round investors include Yingdong Capital and Zhejiang Torch Center; the seed+ round includes Yida Capital, Plum Ventures, and Linglu Capital. The funds will be used for product iteration, core component R&D, algorithm platform development, and team expansion. Founded by Zhao Changyi, a PhD from Jilin University, the company launched the FaceSoul Agent full-stack biomimetic dexterous face solution, which uses a tendon-driven approach to achieve 32 facial degrees of freedom and features a self-developed lightweight on-device expression generation model.

  11. 机器人全球资讯 · 微信公众号40

    Unitree H2-X Humanoid Robot Malfunctions During Side Flip Demo, Mechanical Lower Leg Detaches

    During a live kung fu demonstration at the "2026 World Physical AI Conference and Unitree Partner Ecosystem Conference," the Unitree H2-X humanoid robot lost balance on landing from a side flip and fell sideways, with one mechanical lower leg detaching from its joint. The robot was just released on October 21, officially named "H2-X Kung Fu Legend Guardian," and is positioned for security and emergency rescue scenarios with a maximum battery life of about 8 hours. Promotional videos show it kicking in car doors, lifting a car bare-handed, and performing a flip after jumping from a platform about 4 meters high. As of now, Unitree has not commented on the incident.

  12. 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.