China’s robot sector is shifting from concept hype to order ramp and profit realisation. Half-year 2026 results show the whole chain — from core parts to whole-machine integration — taking off at once. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology says that from January to May, industrial-scale robot enterprises booked revenue above 90 billion yuan, … Read more
BYD has officially confirmed it plans to unveil a humanoid robot in August at Di Space, its brand experience hall. The confirmation, carried by Cailian Press on 28 July, follows a teaser poster at Di Space reading: “Early August — a new friend wants to meet you.” BYD executive vice-president Li Ke has said the … Read more
A joint venture between Shenzhen’s Leju Robotics and Guangdong Dongfang Precision has opened a humanoid-robot mass-production factory in Foshan with an annual capacity of 10,000 units — one of China’s first scaled humanoid lines to move from demo to industrial base. The hard part of mass production is not speed. “It is not about making … Read more
At WAIC 2026 in Shanghai, China’s embodied-AI zone was full of robots making coffee, taking photos and dancing. Sudo Tech’s booth drew crowds for the opposite reason: its robots quietly did unglamorous things — grasping objects, wrapping items in cloth with two hands, inserting parts into matching holes — with conspicuous stability, success rates and … Read more
In 2025, capital chased complete humanoid robots — a walking, talking demo unit could raise hundreds of millions. In 2026, the money has pivoted to a single component: the dexterous hand, what the industry calls the “last millimetre” of robot-world interaction. The numbers are stark. According to IT Juzi data cited by OFweek, China’s dexterous-hand … Read more
The Shenzhen Natural History Museum — the largest comprehensive natural history museum in South China — opened its doors on July 28, displaying 7,461 rare specimens across eight themed halls that trace 4.6 billion years of life on Earth. But the exhibits everyone talked about on opening day weren’t fossils. Among thousands of static displays, … Read more
On June 24th, Shenzhen-based embodied-AI startup RoboScience (机器科学) hosted its official launch event in Shenzhen, unveiling Visics: a general-purpose embodied foundation model built around a novel architecture called VLOA (Vision-Language-Object-Action). The company’s founding team carries unusual credentials. CEO Tian Ye (田野) previously served as Apple’s AI Platform technical lead, where he built infrastructure described internally … Read more
At WAIC 2026 in Shanghai, Shenzhen-based service robot leader Keenon (擎朗智能) unveiled something more ambitious than a product demo: an “embodied community” spanning four real-world service scenarios, all running on humanoid robots with zero human teleoperation. What ‘Zero Teleoperation’ Actually Means The industry default for robot showcases is still remote piloting — a human operator … Read more
Futuring Robot’s F2 home robot, a full-stack domestic humanoid currently deployed in paid household trials across China. (Source: OFweek Robotics) Home robots remain the most stubborn corner of embodied AI, but one Chinese startup is betting the path runs through real living rooms rather than factory floors. Futuring Robot (未来不远), founded in Shanghai in 2022 … Read more
Humanoid robots are not yet mass-market consumer products, but China’s leading players are already fighting over physical retail entry points. Two Strategies, One Goal In late April, Unitree opened its first directly operated flagship store in Beijing’s Wangfujing Intime in88 mall. By late May, it followed up with an embodied-AI experience centre on Shanghai’s Nanjing … Read more