4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (408+ words) The first time many people saw a humanoid robot, it was probably doing something impressive: dancing, flipping, or performing a carefully rehearsed routine. The industry’s biggest challenge now lies in turning those impressive demonstrations into robots that can perform useful…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1593+ words) Editor’s note: This article is republished from Jumpstart, a TechNode Group publication. At night, some of the most consequential robots in China are the ones nobody notices. They move quietly through hotel corridors, wait for elevators, carry deliveries across campuses…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (696+ words) What does a humanoid robot boom actually look like? In China, it is taking shape not only in capital investment and production, but in the growing range of places where robots are being put to use. The correction, however, has…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (107+ words) Xpeng activates a production line for its humanoid robot technode.com Xpeng has activated an automated production line for humanoid robots, with what the company describes as the first high-level general-purpose humanoid robot completing assembly and walking off the line…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (512+ words) A robot cooked noodles in about a minute. Another prepared breakfast. Humanoids climbed stairs, crawled across obstacles and sparred inside a fighting cage. Elsewhere, robots sorted packages, fetched medicine and practiced jobs ranging from household chores to emergency rescue. The…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (116+ words) XPeng’s robotics unit raises over $900m at a $6.3bn valuation TechNode XPeng said in an announcement that its robotics business has entered share purchase agreements with multiple investors to raise more than $900 million at a post-money valuation above $6.3 billion. The round is…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago   (101+ words) ENGINEAI says general-purpose humanoid robot costs have fallen below RMB100,000 TechNode ENGINEAI, the Shenzhen-based humanoid robot maker, says the cost of a general-purpose humanoid robot capable of performing practical tasks has fallen below RMB100,000 per unit. CEO Zhao Tongyang said comparable robots…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (141+ words) China has more than 70 operational embodied-AI training grounds, report says TechNode More than 70 embodied-AI training grounds had been built and put into operation across China by the end of June, according to a 2026 report from the China Academy of Information…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (133+ words) Unitree launches a seven-axis dexterous arm starting at RMB9,900 TechNode Unitree has launched a bionic seven-axis dexterous arm starting at RMB9,900. The company’s R1 arm has a claimed repeat-positioning accuracy of about 0.1 millimeter, maximum joint speeds of more than 180 degrees per second, a…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (110+ words) Unitree debuts in Shanghai at a market value of about RMB445 billion TechNode Unitree began trading on Shanghai’s STAR Market on Aug. 19. The company’s shares opened at RMB1,100, up 629.44% from the IPO price of RMB150.80, giving Unitree a market value of about RMB444.9 billion,…...