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Robot hands have become good at single movements. Picking an object, turning a screw, operating a tool. What they have not done is string those movements together into a complete workflow without swapping the end effector, which is why industrial automation still runs on purpose-built grippers. On 29 October, at the dexterous manipulation session of … Read more
On 16 October the China Securities Regulatory Commission published a filing notice for Youibot Robotics, which plans to issue up to 49.4778 million shares on the Hong Kong main board. Thirty-seven shareholders will convert 244 million domestic shares into overseas-listed stock, taking the company into full circulation. Youibot is filing under Chapter 18C for specialist … Read more
In May 2026, Figure ran eight consecutive days of live parcel sorting. For the first time a wide audience watched a humanoid work at real operating intensity rather than in a edited demonstration clip. Since then, grabbing parcels, flipping cartons and feeding conveyors have become standard routines at Chinese trade shows. Policy has moved in … Read more
Wanyuan Technology received a CSRC filing notice on 30 October to issue up to 12.6886 million shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange main board. If it lists, it will be the first pool cleaning robot company to reach a public market. Pool robots get treated as a vacuum cleaner thrown into water. The engineering … Read more
Unitree Robotics reported its first set of results since listing on the STAR Market, and the headline growth covers a harder quarter underneath. Revenue for the first nine months reached RMB 1.817 billion, up 55.71 per cent. Net profit attributable to shareholders reached RMB 387 million, up 270.54 per cent. That jump is a low-base … Read more
Agility Robotics expects to raise about USD 465 million through a SPAC merger and to start trading on Nasdaq on 5 November under the ticker AGLT, at a valuation of USD 2.5 billion. That would make it the only listed pure-play humanoid robot company in the United States with an active commercial deployment. The same … Read more
Thailand plans to raise the excise tax on imported battery electric vehicles from the current 10 per cent to 35 per cent, part of an effort to build a domestic vehicle manufacturing base as Chinese-built models flood in. Industry minister Varawut Silpa-archa said the cabinet approved the battery electric vehicle tax package on 3 November, … Read more
A person opening a lock in the dark does not rely on sight. The resistance felt at the moment the key touches the edge of the cylinder is what tells the hand whether the angle is off and how to correct it. Industrial robotics has struggled to reproduce that. In high-precision manufacturing, from high-voltage harness … Read more
Lanjian Intelligent, one of China’s larger warehouse robotics suppliers, has signed a contract with Wuhan Chuxin New Energy for the second phase of a warehouse and logistics equipment project. The contract value is RMB 258 million. The company said in its filing that the deal falls within ordinary business activity and that it expects a … Read more
Foxconn has presented three new complete vehicle reference models: MODEL A+, MODEL K+ and MODEL K. They cover a B-segment SUV, a youth-oriented model and a light commercial truck aimed at the Japanese market. All three are built on the group’s open platform, and customers can customise exterior design, powertrain configuration and interior to match … Read more