MirrorMe Technology recently launched the VIVA dexterous hand and achieved the world’s first real-time human-robot four-hand piano duet, marking the VIVA times CADA milestone. The robot no longer merely plays accurately but plays well, moving from preset motions to a performing partner with artistic expression and creative ability. On naming, MirrorMe says VIVA comes from … Read more
After first filing with the Hong Kong exchange in February 2026, warehouse-automation leader Hai Robotics updated its prospectus on 13 September and restarted its Hong Kong IPO, positioning itself as the first ACR stock on the bourse. Before the listing it had completed fifteen rounds raising about 4.133 billion yuan, and in January 2026 it … Read more
On 1 September XTRONROBOT, a specialist in embodied intelligence for hazardous industry, announced a several-tens-of-millions-yuan A1 round. The investors include Qianhai Ark, West Lake Science and Technology Venture Capital and Guangyang Shares. The funds go to refining the XBOT-AEGIS embodied-intelligence system, developing multi-configuration explosion-proof robots and expanding in China and abroad. Founded in December 2022, … Read more
Qianjue Robotics, a tactile-intelligence company, has closed two consecutive rounds worth several hundred million yuan. The latest included BlueRun Ventures, CICC-affiliated funds and Jingya Capital. An earlier round drew top embodied-AI industry players, Tianji Capital and Jide Electric, and its shareholder list now spans Hillhouse, Yuanhe Origin and Futon Capital plus industrial leaders Li Auto, … Read more
On 17 September D-Robotics, also known as D-Robot and spun out of Horizon Robotics, closed a 400 million dollar Series C. Mirae Asset led the round, with Meituan Strategic Investment, Hefei State Investment, Nanshan Strategic Emerging Industry Investment, Jingquan Capital and Cathay Capital among the followers, while more than twenty existing backers including Hillhouse, 5Y … Read more
Hangzhou Puxi Guangjing Semiconductor has closed a several-hundred-million-yuan Series C, 36Kr has learned. The round drew ten new state-owned and industrial-capital backers, among them Zhejiang Jiahe Changyue, Chengdu Innovation Venture Capital, the Shanghai Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Industry Investment Fund, Shandong Caijin and Guizhou Guochuang. The proceeds will fund the next generation of gallium-oxide power … Read more
JingShi Technology says its dexterous hand, VIVA, has for the first time played a real-time four-hand piano duet with a person, a milestone it released with CADA, a music-embodied large model that pairs the hand with a score-following brain. The demo matters because a piano duet is a stiff test for a robot hand. Two … Read more
On 1 September XTRONROBOT, or Xuanchuang Robotics, closed a Series A1 worth tens of millions of yuan. The round drew Qianhai Ark, Xihu Technology Innovation and Guangyang Shares, and the proceeds will fund the XBOT-AEGIS embodied-intelligence system, a range of special-purpose robots and expansion at home and abroad. Founded in December 2022, the firm targets … Read more
On 17 September D-Robotics, known as Dagu Robot, closed a $400 million Series C. Mirae Asset led the round, with Meituan Strategic Investment and institutions including Hefei Guotou, Nanshan Venture Capital, Jingquan Capital and Cathay Capital following on. More than twenty existing shareholders, among them Hillhouse, 5Y Capital, Temasek’s Vertex Growth and Aramco’s Prosperity7, added … Read more
On 24 September AgiBot delivered its 20,000th general-purpose embodied robot, the Expedition A3 Ultra, to Chimelong Group at the Hengqin Chimelong Spaceship Park in Zhuhai, and the machine now works alongside other AgiBot robots across the resort. The handover landed on the same day the two firms opened what they call the world’s first large-scale … Read more