LeiPhone WhaleX has learned that Jianxiong Li, the first doctoral graduate of Tsinghua’s Institute for AI Industry (AIR), has founded embodied intelligence company BASAL Intelligence, with a round led by FiveYuan Capital and participation from IVC, Linear Capital and WestSummit Capital. AIR associate professor Xianyuan Zhan serves as chief scientist, with a core team of … Read more
Could a robot build the parts needed to assemble a robot? That is the hardest real world test for embodied intelligence. A robot’s joints, chucks and precision structs are cut by CNC lathes and mills. If a robot can tend those machines, grabbing, loading, inserting and removing workpieces, robot production feeds itself: more robots, lower … Read more
In September, Faraday Future (FFAI) and FFR sold and shipped 265 EAI robot units, a single month record. In the third quarter the robot business moved 575 units, and since late February the cumulative total has reached 817. On 14 October US time, FFAI and FFR plan to launch an education ecosystem brain, Skills products … Read more
How do you make a 2.8 trillion parameter model run fast? Recently, teams on both sides of the Pacific fixed their eyes on Kimi K3, the world’s largest open source model by parameter count. With 2.8 trillion total parameters and 104 billion activated, K3 raised the ceiling for open models, but ordinary AI servers struggle … Read more
Ashish Kumar, the engineer who led artificial intelligence for Tesla’s Optimus humanoid, is building a new robotics team, and this time he has chosen a non-humanoid path. Ex-Tesla Optimus AI Lead Ashish Kumar Builds Non-Humanoid Ro (Generated editorial image, Robot Belt) According to Sina Finance on 7 October, Kumar’s co-founded startup Intelligent Machines is based … Read more
UBTECH will build its first robot manufacturing base outside China in Almaty, Kazakhstan. During the Kazakhstan-China Investment Forum, Kazakh president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met UBTECH vice president Yong Zhong in Almaty and voiced support for the plant, which will become UBTECH’s first production base outside Chinese territory. UBTECH to Build Its First Robot Base Outside China, … Read more
Xiaomi’s next-generation humanoid robot has had its specifications leaked. According to a 19 August report by the National Business Daily, carried via the outlet Farsight, the robot stands about 1.70 metres tall, weighs 66 kg, and carries 66 degrees of freedom, with half of them concentrated in its hands. Xiaomi’s next humanoid surfaces: 1.7 metres … Read more
In the first three months of 2026, disclosed funding in China’s embodied AI sector reached about 15 billion yuan, and the count of domestic embodied firms valued above 10 billion rose to seven, from zero a year earlier. Yet the same industry shows two faces: some are charging ahead, others are selling the training servers. … Read more
Zhongjian Tech was fined 3.9 million yuan in mid August for fabricating a signing with Huawei’s embodied AI centre and false disclosure, yet the garden equipment veteran has not slowed its robot push. It and its subsidiary Shanghai Huazhijian signed an intelligent robot industrialisation deal with the Yongkang government worth about 1.2 billion yuan, to … Read more
On 28 September Richard Yu unveiled three cars at once: the on sale Zhijie RX and refreshed Zhijie R7, and the presale Xiangjie V8. The Zhijie RX he called the best driving car in Harmony Intelligent Mobility, and it set a 1:43.210 lap at the Zhejiang circuit, the fastest mass produced Chinese brand SUV, and … Read more