A joint team from BIGAI and Unitree has unveiled OmniXtreme, a unified control policy that enables humanoid robots to perform diverse extreme motions—from backflips to breakdancing—without the need for task-specific overfitting.
With over 10 billion yuan poured into the sector in just two months, China’s humanoid industry is shifting from "showbiz" spectacles to a brutal race for industrial commercialization and survival.
Industrial giant Schaeffler has signed its first Chinese humanoid partnership with Leju Robotics and opened a specialized innovation factory in Taicang, even as leadership prepares investors for a conservative 2026 fiscal year.
New data from Xiaomi shows its humanoid robots hitting production-speed cycle times and high reliability in complex nut-installation tasks, signaling a shift from lab prototypes to factory-ready labor.
With the launch of a new Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) platform and a global online store, AgiBot is attempting to bridge the "utility gap" by turning high-end humanoids into accessible, short-term rentals.
At the inaugural HEIS conference in Beijing, industry giants Unitree and AgiBot joined regulators to release China’s first comprehensive humanoid standard system, signaling a shift toward industrial utility and mass-production reliability.
Industrial giant Schaeffler formalizes its humanoid ambitions by establishing "Schaeffler Embodied Intelligent Robotics (Taicang) Co., Ltd.," a move that integrates hardware manufacturing with a dedicated AI computing hub in the heart of China’s German enterprise cluster.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz led a delegation of 30 German business executives to Unitree’s Hangzhou headquarters, signaling a potential shift from humanoid entertainment to global industrial cooperation.
Xpeng is transitioning from prototypes to physical infrastructure, announcing a 110,000-square-meter production base in Guangzhou to industrialize its "Iron" humanoid platform.
AgiBot has officially launched its full humanoid and industrial robot portfolio in Europe, securing a strategic partnership with Tier 1 automotive supplier Minth Group to drive localized deployment and manufacturing.
As humanoid robots move from research labs to the "robot gig economy" and specialized 7S retail stores, the industry is finding its first sustainable revenue streams through entertainment and rentals.
In an internal letter and a festive social media demonstration, He Xiaopeng reaffirms a goal for IRON to become the world’s first mass-produced high-level humanoid.