41 h. ago Chinese robotics leader Unitree Robotics preps for $7 billion IPO in China

Chinese robotics leader Unitree Robotics preps for $7 billion IPO in China  Seeking Alpha

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43 h. ago Exclusive: Chinese robotics firm Unitree eyeing $7 billion IPO valuation, sources say

Exclusive: Chinese robotics firm Unitree eyeing $7 billion IPO valuation, sources say  Reuters

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51 h. ago Alibaba leads $100 million investment in Chinese humanoid robot startup

Alibaba leads $100 million investment in Chinese humanoid robot startup  CNBC

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5 d. ago Venture firm Lanchi doubles down on Chinese AI, robotics start

Chinese venture capital firm Lanchi Ventures is doubling down on investing in China’s artificial intelligence and robotics start-ups while raising a new fund amid increased global investor appetite for the country’s early-stage tech firms, its executives said. Lanchi Ventures, formerly known as BlueRun Ventures China, would continue to be “all in” on AI and robotics, focusing on AI applications, multimodal AI models and firms targeting overseas markets, managing partner Jui Tan said in an...

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8 d. ago Hong Kong invests HK$30 million in water pipe robots to detect leaks

Hong Kong authorities have invested HK$30 million (US$3.8 million) in developing water pipe robots, modelled after endoscopes, to navigate the city’s complex urban infrastructure and detect leaks, addressing risks posed by an ageing network. The Water Supplies Department announced on Monday the opening of the Pipeline Robots Joint Laboratory, a collaboration with Polytechnic University and mainland Chinese robotics company Shenzhen Bwell Technology. Under the two-year collaboration, researchers...

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8 d. ago Chinese humanoid robot maker UBTech gets US$1 billion funding boost

UBTech Robotics, a leading Chinese manufacturer of factory robots, has secured a credit line of up to US$1 billion from a Hong Kong investment firm to finance its production expansion, including a joint venture in the Middle East. The Hong Kong-listed company said in an exchange filing on Sunday it would receive funding from Infini Capital, an investment conglomerate headquartered in Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi. The support would come through share allocations, convertible bonds and expedited...

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1 week ago A Chinese robot vacuum maker is not only trying to build luxury EVs, but compete with Bugatti

A Chinese robot vacuum maker is not only trying to build luxury EVs, but compete with Bugatti  Electrek

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2 w. ago Chinese humanoid robotics firms adopt Nvidia’s new ‘robot brain’

Chinese humanoid robot makers – including Unitree Robotics, AgiBot, Galbot, Engine AI and UBTech Robotics – have become early adopters of Nvidia’s latest product that enables their machines to have real-time, intelligent interactions with people. The Jetson AGX Thor developer kit and production modules, which Nvidia launched on Monday, are computers designed to power robots across industries including manufacturing, logistics, transport, healthcare, agriculture and retail. Built on an Nvidia...

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2 w. ago Drone leader DJI’s latest challenger is a Chinese robot vacuum maker

Dreame Technology, a Chinese brand known for its robot vacuum cleaners, is actively recruiting drone experts in what is seen as a move to compete with DJI, the dominant player in the market, amid growing competition from innovative hardware start-ups. The company is advertising at least 10 positions – including drone navigation modelling algorithm engineer, drone test pilot, drone operations sales director and business director for the pan-aviation industry – according to job postings on the...

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3 w. ago Chinese surgeons save patient who was nearly beheaded by robotic arm

Chinese doctors have saved a patient whose head was nearly severed by a robotic arm. Doctors said the patient’s cervical vertebrae had been severed and crucial neurovascular structures had been damaged, but the spinal cord remained intact despite sustaining serious contusions. “We have looked through much literature at home and abroad, but have never come across a case of such severe cervical vertebra separation, let alone one that survived after treatment,” Chen Huajiang, director of the...

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3 w. ago Chinese Scientists Working On Robot That Could Give Birth To Human Baby, Prototype To Launch In 2026

Chinese Scientists Working On Robot That Could Give Birth To Human Baby, Prototype To Launch In 2026  NDTV

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3 w. ago Unitree’s H1 robot wins 1,500 metre race as China hosts world’s first humanoid games

China is hosting the world’s first-ever humanoid games, featuring contests that pit machines against each other in events such as basketball and kickboxing, as the country puts on a display of its ambitions in the rapidly growing sector. Human-shaped bipedal robots from companies such as Unitree Robotics and X-Humanoid kicked off the event – officially known as the World Humanoid Robot Games – by competing in a 1,500-metre run in Beijing on Friday. Chinese robotics darling Unitree, based in...

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4 w. ago China’s AgiBot lands deal to deploy robots at car parts factories

Chinese robotics start-up AgiBot has secured an order from car parts manufacturer Fulin Precision to deploy nearly 100 robots across its factories, as commercial adoption of robotics gathers pace in the country. Shanghai-based AgiBot, founded in 2023 and known locally as Zhiyuan Robotics, said on Monday it reached an agreement to deploy its A2-W wheeled dual-armed manufacturing robots at Fulin Precision’s facilities. The A2-W – designed for tasks such as loading, unloading and transport –...

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4 w. ago China's tech firms are not comparable to US, look at Chinese biotech and robotics instead: CIO

China's tech firms are not comparable to US, look at Chinese biotech and robotics instead: CIO  MSN

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