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News on China's humanoid robot industry: Unitree, UBTech, AgiBot, Fourier and others, plus factory deployments, funding and Beijing's robotics policy.

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Unitree's humanoid robots reach America's Got Talent finals

Unitree's humanoid robots reach America's Got Talent finals

Eight Unitree G1 humanoid robots and their human partner Wu Yufei have danced their way to the AGT finals ... a pop culture milestone that raises pointed questions about Chinese-made robots competing in America during a period of intensifying US-China tech tensions.
Sep 24, 2026
Tesla third-generation Optimus robot leaked, Saudi Arabia's all-in on humanoid robots, and more ...

Tesla third-generation Optimus robot leaked, Saudi Arabia's all-in on humanoid robots, and more ...

In this Humanoid Daily: the Tesla Gen 3 Optimus design leaks, humanoid robots are breaking into mainstream entertainment, and Japan is exploring military support roles for humanoids. Plus, 80% of humanoid robots are being designed for industrial use, while Saudi Arabia could deploy up to 10,000 robots over five years through a major new partnership.

Sep 24, 2026
PrimeBOT starts selling Q1 and T1 home robots for under $3,000

PrimeBOT starts selling Q1 and T1 home robots for under $3,000

A Chinese startup backed by a public-market parent just opened pre-orders on two home robots under $2,800, one of which transforms from a walking humanoid into a four-legged outdoor machine without any human help.
Sep 24, 2026
XPENG will be shipping 1,000 humanoid robots per month by year-end

XPENG will be shipping 1,000 humanoid robots per month by year-end

XPENG held its first Robotics Supply Chain Partner Conference this week, committing to build 1,000 IRON humanoids per month by end of 2026 and to deploying commercially  in Q1 2027, backed by a $900M raise and a 110,000 sqm Guangzhou factory.
Sep 23, 2026
Faraday Future launches nine robot products: the full spec breakdown, and YT Jia on why humanoids only get you halfway

Faraday Future launches nine robot products: the full spec breakdown, and YT Jia on why humanoids only get you halfway

Faraday Future unveiled five new robot models across nine configurations at its annual 919 event in Los Angeles on Friday, completing what the company calls EAI Robot World 2.0 and taking its catalog to three form factors, five product series, 11 models and 24 products.
Sep 21, 2026
Inside BOT: What RoboStrategy is buying in the emerging $10 trillion robot economy

Inside BOT: What RoboStrategy is buying in the emerging $10 trillion robot economy

RoboStrategy is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, trading on the Nasdaq as BOT. We chat with the CEO, Andrew Kang, about who will win in humanoid robots.
Sep 18, 2026
D-Robotics just raised $400M to build the brain inside your next robot

D-Robotics just raised $400M to build the brain inside your next robot

D-Robotics has shipped 8 million Sunrise chips and has 20+ humanoid robot customers including UBTECH, Fourier, and Booster. Now it has closed a $400M Series C to double down on a picks-and-shovels play on the humanoid robot boom.
Sep 17, 2026
Tesla ramping Optimus production, D-Robotics wants to be the NVIDIA of China, and 13,361 people ordered a home robot

Tesla ramping Optimus production, D-Robotics wants to be the NVIDIA of China, and 13,361 people ordered a home robot

Today in Humanoid Daily: Tesla audits Chinese suppliers for Optimus production ramp, Digit 5's CEO eyes the public markets, D-Robotics raises $400M, and 13,361 people just ordered a home robot. Also, a senior Tesla Supercharger hardware exec heads to Figure; new research shows vertical hip motion cuts robot energy use by 14%, and the number of the day is 13,361.
Sep 17, 2026
Hello Digit 5, Foundation goes to war in Ukraine, and a new Chinese factory is pumping out 1 humanoid every 10 minutes

Hello Digit 5, Foundation goes to war in Ukraine, and a new Chinese factory is pumping out 1 humanoid every 10 minutes

Today in Humanoid Daily: Agility's Digit 5 kills the safety cage, military humanoids are no longer hypothetical, Unitree G1+ gets six big upgrades, Atlas heads to Europe, but the IPO doesn't, the number of the day is 1 humanoid every 10 minutes ... AND ALSO ... today we are launching HumanoidMegaHub out of beta!

Sep 15, 2026
Robot ambulances, robot protests, and China says the US is now copying them

Robot ambulances, robot protests, and China says the US is now copying them

A Chinese humanoid startup says OpenAI is now copying them, Kinetix AI closes a $74M angel round, Japan builds an ambulance for broken robots, and 30 robots protest in Warsaw.
Sep 11, 2026
China's Robot IPO Reality Check

China's Robot IPO Reality Check

Unitree's shares have dropped 53% from their first-day high, erasing $34 billion in market value. China's regulators just made sure the next humanoid IPO won't get the same free pass.
Sep 10, 2026
XPeng says it has built the world's first automated humanoid robot production line

XPeng says it has built the world's first automated humanoid robot production line

It's the dream of automated manufacturing: robots building robots, and completed humanoid robots walking off the assembly line under their own power after completion ...
Sep 8, 2026
The robot is not the product: the factory of the future

The robot is not the product: the factory of the future

Inside Agile Robots' bet that the factory — not the humanoid — is what you actually sell. And the humanoid is just one part of many components that altogether form the factory of the future.

Sep 8, 2026
Samsung accelerates its humanoid robot program, and China looks at humanoids for war

Samsung accelerates its humanoid robot program, and China looks at humanoids for war

Today in Humanoid Daily: Samsung races toward a humanoid robot, aiming to launch at CES 2027, China explores robots for war Agility Robotic’s finances go public, humanoids spread into real markets, there's a new robot that draws blood, and the number of the day is 26 million ... as in 26 million humanoids a year.

Sep 7, 2026
The robot economy is getting real: NVIDIA, China, LG, and robots building houses

The robot economy is getting real: NVIDIA, China, LG, and robots building houses

Today in Humanoid Daily ... robot hardware is getting cheaper, China's pouring EVEN MORE money into humanoid robots, LG is building out its physical AI solutions, robots are starting to build houses, and NVIDIA might just be the one company making the most money from robotics right now.
Sep 1, 2026
NVIDIA's robot business is already worth $10 billion/year, and China is its best customer

NVIDIA's robot business is already worth $10 billion/year, and China is its best customer

NVIDIA's physical AI business is already generating roughly $10 billion a year, more than the entire humanoid robot industry combined, with Jensen Huang pointing to a tenfold path over the next decade. A meaningful share of that comes from China, which built about 90% of the world's humanoids last year. But Beijing is racing to build a domestic stack ...

Sep 1, 2026