Training a robot after it leaves the factory has long meant surrounding it with real hardware. A team at Peking University, working with QiYuan Robotics, says it has found a way to break that dependence. A QiYuan humanoid robot in demonstration. (Source: Leiphone) The result, called HIL-UMI, adds a model brain on top of the … Read more
Inside a palm-sized module sits a chip rated at 560 TOPS, integrating large-model inference, multimodal perception and real-time motion control. That is the flagship Sunrise S600 from Digua Robotics, and it is the computing core the company wants every robot to grow from. “We do not build robots, but we want all robots to grow … Read more
UBTECH says its self-developed unified multimodal world model, Thinker-WM, has taken first place across three embodied world-model benchmarks, a result the company frames as a step toward robots that can predict and plan, not just react. UBTECH’s Thinker-WM unified multimodal world model. (Source: Gasgoo) On the WorldOlympiad benchmark the model scored 0.740 overall and led … Read more
Humanoid robots have started building the very parts that make them move. On 20 October, Schaeffler opened its Embodied Intelligence Robotics smart factory in Taicang, and six humanoids went to work on the joint-module assembly line. Six humanoid robots on Schaeffler’s joint-module assembly line in Taicang. (Source: Gasgoo) The roughly 7,500 square metre plant slots … Read more
Most Western buyers could not name the company, yet they have probably watched its work. Damoda, a Shenzhen-based drone-show specialist, has flown at seven CCTV Spring Festival Galas and turned up repeatedly on the national evening news. What the footage hides is a business that has quietly become one of the most watched bets in … Read more
Aion opens Ray7 pre-sales from 128,800 yuan On 17 October, GAC’s Aion brand opened pre-sales for the Ray7, a 4.9-metre fastback sedan with a wheelbase of 2.9 metres, starting at 128,800 yuan. The front end carries a 3.25-metre dual-ring light strip that Aion calls the signature of its ten-year design refresh. The Ray7’s 3.25-metre dual-ring … Read more
China has turned a recommended standard for electric-motorcycle batteries into a mandatory one, a move that raises the safety floor for a fast-growing two-wheeler segment. A mandatory standard from July 2027 The State Administration for Market Regulation, together with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, has approved a compulsory national standard covering safety requirements … Read more
China’s embodied-intelligence funding cooled at the top in September, but the money did not leave. It changed where it lands. The big tickets hit the brakes Gasgoo counted 51 disclosed funding rounds above 1 billion yuan in the first nine months across embodied robots and core parts, with peaks of ten each in April and … Read more
An industrial mobile-robot veteran in southern China has raised a strategic round after a twelve-year gap, and the investor line-up shows how tightly the country’s robot supply chain is knitting together. A twelve-year gap, a strategic round Guangdong Jiateng Robot Automation has closed a tens-of-millions-yuan strategic financing led by HET, a listed smart-control leader, with … Read more
Geely has launched its first new-energy hardcore SUV under the Galaxy brand, and the spec sheet reads like a direct answer to the wave of rugged electric 4x4s reaching Europe. A ladder frame under a family SUV The Warship 700 arrived in Hangzhou on 10 October with three powertrains across six trims, at a limited-time … Read more