Shenzhen’s Bangqi Builds the ‘Nervous System’ for AI-Run Factories

Bangqi’s embodied-intelligence robot deployed in a smart factory. (Source: OFweek Robotics) As manufacturing competition shifts from single-device contests to full-chain coordination, Shenzhen’s Bangqi (磅旗科技) has set its core strategy as “building whole-factory intelligent system capability.” On its self-developed industrial vertical AI model, Bangqi uses an LDS production-coordination system and an ADS multi-brand scheduling system as … Read more

Shenzhen’s Bojiang Robotics Wins RMB 200M+ Hong Kong Construction-Robot Order

Bojiang Robotics’ construction robot on a building site. (Source: OFweek Robotics) Shenzhen Bojiang Robotics (博匠机器人) has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with a leading Hong Kong smart-construction company, marking its move from “pilot use” to “scaled deployment” in the Hong Kong and Macau market. Under the deal, the Hong Kong firm will buy construction robots, … Read more

Autel Sends Embodied AI to Work on China’s Railways

Autel’s ground robot and drone demonstration at its Shenzhen open day, July 24, 2026. (Source: Shenzhen News (sznews.com)) From demo hall to live railway At an open day in Shenzhen’s Nanshan district on July 24, Autel (道通科技) ran two scenes at once: a drone nest opened, a vehicle ran self-checks and took off to patrol … Read more

Shenzhen’s Dobot Sees H1 Revenue Top 300M Yuan as Profitable Core Funds Embodied-AI Push

Dobot expects first-half 2026 revenue of roughly 300 to 330 million yuan, up 94.65 to 114.12 percent year on year, with gross profit of 140 to 170 million yuan, up 84.73 to 124.31 percent, the company said in a recent profit alert. On top of its scaling collaborative-robot business, Dobot’s embodied-AI business is moving from … Read more

Shenzhen’s AI Squared Unveils World-First Brain-Inspired VLA Model to Scale Robot Deployment at WAIC

At WAIC 2026 in Shanghai on July 17, Shenzhen company AI Squared showcased its upgraded in-house brain-inspired large model NeuroVLA, the open-source AlphaBrain Platform, and AlphaBot 2 running the latest robot brain — demonstrating real productivity in industrial manufacturing and new retail. Often called China’s most “Tesla-like” robotics firm, AI Squared drew a constant crowd … Read more

Shenzhen’s LimX Dynamics Closes $200M Pre-IPO Round, $400M Raised in Six Months at ~$2B Valuation

General-purpose humanoid robot company LimX Dynamics, headquartered in Shenzhen, has closed a near-200 million dollar Pre-IPO financing round at a post-money valuation of 15 billion yuan (about 2 billion dollars), joining the ranks of China’s super unicorns, the company said recently. It has raised 400 million dollars in total over the past six months, laying … Read more

Shenzhen’s Ubtech Books 13,361 Orders for Consumer Humanoid ‘U1’ as It Pivots to the Home

On June 30, Ubtech held its 2026 global launch in Shenzhen, unveiling its “human-robot symbiosis” strategy for the next decade and the full-size ultra-bionic humanoid series “YouWorld U1” — a half-body U1 Lite, a high-spec full-body U1 Pro, and a high-dynamics full-body U1 Ultra. Pricing: U1 Lite at 119,800 yuan; U1 Pro at 169,800 yuan; … Read more

Shenzhen’s Dobot Begins Global Mass Delivery of Humanoid Robots to Industrial Sites

Shenzhen-based Dobot has begun deploying large batches of its humanoid robots across industrial sites worldwide, the company told Shenzhen News on July 24. The machines are running live validation and production tasks — loading and unloading, high-precision sorting, fine assembly, and finished-goods recycling — inside real manufacturing environments. The move sends a clear signal: humanoid … Read more