Leju’s Shenzhen-Backed Venture Opens a 10,000-Unit Humanoid Robot Factory

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

The World’s First Robot 6S Store Turns One — Now There Are 20

A year ago, the world’s first robot “6S store” opened in Shenzhen’s Longgang district with only a handful of machines on the floor. On July 28, it celebrated its first anniversary by announcing nine commercialised application scenarios, a multi-channel digital sales system — and a national footprint of more than 20 stores. The 6S concept … Read more

Dobot’s ‘Living’ Dinosaurs: Embodied AI Lands in Shenzhen’s New Museum

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

Shenzhen’s Keenon Builds ‘Embodied Community’ at WAIC — Zero Teleoperation

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