Hikrobot posts 4.03bn yuan H1 as Hikvision innovates

Hikvision’s 2026 interim report shows a company compounding quietly. First-half revenue reached 46.82 billion yuan, up 11.97 per cent, with net profit attributable to shareholders at 7.90 billion, up 39.57 per cent, and non-recurring net profit at 7.71 billion, up 40.50 per cent. Gross margin rose to 49.97 per cent, up 4.78 percentage points, widening … Read more

SiEngine’s ‘Tiangong 100’ 7nm AI chip enters mass production

On 12 August, SiEngine announced that its self-developed 7-nanometre automotive-grade AI accelerator, the Tiangong 100 (NNA100), has entered full mass production and begun batch supply to OEMs and Tier-1 partners. The chip is a standalone, plug-in accelerator for on-device agent AI, built to give local large models a complete domestic compute base and fix the … Read more

NIO battery swap turns from drag to moat

When Gasgoo reported NIO’s latest charging and swap progress, a reader summed up the scepticism: “That is no moat, it could be a trap.” For long-time watchers that reads as fair. NIO has poured more than 20 billion yuan into charging and swap infrastructure, a classic heavy-asset drag. It posted its first quarterly profit in … Read more

Changan and Huawei sign strategic AI and auto partnership

On 11 August in Shenzhen, China Changan Automobile Group and Huawei Technologies signed a strategic framework agreement, the centrepiece of a 12 August wave of OEM and supply-chain news. The two sides will explore cooperation in AI products and scenarios, general and automotive vertical large models, digital infrastructure, compute, software and hardware, and will deepen … Read more

RoboSense unveils Eocene architecture and 2,160-line LiDAR

On 21 April 2026, RoboSense held its Tech Day in Shenzhen and for the first time laid out a systematic chip roadmap. Two flagship SPAD-SoCs on its new “Genesis” digital architecture debuted: the Phoenix line for monolithic native ultra-high line count, and the Peacock line for all-solid-state high-resolution arrays. Both reach mass production in 2026. … Read more

WAIC 2026: humanoid robots go to work, not just demo

No more showboating. At the ninth World Artificial Intelligence Conference, which opened in Shanghai on 17 July, humanoid robots stopped performing and started working. Past shows leaned on backflips and boxing; this year robots served as both product and staff, guiding visitors and minding unmanned retail points, the first time full-size humanoids were deployed at … Read more