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Deep dives into factories, robots and equipment from China — from a team that visits the plants and runs the deliveries.

A tall humanoid robot with exposed joint mechanisms
A tall humanoid robot with exposed joint mechanisms

япония · kawasaki · гуманоиды · промышленность · робототехника

Kawasaki Kaleido 9: a 180 cm humanoid with 41 degrees of freedom

Kawasaki Heavy Industries unveiled Kaleido 9, a 180 cm, 86 kg humanoid able to lift 25 kilograms with one arm, alongside a Mitsubishi Motors memorandum for series humanoid production with a University of Tokyo startup.

2026-10-15

A humanoid robot beside workers on an assembly line
A humanoid robot beside workers on an assembly line

япония · toyota · гуманоиды · автопром · автоматизация

Toyota in Aichi: Japan's auto industry hedges its humanoid bet

Toyota placed humanoid prototypes directly on an assembly line at its Aichi prefecture plant, while its research arm released a demo with Boston Dynamics' Atlas — Japan's largest automaker refuses to bet everything on one technology.

2026-10-14

A humanoid robot factory under construction in the US
A humanoid robot factory under construction in the US

сша · корея · boston dynamics · гуманоиды · промышленность

Boston Dynamics' Atlas in Georgia: what an 'industrial' humanoid actually means

Hyundai and Boston Dynamics are building a Georgia factory rated for 30,000 Atlas humanoids a year — backed by more than $150 billion in combined Korean and US investment.

2026-10-13

Humanoid prototype under a cloth in a lab
Humanoid prototype under a cloth in a lab

корея · гуманоиды · samsung · инвестиции · приводы

Rainbow Robotics × Samsung: a secret build behind a public investment

While Samsung publicly increased its stake in Korean humanoid maker Rainbow Robotics, the conglomerate was quietly running its own in-house humanoid program built on home-appliance motor technology.

2026-10-12

Young engineers working late beside a robot prototype
Young engineers working late beside a robot prototype

единороги · Китай · инвестиции · гуманоиды

AI2 Robotics: the $2.93 billion unicorn almost nobody outside China has heard of

AI2 Robotics has reached a valuation of 20 billion yuan ($2.93 billion) supplying robots to electronics factories and healthcare — while staying nearly invisible outside the Chinese market.

2026-10-11

Construction robot painting an interior wall
Construction robot painting an interior wall

строительство · автоматизация · Китай · робототехника

Bright Dream Robotics: the economics of a construction robot across 900-plus sites

Bright Dream Robotics, a Country Garden subsidiary, has deployed over 50 types of construction robots across 900-plus sites — from Guangdong to Hong Kong and Singapore.

2026-10-10

Machine-vision system scanning a robotic arm on the line
Machine-vision system scanning a robotic arm on the line

IPO · машинное зрение · Гонконг · Китай

Mech-Mind: machine vision as humanoid infrastructure after its Hong Kong IPO

On September 1, 2026, Mech-Mind Robotics became the first publicly listed embodied-intelligence company on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange — with retail demand oversubscribed 3,835 times.

2026-10-09

Service robot delivering a tray down a hotel corridor
Service robot delivering a tray down a hotel corridor

сервисные роботы · Китай · гостиничный бизнес · экспорт

Keenon Robotics: 100,000 service robots and a bet on the hotel franchise model

Keenon Robotics has shipped more than 100,000 service robots to 60-plus countries — and is now trying to turn one-off sales into a repeatable franchise model for hotel chains.

2026-10-08

Fleet of autonomous mobile robots moving pallets
Fleet of autonomous mobile robots moving pallets

инвестиции · Сингапур · складская робототехника · ЮВА

Sharpa raises $670 million: how Singapore is becoming warehouse robotics' financial hub

Singapore-based Sharpa closed a $670 million Series D, a record for all of Southeast Asia — the region has already raised nearly $700 million this year, up from just $10.2 million in 2021.

2026-10-07

Close-up of a chip with a robotic arm silhouette
Close-up of a chip with a robotic arm silhouette

чипы · инвестиции · Китай · технологии

D-Robotics and the Sunrise chip: humanoid competition moves inside the chassis

D-Robotics closed a $400 million Series C without shipping a single robot body — the company builds the computing platforms other robots think with.

2026-10-06

Robot dog and humanoid standing side by side
Robot dog and humanoid standing side by side

гуманоиды · квадропеды · Китай · инжиниринг

LimX Dynamics: why the road to a bipedal humanoid starts on four legs

LimX Dynamics is a telling example of how quadruped experience turns into stable humanoid gait: here is what actually carries over into the new architecture.

2026-10-05

Humanoid prototype on an automotive assembly line
Humanoid prototype on an automotive assembly line

инвестиции · гуманоиды · автопром · Китай

XPeng IRON: from a record $900 million round to mass production

XPeng closed the largest private funding round in Chinese embodied-AI history — and now has to prove its IRON humanoid will actually reach the assembly line by the end of 2026.

2026-10-05

New humanoid unveiled on a lab stage
New humanoid unveiled on a lab stage

гуманоиды · Китай · медтех · робототехника

Fourier GR-3: the humanoid that grew out of rehabilitation exoskeletons

Fourier Intelligence's new humanoid draws on the company's years of biomechanics experience from rehabilitation exoskeletons rather than raw speed and strength.

2026-10-03

Different robot types together in one venue
Different robot types together in one venue

итоги · гуманоиды · инвестиции · рынок роботов

China robotics' 2026 mid-year scorecard: 40,000 humanoids, 20 billion yuan in funding, and one stock market sensation

From 40,000 humanoids shipped in half a year to Unitree's IPO surging 500% — pulling together the numbers that defined Chinese robotics in the first half of 2026.

2026-10-02

A humanoid robot assembly line
A humanoid robot assembly line

AgiBot · экспорт · гуманоиды · производство

AgiBot expands into the US and Germany — and rolls its 10,000th humanoid off the line

AgiBot / 智元机器人 announced its US market entry at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, then opened a presence in Germany at a Munich conference, and on March 28, 2026, rolled its 10,000th humanoid — the Yuanzheng A3 — off the production line.

2026-09-26

A humanoid robot sorting parcels at a logistics center
A humanoid robot sorting parcels at a logistics center

Robotera · финансирование · IPO · логистика

Robotera raised $340M in a year and is already delivering parcels for China Post

Robotera / 星尘智能 has raised over $340M in 2026, begun thousand-unit humanoid deliveries to more than 10 logistics centers for China Post and SF Group, and is preparing a Hong Kong IPO — while making over 95% of core components in-house.

2026-09-25

A processing unit inside a humanoid robot's head
A processing unit inside a humanoid robot's head

Moonshot AI · воплощённый ИИ · большие языковые модели

A brain without a body: how large language models are becoming the core of robots

Moonshot AI / 月之暗面, maker of the Kimi chatbot, doesn't produce hardware — but models of this class are increasingly becoming the 'brain' behind perception and motion planning in China's humanoid and service robots.

2026-09-24

Rising stock charts next to a robot
Rising stock charts next to a robot

инвестиции · IPO · биржа · гуманоиды

Retail investors storm robotics: the stock market boom around China's humanoids

Following Unitree's explosive stock debut, IPO oversubscription for Chinese robotics companies is reaching thousands of percent, and specialized humanoid/STAR Market ETFs are drawing growing retail capital.

2026-09-23

Humanoid robots competing in a long jump event
Humanoid robots competing in a long jump event

Игры гуманоидов · соревнования роботов · WRC 2026

Long jump and table tennis: 2,056 robots from 16 countries competed at the Humanoid Robot Games

The second World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing brought together 2,056 machines from 16 countries in new disciplines — long jump, weightlifting, and table tennis — turning athletic competition into a testbed for balance and grasping precision.

2026-09-22

Electronics inside a humanoid robot
Electronics inside a humanoid robot

чипы · полупроводники · Huawei Ascend · гуманоиды

A humanoid's brain still isn't made in China: chips remain the weak link in localization

While China already makes its own servo motors and reducers for robots, AI inference chips inside humanoids are still mostly made by Taiwan's TSMC and supplied by Nvidia — Huawei Ascend is only beginning to replace these modules.

2026-09-21

Servo motors on a manufacturing workbench
Servo motors on a manufacturing workbench

сервоприводы · редукторы · компоненты · локализация

Chinese-made servos: how the industry replaced foreign robot components

China's industrial-robot servo motor market will reach RMB 7.86 billion in 2026, with domestic makers' share crossing 50% for the first time; Inovance holds 27.6% of the market, and Levo Harmonic shipped 425,200 harmonic reducers in FY2025, up 72.5%.

2026-09-20

A humanoid robot working at a warehouse sorting station
A humanoid robot working at a warehouse sorting station

политика · гуманоиды · коммерциализация

'Work mode': China aims to move 10,000 humanoids from showrooms to real jobs

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and SASAC launched a nationwide program aiming to move key humanoid robot models from demo mode into regular deployment across 100+ application scenarios by the end of 2026.

2026-09-19

A guidance robot in a hospital lobby
A guidance robot in a hospital lobby

медицина · гуманоиды · UBTech · DroidUp

A robot with a 32-36°C body temperature: humanoids move into hospitals and eldercare homes

UBTech / 优必选 is deploying a Cruzr-based solution for navigation and consultation in hospitals, while DroidUp is preparing a first batch of 50 Moya robots — with 32-36°C silicone skin and 92% human-like gait accuracy — specifically for healthcare and eldercare facilities.

2026-09-18

An elderly person walking with an exoskeleton
An elderly person walking with an exoskeleton

экзоскелеты · уход за пожилыми · медтех

A 17,000-yuan exoskeleton: how China is preparing robotics for an aging society

China's eldercare robotics market will exceed 10 billion yuan in 2026: affordable exoskeletons like Kenqing Technology's 17,000-yuan model and the world's first smart robotics-powered eldercare center are already operating in Beijing.

2026-09-17

A humanoid robot assembly floor
A humanoid robot assembly floor

политика · пятилетка · воплощённый интеллект · прогноз

Embodied intelligence as an economic growth point: what China's 15th Five-Year Plan means for robotics

China's new Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) explicitly names embodied intelligence a new economic growth point, with industry forecasts expecting average humanoid robot prices to fall from 500,000-1,000,000 yuan today to 100,000-150,000 yuan by 2030.

2026-09-16

A humanoid's bionic hand on an assembly line
A humanoid's bionic hand on an assembly line

Xiaomi · CyberOne · гуманоиды · бионика

Xiaomi CyberOne: a humanoid with a 'sweating' hand completes 4 months on an auto factory floor

The new generation of Xiaomi's CyberOne humanoid — 1.70 m tall, 66 kg, 66 degrees of freedom (33 in the hands alone) and hand cooling modeled on human sweating — was unveiled at WRC 2026 after four months of practical training on an auto factory floor.

2026-09-14

Cargo inspection of robots at a port
Cargo inspection of robots at a port

экспортные ограничения · гуманоиды · регулирование · США

The US closes its market to Chinese humanoids: what it means for an industry that holds 85% of the world

In late July 2026, the US Federal Communications Commission banned imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots and robot dogs, citing national security risks — a blow to an industry that holds roughly 85% of the global humanoid robot market.

2026-09-13

Autonomous robots carrying shelving units in a warehouse
Autonomous robots carrying shelving units in a warehouse

Geek+ · Quicktron · складские роботы · экспорт

Geek+ and Quicktron: how Chinese warehouse robots conquered the global AMR market

Geek+ / 极智嘉 listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in summer 2025, raising HK$2.71 billion, and has held the title of world's largest AMR provider by revenue for six straight years, while Quicktron has deployed over 42,000 robots for more than 1,000 clients across 30+ countries.

2026-09-12

A robot dog patrolling an industrial facility
A robot dog patrolling an industrial facility

робособаки · экспорт · квадропеды · Dobot

From gadget to work tool: how Chinese robot dogs are going global

Dobot's Rover X1 robot dog, priced at 7,499 yuan, lowers the entry barrier for home use, while an inspection model is already going on duty in Chile — Chinese quadruped robots are getting cheaper and going global at the same time.

2026-09-11

A humanoid robot performing precise manipulation in a lab
A humanoid robot performing precise manipulation in a lab

Galbot · гуманоиды · воплощённый ИИ · стартапы

Galbot: how one embodied-AI startup overtook flashier rivals

Galbot is one of the new wave of Chinese humanoid robotics startups whose rapid 2026 rise trade media describe as a case study in how AI-brain-focused companies are overtaking rivals that bet purely on hardware.

2026-09-10

A robot picking strawberries in a greenhouse
A robot picking strawberries in a greenhouse

сельхозроботы · автоматизация · умное сельское хозяйство

A robot picks strawberries in 20 seconds: how automation is reaching Chinese farms

A strawberry-picking robot from Nanjing Agricultural University handles a berry in 20 seconds with an 84% grasping success rate, while a fleet of 60+ Shanghai Sweet AI robots is controlled remotely via WeChat.

2026-09-09

Engineers testing a robot prototype at a startup office
Engineers testing a robot prototype at a startup office

инвестиции · воплощённый ИИ · стартапы · финансирование

20 billion yuan in a quarter: inside China's embodied-AI financing boom

In Q1 2026, Chinese embodied-AI companies raised roughly 20 billion yuan — up nearly 60% year over year, with several startups crossing the 10-billion-yuan unicorn valuation threshold for the first time.

2026-09-08

A cobot working alongside a human on an assembly line
A cobot working alongside a human on an assembly line

коботы · промышленная автоматизация · рынок роботов

China's cobot market: 60,000 robots in 2026 and near-total displacement of foreign brands

China's collaborative robot market will exceed 60,000 units sold in 2026, with sales growth of 45.6% year over year — and domestic brands already hold over 90% of that market.

2026-09-07

A firefighting humanoid robot near a smoke-filled building
A firefighting humanoid robot near a smoke-filled building

LINGLOONG · гуманоиды · пожарная безопасность · спасательные роботы

LINGLOONG v2.0: the world's first firefighting humanoid moves from demo hall to real duty

On August 18, 2026, the National and Local Co-built Humanoid Robotics Innovation Center officially launched LINGLOONG v2.0 — described by its developers as the world's first firefighting humanoid robot, showcased at WRC 2026 in Beijing.

2026-09-06

Robotic arm on a poultry processing line
Robotic arm on a poultry processing line

переработка птицы · роботизированная обвалка · весовая сортировка · пищевое оборудование

From slaughter to sorting: what a fully equipped Chinese poultry line looks like

A full poultry-processing line is assembled from several specialized suppliers: Qingdao Raniche slaughter lines, robotic deboning from Mayekawa China and Foodmate, and weight sorting from Nanjing Eruis, Guangdong Easyweigh, Dongguan Coso and Shigan Industrial.

2026-09-05

A humanoid robot in an aircraft hangar
A humanoid robot in an aircraft hangar

AVIC · авиация · гуманоиды · промышленность

Fengxing-001: a humanoid built by aircraft makers — for aircraft maintenance and munitions handling

Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) showed its Fengxing-001 humanoid at WRC 2026, built for intelligent manufacturing, aircraft maintenance, and munitions handling — an example of players from outside the robotics sector entering the field.

2026-09-04

A humanoid robot in an automotive showroom
A humanoid robot in an automotive showroom

BYD · гуманоиды · автопром · Китай

BYD enters humanoid robotics: the auto giant adds robots to its orbit

BYD / 比亚迪, the world's largest EV maker, unveiled its own humanoid robot in August 2026 at its 'Di Space' venue — another automaker entering robotics as part of a broader industry trend.

2026-09-04

A robot in front of a stock ticker display
A robot in front of a stock ticker display

Unitree · IPO · робособаки · гуманоиды

Unitree goes public: how a robot-dog maker became a $50B company in one day

Unitree listed on Shanghai's STAR Market on August 19, 2026 — shares surged over 500% on debut day, and the IPO was oversubscribed more than 8,000 times.

2026-09-03

Exhibition hall at the World Robot Conference
Exhibition hall at the World Robot Conference

WRC 2026 · выставки · гуманоиды · Пекин

World Robot Conference 2026: 300+ companies and 150 debuts in five days

Beijing hosted the 2026 World Robot Conference — over 300 companies, more than 3,000 exhibits and 150+ product debuts, alongside the World Humanoid Robot Games with 2,056 machines from 16 countries.

2026-09-01

Leying automated rice production line
Leying automated rice production line

центральные кухни · Leying · линии риса · пищевое оборудование

Leying: the manufacturer that helps write the industry standards for rice-cooking lines

Leying from Nanjing, operating since 1991 and reinvesting around 10% of revenue in R&D, helps write national standards for rice-cooking lines — with clients including 7-Eleven, LAWSON, FamilyMart and Foxconn.

2026-08-31

Xixiang barista robot brewing coffee at an unmanned kiosk
Xixiang barista robot brewing coffee at an unmanned kiosk

умный общепит · Xixiang · безлюдные точки питания · робот-бариста

Xixiang: the unmanned canteen as a ready scenario, not a pile of vending machines

Xixiang / 熙香科技 doesn't ship standalone machines — it ships complete service scenarios: smart canteens, robotic noodle shops and barista robots tied together by its own analytics platform.

2026-08-30

Xiangying robot chef cooking with a wok
Xiangying robot chef cooking with a wok

центральные кухни · Xiangying · робот-повар · пищевое оборудование

Xiangying: a chef robot inside a line of 2,000 equipment sizes

Xiangying from Ningbo blends Japanese and European kitchen-equipment schools with Chinese cuisine: 15 product series, roughly 2,000 size variants, and its own R3 chef robot.

2026-08-29

YANC automated line for airline catering
YANC automated line for airline catering

центральные кухни · YANC · пищевое оборудование · авиационный кейтеринг

YANC: central-kitchen equipment from a factory with roots going back to 1983

YANC from Langfang traces its history to 1983 as a state-owned food-machinery plant: over 2,000 completed central-kitchen projects, including in-flight catering for China Southern Airlines.

2026-08-28

Senad robot sorting packages on a warehouse conveyor
Senad robot sorting packages on a warehouse conveyor

складская робототехника · SENAD · машинное зрение · логистика

Senad: machine vision instead of retrofitting the warehouse

SENAD from Shanghai builds logistics robots around machine vision — from unloading containers to depalletizing unsorted mixed loads — with clients including DHL, EMS, Lazada and JD.

2026-08-27

Borunte robot extracting a part from an injection molding machine
Borunte robot extracting a part from an injection molding machine

промышленные роботы · Borunte · литьё под давлением · штамповка

Borunte: a publicly traded robot maker that pulls parts straight out of the molding machine

Borunte Robot / 伯朗特 from Dongguan, operating since 2008 and publicly traded on the New Third Board since 2014, spans six-axis robots from 1 to 500 kg payload and specialized injection-molding robots.

2026-08-26

EFORT robot painting a car body in a paint booth
EFORT robot painting a car body in a paint booth

промышленные роботы · Efort · сварочные ячейки · окрасочные роботы

Efort: an automotive-born public company selling turnkey cells, not just robots

Efort / 埃夫特智能装备 from Wuhu is a publicly listed company with European integrator assets, strong in turnkey painting and welding cells rather than manipulators alone.

2026-08-25

STEP industrial robot with proprietary servo drives
STEP industrial robot with proprietary servo drives

промышленные роботы · STEP · сервоприводы · сварочные роботы

STEP: industrial robots from an elevator-automation heritage

STEP / 新时达 from Shanghai builds its own controllers and servo systems for industrial robots: the SR175/2700 carries 175 kg at a 2.7 m reach with ±0.06 mm repeatability.

2026-08-24

Zerith Z/H humanoid cleaning a hotel room
Zerith Z/H humanoid cleaning a hotel room

гуманоидные роботы · Zerith · гостиничная робототехника · клининг

Zerith: the humanoid cleaning hotel rooms on a production line

Zerith / 零次方机器人 runs two product lines: the bipedal Z series for complex tasks and the wheeled H series for hospitality cleaning — the H1 model is already in series production at over 100 units a month.

2026-08-23

Leju Kuavo, Aelos and Roban — modular humanoids for different tasks
Leju Kuavo, Aelos and Roban — modular humanoids for different tasks

гуманоидные роботы · Leju Robotics · образовательная робототехника · двуногая ходьба

Leju Robotics: the same humanoid heritage for a factory floor and a school robotics club

Leju Robotics / 乐聚机器人, developing its own torque servo actuators and bipedal gait algorithms since 2016, fields the industrial Kuavo (up to 360 N·m) and the educational Aelos and Roban humanoids on shared engineering foundations.

2026-08-22

EngineAI T800 in dynamic motion on a test rig
EngineAI T800 in dynamic motion on a test rig

гуманоидные роботы · EngineAI · динамика движений · открытая платформа

EngineAI: humanoids that walk faster than a person

EngineAI / 众擎机器人 from Shenzhen builds an open humanoid line focused on movement dynamics: the T800 flagship reaches 7 m/s and holds up to 450 N·m of actuator torque.

2026-08-21

Noetix N2 and Bumi — affordable humanoids for home and sport
Noetix N2 and Bumi — affordable humanoids for home and sport

гуманоидные роботы · Noetix Robotics · образовательная робототехника · доступные роботы

Noetix Robotics: a humanoid starting at 9,998 yuan, and a marathon runner on the same platform

Noetix Robotics / 松延动力, a Beijing company founded in 2023, fields the N2 flagship — with 2,500+ orders and a finish at a robot half-marathon — alongside the compact Bumi (94 cm, 12 kg), one of the market's most affordable humanoids.

2026-08-20

Qio O1 humanoid serving a customer in an autonomous store
Qio O1 humanoid serving a customer in an autonomous store

гуманоидные роботы · QIO Robotics · автономная розница · вендинг

QIO Robotics O1: the humanoid that runs its own storefront

QIO Robotics / 启物科技, a 2024 Beijing startup staffed from Tsinghua, Huawei and Baidu, demonstrated its O1 humanoid working as an autonomous retail point: 43 degrees of freedom, a 3D lidar, and walking while carrying 40 kg.

2026-08-19

Robbyant develops a universal robot-control model
Robbyant develops a universal robot-control model

гуманоидные роботы · искусственный интеллект · Robbyant · Ant Group

Robbyant: the company selling not the robot, but its brain

Robbyant / 蚂蚁灵波科技, an Ant Group robotics unit, builds a universal robot-control model and licenses it to third-party manufacturers rather than only equipping its own R2 humanoid.

2026-08-17

EVST production line: welding robots and palletizers on one site
EVST production line: welding robots and palletizers on one site

EVST · сварочные роботы · дельта-роботы · паллетайзеры · каталог

EVST: One Factory Building Welding Robots, Delta Arms and Palletizers

12 models across four different kinematic families from one production site — from explosion-proof welding to SCARA assembly. We break down EVST's catalog and explain why one factory builds so many kinds of robots.

2026-08-16

Humanoid robots AgiBot Yuanzheng A2 and Robotera L7
Humanoid robots AgiBot Yuanzheng A2 and Robotera L7

гуманоиды · AgiBot · Robotera · каталог

Humanoids Already at Work: AgiBot Yuanzheng A2 vs Robotera L7

960+ deployed AgiBot Yuanzheng A2 units versus Robotera L7's 4 m/s top speed and ERA-42 model — two real approaches to humanoids from the Aura Robotics catalog, and when to pick which.

2026-08-15

Construction robots from Bright Dream Robotics and Fangshi Robotics
Construction robots from Bright Dream Robotics and Fangshi Robotics

строительная робототехника · Bright Dream Robotics · Fangshi Robotics · автоматизация стройки · каталог

Robots vs. Wet Concrete: Two Approaches to Construction-Site Automation in Aura's Catalog

博智林 / Bright Dream Robotics and 方石科技 / Fangshi Robotics tackle the same problem — getting robots onto the construction site — in completely different ways: one builds an orchestration system for an entire robot fleet, the other perfected a narrow trio of operations. A look at both approaches, with real numbers.

2026-08-14

An Estun ER-series industrial robot welding
An Estun ER-series industrial robot welding

Estun · промышленные роботы · сварочные роботы · каталог

Estun: China's largest industrial robot maker with full vertical integration

Estun, from the Aura catalog, builds its own servo drives and CNC systems instead of sourcing them from Japanese or European suppliers — a rarity even among large players. We break down what that scale of vertical integration buys you.

2026-08-14

A Huayan Robotics manipulator on an assembly line
A Huayan Robotics manipulator on an assembly line

Huayan · HansRobot · манипуляторы · каталог

Huayan Robotics went public in Hong Kong — what a public audit means for a robot buyer

Huayan, from the Aura catalog, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under ticker 1021.HK in March 2026 — a public audit and financial disclosure most private robot makers never go through. We break down the Echo and HY models and what it means in practice.

2026-08-14

X-Humanoid, Kepler and Noetix humanoids on the production line
X-Humanoid, Kepler and Noetix humanoids on the production line

科技游 · гуманоиды · X-Humanoid · Kepler · PNDbotics · тех-туризм

科技游: Three Humanoids in Aura's Catalog Worth Flying to China For

Chinese business media are tracking a new trend — 科技游, tech tourism: foreigners increasingly travel to China not to shop, but to see production with their own eyes. Here are three factories from Aura's catalog genuinely worth seeing in person: 北京人形机器人创新中心 / X-Humanoid, 开普勒机器人 / Kepler and 松延动力 / PNDbotics.

2026-08-13

A wheeled Galbot humanoid in a retail store
A wheeled Galbot humanoid in a retail store

гуманоиды · Galbot · LimX Dynamics · розничная робототехника · каталог

Galbot G1 and LimX TRON1: Humanoids That Chose a Niche Over Universality

Not every humanoid is built for the factory floor. 银河通用 / Galbot builds a wheeled robot specifically for retail and pharmacies, while 逐际动力 / LimX Dynamics makes a modular platform with swappable foot ends — point-foot, walking sole, or wheels. A look at the real specs behind both.

2026-08-12

Robot components from Seer Robotics and LinkerBot
Robot components from Seer Robotics and LinkerBot

робототехника · AGV · компоненты · гуманоиды

Brains and Hands for Other People's Robots: Seer Robotics and LinkerBot

Not every robotics company builds whole robots. Seer Robotics sells navigation controllers and fleet dispatching, LinkerBot sells anthropomorphic hands for other companies' humanoids. A look at both catalogs.

2026-08-11

Matrix Robotics and DroidUp humanoids on the factory floor
Matrix Robotics and DroidUp humanoids on the factory floor

гуманоиды · робототехника · Шанхай · производство

MATRIX-3 vs Xingzhe-2: Two Different Answers to What a Humanoid Should Be

Matrix Robotics bets on tactile skin and payload, DroidUp bets on a light body and energy efficiency. A look at both approaches through real catalog models.

2026-08-10

KunRobot and DeepRobotics inspection robots at an industrial site
KunRobot and DeepRobotics inspection robots at an industrial site

инспекционные роботы · промышленная робототехника · каталог · KunRobot · Deep Robotics

Inspection Robots: How KunRobot and Deep Robotics Keep People Out of Dangerous Zones

Magnetic climbing robots instead of rope-access crews, and quadruped robots instead of a human patrol on a hazardous site — we break down two different approaches to the same job: inspecting places where a person either can't easily reach or shouldn't be.

2026-08-07

Five humanoid robots on the production line
Five humanoid robots on the production line

гуманоиды · промышленная робототехника · каталог · AgiBot · UBTech

Humanoids in the Aura Catalog: Who's Actually Working the Factory Floor, and Who's Still in Demo Mode

960+ deployed units versus a flashy half-marathon video — we compare five humanoids from the Aura catalog on what's actually measurable: degrees of freedom, payload, speed, and how many factories already run them.

2026-08-06

An AgiBot humanoid and a DeepRobotics quadruped on the factory floor
An AgiBot humanoid and a DeepRobotics quadruped on the factory floor

гуманоидные роботы · AgiBot · UBTech · DeepRobotics · промышленная автоматизация

Humanoids on the assembly line: what AgiBot's 960 deployed robots actually mean

AgiBot's Yuanzheng A2, UBTech's Walker S, and DeepRobotics' X20 quadruped solve three different factory-floor problems. We break down what actually separates a humanoid laborer from an industrial inspector — and why picking the right form matters more than looking impressive.

2026-08-05

A UBTech Walker S humanoid on the car assembly line
A UBTech Walker S humanoid on the car assembly line

гуманоидные роботы · UBTech · Walker S · автопром

UBTech Walker S: the humanoid already working the line, not just the demo reel

While everyone discusses Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 demo, UBTech's Walker S has already been working car assembly lines for years — quality control and sorting. We break down the specs and the gap between a demo and a factory floor.

2026-08-04

A Fourier exoskeleton assisting a patient in rehab
A Fourier exoskeleton assisting a patient in rehab

медицинские роботы · Fourier · BrainCo · экзоскелеты · протезы

Exoskeletons and bionic prosthetics: Fourier and BrainCo, spec by spec

The BrainRobotics hand made Time's best inventions list, the ExoMotus exoskeleton helps patients walk again — a spec-first look at the medical lineup in our catalog.

2026-08-03

Pudu Robotics and Orion Star service robots in a restaurant
Pudu Robotics and Orion Star service robots in a restaurant

сервисные роботы · Pudu Robotics · Orion Star · клининг

Waiter and barista robots: Pudu Robotics and Orion Star, spec by spec

BellaBot carries dishes across the floor, Orion Star's barista brews coffee in 3 minutes — a spec-first look at the service robots in our catalog for restaurants, hotels, and warehouses.

2026-08-03

Warehouse robots and collaborative arms on the assembly floor
Warehouse robots and collaborative arms on the assembly floor

складские роботы · Geek+ · коботы · JAKA · Dobot

Geek+ warehouse robots and JAKA/Dobot cobots: what covers a warehouse and an assembly line

Geek+ rack-carrying robots with up to 1200 kg payload and JAKA/Dobot cobots from 1 to 18 kg — a spec-first look at the warehouse and assembly models in our catalog.

2026-08-02

Customs inspection of a humanoid robot shipment at port
Customs inspection of a humanoid robot shipment at port

гуманоидные роботы · робособаки · регулирование · UBTech · DeepRobotics

The US banned imports of Chinese humanoid robots and quadrupeds: what it means for buyers outside the US

On July 29, 2026 the FCC banned imports of new Chinese humanoid and quadruped robot models into the US, citing national security risks. It doesn't directly affect the Russian and CIS market — but it does change a few things.

2026-08-01

A DeepRobotics quadruped and a welding robot on the shop floor
A DeepRobotics quadruped and a welding robot on the shop floor

робособаки · DeepRobotics · сварочные роботы · EVS · промышленная автоматизация

Inspection quadrupeds and EVS welding robots: a guide to the industrial lineup

DeepRobotics X20 and X30 versus Lite3, plus the EVS welding robot lineup — tracked, gantry, nine-axis stations. A spec-sheet breakdown of protection ratings, runtime, and payload.

2026-07-31

Production-ready humanoid robots of 2026
Production-ready humanoid robots of 2026

гуманоидные роботы · MatrixRobotics · RobotEra · DroidUp · UBTech · DeepRobotics

Humanoid robots in 2026: comparing the models you can actually order

MATRIX-3, RobotEra L7, DroidUp Xingzhe-2, UBTech Walker S — a spec-by-spec look at the serial humanoid robots in our catalog: height, degrees of freedom, speed, payload, and what each model is actually good for.

2026-07-30