On the morning of 4 September, at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, Yuanshan Zhixing, under the AgiBot Research Institute, launched Xiaoyuan, a smart agile guide dog. It is the world’s first wheel-legged guide robot. AgiBot’s Xiaoyuan is the world’s first wheel-legged guide robot. (Source: OFweek) It is not a robot that dances on … Read more
On 19 August, Unitree listed on the STAR Market. At the post-listing dinner, founder Wang Xingxing first proposed the self-evolution of physical-AI robots, using foundation models to close the loop of paper search, code generation, simulation training, real-machine testing and evaluation feedback, moving robot R&D from heavy human dependence toward continuous self-iteration. Wang Xingxing set … Read more
On 31 August, Unitree released an upgraded firefighting emergency solution, with the slogan robots are made for people, on a mission to serve the public, through fire and water, duty bound. Unitree’s B2 firefighting robot dog carries a water cannon rated for 6 to 7 bar. (Source: OFweek) This is not Unitree’s first move into … Read more
On 22 August, at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, the second World Humanoid Robot Games opened and state television turned its cameras to a real tennis court. A humanoid robot faced incoming balls travelling above 50 km/h, judged the landing point within milliseconds, moved its feet, twisted its torso and swung. The ball … Read more
Qingtian Lituo Robotics, a unit of Mingguang Lituo Intelligent Technology, has broken ground on a project in Qingtian, Zhejiang. Planned across 40 mu, the site will be a digital factory for 5,000 smart-logistics robots a year, building AGV transport robots, smart-warehouse systems and software, aimed at the intelligent upgrade of Yangtze River Delta manufacturers. Completion … Read more
On 1 September, XTRONROBOT, a specialist in embodied intelligence for hazardous industrial settings, announced a tens-of-millions yuan A1 round. Investors include Qianhai Ark, Xihu Sci-Tech Venture Capital and Guangyang Co. The proceeds will fund its XBOT-AEGIS embodied system, multi-form explosion-proof robots and domestic and overseas market expansion. XTRONROBOT explosion-proof inspection robot for hazardous industrial sites. … Read more
In August 2026 Dyna Robotics released Dyna-2, a robot foundation model pretrained on over 1 million hours of first-person human video, about 170 years of continuous waking experience. Across seven benchmarks the WAM architecture hit 1.55 times the success rate of the prior VLA model. High-precision manufacturing success rose from Dyna-1’s 20 per cent to … Read more
Liong Robotics (Shenzhen) has closed a tens-of-millions yuan strategic round from Lifud, with Yunyue Capital as adviser. The company also signed a research partnership with the AI school of the Southern University of Science and Technology to work on embodied intelligence, spatial perception, world models and high-quality embodied data. Liong Robotics wearable data-capture suit for … Read more
Qingtian Lituo Robotics recently broke ground on its project. The plan covers 40 mu, building a digital factory for 5,000 smart logistics robots a year, making AGV handling robots, smart warehouse systems and software, serving Yangtze delta manufacturers, due in 2027. Qingtian Lituo is a wholly owned unit of Lite Smart (Mingguang Lituo), founded in … Read more
Jiateng Robotics, a long-established Chinese mobile-robot maker, has closed a tens-of-millions yuan strategic round after a 12-year gap, led by Hetero (Shenzhen HET) with Dahe Fund and Jinmu Capital following. Orient International Precision, a core shareholder since 2014, still holds about 19.84 per cent. The investor line is deliberately industrial: Hetero leads in control systems … Read more