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Deep dives into factories, robots and equipment from China — from a team that visits the plants and runs the deliveries.
политика · пятилетка · воплощённый интеллект · прогноз
Embodied intelligence as an economic growth point: what China's 15th Five-Year Plan means for robotics
China's new Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) explicitly names embodied intelligence a new economic growth point, with industry forecasts expecting average humanoid robot prices to fall from 500,000-1,000,000 yuan today to 100,000-150,000 yuan by 2030.
2026-09-16
Xiaomi · CyberOne · гуманоиды · бионика
Xiaomi CyberOne: a humanoid with a 'sweating' hand completes 4 months on an auto factory floor
The new generation of Xiaomi's CyberOne humanoid — 1.70 m tall, 66 kg, 66 degrees of freedom (33 in the hands alone) and hand cooling modeled on human sweating — was unveiled at WRC 2026 after four months of practical training on an auto factory floor.
2026-09-14
экспортные ограничения · гуманоиды · регулирование · США
The US closes its market to Chinese humanoids: what it means for an industry that holds 85% of the world
In late July 2026, the US Federal Communications Commission banned imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots and robot dogs, citing national security risks — a blow to an industry that holds roughly 85% of the global humanoid robot market.
2026-09-13
Geek+ · Quicktron · складские роботы · экспорт
Geek+ and Quicktron: how Chinese warehouse robots conquered the global AMR market
Geek+ / 极智嘉 listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in summer 2025, raising HK$2.71 billion, and has held the title of world's largest AMR provider by revenue for six straight years, while Quicktron has deployed over 42,000 robots for more than 1,000 clients across 30+ countries.
2026-09-12
робособаки · экспорт · квадропеды · Dobot
From gadget to work tool: how Chinese robot dogs are going global
Dobot's Rover X1 robot dog, priced at 7,499 yuan, lowers the entry barrier for home use, while an inspection model is already going on duty in Chile — Chinese quadruped robots are getting cheaper and going global at the same time.
2026-09-11
Galbot · гуманоиды · воплощённый ИИ · стартапы
Galbot: how one embodied-AI startup overtook flashier rivals
Galbot is one of the new wave of Chinese humanoid robotics startups whose rapid 2026 rise trade media describe as a case study in how AI-brain-focused companies are overtaking rivals that bet purely on hardware.
2026-09-10
сельхозроботы · автоматизация · умное сельское хозяйство
A robot picks strawberries in 20 seconds: how automation is reaching Chinese farms
A strawberry-picking robot from Nanjing Agricultural University handles a berry in 20 seconds with an 84% grasping success rate, while a fleet of 60+ Shanghai Sweet AI robots is controlled remotely via WeChat.
2026-09-09
инвестиции · воплощённый ИИ · стартапы · финансирование
20 billion yuan in a quarter: inside China's embodied-AI financing boom
In Q1 2026, Chinese embodied-AI companies raised roughly 20 billion yuan — up nearly 60% year over year, with several startups crossing the 10-billion-yuan unicorn valuation threshold for the first time.
2026-09-08
коботы · промышленная автоматизация · рынок роботов
China's cobot market: 60,000 robots in 2026 and near-total displacement of foreign brands
China's collaborative robot market will exceed 60,000 units sold in 2026, with sales growth of 45.6% year over year — and domestic brands already hold over 90% of that market.
2026-09-07
LINGLOONG · гуманоиды · пожарная безопасность · спасательные роботы
LINGLOONG v2.0: the world's first firefighting humanoid moves from demo hall to real duty
On August 18, 2026, the National and Local Co-built Humanoid Robotics Innovation Center officially launched LINGLOONG v2.0 — described by its developers as the world's first firefighting humanoid robot, showcased at WRC 2026 in Beijing.
2026-09-06
переработка птицы · роботизированная обвалка · весовая сортировка · пищевое оборудование
From slaughter to sorting: what a fully equipped Chinese poultry line looks like
A full poultry-processing line is assembled from several specialized suppliers: Qingdao Raniche slaughter lines, robotic deboning from Mayekawa China and Foodmate, and weight sorting from Nanjing Eruis, Guangdong Easyweigh, Dongguan Coso and Shigan Industrial.
2026-09-05
AVIC · авиация · гуманоиды · промышленность
Fengxing-001: a humanoid built by aircraft makers — for aircraft maintenance and munitions handling
Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) showed its Fengxing-001 humanoid at WRC 2026, built for intelligent manufacturing, aircraft maintenance, and munitions handling — an example of players from outside the robotics sector entering the field.
2026-09-04
BYD · гуманоиды · автопром · Китай
BYD enters humanoid robotics: the auto giant adds robots to its orbit
BYD / 比亚迪, the world's largest EV maker, unveiled its own humanoid robot in August 2026 at its 'Di Space' venue — another automaker entering robotics as part of a broader industry trend.
2026-09-04
Unitree · IPO · робособаки · гуманоиды
Unitree goes public: how a robot-dog maker became a $50B company in one day
Unitree listed on Shanghai's STAR Market on August 19, 2026 — shares surged over 500% on debut day, and the IPO was oversubscribed more than 8,000 times.
2026-09-03
WRC 2026 · выставки · гуманоиды · Пекин
World Robot Conference 2026: 300+ companies and 150 debuts in five days
Beijing hosted the 2026 World Robot Conference — over 300 companies, more than 3,000 exhibits and 150+ product debuts, alongside the World Humanoid Robot Games with 2,056 machines from 16 countries.
2026-09-01
центральные кухни · Leying · линии риса · пищевое оборудование
Leying: the manufacturer that helps write the industry standards for rice-cooking lines
Leying from Nanjing, operating since 1991 and reinvesting around 10% of revenue in R&D, helps write national standards for rice-cooking lines — with clients including 7-Eleven, LAWSON, FamilyMart and Foxconn.
2026-08-31
умный общепит · Xixiang · безлюдные точки питания · робот-бариста
Xixiang: the unmanned canteen as a ready scenario, not a pile of vending machines
Xixiang / 熙香科技 doesn't ship standalone machines — it ships complete service scenarios: smart canteens, robotic noodle shops and barista robots tied together by its own analytics platform.
2026-08-30
центральные кухни · Xiangying · робот-повар · пищевое оборудование
Xiangying: a chef robot inside a line of 2,000 equipment sizes
Xiangying from Ningbo blends Japanese and European kitchen-equipment schools with Chinese cuisine: 15 product series, roughly 2,000 size variants, and its own R3 chef robot.
2026-08-29
центральные кухни · YANC · пищевое оборудование · авиационный кейтеринг
YANC: central-kitchen equipment from a factory with roots going back to 1983
YANC from Langfang traces its history to 1983 as a state-owned food-machinery plant: over 2,000 completed central-kitchen projects, including in-flight catering for China Southern Airlines.
2026-08-28
складская робототехника · SENAD · машинное зрение · логистика
Senad: machine vision instead of retrofitting the warehouse
SENAD from Shanghai builds logistics robots around machine vision — from unloading containers to depalletizing unsorted mixed loads — with clients including DHL, EMS, Lazada and JD.
2026-08-27
промышленные роботы · Borunte · литьё под давлением · штамповка
Borunte: a publicly traded robot maker that pulls parts straight out of the molding machine
Borunte Robot / 伯朗特 from Dongguan, operating since 2008 and publicly traded on the New Third Board since 2014, spans six-axis robots from 1 to 500 kg payload and specialized injection-molding robots.
2026-08-26
промышленные роботы · Efort · сварочные ячейки · окрасочные роботы
Efort: an automotive-born public company selling turnkey cells, not just robots
Efort / 埃夫特智能装备 from Wuhu is a publicly listed company with European integrator assets, strong in turnkey painting and welding cells rather than manipulators alone.
2026-08-25
промышленные роботы · STEP · сервоприводы · сварочные роботы
STEP: industrial robots from an elevator-automation heritage
STEP / 新时达 from Shanghai builds its own controllers and servo systems for industrial robots: the SR175/2700 carries 175 kg at a 2.7 m reach with ±0.06 mm repeatability.
2026-08-24
гуманоидные роботы · Zerith · гостиничная робототехника · клининг
Zerith: the humanoid cleaning hotel rooms on a production line
Zerith / 零次方机器人 runs two product lines: the bipedal Z series for complex tasks and the wheeled H series for hospitality cleaning — the H1 model is already in series production at over 100 units a month.
2026-08-23
гуманоидные роботы · Leju Robotics · образовательная робототехника · двуногая ходьба
Leju Robotics: the same humanoid heritage for a factory floor and a school robotics club
Leju Robotics / 乐聚机器人, developing its own torque servo actuators and bipedal gait algorithms since 2016, fields the industrial Kuavo (up to 360 N·m) and the educational Aelos and Roban humanoids on shared engineering foundations.
2026-08-22
гуманоидные роботы · EngineAI · динамика движений · открытая платформа
EngineAI: humanoids that walk faster than a person
EngineAI / 众擎机器人 from Shenzhen builds an open humanoid line focused on movement dynamics: the T800 flagship reaches 7 m/s and holds up to 450 N·m of actuator torque.
2026-08-21
гуманоидные роботы · Noetix Robotics · образовательная робототехника · доступные роботы
Noetix Robotics: a humanoid starting at 9,998 yuan, and a marathon runner on the same platform
Noetix Robotics / 松延动力, a Beijing company founded in 2023, fields the N2 flagship — with 2,500+ orders and a finish at a robot half-marathon — alongside the compact Bumi (94 cm, 12 kg), one of the market's most affordable humanoids.
2026-08-20
гуманоидные роботы · QIO Robotics · автономная розница · вендинг
QIO Robotics O1: the humanoid that runs its own storefront
QIO Robotics / 启物科技, a 2024 Beijing startup staffed from Tsinghua, Huawei and Baidu, demonstrated its O1 humanoid working as an autonomous retail point: 43 degrees of freedom, a 3D lidar, and walking while carrying 40 kg.
2026-08-19
гуманоидные роботы · искусственный интеллект · Robbyant · Ant Group
Robbyant: the company selling not the robot, but its brain
Robbyant / 蚂蚁灵波科技, an Ant Group robotics unit, builds a universal robot-control model and licenses it to third-party manufacturers rather than only equipping its own R2 humanoid.
2026-08-17
EVST · сварочные роботы · дельта-роботы · паллетайзеры · каталог
EVST: One Factory Building Welding Robots, Delta Arms and Palletizers
12 models across four different kinematic families from one production site — from explosion-proof welding to SCARA assembly. We break down EVST's catalog and explain why one factory builds so many kinds of robots.
2026-08-16
гуманоиды · AgiBot · Robotera · каталог
Humanoids Already at Work: AgiBot Yuanzheng A2 vs Robotera L7
960+ deployed AgiBot Yuanzheng A2 units versus Robotera L7's 4 m/s top speed and ERA-42 model — two real approaches to humanoids from the Aura Robotics catalog, and when to pick which.
2026-08-15
строительная робототехника · Bright Dream Robotics · Fangshi Robotics · автоматизация стройки · каталог
Robots vs. Wet Concrete: Two Approaches to Construction-Site Automation in Aura's Catalog
博智林 / Bright Dream Robotics and 方石科技 / Fangshi Robotics tackle the same problem — getting robots onto the construction site — in completely different ways: one builds an orchestration system for an entire robot fleet, the other perfected a narrow trio of operations. A look at both approaches, with real numbers.
2026-08-14
Estun · промышленные роботы · сварочные роботы · каталог
Estun: China's largest industrial robot maker with full vertical integration
Estun, from the Aura catalog, builds its own servo drives and CNC systems instead of sourcing them from Japanese or European suppliers — a rarity even among large players. We break down what that scale of vertical integration buys you.
2026-08-14
Huayan · HansRobot · манипуляторы · каталог
Huayan Robotics went public in Hong Kong — what a public audit means for a robot buyer
Huayan, from the Aura catalog, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under ticker 1021.HK in March 2026 — a public audit and financial disclosure most private robot makers never go through. We break down the Echo and HY models and what it means in practice.
2026-08-14
科技游 · гуманоиды · X-Humanoid · Kepler · PNDbotics · тех-туризм
科技游: Three Humanoids in Aura's Catalog Worth Flying to China For
Chinese business media are tracking a new trend — 科技游, tech tourism: foreigners increasingly travel to China not to shop, but to see production with their own eyes. Here are three factories from Aura's catalog genuinely worth seeing in person: 北京人形机器人创新中心 / X-Humanoid, 开普勒机器人 / Kepler and 松延动力 / PNDbotics.
2026-08-13
гуманоиды · Galbot · LimX Dynamics · розничная робототехника · каталог
Galbot G1 and LimX TRON1: Humanoids That Chose a Niche Over Universality
Not every humanoid is built for the factory floor. 银河通用 / Galbot builds a wheeled robot specifically for retail and pharmacies, while 逐际动力 / LimX Dynamics makes a modular platform with swappable foot ends — point-foot, walking sole, or wheels. A look at the real specs behind both.
2026-08-12
робототехника · AGV · компоненты · гуманоиды
Brains and Hands for Other People's Robots: Seer Robotics and LinkerBot
Not every robotics company builds whole robots. Seer Robotics sells navigation controllers and fleet dispatching, LinkerBot sells anthropomorphic hands for other companies' humanoids. A look at both catalogs.
2026-08-11
гуманоиды · робототехника · Шанхай · производство
MATRIX-3 vs Xingzhe-2: Two Different Answers to What a Humanoid Should Be
Matrix Robotics bets on tactile skin and payload, DroidUp bets on a light body and energy efficiency. A look at both approaches through real catalog models.
2026-08-10
инспекционные роботы · промышленная робототехника · каталог · KunRobot · Deep Robotics
Inspection Robots: How KunRobot and Deep Robotics Keep People Out of Dangerous Zones
Magnetic climbing robots instead of rope-access crews, and quadruped robots instead of a human patrol on a hazardous site — we break down two different approaches to the same job: inspecting places where a person either can't easily reach or shouldn't be.
2026-08-07
гуманоиды · промышленная робототехника · каталог · AgiBot · UBTech
Humanoids in the Aura Catalog: Who's Actually Working the Factory Floor, and Who's Still in Demo Mode
960+ deployed units versus a flashy half-marathon video — we compare five humanoids from the Aura catalog on what's actually measurable: degrees of freedom, payload, speed, and how many factories already run them.
2026-08-06
гуманоидные роботы · AgiBot · UBTech · DeepRobotics · промышленная автоматизация
Humanoids on the assembly line: what AgiBot's 960 deployed robots actually mean
AgiBot's Yuanzheng A2, UBTech's Walker S, and DeepRobotics' X20 quadruped solve three different factory-floor problems. We break down what actually separates a humanoid laborer from an industrial inspector — and why picking the right form matters more than looking impressive.
2026-08-05
гуманоидные роботы · UBTech · Walker S · автопром
UBTech Walker S: the humanoid already working the line, not just the demo reel
While everyone discusses Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 demo, UBTech's Walker S has already been working car assembly lines for years — quality control and sorting. We break down the specs and the gap between a demo and a factory floor.
2026-08-04
медицинские роботы · Fourier · BrainCo · экзоскелеты · протезы
Exoskeletons and bionic prosthetics: Fourier and BrainCo, spec by spec
The BrainRobotics hand made Time's best inventions list, the ExoMotus exoskeleton helps patients walk again — a spec-first look at the medical lineup in our catalog.
2026-08-03
сервисные роботы · Pudu Robotics · Orion Star · клининг
Waiter and barista robots: Pudu Robotics and Orion Star, spec by spec
BellaBot carries dishes across the floor, Orion Star's barista brews coffee in 3 minutes — a spec-first look at the service robots in our catalog for restaurants, hotels, and warehouses.
2026-08-03
складские роботы · Geek+ · коботы · JAKA · Dobot
Geek+ warehouse robots and JAKA/Dobot cobots: what covers a warehouse and an assembly line
Geek+ rack-carrying robots with up to 1200 kg payload and JAKA/Dobot cobots from 1 to 18 kg — a spec-first look at the warehouse and assembly models in our catalog.
2026-08-02
гуманоидные роботы · робособаки · регулирование · UBTech · DeepRobotics
The US banned imports of Chinese humanoid robots and quadrupeds: what it means for buyers outside the US
On July 29, 2026 the FCC banned imports of new Chinese humanoid and quadruped robot models into the US, citing national security risks. It doesn't directly affect the Russian and CIS market — but it does change a few things.
2026-08-01
робособаки · DeepRobotics · сварочные роботы · EVS · промышленная автоматизация
Inspection quadrupeds and EVS welding robots: a guide to the industrial lineup
DeepRobotics X20 and X30 versus Lite3, plus the EVS welding robot lineup — tracked, gantry, nine-axis stations. A spec-sheet breakdown of protection ratings, runtime, and payload.
2026-07-31
гуманоидные роботы · MatrixRobotics · RobotEra · DroidUp · UBTech · DeepRobotics
Humanoid robots in 2026: comparing the models you can actually order
MATRIX-3, RobotEra L7, DroidUp Xingzhe-2, UBTech Walker S — a spec-by-spec look at the serial humanoid robots in our catalog: height, degrees of freedom, speed, payload, and what each model is actually good for.
2026-07-30