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00:30Oct 30, 2025

M&ACN

AgiBot takes 63.6% of STAR Market-listed Swancor after tender offer, giving the humanoid maker a listed platform for about RMB2 billion

AgiBot's acquisition vehicle Shanghai Zhiyuan Hengyue and a concert party now hold 63.6232% of Swancor Advanced Materials after holders tendered 135,663,336 shares at RMB7.78 in a partial offer that closed on 28 October 2025, Swancor disclosed on 30 October. With share transfers registered in September, the stake cost about RMB2.0 billion, and the filings say the buyer has no explicit plan to change Swancor's business within 12 months.

6 sourcesAgiBot Swancor Advanced Materials Unitree Robotics Robot Foundation Models

00:00Oct 20, 2025

ProductCN

Unitree unveils the H2, a 182 cm humanoid with 31 joints and a bionic face, now listed at US$29,900

Unitree Robotics unveiled the H2 humanoid on 20 October 2025, a 1,820 mm, roughly 70 kg machine with 31 degrees of freedom and leg joints rated at up to 360 Nm. Its product pages now list the base model at US$29,900 before tax and shipping, or RMB 199,000 including tax, the only published price among the full-size humanoids compared here.

6 sourcesUnitree Robotics Boston Dynamics Figure AI Electric Actuators Edge AI Compute

01:30Oct 16, 2025

MarketCN

Hotel robot maker Yunji debuts in Hong Kong after its retail tranche is covered 5,657 times

Beijing Yunji Technology raised HK$659.6 million in gross proceeds and began trading in Hong Kong on 16 October 2025 after retail investors subscribed for 5,657.20 times the shares on offer. A Suzhou state-owned vehicle took 39.83% of the deal, leaving a small free float behind the frenzy for a company that still loses money and earns most of its revenue from hotels.

6 sourcesBeijing Yunji Technology Geek+ (Beijing Geekplus Technology)Dobot Fleet Orchestration Software LiDAR

12:00Aug 17, 2025

IndustryCN

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.

8 sourcesUnitree Robotics Booster Robotics ROBOTERA Dexterous Manipulation RL

13:30Aug 6, 2025

ProductCN

Fourier unveils GR-3, a 55-joint 'Care-bot' humanoid that takes the rehabilitation specialist into companionship and eldercare

Shanghai-based Fourier on 6 August 2025 introduced GR-3, a 165 cm, 71 kg humanoid with up to 55 degrees of freedom, 31 tactile sensors and a padded exterior, which it calls its first full-size 'Care-bot'. The third model in its GRx line is aimed at public service settings, children and older adults, with rehabilitation and health monitoring named as later uses. Fourier did not disclose a price.

7 sourcesFourier UBTECH Robotics Unitree Robotics Tactile Sensing Depth Vision

00:00Jul 25, 2025

ProductCN

Unitree launches the R1 humanoid from RMB 39,900, cutting the entry price for a walking robot to 40% of its G1

Unitree Robotics on 25 July 2025 launched the R1 humanoid, about 25 kg with 26 joints, from RMB 39,900 in China and US$5,900 abroad. The price is 40.3% of what the company charged for its G1 at launch and sets a public benchmark for low-cost humanoids.

4 sourcesUnitree Robotics Pollen Robotics Hugging Face Electric Actuators Edge AI Compute

01:00Jul 9, 2025

MarketCN

Geek+ raises HK$2.71 billion as the first listed warehouse AMR maker, with Hong Kong retail demand covered 133 times

Beijing Geekplus Technology began trading in Hong Kong on July 9, 2025 under code 2590 after selling 161,405,800 H shares at HK$16.80, raising gross proceeds of HK$2,711.62 million. The retail tranche was subscribed 133.62 times and the international book 30.17 times, while four cornerstone investors led by Xiong'an Intelligent Robotics took about 26% of the deal.

3 sourcesGeek+ (Beijing Geekplus Technology)UBTECH Robotics Dobot Fleet Orchestration Software

02:00Jun 24, 2025

FundingCN

Galbot raises RMB 1.1 billion in a round led by CATL and Puquan Capital, lifting two-year funding above RMB 2.4 billion

Beijing embodied AI start-up Galbot completed a RMB 1.1 billion financing in June 2025 led by battery maker CATL and Puquan Capital, with China Development Bank's CDB Science and Technology Innovation, the Beijing Robotics Industry Fund and GGV Capital also investing, according to the Zhongguancun Science City administration. The deal took the company's funding over two years past RMB 2.4 billion and gave its synthetic data approach to robot learning a strategic industrial backer.

2 sourcesGalbot Apptronik Genesis AI VLA Robot Foundation Models

01:00Mar 5, 2025

PolicyCN

China writes embodied AI into its Government Work Report for the first time, naming it a future industry

Premier Li Qiang's 2025 Government Work Report, delivered to the National People's Congress on March 5, lists embodied AI alongside biomanufacturing, quantum technology and 6G as future industries Beijing will cultivate, and pledges a funding growth mechanism for them. The same report calls for intelligent robots as a new generation of smart terminals, a year after the 2024 report made no mention of embodied AI.

4 sourcesUBTECH Robotics Unitree Robotics AgiBot Robot Foundation Models