ROBOTERA
Beijing humanoid robot maker that builds bipedal and wheeled humanoids and direct-drive dexterous hands, with robots already working in logistics centres.
- Robot Era raises CNY1 billion from Samsung, Singtel and others, pushing its valuation past CNY10 billion
Tsinghua spin-out Robot Era closed a CNY1 billion strategic round two months after its previous financing, with Samsung, Singtel and a Woori Financial Group investment arm among new backers. The Beijing humanoid maker reports more than CNY500 million in cumulative orders, half from overseas, and sold close to 1,000 dexterous hands in 2025.
Subject - China's top planner warns of a humanoid robot bubble as more than 150 makers crowd the market
The National Development and Reform Commission said on November 27, 2025 that China now has more than 150 humanoid robot companies, over half of them start-ups or entrants from other industries, and that it must guard against near-identical products flooding the market. The agency said it will build industry standards plus entry and exit rules for embodied AI, even as listed and private robot makers raised billions in the same weeks.
Mentioned - Beijing stages the first World Humanoid Robot Games with 280 teams and more than 500 robots, capping a state-run August of robot showcases
The first World Humanoid Robot Games closed in Beijing on 17 August 2025 after 487 matches in 26 events, contested by more than 500 robots from 280 teams in 16 countries, according to the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission. The games followed the 2025 World Robot Conference and a subsidised robot shopping festival in Beijing's E-Town district that the district says sold more than 190,000 robots and related products.
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