Chinese robot rental platform SHAREBOT held its inaugural 2026 “RaaS Land” ecosystem partner conference at Longfeng PRSCO on Huaihai Middle Road in Shanghai on Sept 16, unveiling seven deployed “Star” series commercial robot-as-a-service (RaaS) products covering high-value scenarios including security patrol, retail and dining, entertainment performances, research and education, and public services, and saying the robotics industry has entered a phase of large-scale commercial deployment.
AGIBOT released a video showcasing real-world commercial deployments of its Expedition A3 Ultra humanoid robot across 4S dealerships, hotels and convenience stores, highlighting multi-robot and human-robot collaboration and autonomous operations as the full-size humanoid moves from technical validation toward scaled commercial use. At 4S dealerships, multiple A3 Ultra units work in coordination to handle greeting, beverage delivery, vehicle walkthroughs and delivery ceremonies, as well as flower presentation, photo sessions, confetti launches, daily report generation and livestream sales, providing intelligent services spanning store visits, purchasing, delivery and marketing operations. At hotels, the robots coordinate on bed-making, room tidying, towel folding, check-in, elevator guidance and nighttime patrols. At retail convenience stores, they perform shelf stocking, patrols, replenishment, bulky-item handling and customer service,...
D-Robotics said on Thursday it has raised $400 million in a Series C round led by Mirae Asset, with participation from Meituan’s strategic investment arm, government-backed funds including Hefei State Investment, Nanshan Strategic Emerging Investment and Jingquan Capital, and a roster of existing investors including Hillhouse Venture Capital, 5Y Capital, Linear Capital, Huangpu River Capital, Temasek’s Vertex Growth, Prosperity7, Hexiang Capital, Yunfeng Fund, Meituan Dragonball and others. The proceeds will fund expansion of its Xuri chip lineup across the full computing range and build a full-stack software platform spanning data collection, model training, simulation validation and inference deployment, as the company seeks to serve embodied-AI development needs from established robot categories to general-purpose humanoids.
Agility Robotics unveiled Digit 5, its latest humanoid robot, as the firm advances plans to go public via a proposed SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp. XI. Digit 5 features new legs, upgraded batteries and a more comprehensive safety architecture, and can work in close proximity to people without physical safety barriers, Agility said. CEO Peggy Johnson said“a major barrier to scaling humanoid robots in industrial environments,” adding that the market has responded with more than $300 million in multi-year orders across manufacturing, warehousing and logistics. Agility reported $1.8 million in net sales in 2025, according to a recent SEC filing. The company expects early access to Digit 5 in the first half of 2027 and general availability for manufacturing,...
PrimeBOT, the consumer embodied AI brand under Swancor Advanced Materials, will host a new product launch event in Shanghai, where it will unveil its Q1 and T1 robots and lay out its long-term brand strategy, adopting a hybrid format with a main venue in Shanghai and satellite offline stores across Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Xiamen and Xi’an.
Unitree Robotics has undergone industrial and commercial changes, raising its registered capital from roughly 364 million yuan to about 404 million yuan, an increase of around 11%, and updating its enterprise type from unlisted foreign-invested joint stock company to listed foreign-invested joint stock firm; founded in August 2016 and led by Wang Xingxing, the firm researches, sells and manufactures intelligent and industrial robots with shareholders including Wang Xingxing, Shanghai Yiyi Enterprise Management Consulting Partnership and Hanhai Information Technology.
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee unveiled the HKSAR’s first five-year economic and social development plan for 2026–2030, outlining AI as a key growth sector to empower industries, build a multi-dimensional AI ecosystem, roll out an “AI+” initiative, boost cross-sector integration, deepen data utilization and mainland collaboration, expand computing infrastructure via the Sha Ling data park, and review relevant legislation to foster a sound regulatory framework for AI development.
OpenAI has held talks with major investors for a new funding round at a $1.2 trillion valuation, up sharply from the $852 billion financing completed in March, with the approach initiated by investors rather than OpenAI and the decision and timing hinging largely on its IPO plans, as CEO Sam Altman said last Saturday that a U.S. listing was “not timely” and pushed the IPO window beyond 2027 after the company confidentially filed in June but later slowed the process.
Beijing Humanoid, TAO Dance Theater 2 and 798 will stage “Roaming and Empathy: Infinite Walk,” a human-robot dance piece in which dancers use motion capture to teach moves to the Tiangong robot, with performances set for Sept. 17 and 19 at 798’s Locomotive Square in Beijing.
Maniformer will hold its largest launch event since its founding in Shanghai on Sept 23, unveiling “Maniformer Pai” globally and formally launching a body-free embodied data crowdsourcing platform for the general public. Maniformer Pai converts everyday human actions into training data for robots, the company said, allowing ordinary people without professional backgrounds to use spare time to participate in embodied intelligence data collection and earn income. The platform is intended to move robot training data collection from specialized work to broader social collaboration, the company said.
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