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Robot hardware and key components
Robot morphology, mechanisms, leg and dexterous hand hardware, soft and biomimetic structures, electromechanical design, motors, gearboxes, actuators, joint modules, drives, and sensor hardware. A product announcement or funding round without technical detail does not qualify. Robot chips and computing platforms belong under Software and compute systems.
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普华资本 ·
Puhua Capital invests 2 billion yuan in Galaxea's B+ round
Galaxea has completed a 2 billion yuan B+ funding round, with investment from Puhua Capital, funds under CICC Capital, Hongtai Fund, and others. This follows its 1 billion yuan B round completed in February 2026. The funds will be used for foundation model R&D and global ecosystem development.
东方精工 ·
Dongfang Precision and Leju Launch China's First Humanoid Robot Production Line with 10,000-Unit Annual Capacity
On March 29, a humanoid robot production line jointly built by Dongfang Precision and Leju, the first in China with an annual capacity of 10,000 units, was officially launched in Guangdong. The line can roll out one humanoid robot every 30 minutes, covering 24 precision assembly processes and 77 full-dimension inspections, with production efficiency 50% higher than traditional modes; each robot must also pass 41 simulated operating-condition tests before leaving the line. The line uses a flexible design that supports mixed production of multiple models, paired with smart warehousing and AGV automated delivery systems.
Dobot/越疆机器人 ·
Dobot begins mass production delivery of third batch of full-size industrial humanoid robot ATOM
Dobot Robotics has officially begun mass production delivery of the third batch of its full-size industrial humanoid robot ATOM, deploying it to frontline industrial applications worldwide. ATOM runs on the self-developed DOBOT-VLA model, which combines vision, language, and action for autonomous decision-making; its joint modules have undergone nearly 10,000 cycle tests, and it supports coordinated scheduling with wheeled and multi-legged robots on a unified platform.
松灵机器人 ·
NYU open-sources YOR, a low-cost dual-arm mobile robot, with bill of materials under $10,000
A research team at New York University has open-sourced YOR (Your Own Robot), a mobile dual-arm manipulation robot, with a bill of materials cost below $10,000. The project homepage is www.yourownrobot.ai, and the paper is at arxiv.org/abs/2602.11150.
线性资本 ·
D-Robotics completes $120 million B1 funding round, with Linear Capital continuing to invest
D-Robotics announced on March 16 that it recently completed a $120 million B1 funding round, with Linear Capital, an initial-round investor, continuing to invest in subsequent rounds. Following its $100 million Series A round completed in 2025, the two rounds total $220 million. Investors include industrial capital such as Synstellation Capital, DiDi, and Meituan Longzhu, as well as strategic investment institutions such as Bairui Capital and JiuKun Venture Capital, while existing shareholders including Hillhouse Venture Capital, Vertex Growth, and Linear Capital oversubscribed in the follow-on investment.
Sunday Robotics ·
Sunday Robotics closes $165 million Series B to advance real-world deployment of home robot Memo
Sunday Robotics has closed an oversubscribed $165 million Series B at a valuation of $1.15 billion, led by Coatue, with Thomas Laffont joining the board. The company will stop giving demos and focus on real-world deployment of its robot Memo, with a beta program opening to users this fall. Its engineering team has grown 3x, research 4x, and data operations 5x, and the company says it has a full stack from its Skill Capture Glove and in-house hardware to manufacturing, along with data advantages.
RealMan/睿尔曼 ·
Realman Intelligent announces nearly 500 million yuan in funding to build AUTRON production line super factory
Realman Intelligent announced it has completed nearly 500 million yuan in funding, jointly and strategically invested by industrial parties from multiple listed companies. The funds will go toward product R&D, construction of the AUTRON production line super factory, and global ecosystem development. The article states that its integrated joint modules exceeded an annual production capacity of 100,000 units in 2025, that its robotic arms passed CR L3 certification and achieved a mean time between failures of 50,000 hours, and that the GLN remote operation network and the Beijing Humanoid Robot Data Training Center have accumulated tens of millions of real-machine trajectory segments. The company serves more than 8,000 enterprise users worldwide.
线性资本 ·
Dajie Robotics completes hundreds of millions of yuan in Series D funding to step up industrial embodied intelligence
Dajie Robotics announced the completion of a Series D funding round worth hundreds of millions of yuan, led jointly by the Liangxi Digital Industry Fund managed by Bohua Capital and a fund under CICC Capital, with follow-on investment from the Beijing Shunyi Science and Technology Innovation Group Fund and the Houshayu Zhonghe Runda Industrial Investment Fund; Linear Capital was the Series A investor and increased its investment in subsequent rounds.
普华资本 ·
Boundless Dynamics completes over 200 million yuan Angel+ round, third round nearing completion
General-purpose embodied intelligence robotics company Boundless Dynamics announced the completion of an over 200 million yuan Angel+ funding round, jointly invested by Puhua Capital, Shenzhen Capital Group, Innovation Works, Junshan Capital, and Yari Capital, with existing shareholders Sequoia China, Linear Capital, and Hillhouse Venture Capital increasing their investments. The third round of financing is nearing completion, and cumulative funding will reach 800 million yuan.
普华资本 ·
Qiongche Intelligence completes several hundred million yuan Series A funding, with Puhua Capital and multiple institutions investing
Qiongche Intelligence announced the completion of a Series A funding round of several hundred million yuan. Investors include Puhua Capital, C Capital, Sea Limited, Prosperity7 Ventures, and multiple other overseas industrial parties and domestic institutions. The funds will be used for embodied brain R&D iteration and multi-scenario commercialization.
Fauna Robotics ·
Fauna Robotics exits stealth mode to launch Sprout humanoid robot platform
Fauna Robotics has released Sprout, its first humanoid robot platform, shipping the same day in a Creator Edition aimed at developers, researchers, and creators building embodied intelligence applications.
Sharpa ·
Sharpa announces mass production of SharpaWave dexterous hand, to exhibit at CES 2026
Sharpa announced that mass production of its flagship dexterous hand, SharpaWave, has begun, with early customers including global technology companies and research universities.
LimX Dynamics ·
LimX Dynamics launches multi-form embodied robot TRON 2, open for pre-order from 49,800 yuan
LimX Dynamics has launched the multi-form embodied robot TRON 2, whose single body can quickly switch between three configurations: dual-arm, bipedal, and dual-wheel-legged. It is priced from 49,800 yuan and is open for pre-order starting today. The dual-arm configuration is a 7-DoF humanoid design with a 70 cm arm span and a 10 kg dual-arm payload, and the body has a maximum load capacity of 60 kg. In bipedal form it has a 4-hour battery life and a maximum payload of 30 kg, and it can perceive its surroundings and climb stairs.
线性资本 ·
Founder of Swiss wheeled-legged robot dog company RIVR discusses last-mile delivery commercialization
Entrepreneurship Weekly interviewed Marko Bjelonic, founder of Swiss wheeled-legged robotics company RIVR, and Gus Leung, head of supply chain for China, about the progress of its robot dogs in last-mile delivery. In August this year, RIVR signed Just Eat Takeaway, Europe's largest food delivery platform; in the same period, it added Swiss Post and online supermarket Migros as customers, extending its business into fresh grocery delivery. It currently operates in Zurich, Leeds, Austin, and Boston, partnering with Evri, Veho, and others for door-to-door delivery.
线性资本 ·
Agile Robots releases full-size industrial-grade humanoid robot Agile ONE
Agile Robots has officially launched Agile ONE, a full-size industrial-grade humanoid robot built around Physical AI and aimed at human-machine and automation system collaboration in industrial environments.
Figure AI ·
Figure 02 completes 11-month run at BMW Spartanburg plant, contributing to over 30,000 X3 vehicles, officially begins retirement
Figure AI released results from Figure 02's 11-month deployment at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg: it ran 10-hour shifts each workday, loaded over 90,000 sheet metal parts, accumulated over 1,250 operating hours, contributed to the production of over 30,000 X3 vehicles, and the robot walked about 1.2 million steps, totaling over 200 miles.
Figure AI ·
Figure AI releases third-generation humanoid robot Figure 03
Figure AI has released its third-generation humanoid robot, Figure 03, redesigned from the ground up for the Helix VLA model, the home, and large-scale mass production, covering both software and hardware.
线性资本 ·
White Rhino completes B+ funding round with SF Express and others participating; total B-round funding nears 500 million yuan
White Rhino, an L4 autonomous driving company, announced the completion of a B+ funding round. Existing shareholders SF Express and Linear Capital invested in three consecutive rounds within a year, while Jun Capital, 360 Fund, and Huatai Zijin joined as new shareholders. Total B-round funding has reached nearly 500 million yuan. The funds will go toward R&D of automotive-grade unmanned vehicle products, AI technology iteration, and expansion of commercial scenarios.
LimX Dynamics ·
LimX Dynamics showcases LimX Oli's human-like walking and TRON 1's extreme terrain capabilities at WRC
Robot Lecture Hall reported on-site from the LimX Dynamics booth at the 2025 World Robot Conference. The full-size humanoid robot LimX Oli, 165 cm tall with 31 active degrees of freedom, made its first WRC appearance and went on sale, demonstrating outdoor live dancing and switching among multiple gaits such as a light quick step, model walk, and goose step, powered by a whole-body motion control algorithm combining traditional control, reinforcement learning, and imitation learning, with prices starting at 158,000 yuan.
LimX Dynamics ·
LimX Dynamics Releases Full-Size Humanoid Robot LimX Oli, Open for Pre-Order from 158,000 Yuan
LimX Dynamics has released LimX Oli, a full-size general-purpose humanoid robot, priced from 158,000 yuan and open for pre-order starting today. The robot stands 165 cm tall and has 31 body degrees of freedom (excluding end effectors). It is offered in three versions: Lite, EDU, and Super. Its hardware supports modular disassembly and assembly and is compatible with multiple types of end effectors and external devices. The SDK interfaces are fully open, and it supports cloud APIs, OTA updates, and local deployment of large models.