A humanoid robot from NOWIN, whose GLOW model learns actions from demonstration without coding (Source: Gasgoo) Past RMB 1 billion in twelve months On 29 September Gasgoo Embodied Intelligence learned that NOWIN, also known as K-Nuo, announced another angel-plus-plus financing round of several hundred million renminbi, taking the company’s cumulative fundraising past RMB 1 billion … Read more
A dual-arm robot performing a flexible production task, the scenario Oak Fruit targets with its instinct-driven model (Source: Zhidx) A two-round year for a non-consensus thesis Robot Forefront reported on 10 August that Oak Fruit Robotics closed an angel round led by China Merchants Venture and NIO Capital, with Tsinghua alumni seed fund following. Four … Read more
A robotic hand fitted with tactile sensing, the class of hardware Shutu’s SynaTac line targets (Source: Leiphone) Third round in a month Shutu Technology recently closed a Pre-A round of nearly RMB 100 million, co-led by CDH Investments’ BaiFu arm and the Kunpeng Fund, a national-level data fund, with Guangzhou Industrial Investment and Yihe Capital … Read more
September’s defining events The month opened at IFA 2026 in Berlin. Unitree demonstrated fully autonomous humanoid boxing with its UnifoLM world model and released the upgraded G1+ at RMB 95,000 including tax. MagicLab showed three new robots and its Magic-VLA model. Dobot exhibited collaborative arms and a panda quadruped, with global deployments past 100,000 arms … Read more
A Chinese robotics firm at an industry exhibition. Yinghe’s collapse exposes how thin the commercial loop was beneath the funding glow (Source: OFweek Robotics) A court notice, then a wave In late August a bankruptcy notice from the Shenzhen intermediate court pushed Yinghe Robotics into public view. The star robotics firm, holding investments from Meituan … Read more
A second run at the Hong Kong listing After first submitting a prospectus to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in February 2026, Hai Robotics, a leader in warehouse automation, refreshed its listing application on 13 September and restarted the Hong Kong IPO process, in a bid to become the exchange’s first ACR-listed company. Before the … Read more
Tesla’s Optimus humanoid. A fresh order of about 5,000 units signals the move from trial runs to mass production (Source: OFweek Robotics) From a plan to a number Tesla’s Optimus production schedule is shifting from planning to hard figures. Supply-chain sources say Tesla recently issued a fresh order of about 5,000 units to suppliers. This … Read more
An angel round led by a Xi’an state fund Lanchong Embodied, a full-stack embodied-intelligence company, has closed an angel round in the tens of millions of yuan. The round was led by Xi’an High-Tech Industry Venture Capital and will fund production line construction, product development, new deployment scenes and team expansion. The company was incorporated … Read more
Closing an A+ round above RMB 100 million Mengshi Technology has completed and settled an A+ round of over RMB 100 million, according to the report. Investors in the round include Leading Capital, Hangzhou Heda and Huifu Investment. Hangzhou Heda is the local state fund that came in after the company relocated to the Qiantang … Read more
A robot that plays real tennis On 22 August at the National Speed Skating Hall, the Ice Ribbon, in Beijing, the second World Humanoid Robot Games opened, and China Central Television cut to a real tennis court. A humanoid stood inside as incoming balls passed 50 km/h; within milliseconds it judged the landing, moved its … Read more