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CAICT and Tsinghua release Embodied Intelligence Development Report (2026): models not yet converged, shakeout underway

The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) and Tsinghua University's Department of Electronic Engineering jointly released the Embodied Intelligence Development Report (2026), stating that the industry is "hot on the surface but cold underneath," that a shakeout has begun, and that model approaches are far from converged. The report says domestic embodied intelligence financing totaled RMB 93.5 billion in the first half of 2026, exceeding the RMB 73.5 billion for all of 2025, while global humanoid robot shipments exceeded 22,000 units; however, education and research institutions accounted for about 55.5% of domestic winning bids, while industrial and technology enterprises accounted for only about 21.1%.

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