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I will share the latest news and information in China's booming robotics industry, such as the humanoid robots and embodied AI.

  1. Aug 10

    2026 August Episode 1: Unitree, Agibot and Dobot

    Unitree's Landmark IPO: Unitree Robotics is targeting an IPO on Shanghai's STAR Market with a valuation of 60.99 billion yuan, leading the physical AI sector despite facing commercialization and geopolitical challenges.AgiBot's Martial Arts Marketing: AgiBot is making waves by pairing its Expedition A3 robot with kung fu stars in a live-action fight series and launching a 1-million-yuan community contest for robot choreography.DOBOT Debuts LUMO: DOBOT unveiled LUMO, a 1.3-meter-tall all-scenario humanoid robot engineered to adapt as a companion, playmate, or tutor across diverse home settings.China's Sector Expansion & Pasini's Funding: China saw 116,000 new humanoid robotics enterprises established in the first half of the year, while tactile sensing startup Pasini raised over 1 billion yuan in its latest strategic funding round.

  2. Jul 21

    China Humanoid Update (202607E2) WAIC Highlight, UniTree, Galbot and Agibot

    WAIC 2026 Kicks Off: Shanghai hosted the 2026 World AI Conference alongside a high-level meeting on global AI governance.Booster Robotics Upgrades: Booster Robotics launched its NVIDIA Thor-powered T2, continuing to dominate the robot soccer scene.RobbyAnt’s Pharmacy Tech: Backed by Ant Group, RobbyAnt demonstrated its LingBot model controlling three different robot brands in a pharmacy setting.AlphaBot 2 Showcases Versatility: AI Squared Robotics showed off the AlphaBot 2 performing industrial tasks as well as making cocktails and ice cream.AGIBOT Unveils PrimeBot T1: AGIBOT showcased interactive demos and introduced the PrimeBot T1, a consumer-grade humanoid-quadruped transformer for home and travel companionship.Unitree Releases New Model: Unitree introduced UnifoLM-OminiA-0.3, a single model designed for autonomous, multi-task home care and full-modal interaction.Galbot Launches WAM-TTT: Galbot announced WAM-TTT, the world's first test-time post-training framework built for embodied AI.China Establishes WAICO: China announced the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization signed by 29 nations, highlighting growing geopolitical messaging in AI governance.

  3. Jul 9

    China Humanoid Update July Episode 1:

    China’s robot exports reached 10.38 million units worth RMB 20 billion in the first five months, with cleaning robots leading growth.Industry groups in China called for stricter ethical and safety rules for emotional companionship humanoid robots.UBTECH said the 2–4 hour battery life of full-size humanoid robots is currently an industry-wide limitation.Unitree Robotics said large-scale robot adoption still depends on better AI foundation models, cheaper hardware and mass production.Agibot and ASD signed a strategic partnership covering data collection, model training, robot applications and mass delivery.RobbyAnt released LingBot-VLA 2.0, trained on 60,000 hours of data and compatible with 20 robot models.Simplexity Robotics delivered 100 i7 Pro robots for CNC loading, unloading and quality inspection.RobotEra raised RMB 1 billion, bringing its total fundraising to RMB 2.5 billion in two months.

  4. Jun 29

    China's Humanoid Update (202606E4): Gabot, Agibot and Deliveryworker-to-robot maintenance idea

    Galbot is likely to win a US$32.9 million procurement project in Yibin, covering 500 robotic units, while its S1 humanoid continues 24/7 operation on a CATL production line.AgiBot has deployed multiple G2 robots at Longcheer Technology’s Nanchang factory for a six-day live production-line trial and has also rolled out its 15,000th general-purpose embodied robot.UBTECH unveiled its Cruzr Y1 wheeled industrial humanoid robot at OPPO’s technology expo, demonstrating automatic unloading and stacking for factory logistics.KunlunXing Robotics, founded by former Huawei and Li Auto executives, has raised several billion yuan within three months of its launch.AI² Robotics has closed its latest funding round, raising nearly RMB 5 billion and lifting its valuation above RMB 20 billion.Moon Dynamics unveiled the L1, a heavy-duty dual wheeled-legged humanoid robot designed for industrial tasks such as palletising and material loading.Do you think JD.com founder Richard Liu’s idea of training delivery workers to become robot maintenance workers will work?

  5. Jun 22

    China Humanoid Update(202606E3) Galbot, Galaxea, Kepler and SERES

    Galbot launched AstraBrain-WBC 0.5, a GPT-style foundation model for real-time, whole-body robot control.Galaxea unveiled its Kengo humanoid robot and threw shade at competitors, claiming to be China's only embodied AI firm with both a top-tier model and in-house flagship hardware.Kepler Robotics unveiled Kylin, a quadruped boasting a 600 kg payload capacity. SERES debuted its first humanoid robot, Xiaosai, inside its super factory

  6. Jun 13

    China Humanoid Update June E2: Policy, UBTECH, Engine AI

    China launched its 2026 Humanoid Robot and Physical AI Initiative, aiming to identify 100+ robot jobs and deploy over 10,000 units in real-world scenarios.• The 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games will be held in Beijing from August 22 to 26, featuring 50 events, including fully autonomous track races and new table tennis and combat categories.• XPeng says its humanoid robot project remains on track for mass production by the end of 2026, with He Xiaopeng taking a more hands-on role.• EngineAI tested its full-size T800 robot for the upcoming URKL humanoid robot combat league.• UBTECH’s UWORLD humanoid robot received more than 3,000 pre-orders within eight days on JD.com.• Daimon Robotics and China Mobile are building a crowdsourced real-world data collection network for physical AI.• Digua Robotics’ S600 chip is gaining traction among humanoid robot companies.• SAGE unveiled MAHAKBOT, a six-arm robot designed for complex industrial tasks.

  7. Jan 23

    China's Humanoid Update: January Episode 2

    Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: China has 140+ humanoid robot makers and 330+ productsUnitree: 5,500+ humanoids shipped, 6,500 produced (humanoids only)Vbot: 6,540 pre-orders for robot dog Bobo, ~¥100m pre-salesZhejiang Humanoid Robot Innovation Center: ¥450m Pre-A, ¥2.2bn total in 18 monthsReal-world deployment: police patrol bots in Shanghai; Deep Robotics tested robots at –30°CLogistics: Robot Era partners with SF TechnologyBuyers: mainly education & government (187 of 292 buyers)Conclusion: institutional adoption, not mass consumer rollout yet

  8. Jan 15

    China's physical AI update January Episode 1

    CES momentum, Agibot, X Square and Dobot

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I will share the latest news and information in China's booming robotics industry, such as the humanoid robots and embodied AI.

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  • Creator
    Uking Sun
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    43
  • Rating
    Explicit
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