At the 2026 World Robot Conference, JD laid out a robotics service strategy: over five years it will build an after-sales repair network across more than 100 countries and create more than 100,000 robot-repair engineer jobs. JD plans ten training and certification centres in China and aims to train over 100,000 repair engineers covering robots … Read more
Unitree’s listing lifted attention on the robot industry, and 2026 is widely called the year of humanoid mass production. Yet behind the conference glow, most industrial robots are still ‘interns’ on the floor, not reliable ‘full staff’. Deployment sits at single-point tests and showcase pilots, moving boxes, loading parts, and simple patrols, while full-line replacement … Read more
On 10 August, Ninebot released its first-half 2026 results: group revenue of 14.36 billion yuan, up 22 per cent, with net profit attributable to shareholders of 1.008 billion yuan, down 18.79 per cent, and ex-non-recurring profit of 969 million yuan, down 26 per cent. By segment, e-scooters in China sold 2.842 million units, up 19 … Read more
At the 2026 World Robot Conference, Schaeffler Embodied Intelligence Robotics (Taicang) showed up for the first time, centring its display on the core parts and subsystems that make a humanoid move. Schaeffler is leaning on decades of automotive and industrial drive know-how. The lineup spans robot high-performance computers, a 48V low-voltage power controller (LVPC), tendon-driven … Read more
Amid a humanoid sector where valuations inflate faster than deployments, one American company is pitched as the most commercially successful of the bunch, and it is taking that claim to the public market. On 24 June Agility Robotics signed a merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI to list on Nasdaq at a 2.5 billion dollar … Read more
On 17 July a whistleblower letter wiped more than 12 per cent off Dobot’s Hong Kong shares in a single day. Song Tao, who describes himself as a co-founder and former chief operating officer, accused the collaborative-robot maker of hiding a stake dispute in its A-share prospectus. The claim is specific. Song says a January … Read more
In the midst of a global humanoid robot boom, a sobering reminder of how hard the robotics business actually is: Vicarious Surgical, a US surgical robot startup that raised $300 million from investors including Bill Gates and Jerry Yang, has filed for bankruptcy. Founded in 2014 by two MIT graduates, Vicarious set out to build … Read more
Trump, the Nation Builder: How an Accidental Architect Built the Nation of Engineers As Air Force One touches down in a self-assured Beijing this May 14th, 2026, a curious moniker echoes across the Chinese internet: Chuan Jianguo (川建国)—or “Trump, the Nation Builder”. It is a title born of exquisite geopolitical irony. To the Chinese public, … Read more
The Robot Belt Weekly: China’s Top 10 Tech Stories May 3–10, 2026 | The Intelligence Briefing from Shenzhen #1 DeepSeek’s \$45B Gambit: China’s AI Crown Jewel Finally Opens Its Doors Source: TechCrunch | TechNode | The Silicon Review DeepSeek is reportedly shifting from its “maverick” roots to a mainstream powerhouse, eyeing a staggering $45 billion … Read more
Back in 2014, while studying in Sydney, I was fascinated by the “road zipper” trucks that shifted barriers to optimise tidal traffic during peak hours. It was a brilliant system that several cities in China adopted shortly after. However, we are now seeing an even more elegant solution: robotic road barriers. Instead of requiring a … Read more