Robots are moving from factory cages into warehouses, streets and homes. Track the hardware, funding and deployment news driving the embodied AI wave.
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China minted 67 new unicorn start-ups in the first half of 2026, the highest volume in five years. This surge is primarily attributed to a new investment cycle focused on AI and robotics.
SCMP Technology · 74d ago
Northeast China’s state-backed general partners are increasing investments in semiconductors, robotics, aerospace, new materials, and biotechnology. Five representative funds have made more than 50 investments since 2026, prioritizing local technology transfer while selectively attracting projects and industrial capacity from other regions.
虎嗅 · 9d ago
Excelland Robotics deploys robots for practical tasks such as hotel deliveries, campus transport, elevator navigation, and underground-car-park cleaning. The article highlights how autonomous machines operate in real-world commercial environments with minimal public attention.
TechNode · 10d ago
EcoPro plans to join South Korean battery-materials companies targeting the humanoid robotics market. The sector expects lighter and more powerful batteries for robots to create a growth opportunity beyond electric vehicles.
Bloomberg Technology · 11d ago
China-based robotics company Unitree Robotics released a demonstration video showing a humanoid robot fighting a human with claimed fully autonomous operation. The company says its AI performs real-time prediction of future movements.
ITmedia AI+ (日本) · 11d ago
A transforming robot can reportedly change form in three seconds and combine with other units. The product has been sold in 50 countries, indicating international commercial traction.
量子位 · 11d ago
A Tsinghua-trained researcher and entrepreneur is building a company focused on embodied intelligence and autonomous driving, reportedly reaching a valuation of 2 billion yuan. His open-source simulator has been adopted by Tesla and other international technology companies, positioning him as a potential rising figure in China’s robotics industry.
虎嗅 · 11d ago
Roborock is expanding beyond indoor cleaning into underwater and courtyard scenarios. The move turns its ambition to give users back their time into a broader, multi-scene robotics product strategy.
钛媒体 · 12d ago
The article examines automakers' growing interest in developing humanoid robots as they seek new growth opportunities and ways to address industry anxiety. It asks whether collectively building human-like robots can meaningfully change the automotive sector's outlook.
钛媒体 · 13d ago
The embodied intelligence sector is attracting intense attention in demonstrations and exhibitions, but deployment on production lines remains difficult. The article examines the gap between public excitement and industrial-scale implementation.
钛媒体 · 13d ago
The article argues that Galaxy General’s three gold medals may represent more than competition success. They are framed as the company’s first auditable evidence of progress toward commercializing embodied intelligence.
钛媒体 · 14d ago
China’s Zhiyuan Research Institute has unveiled Xiaoyuan, a wheeled-and-legged robotic guide dog designed for visually impaired people. The launch reflects China’s defence technology sector expanding into civilian robotics applications amid a shortage of trained guide dogs.
SCMP Technology · 14d ago
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钛媒体 · 14d ago
Economist Lan Xiaohuan discusses how China’s state-led economic model, public data infrastructure, robots, and AI relate to its economic development and competition with the United States. The interview also covers China’s record trade surplus and the need for a stronger social safety net.
SCMP Technology · 15d ago
JD Cloud is promoting a physical AI strategy that extends beyond screen-based applications into robots, embodied data, and smart home devices. The company is using airport advertising and its annual JDD conference to position this direction publicly.
Pandaily · 15d ago
AWS Japan held a results briefing for its US$6 million Physical AI Development Support Program after six months of development. Participating companies identified data scarcity as a major obstacle and presented approaches for overcoming it.
ITmedia AI+ (日本) · 15d ago
The article compares Unitree’s volatile valuation with Tesla’s 2019 downturn, arguing that embodied AI may be entering an early, highly volatile commercialization phase. It also frames AI growth as an energy and grid-infrastructure cycle, with electricity becoming a core constraint on compute and robotics.
虎嗅 · 15d ago
Sam Altman said OpenAI will definitely pursue humanoid robot development, signaling potential expansion from software AI into embodied intelligence. The report provides no launch timeline, product specifications, or confirmed robotics partnership.
钛媒体 · 15d ago
Chinese robots are increasingly being deployed in Japan, from restaurant delivery and disaster-response power systems to airport baggage handling. The article presents this as a shift in Japan’s robotics landscape, with companies such as Pudu, Unitree, and UBTECH supplying practical commercial hardware.
虎嗅 · 15d ago
Humanoid robots face a physical bottleneck involving inference power, control power, battery weight, and heat dissipation. The analysis argues that robot form factors should be matched to environments: factories may favor simpler wheeled or fixed systems, while legs remain valuable in irregular settings.
钛媒体 · 16d ago
它石智航的 AWE3.7 is presented as a general-purpose model capable of handling tasks across factory and household environments. The article highlights its cross-scenario generalization, though the excerpt does not provide benchmark results or architectural details.
量子位 · 16d ago
Uber has launched its first robotaxis in London, with human supervisors involved in the operation. The rollout marks an expansion of autonomous transportation into a major European city.
Engadget · 16d ago
NASA engineers briefly pushed the rotor tips of a next-generation Mars helicopter beyond the speed of sound during testing. Across 137 tests in a simulated Martian atmosphere, the design delivered a reported 30% increase in lift.
cnBeta (Full RSS) · 16d ago
Sun Peng, a former ByteDance reinforcement learning expert and former head of Tencent Robotics X's Agent Center, has joined Stardust Intelligence. The appointment is intended to strengthen the company's full-stack Physical AI capabilities.
量子位 · 17d ago
Shanghai Jiao Tong University researcher Lian Wenzhao argues that laboratory robotics is an important starting point for entering the physical world. The immediate priority is not broad capability, but making 100 concrete tasks reliable.
钛媒体 · 17d ago
Waymo has opened driverless rides in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa. Denver marks the company’s first commercial deployment in a city that experiences real snowfall, expanding its operating conditions.
The Next Web (TNW) · 17d ago
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to purchase a fleet of Boston Dynamics robot dogs. The proposed spending is listed at $1 million to $2 million, and ICE says it does not intend to run a competitive procurement.
The Next Web (TNW) · 17d ago
Waymo robotaxi rides are now open to the public in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa. The expansion broadens public access to Waymo's autonomous transportation service.
Engadget · 17d ago
Elon Musk predicted that AI could expand the global economy by 20%–30%, adding roughly $20 trillion to $30 trillion annually. He also expects AI to handle all digital work by the end of 2027, while warning that electricity shortages could create a 15-gigawatt AI-chip power gap.
IT之家 · 17d ago
This installment profiles Xiaonaopai, a prominent company in China’s embodied-intelligence landscape. It presents the company as a highly visible representative of the sector, but the provided excerpt does not describe a specific product release, model update, or performance result.
钛媒体 · 18d ago