On 28 September in Yichang, Hubei, the launch of a domestically architected embodied robot revealed the world’s first embodied intelligence robot built on a fully home-grown electronic architecture, from Dongtu Science and Technology. China Debuts the First Home-Grown Electronic Architecture fo (Source: OFweek Robotics) The electronic architecture is the intelligent nervous system that sets a … Read more
In June 2025 at the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence conference, Zongqing Lu offered a claim that ran against the crowd: human video is the only data path that can scale up for embodied intelligence. While the industry fixated on robot hardware, simulation farms and data flywheels, Lu was already accumulating first-person human video, now … Read more
On 22 August at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, the opening of the second World Humanoid Robot Games, cameras cut to a real tennis court. A humanoid stood inside it, and against incoming balls travelling above 50 kilometres an hour it judged the bounce, moved its feet, turned its body and swung, the … Read more
A second raise in three months On 8 September Guangdong Tianji Intelligenz System Co said it had closed a B++ strategic financing round co-led by Ant Group and Sofina Asia Private, with existing backers Gaorong Capital and Tencent following on. Haohu Capital acted as the exclusive financial adviser, and the proceeds are earmarked for research, … Read more
On 29 September, full-stack embodied-AI firm LanChong Embodied closed a tens-of-millions-yuan angel round led by Xi’an Hi-Tech Venture Capital, to fund production lines, product R&D, scenario expansion and team growth. An Xi’an Jiao Tong Spin-out Built a Wheeled Humanoid and Clo (Source: Gasgoo) Founded in March 2025 with support from Xi’an Jiaotong University through technology … Read more
State Grid Jiangsu recently issued its “AI+” three-year action plan, built on a “2359” framework to fuse AI with grid business. Earlier, the State Grid corporation internally issued a 2026 embodied-intelligence development plan targeting about 8,500 embodied devices this year with total investment around RMB 6.8 billion, covering power inspection, live-line work, emergency rescue and … Read more
On 30 September, Zhuhai Yice Microelectronics passed the main-board hearing of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Joint sponsors are CICC Jianyin International and Guotai Junan Financing. The robotics-chain company plans to raise more than USD 100 million and list around mid-October. Xiaomi and Gree Just Backed Another Robotics IPO in Hong Kon (Source: OFweek Robotics) … Read more
Looking back to late 2024, when he entered embodied intelligence with consumer-robot experience, LeShare founder and chief executive Guo Renjie joked he may not have realised how hard the industry would be. An Ant-Backed Founder Born in 1997 Just Priced a Humanoid Un (Source: Zhidx) Guo was born in 1997, entered the Xi’an Jiaotong University … Read more
A gimbal robot arm is a camera mount that tilts and pans. The author connected one to a Mac mini and let three top models, GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1 and GPT-5.6 Sol, each drive it, with the same instruction: make the robot sweep its full range of motion, however you like. GPT-6 Astra, Fable … Read more
On 29 September, Zhejiang Wanliyang Robot Technology, a unit of transmission maker Wanliyang, said it had passed a core customer’s PPAP audit conducted under the automotive VDA6.3 standard, so its first joint module production line is now in volume production. Wanliyang’s first joint module line is in volume production. (Source: Gasgoo) Clearing the audit means … Read more