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China's Gen Z inventor aims to build the 'Android' of humanoid robots
In April 2025, Beijing-based startup RoboParty, founded by Huang Yi—one of China’s youngest humanoid-robot entrepreneurs—officially launched with the goal of creating a fully open-source bipedal humanoid robot platform. Huang, born in 2004, initially gained attention for building “AlexBot,” a walking humanoid robot developed on a modest budget during his first year at Harbin Institute of Technology. After releasing an upgraded version, “AlexBotmini,” and graduating early, he shifted focus to RoboParty’s flagship project, the “ATOM” robot, which aims to be China’s first fully open-source humanoid robot platform. Huang advocates that an open-source approach accelerates ecosystem development by promoting shared standards, reducing collaboration barriers, and enhancing security and global competitiveness. RoboParty’s launch aligns with a broader national push by Chinese authorities to advance robotics, AI, and humanoid technologies as strategic priorities. Significant government-backed funding initiatives were announced in early 2025,
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In October 2025, the robotics industry saw significant developments highlighted by The Robot Report, coinciding with the return of the RoboBusiness event in Santa Clara, California. Key advancements included EndoQuest Robotics completing the first robotic endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) procedure at the Mayo Clinic as part of a multicenter trial evaluating their Endoluminal Surgical System for gastrointestinal applications. Meanwhile, 1X Technologies opened preorders for NEO, a humanoid robot designed specifically for household use, marking a strategic shift toward consumer robotics. Revolute Robotics secured $1.9 million in funding to accelerate deployment of its autonomous ground and aerial robots for inspection, security, and defense sectors. Other notable updates involved Singapore’s National Robotics Programme unveiling initiatives to boost robot adoption and workforce readiness through shared testbeds, collaborations, and national standards. Serve Robotics planned to raise up to $100 million via stock sales to fund its sidewalk delivery robot operations. Amazon introduced the Blue Jay robot and Project
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Chinese robotics companies Leju Robotics and Unitree Robotics are advancing in the development and commercialization of humanoid robots, both preparing for potential initial public offerings (IPOs). Leju recently raised approximately $200 million (1.5 billion yuan) to support research, mass production, and partnerships with major Chinese firms like Huawei, Alibaba, and Haier. Founded in 2016 and spun out of the Harbin Institute of Technology, Leju focuses on robots for education, healthcare, elder care, and heavy load transport. Its product lineup includes various humanoid models such as AELOS, which appeared at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and the KUAVO-MY open platform robot designed for developers and industrial use. Unitree Robotics, also established in 2016, has reached a $1.7 billion valuation following a Series C funding round. The Hangzhou-based company recently unveiled its H2 Destiny humanoid robot, aimed at service applications, available in commercial and educational versions. The H
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Dyna Robotics Inc. has secured $120 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate the development of its next-generation robotics foundation model aimed at creating general-purpose robots for commercial environments. Building on its earlier $23.5 million seed round and the launch of its DYNA-1 model, the company emphasizes that its proprietary foundation model enables robots to achieve over a 99% success rate during continuous 24-hour operation. The model’s strength lies in its ability to generalize across diverse environments—such as hotels, restaurants, laundromats, and gyms—allowing robots to function effectively out of the box without additional data, and to improve rapidly through on-the-job learning. Dyna’s approach centers on designing foundation models that combine generalization with high performance, enabling robots to master a wide range of manipulation skills and adapt to complex tasks through continuous learning. The company’s leadership team, including co-founders Lindon Gao and York Yang and former Google DeepMind researcher Jason Ma, brings extensive
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Figure, a San Jose-based humanoid robotics company, has secured its largest funding round to date, raising over $1 billion in a Series C round that values the company at $39 billion. The round was led by Parkway Venture Capital and included major investors such as Brookfield Asset Management, Nvidia, and Intel Capital. Since its founding in 2022, Figure has raised nearly $2 billion, reflecting strong investor interest in robots designed to work alongside humans in industrial environments like warehouses and factories. The new funding will be used to expand Figure’s fleet of humanoid robots, develop infrastructure to speed up robot training, and enhance advanced data collection efforts. Despite its rapid growth and high valuation, Figure has taken legal steps to control its stock distribution, issuing cease-and-desist letters to unauthorized secondary market brokers. CEO Brett Adcock has previously described Figure as the most “sought-after” private stock earlier in 2025.
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Figure AI Inc. has raised over $1 billion in its Series C funding round, pushing its valuation to $39 billion. The San Jose-based company aims to accelerate the development and large-scale deployment of general-purpose humanoid robots through its Helix embodied intelligence platform and BotQ high-volume manufacturing environment. Figure plans to produce and ship 100,000 humanoid robots over the next four years to assist with household and commercial tasks. Recent demonstrations showcased the robots’ capabilities, including folding laundry and loading a dishwasher, powered by the Helix vision-language-action (VLA) model and supported by a next-generation GPU infrastructure developed in partnership with NVIDIA. The funding round was led by Parkway Venture Capital with participation from major investors such as NVIDIA, Intel Capital, LG Technology Ventures, and Qualcomm Ventures. Figure AI is expanding its workforce across manufacturing, software, and systems integration to support commercialization efforts. The company has already delivered Figure 02 systems to paying customers and won a 2024 RBR50 Robotics Innovation
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The article highlights a significant shift in the robotics startup ecosystem, marking what many investors consider a "golden age" for the sector. Around 2015, early-stage robotics startups struggled to secure venture capital, as most funding favored mature software applications rather than hardware-focused robotics. However, over the past decade, the robotics market has matured substantially, driven by improvements in hardware and software that have become both more advanced and affordable. This maturation, coupled with growing investor interest, has led to a surge in funding—$6 billion poured into robotics startups in the first seven months of 2025 alone, with projections indicating funding will surpass 2024 levels, making robotics one of the few non-AI sectors experiencing such growth. The industry's momentum did not arise solely from recent AI advancements, though AI has played a role in enhancing robotic technologies. Instead, a pivotal moment was Amazon’s acquisition of Kiva Systems in 2013, which catalyzed a wave of robotics startups and attracted engineering talent to
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FORT Robotics, a Philadelphia-based company specializing in remote control technology and safety for autonomous systems, has secured an additional $18.9 million in its Series B funding round led by Tiger Global. This brings the company’s total funding to $60.5 million. Founded in 2018, FORT Robotics provides a Robotics Control Platform designed to ensure safe, secure, and dynamic control of autonomous machines, supporting over 500 customers with approximately 12,000 units deployed across industries such as warehousing, agriculture, and construction. The company emphasizes enhancing human-machine collaboration while minimizing risks to people, assets, and data. The new capital will be used to enhance existing products by expanding communication protocols, API integrations, and international compliance, as well as to develop next-generation safety solutions featuring advanced data analytics tailored to the unique challenges of physical AI. FORT Robotics aims to accelerate the growth and implementation of its protective technologies as autonomous systems become more prevalent globally. The funding round attracted both returning investors—including Tiger Global,
roboticsautonomous-systemsrobotic-safetyphysical-AIhuman-machine-collaborationindustrial-automationrobotics-fundingGalbot picks up $153M to commercialize G1 semi-humanoid - The Robot Report
Galbot, a Beijing-based robotics startup founded in May 2023, has raised approximately $153 million (RMB 1.1 billion) in its latest funding round, bringing its total capital raised over the past two years to about $335 million. The company recently launched its flagship semi-humanoid robot, the G1, which features wheels and two arms designed to automate tasks such as inventory management, replenishment, delivery, and packaging. The G1 robot is capable of handling 5,000 different types of goods and can be deployed in new stores within a day. Currently, nearly 10 stores in Beijing use the robot, with plans to expand deployment to 100 stores nationwide within the year. Galbot’s technology is powered by three proprietary vision-language-action (VLA) models: GraspVLA, GroceryVLA, and TrackVLA. GraspVLA, pre-trained on synthetic data, enables zero-shot generalization for robotic grasping. GroceryVLA
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