Robotics China orders 10,000 humanoids into real jobs by year-end
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.
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Robotics Unitree clears China's first embodied-AI IPO in record time
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 China's Telcos Put Humanoid Robots to Work at MWC Shanghai
At MWC Shanghai's June 24 opening, the GSMA reframed the network as the nervous system for machines, while China Mobile, Telecom, and Unicom showed robots in named jobs.
Robotics China Builds 90% of Humanoids — Now It Tops the Robot-Brain Charts
China shipped ~90% of 2025's humanoids, and in June its open-source models beat Nvidia on a real-robot benchmark — collapsing the idea that the West still owns the robot 'brains'.
Robotics EngineAI files for Hong Kong IPO as China's robot makers race public
EngineAI, founded in 2023, has filed confidentially for a Hong Kong listing — the latest sign that public markets now want to fund the machines built to replace human labor.
Robotics China to humanoid robots: enough demos, get to work
China's MIIT and SASAC launched a 2026 campaign ordering humanoid robots from demos into real jobs: 100+ scenarios, 10,000-unit deployment, provincial plans due end of June.
Robotics Wear a headset, train a robot: XRZero-G0 goes open-source
X Square Robot open-sourced XRZero-G0 on June 11: a VR headset plus handheld grippers that turn human demonstrations into robot training data, cutting real-robot data needs up to 20x.
Robotics Faraday Future Pivots From Unsold EVs to Robots
Faraday Future, the EV company that delivered a handful of $300K cars in a decade, has rebranded as a Physical AI firm, shipped 68 robots, and scheduled two June launch events.
Robotics Agibot Puts the Longcheer Numbers on the Board: 99.9% Task Success, 310 Tablets/Hour, ~19-Second Cycle, 36-Hour Line Integration, 24/7 Across Shifts — and a Q3 Target of 100 G2 Robots Plus Expansion into Automotive, Semiconductors, and Energy, Digitimes May 20
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.
Robotics Vbot, May 11: 500-Million-Yuan Pre-A ($73M), 500 Robotic Dogs Already Shipping, Production Ramping to 2,500/Month in June — the Chinese Humanoid Playbook Is to Fund the Humanoid With a Dog That Already Works
Vbot — a Shanghai embodied-AI startup founded in late 2024 by ex-Horizon Robotics and ex-Li Auto leadership — closed a ~500M yuan ($73M) Pre-A on May 11 with a shipping commercial product (the BoBo robotic dog) already running 500 units and scaling to 2,500/month in June. The humanoid roadmap is funded by the dog.
Robotics AGIBOT A2 Walked Alexander Wang's Met Gala Carpet on May 5 — and Got Stuck in The Mark Hotel Elevator. The Fashion Stunt Is the Story.
On May 5, 2026, AGIBOT walked its A2 humanoid with Alexander Wang from The Mark to the Met Gala carpet — the first embodied-AI humanoid at the event. It poured drinks, then got stuck in the elevator.
Robotics Robot Era Just Closed Another $200M and Quietly Pulled SF Express Onto an Embodied-AI Customs Lane. Beijing's Humanoid Race Is No Longer About Demos.
On April 27, Caixin reported that Beijing-based Robot Era closed a fresh round of more than $200M, taking total funding past $346M and pushing valuation well clear of the $1.5B post-money it set in March. The signal isn't the dollar figure — it's the customer roster. SF Express, China's largest courier, is already running embodied-AI customs inspection with Robot Era hardware on cross-border cargo lanes.