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Unitree Lists on Shanghai at a $61B Valuation as 300 Chinese Robot Firms Open the World Robot Conference With a New Commercial Reality Check

Unitree priced its Shanghai IPO on August 18 at 150.8 yuan per share, raising 6.1 billion yuan and listing August 19 at roughly 61 billion yuan ($8.6 billion) — the first mainland humanoid robot maker to trade publicly. The conference opens August 20 in Beijing with 300 companies and 2,000 exhibits, and the World Humanoid Robot Games from August 22–26 will test whether the robots can earn their keep.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months ago / 7 min read

Unitree's 'Superman' Humanoid Posts a 2-Meter Standing Jump and a 12.66 m/s Sprint Before Listing on the Shanghai Exchange on August 19

Unitree Robotics on Monday unveiled its new humanoid 'Superman,' which performs a 2-meter vertical jump from a stand and a 12.66 m/s sprint on 0.85-meter legs — both metrics the company says exceed the standing human world records. Three days later, the company will debut on Shanghai's main board after a 6.1 billion yuan IPO.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 1 week ago / 7 min read

Figure 03 Logs 30,000 BMWs at Spartanburg as Unitree IPO Reroutes Global Robotics Capital

Figure AI's third-generation humanoid robot has now worked alongside BMW's Spartanburg factory for more than 60 days, performing 24/7 logistics sorting on the same line where its predecessor Figure 02 helped assemble 30,000 vehicles — as Unitree's $904 million Shanghai IPO resets valuation benchmarks.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 1 week ago / 6 min read

LG and Nvidia Team Up on Humanoid Robot, With Joint Model Due in Q1 2027

LG said Friday it signed a memorandum of understanding with Nvidia to cooperate in robotics, with a jointly developed next-generation bipedal humanoid to be unveiled in the first quarter of 2027.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 1 week ago / 5 min read

Honda's New Robotic Hand Revives Its ASIMO Legacy for the Factory Floor

Honda has developed a highly dexterous robotic hand that can grasp a 1.6-millimeter screw and lift 5 kilograms, marking a return to robotics with an industrial focus after retiring ASIMO, Kyodo reported August 13.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 1 week ago / 5 min read

DEEP Robotics Shows DR02 Humanoid Climbing Outdoor Stairs in Single Uncut Shot

Hangzhou's DEEP Robotics released an 18-second uncut clip on August 13 of its 65-kilogram DR02 humanoid climbing a full outdoor staircase with no handrails or assistance, days after seeking a $371 million STAR Market IPO.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 1 week ago / 6 min read

Warehouses Become the First Battleground for Embodied Robot Deployment

From Figure's 249,600-parcel livestream to AgiBot's Elf G2 Max inside JD's 'Smart Wolf' facilities and ROBOTERA hitting 85 percent of human feeding speeds, logistics has become the proving ground for humanoid robots, Gasgoo reports.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 1 week ago / 6 min read

AgiBot Overtakes Unitree as World's Largest Humanoid Robot Vendor in First Half of 2026

Shanghai-based AgiBot shipped about 8,400 humanoid robots in the first half of 2026, capturing 44 percent of the global market and overtaking Unitree with a 562 percent year-on-year shipment surge, as China's MIIT expects total national output to exceed 100,000 units this year.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 2 weeks ago / 4 min read

Figure's Humanoid Climbs a Ladder Autonomously, While Boston Dynamics Puts Atlas on a Two-Shift Factory Schedule

Figure CEO Brett Adcock releases video of Figure 03 climbing a ladder using updated Helix vision-integrated AI — meanwhile Boston Dynamics' Robot Training Center in Savannah has begun day-and-night data operations ahead of Hyundai's 2028 deployment plan.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 2 weeks ago / 6 min read

BYD's First Humanoid Robot Xiao Di Enters Service in Zhengzhou

China's largest EV maker has publicly deployed its first humanoid, Xiao Di, a 1.61-meter service robot with 31 degrees of freedom now welcoming visitors at its Di Space experience center in Zhengzhou, the South China Morning Post reported.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 2 weeks ago / 5 min read

Unitree's Shanghai IPO Draws 8,000x Oversubscription as China's First Listed Humanoid Robot Maker

Retail investors piled into the Hangzhou robot maker's $900 million Shanghai debut, producing a lot-winning rate of roughly 0.018% and a valuation near 60 billion yuan, as global humanoid shipments surged 272% in the first half.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 2 weeks ago / 5 min read

Samsung Forms CEO-Led RX Robotics Division, Develops In-House Humanoid Robot

The electronics giant has been quietly building a humanoid robot using Samsung Gauss AI, proprietary actuators and manufacturing data from a planned Gumi Data Factory, alongside its Rainbow Robotics stake.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 2 weeks ago / 4 min read

Boston Dynamics Puts Atlas Training on a Two-Shift Factory Schedule

The humanoid's data operations team at the Savannah, Georgia robot center will run day and night shifts like an automotive plant — the latest sign Hyundai is compressing the 2028 production-line deployment timeline, Edaily reported.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 2 weeks ago / 5 min read

Boston Dynamics' Atlas Can Now Swap Its Own Battery in Under Three Minutes

The production Atlas humanoid returns to a battery station and replaces a depleted pack autonomously in under three minutes, versus a 90-minute recharge, cutting downtime for multi-shift industrial work, TechRepublic reported August 7.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 2 weeks ago / 5 min read

FCC Bans New Foreign-Made Mobile Robots, Hitting Roomba and Shark

The FCC's new restrictions on foreign-produced mobile robots block new imports of robot vacuums, lawn mowers, and humanoid and quadruped robots, prompting responses from Shark, iRobot and Eufy — while experts debate whether the move is a security fix or a nearshoring tactic.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 2 weeks ago / 7 min read

Mitsubishi Motors to Mass-Produce Humanoid Robots at Former Engine Plant

Mitsubishi Motors plans to begin mass-producing AI-powered humanoid robots from Tokyo startup Highlanders at its Kyoto plant in the first half of 2027, targeting up to 1,000 robots per month, the company said this week.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 2 weeks ago / 5 min read

China's Unitree Prices Shanghai IPO at 150.80 Yuan a Share, Seeking $904 Million at a $9 Billion Valuation

Humanoid-robot maker Unitree priced its STAR Market IPO at 150.80 yuan per share, seeking to raise about $904 million. Reuters reports the offering values the company at roughly $9 billion, with DeepSeek among strategic investors.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 2 weeks ago / 6 min read

Waymo Drops the Waitlist and Opens Its Dallas Robotaxi Service to Everyone

Alphabet's autonomous driving unit said Tuesday that anyone in Dallas can now hail a robotaxi through its app. About 150,000 riders used the service during the waitlist period since it opened in February.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 2 weeks ago / 5 min read

Uber and Wayve Secure Robotaxi Licenses in London

The UK capital approved a joint venture between Uber and autonomous-driving startup Wayve, though a supervisor must remain ready to intervene in each vehicle.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 2 weeks ago / 5 min read

Reimagine Robotics Emerges From Stealth With Robots That 'Learn on the Job'

Reimagine Robotics, founded by former Google DeepMind Applied Robotics leaders, is developing systems that do not require specialized programmers.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 3 weeks ago / 5 min read

Google DeepMind Says Gemini Robotics 2 Enables Full Body Control

Gemini Robotics 2 enables robots to reason through every movement, unlocking a broad range of tasks, the Robot Report reports.

TechQuire Daily Staff / 2 months, 3 weeks ago / 5 min read