Let's look back at the World Humanoid Robot Games — and asks: how humanoid, how international were they really? Plus updates on new applications and financing in China’s embodied AI.

Shanghai unveiled a plan toboost the embodied intelligence industry, while the World Robot Conference inBeijing showcased more than 1,500 exhibits from over 200 companies. Robots viedto prove they can work, dance, and entertain.

In the past week, here are the highlights in China’s embodied AI sector, LimX Dynamics (逐际动力) recently opened pre-orders for its full-size humanoid robot LimX Oli, starting at around US$22,000. Unitree’s Vice General Manager, Wang Qizhou王启舟, pointed out the widespread adoption of humanoid robots still faces significant challenges. Founder and CEO, Wang Xingxing, and Agibot co-founder and CTO Peng Zhihui, were among 100 private-sector entrepreneurs recognised as “Outstanding Builders of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics”. Wang Chuang, President of AgiBot's General Business Line (Yuanzheng A2), said in an interview with NewNewthing under Yicai Magazine that around 80% of humanoid robot companies are likely to fail during this go-to-market phase. JD.com, the e-commerce giant in China, made four investment into embodied AI in July alone. Beijing-based Galaxea Ai, 星海图, joined pilotscale embodied intelligence hub in Hangzhou Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone. Tencent’s Robotics X Lab, along with Futian laboratory, released Tairos钛螺丝 platform to accelerate the development of embodied intelligence.

Tairos is designed to enhance the critical software capabilities needed by both robot hardware manufacturers and application developers. Built around two pillars —large AI models and cloud services. The AI models include complex task planning, Multimodalperception, and perception-actionintegration. The cloud services supportthe entire development lifecycle, allowing developers to conduct simulation,training, and data management online. Zhang highlighted five principles ofTairos: openness, empowerment, application, connection and responsibility.

This episode shows thehighlights in the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference(WAIC). Itincludes X-Humanoid北京人创, Agibot智元，UniTree 宇树，Fourier傅立叶，KEENON擎朗 and more

1. Agibot receives strategicinvestment from CP Group;

2.Unitree plans IPO filing this year;

3. UBTECHshowcases autonomous battery replacement;

4, Hubei unveils humanoid robot;

5. JD.com ramps up investment in humanoid start-ups ;

6. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang visits Beijing

Highlights:DOBOT Six-legged robotic dogAgibot livestream and buys listed company, denying it an approach to go public.Robot art show in ShanghaiA new robot dog named Gangbeng—literally meaning “small change” in Chinese—symbolises durability, strength, and flexibility in this context. Agibot and UniTree won 124 million yuan contractUniTree CEO confident of private economy in press conference by the State Council information office

The World Humanoid Robot Games (WHRG) will open in August in Beijing. It will be the world's first multi-sport competition specially for humanoid robots. There are 19 primary events across three categories plus three side events. Agibot 智元 has released a new video about its Lingxi X2-n. The robot can seamlessly switch between wheeled to bipedal modes. It can walk and slide, adapt to various terrains, all while demonstrating impressive balance and performance. MagicLab魔法原子 has unveiled its new bipedal humanoid robot, MagicBot Z1. It features a high-performance, reliable body, an open AI ecosystem, and broad application potential. DeepRobotics, 云深处completed a new round of 500 million yuan, with investors including Beijing Robotics Industry Development Investment,RobotEra also raised 500 million yuan from investors led by CDH Investments and Haier Capital.Robot dog Panther reached a speed of 10.3 metres per second, surpassing the previous record of at 8.89 metres per second previously set by Boston Dynamics’ WildCat.

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