Robotics

From spec-matching to definition: CIIF 2026 reframes how robot joints get chosen

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At the 2026 China International Industry Fair, humanoids demoted pick-and-place on production lines while collaborative arms and dexterous hands handled fine grasping. Stable performance starts with joint selection, the first unavoidable step. Traditional selection stayed at “spec-matching”, aligning parameters against existing options. Nationz Technologies answered with “definition”, reshaping joint-control logic with a full chip family. … Read more

Underwater ‘Unitree’ emerges as Weilang Deep Sea closes five rounds in nine months

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Marine embodied-intelligence firm Shaanxi Weilang Deep Sea Information Technology has announced a new funding round backed by Shenzhen Capital Group, Oriza Holdings and Guocai Capital, with existing investor InnoAngel adding more capital. Weilang Deep Sea’s “Super Frogman” marine embodied-intelligence robot (Source: OFweek). The round reached the “angel-plus-plus-plus” stage, meaning Weilang has now completed five consecutive … Read more

Born from industrial scenes: Lexaro robots debut at the 2026 Industry Fair

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From 12 to 16 October 2026 the China International Industry Fair was held at the National Exhibition and Convention Centre in Shanghai. At booth 7.1H-E020, Lexaro (Luoshi) showed industrial robots, flexible collaborative robots and embodied-intelligence robots, demonstrating full-stack capability from core joints and robot bodies to motion-control platforms, across force-controlled assembly, smart welding, visual inspection, … Read more

Optimus nears mass production, but Tesla has cleared none of robotics’ three hurdles

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After three design iterations, Tesla’s humanoid Optimus has reached the eve of mass production. This Monday the company’s annual shareholder materials confirmed in writing for the first time that the third-generation Optimus is ready for large-scale production, though Tesla has not yet named a date. Tesla’s third-generation Optimus humanoid robot, now declared ready for mass … Read more

Liang Wenfeng’s ‘jump-step’ bet: DeepSeek leads a seed round in faceless Winverse AI

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Two months after DeepSeek invested RMB 141 million in Unitree, founder Liang Wenfeng is reported to be leading the seed round of Winverse AI, an embodied-AI startup only months old with no product shown yet. According to Bloomberg, DeepSeek is leading a seed round of tens of millions of dollars at a post-money valuation of … Read more

KUKA unveils ‘Kaitian KAI’ platform at the China International Industry Fair

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From 12 to 16 October the 26th China International Industry Fair (CIIF) was held at the National Exhibition and Convention Centre in Shanghai. Global automation provider KUKA exhibited under the theme “AI, embodied”, launching its “Kaitian KAI” (KUKA Advanced Intelligence) platform on 12 October alongside several new products and solutions. KUKA’s “Kaitian KAI” intelligent platform … Read more

Shenmou’s arm-equipped quadruped ‘Fumo’ wins a State Grid power-tunnel contract

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Shenmou earlier became the first humanoid-robot firm to win a State Grid live-line operation project with its humanoid “Fuan”, earning two power embodied-intelligence awards. Now its arm-equipped quadruped “Fumo” has won State Grid’s tender for a quadruped robot built for complex environments. Shenmou’s arm-equipped quadruped robot “Fumo” deployed for complex-environment inspection (Source: OFweek). Energy, power … Read more

Youibot races to list as Hong Kong’s first mobile-manipulation robot stock

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Hefei Youi Robotics, known as Youibot, received its China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) overseas listing filing notice on 16 October. The company plans to issue up to 49.4778 million overseas ordinary shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, while 37 shareholders intend to convert 243.8 million domestic unlisted shares into overseas-listed status, a move described … Read more

AgiBot raises RMB 1-1.5 billion at a RMB 50 billion valuation, pushing its Hong Kong IPO to 2027

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A financing that reschedules the listing AgiBot’s latest round is reported at RMB 1-1.5 billion, nearing completion, at a post-money valuation of about RMB 50 billion. Then the next line: it will not list this year. On 13 October, Caijing reported exclusively that AgiBot had launched a new financing at a roughly RMB 50 billion … Read more