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Xpeng is making its most concrete industrial bet yet on humanoid robotics, breaking ground on what it claims will be the world's first full-chain mass production base dedicated to humanoid robots — a move that signals the Chinese electric vehicle maker is accelerating its pivot from automotive manufacturing

China's smartphone maker Honor Device is set to unveil its first humanoid robot next week, marking a significant strategic pivot for the handset brand and underscoring a broader capital surge into China's embodied intelligence sector that shows no signs of slowing. The debut, scheduled during Mobile

Unitree Robotics has unveiled the Unitree As2, a lightweight industry-grade quadruped robot that weighs just 18 kilograms yet can support a load exceeding 100 kilograms — a specification combination that signals the company's deliberate push to capture a market segment it has largely left unaddressed until now. The

AI² Robotics has completed a Series B funding round exceeding 1 billion yuan (US$138 million), pushing its valuation past 10 billion yuan (US$1.38 billion) and establishing itself as Shenzhen's first embodied intelligence unicorn of this magnitude. The company, founded just two years ago, has now

Spirit AI, a two-year-old embodied intelligence company, has completed two consecutive financing rounds totaling nearly 2 billion yuan (US$280 million), pushing its valuation past 10 billion yuan (US$1.4 billion), the company announced recently. The funding represents one of the largest capital injections in China'

China's robotics industry experienced an unprecedented capital influx in 2025, with funding events more than doubling and total investment reaching approximately 50 billion yuan ($6.9 billion), signaling the sector's transition from technological incubation to scaled industrialization. The investment frenzy intensified in the second half of

Chinese humanoid robotics companies are racing to capture public attention and investor confidence, with four firms making an unprecedented joint appearance at the 2026 Spring Festival Gala in a high-stakes gamble that could reshape the industry's competitive landscape. Galaxea AI, Unitree Robotics, Magic Atom, and Fourier Intelligence

Shanghai's humanoid robot sector is navigating a critical inflection point as three leading companies pursue distinct commercialization strategies, shifting industry focus from speculative hype to tangible value creation in limited scenarios. The divergence reflects a broader maturation across China's robotics industry, where survival now depends on

China's humanoid robot sector attracted more than 400 billion yuan ($56 billion) in funding during 2025, yet total industry shipments barely reached 10,000 to 20,000 units, exposing a widening gap between capital enthusiasm and commercial viability that threatens to reshape the nascent industry. The stark contrast