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Robotics: Industry Trends

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Discover how China is becoming a global leader in robotics, integrating automation into industries and daily life.
Antigravity A1 is the first product launched by Insta360’s drone brand. Photo: Handout
Shenzhen

Insta360’s Antigravity unveils 8K full-degree drone, challenging DJI

Weighing 249 grams, the A1 drone is set to hit global markets in January.

Robotics

Unitree founder: lack of advanced AI deters mass adoption of robots

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Banking & finance

Chinese PE fund bets big on AI as it sees tech shaping the future

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China’s AgiBot lands deal to deploy robots at car parts factories

The A2-W robots can meet the monthly manufacturing target of a production line in a single shift, the company says.

Employees work on a humanoid-robot production line at the AgiBot factory in Shanghai, China. Photo: Reuters
Robotics

Video | Robots impress spectators at world conference in Beijing

Event showcases game-changing technology to assist people from all walks of life.

Robotics

Humanoid haven: China’s new robot store showcases home-grown products

The Robot Mall in Beijing’s E-Town features products from over 40 domestic brands, including Unitree and UBTech.

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Sit down, Spot: Robot dog from China’s Unitree tops US rival’s payload

Robot withstands an adult jumping on its back and also beats Boston Dynamics’ Spot on battery life, according to specifications.

A man stands on Unitree Robotics’ new robot dog, the A2. Photo: Handout
Robotics

Baidu partners with Lyft to launch robotaxis in UK and Germany

The deal is part of a broader trend among Chinese autonomous-driving companies to bring their services to international markets.

China consumption

China’s customisable robot market may be about to take off

Future Era, in the South China innovation hub’s Longgang district, bills itself as the world’s first ‘6S’ robotics store.

DJI

Insta360’s Antigravity challenges DJI with 8K 360-degree drone

The Chinese company’s product, to be unveiled in August, is set to be the first ‘360 drone’ for consumers.

Antigravity, a new brand under Insta360, is set to unveil its first product. Photo: Handout
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Back to basics: Keenon Robotics takes pragmatic approach with humanoids

The Chinese robot maker aims to identify simple tasks manageable by current humanoids, instead of creating an all-purpose robot.

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Keenon Robotics’ humanoid robots serve beverages and offer popcorn to visitors at WAIC in Shanghai. Photo by Wency Chen
China manufacturing

China’s humanoid-robot sales seen gearing up, with adoption push ‘very likely’

Robot models are trained on data, and one way to do that is to get them in the hands of people – so the government may expedite the process with incentives, Morgan Stanley says.

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China manufacturing

China unveils world’s first humanoid robot that changes its own batteries

The Walker S2 returns to a charging point and swaps out its batteries when low on power, allowing it to work with minimal supervision.

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US-China trade war

What if Chinese, US firms make humanoid robots together? CEO calls for a collab

With advantages respectively held by China and the US, the founder of Unitree Robotics points to opportunities for their private companies to work together.

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The burgeoning field of humanoid robotics has become a new frontier in the broader technological competition between the US and China. Photo: SCMPOST
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In China, delivery robots now ride the subway to restock 7-Eleven stores

The project, reportedly the first of its kind in the world, will see robots ride subway trains to deliver goods to more than 100 stores across Shenzhen.

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Three of the new delivery robots trundle across a subway station in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Tuesday. Photo: Handout
Robotics

Chinese robot maker Dobot’s humanoid cooks steak from 1,800km away using VR

A Dobot Atom completed some delicate tasks, including flipping the meat and sprinkling salt over the dish.

China Future Tech briefing

Robotics | China’s Blade Runner moment as androids, flying cars take off

Humanoid robots are going into mass production, followed soon by flying cars, with China in a leading position in both technologies.

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World Economic Forum

Will China lead the next wave of AI, robotics evolution? Unitree CEO thinks so

At ‘Summer Davos’ panel, the head of the robotics start-up and others credit Beijing’s talent pool, infrastructure for rapid tech advances.

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Wang Xingxing, CEO of robotics start-up Unitree, speaks during a “Summer Davos” panel. Photo: Handout
Robotics

Unitree Robotics now a unicorn with ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent funding

The Chinese humanoid and robot dog maker is valued at US$1.3 billion in its latest financing round.

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Science

Chinese military lab creates mosquito-sized microdrone for covert operations

State broadcaster CCTV showcases defence university’s miniature bionic robots suited to reconnaissance and battlefield missions.

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Robotics

China’s robotics market set to double in four years: Morgan Stanley

Robotics is a key part of the Made in China 2025 initiative, launched a decade ago to position the country at the forefront of hi-tech industries.

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A humanoid robot walks down the runway at a fashion show in Tianjin, northern China. Photo: Xinhua
Robotics

China turns to robots for elderly care with national pilot programme

Amid a demographic crisis, the government is encouraging the use of robots to care for senior citizens in institutional and home settings.

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A senior resident at a nursing home in Shenzhen interacts with a humanoid robot. Photo: Xinhua
Robotics

Beijing academy unveils ‘RoboBrain’ AI model for China’s humanoids

The launch comes amid efforts to leverage rapidly advancing AI technology to improve the capability of robots.

Robotics

Self-driving mining trucks offer a glimpse of China’s hi-tech future

A coal mine in Inner Mongolia showcases Beijing’s determination to transform traditional industries with advanced technologies.

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Robotics

Chinese robotics star Agibot adds JD.com as investor, joining Tencent

After a new funding round, e-commerce giant JD.com holds a 0.75 per cent stake in AgiBot, a high-flying start-up founded by Huawei veterans.

Robotics start-up AgiBot is attracting big-name investors amid China’s humanoid robot craze. Photo: Reuters
China manufacturing

More than a show: China’s robot fights offer ringside view of tech advancements

China’s humanoid robotic firms are looking to KO the competition, and what they learn in the ring looks to advance the robotics industry by leaps and bounds.

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Humanoid robots square off in a fight on Sunday in Hangzhou. Photo: Handout
Robotics

Hong Kong surgical robot start-up Cornerstone takes aim at da Vinci

Company aims to raise US$70 million to develop its systems, which it claims rival the market-leading da Vinci units at lower cost.

Robotics

Chinese robot firms dazzle at Macau’s Beyond Expo amid AI boom

The significant presence of robotics companies underscores the intense domestic competition in the rapidly growing sector.

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