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1. Agibot receives strategicinvestment from CP Group; 2.Unitree plans IPO filing this year; 3. UBTECHshowcases autonomous battery replacement; 4, Hubei unveils humanoid robot; 5. JD.com ramps up investment in humanoid start-ups ; 6. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang visits Beijing

Highlights:DOBOT Six-legged robotic dogAgibot livestream and buys listed company, denying it an approach to go public. Robot art show in ShanghaiA new robot dog named Gangbeng—literally meaning “small change” in Chinese—symbolises durability, strength, and flexibility in this context. Agibot and UniTree won 124 million yuan contractUniTree CEO confident of private economy in press conference by th...

The World Humanoid Robot Games (WHRG) will open in August in Beijing. It will be the world's first multi-sport competition specially for humanoid robots. There are 19 primary events across three categories plus three side events. Agibot 智元 has released a new video about its Lingxi X2-n. The robot can seamlessly switch between wheeled to bipedal modes. It can walk and slide, adapt to various...

Lens Technology 蓝思 and Tao Motor increase investment, UniTree 宇树CEO Wang Xingxing highlights safety concerns, talent shifts in Tencent’s Robotics X, 机器人足球3V3 Robo League and more

Flexiv Secures Multi-Million Dollar Series C FundingHuawei showcases CloudRoboTop story: Galbot Breaks Funding RecordChina Mobile’s Smart Dog for Emergency Response

I explore the emerging world of robot musicians in China. From piano-playing robots at Zhejiang University to a full “robot band” by Panshi Technology, I’ll show you what these impressive machines are currently capable of. You’ll see their dexterous hands, complex mechanics, and how they attempt to mimic human musicians. But are these robots truly intelligent artists—or just sophisticated automato...

Lumos Robotics Debuts LUS 2 Humanoid Robot,   Beijing to Launch the First 4S Store for Robots, BeingBeyond secures funding, Spherical police robot spotted again, robotic hand and challenges in humanoid   

Keli Sensing invests in tactile sensor startup Ensuring Technology SwitchBot to go public in Hong Kong AI Squared and DFLZM agrees to enhance application Dobot expands application in pharmacies through partnership with Yaoshibang Booster Robotics raised fund

This summarises the new developments of China's leading embodied AI companies, including humanoid robots, in the last week in May 2025. It includes product upgrades, financing news, and applications.

Agibot Promotes Lingxi X2, priced $13,800-$55,000 Brain drain at 01 AI (零一万物) Cargo train robotic inspection in China Engine AI’s  Robot Boxing Plan LimX Dynamics AgileX Robotics And some AI care companion robot toys

Another robot story from Tsinghua graduates Tianjin’s first humanoid robot  Investment: Oymotion ， MagicLab  and  VITA Dynamics China Unicom’s Robot isn’t a robot Unix AI’s Wanda 2.0 now sells for 88,000 yuan Bonus story: Seahi-ocean robots

The companies I talked about in this episode includes: Galbot, Chery AiMOGA, Leju’s Kuavo, Xsense Robotics, Midea, X Square, Inspire, NOETIX, Spirit AI, UBTECH, Huawei Tencent, Dobot, FOURIER, Lenovo and UniTree 

Tencent Demonstrates Robotic Dogs with Human-Like UnderstandingOpinion: AI Helps Carbon-Based Life Transcend Its BoundariesPsiBot Tackles VLA Limitations with Layered ArchitectureLightwheel Identifies Synthetic Data as Key to Embodied AIDeep RoboticsTeleAI

UBTECH humanoid robot secures automaker deal. Kepler tests K2 "Bumblebee" in SAIC GM plant, SAIC Motor invests in planetary roller screw-maker, and Xpeng showcases humanoid robot Iron.

in April 2025, the crisis-hit Dataa Robotics, with a market value of 20 billion RMB, and a Hong Kong company established a new JV to focus on humanoid robots,

This introduces the world's first humanoid robot half-marathon race held in Beijing's E-town, with many big names absent and a local team from X-humanoid wining the race with 2 hours 40 minutes and 24 seconds, after three battery swaps.