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Eka Robotics raises $150 mln Series A at $1.45 bln valuation

Robotics startup Eka Robotics said it has raised $150 million in a Series A round at a post-money valuation of $1.45 billion, co-led by a16z and F-Prime Capital. The company, founded in 2025 by MIT professor Pulkit Agrawal and former Google DeepMind researcher Tuomas Haarnoja, focuses on developing Vision-Force-Action (VFA) models and dexterous robotic grippers. Eka said its VFA model is a robot foundation model that, unlike vision-language-action (VLA) models, places greater emphasis on force feedback when robots contact objects. It combines visual perception, force sensing and motion control so robots can adjust actions in real time based on contact conditions. For training, Eka uses a combination of physics simulation and large-scale reinforcement learning. Simulators model the different forces a...

2026-10-22Global

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Geek+ launches embodied AI model Gravity Control
China's Geek+ said it has launched Gravity Control, an embodied AI model that enables robots to make real-time corrections during operations based on natural-language instructions, without requiring additional demonstration data collection or model retraining. In tests, the model raised the overall success rate on out-of-distribution (OOD) tasks to 87.5% from 17.5%, and lifted the success rate on a single task to 95% from 5%, the logistics robotics company said.
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China Telecom's TeleAI incubates embodied AI startup Gamma Robotics
China Telecom's Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (TeleAI) has incubated Gamma Robotics, an embodied AI company that has recently registered in Shanghai's Xuhui district and moved into Mosu Space, according to company information. Gamma Robotics is an independent market-oriented entity invested by China Telecom Group and incubated by TeleAI. It will co-build a humanoid robot laboratory with TeleAI.
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MIRACLE AUTOMATION's Jiangsu robot data center amasses PB-scale embodied AI data
MIRACLE AUTOMATION, the automotive equipment maker operating the Jiangsu Province Embodied Intelligent Robot Industrial Data Collection and Training Center, has accumulated nearly 20,000 hours and PB-scale multimodal embodied AI data, the company said. The center has built 36 first-level application scenarios and 163 second-level segmented data-collection scenarios. MIRACLE AUTOMATION is seeking to translate its long-standing production-line experience into data and technology capabilities that can support the industrial deployment of embodied AI.
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Shenzhen's YITA DYNAMICS raises over 100 mln yuan in seed funding
Shenzhen-based embodied intelligence operation platform and power system company YITA DYNAMICS said it has completed seed and seed-plus funding rounds totaling more than 100 million yuan ($14 million). The rounds were jointly invested by Matrix Partners China, SenseTime Guoxiang Capital, CCB International, L2F Light Source Entrepreneur Fund, Galbot and Fourier Intelligence. Founded in May 2026, YITA DYNAMICS is focused on building underlying infrastructure for embodied intelligence hardware and has developed compliant force-controlled dual arms and high-performance joint modules.
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Robot Warriors Challenge held in Beijing E-Town with 29 teams competing
The autumn edition of the 2026 Robot Warriors Challenge was held on Oct. 18 at the Nanhaizi Park waterfront plaza in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, also known as Beijing E-Town, with 29 teams from across China taking part. As an independent event IP created by Beijing E-Town, the competition aims to push robots beyond running and jumping demonstrations toward real-world operational tasks. MirrorMe Technology, GENISOM AI Milk Long Team B, Xingyuan Dynamics Team A and AK Brothers Team B won their respective categories.
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AGIBOT, Wuhan partners launch humanoid robot smart retail warehouse
AGIBOT has partnered with Wuhan Culture and Tourism Group and Zhongyun Weixun to build the world's first smart retail warehouse operated by full-size bipedal humanoid robots. Its Expedition A3 Ultra robot has begun offering self-service retail services at Jiangyushang on the Wuhan riverside. The project has completed 827 orders in its phase to date, with a robot grasping success rate of more than 97%.
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Tesla's third-generation Optimus robot ready for mass production
Tesla's third-generation Optimus humanoid robot is ready for mass production, refocusing market attention on the sector. Artificial intelligence is moving from the digital world into physical space, with humanoid robots viewed as one of the most important embodiments of physical AI.
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China launches National Data Group in Xiong'an to boost data sector
China established National Data Group Co., Ltd. in Xiong'an New Area, Hebei province, on Oct. 20. The group is a central state-owned enterprise whose main responsibility is the development and utilization of data resources, with headquarters in Xiong'an. The group was set up to advance data resource development and utilization, unlock the value of data elements, support artificial intelligence development and foster the data industry ecosystem, according to the company. After its establishment, it will strengthen central-local coordination and industrial collaboration under the guidance of relevant authorities, promote shared capabilities, experience and business expansion, and work to grow data value, strengthen the data industry and improve the data ecosystem.
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