China Humanoid Update(202606E3) Galbot, Galaxea, Kepler and SERES

China's Humanoid Update (202606E4): Gabot, Agibot and Deliveryworker-to-robot maintenance idea

Galbot is likely to win a US$32.9 million procurement project in Yibin, covering 500 robotic units, while its S1 humanoid continues 24/7 operation on a CATL production line.AgiBot has deployed multiple G2 robots at Longcheer Technology’s Nanchang factory for a six-day live production-line trial and has also rolled out its 15,000th general-purpose embodied robot.UBTECH unveiled its Cruzr Y1 wheeled industrial humanoid robot at OPPO’s technology expo, demonstrating automatic unloading and stacking for factory logistics.KunlunXing Robotics, founded by former Huawei and Li Auto executives, has raised several billion yuan within three months of its launch.AI² Robotics has closed its latest funding round, raising nearly RMB 5 billion and lifting its valuation above RMB 20 billion.Moon Dynamics unveiled the L1, a heavy-duty dual wheeled-legged humanoid robot designed for industrial tasks such as palletising and material loading.Do you think JD.com founder Richard Liu’s idea of training delivery workers to become robot maintenance workers will work?

China Humanoid Update(202606E3) Galbot, Galaxea, Kepler and SERES

Galbot launched AstraBrain-WBC 0.5, a GPT-style foundation model for real-time, whole-body robot control.Galaxea unveiled its Kengo humanoid robot and threw shade at competitors, claiming to be China's only embodied AI firm with both a top-tier model and in-house flagship hardware.Kepler Robotics unveiled Kylin, a quadruped boasting a 600 kg payload capacity. SERES debuted its first humanoid robot, Xiaosai, inside its super factory

China Humanoid Update June E2: Policy, UBTECH, Engine AI

China launched its 2026 Humanoid Robot and Physical AI Initiative, aiming to identify 100+ robot jobs and deploy over 10,000 units in real-world scenarios.• The 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games will be held in Beijing from August 22 to 26, featuring 50 events, including fully autonomous track races and new table tennis and combat categories.• XPeng says its humanoid robot project remains on track for mass production by the end of 2026, with He Xiaopeng taking a more hands-on role.• EngineAI tested its full-size T800 robot for the upcoming URKL humanoid robot combat league.• UBTECH’s UWORLD humanoid robot received more than 3,000 pre-orders within eight days on JD.com.• Daimon Robotics and China Mobile are building a crowdsourced real-world data collection network for physical AI.• Digua Robotics’ S600 chip is gaining traction among humanoid robot companies.• SAGE unveiled MAHAKBOT, a six-arm robot designed for complex industrial tasks.

China's Humanoid Update: January Episode 2

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: China has 140+ humanoid robot makers and 330+ productsUnitree: 5,500+ humanoids shipped, 6,500 produced (humanoids only)Vbot: 6,540 pre-orders for robot dog Bobo, ~¥100m pre-salesZhejiang Humanoid Robot Innovation Center: ¥450m Pre-A, ¥2.2bn total in 18 monthsReal-world deployment: police patrol bots in Shanghai; Deep Robotics tested robots at –30°CLogistics: Robot Era partners with SF TechnologyBuyers: mainly education & government (187 of 292 buyers)Conclusion: institutional adoption, not mass consumer rollout yet

China's physical AI update January Episode 1

CES momentum, Agibot, X Square and Dobot