New robots, new capabilities. Tracking what's coming for the workforce.
Robotics Unitree filed its listing notice on August 18 and rings the bell on August 19 at a post-offer valuation of 61B yuan. The number worth reading is not the multiple. It is the 18,000 robots already built, and where they currently go to work.
Robotics Smart Analytics Global put out first-half humanoid shipment data on August 10: 19,100 units globally, up 272%, with AgiBot passing Unitree at 8,400 units. The share number traveled. The mix number is the one that changes work.
Robotics Unitree sets its STAR Market offer price today, nine days after the FCC barred new Chinese humanoids and robot dogs from the US market.
Robotics Unitree filed its STAR Market prospectus on July 30, disclosing H1 revenue growth of 36-45% and an adjusted net profit that fell year-on-year.
Robotics On July 22 Unitree launches the H1 Pro in Europe, the first leg of a three-market rollout no rival has attempted. The price is the story; the fine print is the warning.
Robotics Unitree is finalizing a $618M Shanghai IPO at a ~$6B valuation — the first time a market gets to price a profitable humanoid-robot maker.
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 Tesla once promised 10,000 Optimus robots a year; rivals are now shipping humanoids into real factories while bettors give Optimus a 2026 public launch a 14% chance.
Robotics 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 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 NVIDIA's Isaac GR00T reference humanoid — Unitree H2 Plus body, Sharpa hands, Jetson Thor brain, 75 degrees of freedom — ships to Stanford, ETH Zurich, Ai2 and UC San Diego labs in late 2026.
Robotics On June 1, Nvidia announced the Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot — Unitree H2 Plus chassis, Sharpa five-finger hands, Jetson Thor compute — the same morning Shanghai's STAR Market reviewed Unitree's 4.2B yuan IPO.