Robotics Ant Group leads $74M into Zeroth's home robots
Ant Group led a $74M round in Zeroth, a Chinese startup building humanoids for homes — not factories — with 30,000 orders and 600% revenue growth.
New robots, new capabilities. Tracking what's coming for the workforce.
Robotics Ant Group led a $74M round in Zeroth, a Chinese startup building humanoids for homes — not factories — with 30,000 orders and 600% revenue growth.
Robotics China's MIIT and SASAC ordered state-owned firms to put 10,000 humanoids into routine operation across 100-plus real scenarios by the end of 2026.
Robotics Unitree's STAR Market IPO registration went effective on July 2, making the Chinese humanoid maker the first embodied-AI company cleared for China's A-share market.
Robotics Morgan Stanley raised its 2026 China humanoid shipment forecast to 50,000 units, its third upgrade in six months — but the number tracks production, not proven demand.
Robotics AGIBOT will stream its G2 humanoids doing quality inspection on a live consumer-electronics mass-production line for six days straight — the job, not a demo.
Robotics New IFR figures show US industrial-robot installations up 11% to 38,000 units, with the fastest growth in food plants — while America's total still trails China's volume by an order of magnitude.
Robotics BYD's executive VP confirmed the carmaker is developing humanoid robots and could sell future household units through its dealer network — but gave no timeline, specs, or targets.
Robotics Chinese firms shipped over 13,000 humanoids in 2025 and claim 85% of the global market, but experts told the AP most remain performative, not functional — demand lags the capacity to build them.
Robotics Matrix Robotics unveiled MATRIX-3 at Macao's BEYOND Expo on May 28 — 27-DOF hand, 4-hour runtime, Shanghai factory commissioned, 100K-unit production target by 2027.
Robotics Flexiv announced on May 27 it will preview a next-generation 7-DOF force-controlled arm with whole-body touch sensitivity, plus a modular humanoid platform built from two of those arms, at ICRA Vienna June 1–5. Commercial launch is targeted for Q3 2026.
Robotics Unitree Robotics posted Q1 2026 revenue of 422.8 million yuan, up 68% year-on-year, but adjusted net profit fell 52% to 40.3 million yuan as R&D and sales costs surged. The Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market committee reviews the company's 4.2 billion yuan (≈$619M) IPO on June 1, at a target valuation near $6.2 billion.
Robotics Agibot moved its G2 deployment at Longcheer's tablet line from 「livestream demo」 to operational metrics: 99.9% success, 310 units/hour, ~19s cycle, 36-hour line integration, 24/7 shifts. Q3 target: 100 robots, plus expansion into automotive, semiconductors, and energy.