Agibot Promotes Lingxi X2, priced $13,800-$55,000

Brain drain at 01 AI (零一万物)

Cargo train robotic inspection in China

Engine AI’s  Robot Boxing Plan

LimX Dynamics

AgileX Robotics

And some AI care companion robot toys

Another robot story from Tsinghua graduates

Tianjin’s first humanoid robot 

Investment: Oymotion，MagicLab  and VITA Dynamics

China Unicom’s Robot isn’t a robot

Unix AI’s Wanda 2.0 now sells for 88,000 yuan

Bonus story: Seahi-ocean robots

The companies I talked about in this episode includes: Galbot, Chery AiMOGA, Leju’s Kuavo, Xsense Robotics, Midea, X Square, Inspire, NOETIX, Spirit AI, UBTECH, Huawei Tencent, Dobot, FOURIER, Lenovo and UniTree 

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UBTECH humanoid robot secures automaker deal. Kepler tests K2 "Bumblebee" in SAIC GM plant, SAIC Motor invests in planetary roller screw-maker, and Xpeng showcases humanoid robot Iron.

in April 2025, the crisis-hit Dataa Robotics, with a market value of 20 billion RMB, and a Hong Kong company established a new JV to focus on humanoid robots,

This introduces the world's first humanoid robot half-marathon race held in Beijing's E-town, with many big names absent and a local team from X-humanoid wining the race with 2 hours 40 minutes and 24 seconds, after three battery swaps.