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Chinese automaker debuts multipurpose humanoid and service robots
Chinese automaker Chery Group’s subsidiary AIMOGA Robotics unveiled a series of multipurpose humanoid and service robots at the “Technology Meets AI” 2026 Chery AI Night event in Wuhu on January 17. The showcase highlighted AIMOGA’s advancements in embodied intelligence, enabling robots to perform complex tasks across diverse real-world environments. Key models included the “Wuyou” Intelligent Police R001 and the “AiMOGA Care” RN001 medical service robot, both demonstrating capabilities such as seamless communication, intelligent guidance, and collaborative interaction. The flagship AiMOGA humanoid robot features 41 degrees of freedom and highly dexterous hands with 12 degrees of freedom each, allowing precise manipulation. It can walk at 1 meter per second, communicate in 10 languages with approximately 95% accuracy, and quickly learn industry-specific tasks within about an hour, making it adaptable for various scenarios. Powered by DeepSeek’s large language models, AiMOGA interprets natural language and gestures
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At CES 2026, IntBot, a California-based startup, showcased Nylo, a humanoid social robot operating fully autonomously in a crowded public setting without human backup. Nylo distinguishes itself from conventional AI by perceiving social cues, understanding intent, and engaging naturally with people in dynamic environments. Powered by IntBot’s proprietary multimodal social intelligence system, IntEngine, Nylo integrates vision, audio, and language to coordinate speech, facial expressions, and gestures in real time, enabling it to decide when and how to interact. This demonstration marks a significant advancement in robotics, moving social robots from controlled lab environments into real-world applications. IntBot’s humanoid robots are designed primarily for hospitality and public service roles, providing interactive assistance with a warm, human-like presence. They handle routine inquiries, offer accurate information and directions, and provide local recommendations in over 50 languages, effectively removing language barriers. The robots operate 24/7, allowing human staff to focus on more complex tasks.
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Chinese robotics company RobotEra has secured nearly RMB 1 billion (approximately USD 140 million) in a Series A+ funding round led by Geely Capital, with participation from BAIC Capital, Alibaba Group, Haier Capital, and other global investors. This funding comes amid the company already having around USD 70 million in commercial orders for 2025, signaling strong industrial confidence in RobotEra’s vision and product line. The company’s portfolio includes a dexterous robotic hand (XHAND1), a wheeled service robot, and a full-size bipedal humanoid robot (RobotEra L7), designed for diverse applications from industrial tasks to service deployment. The RobotEra L7 humanoid robot stands about 171 cm tall, weighs 65 kg, and features 55 degrees of freedom with joint torque up to 400 N·m. It can perform dynamic athletic movements such as sprinting at 14.4 km/h, 360° spins, and breakdancing mane
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ROBOTERA, a Beijing-based robotics company founded in 2023, recently secured nearly RMB 1 billion (approximately $140 million USD) in Series A+ funding to advance its development of humanoid and service robots. The company focuses on embodied intelligence—the integration of robotics and artificial intelligence—and operates three main product lines: bipedal humanoid robots, wheeled service robots, and dexterous robotic hands. ROBOTERA’s humanoid robots have demonstrated notable real-world capabilities, including autonomous walking in snow and record-setting jumps at the 2024 World Humanoid Robot Games. Its XHAND 1 dexterous hand, optimized for reinforcement learning, is widely used in research labs globally. In a strategic move to promote industrial development aligned with the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, ROBOTERA signed a cooperation agreement with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). This partnership focuses on deploying embodied intelligence technologies in manufacturing, logistics, and commercial services to improve efficiency, working
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UL Solutions, a global leader in applied safety science, has opened its first testing laboratory for commercial and service robots in Seoul, South Korea. The lab aims to provide testing and certification services focused on identifying emerging hazards, especially those related to human-robot interactions. It will primarily test compliance with UL 3300, the Standard for Safety for Service, Communication, Information, Education and Entertainment Robots. This standard addresses critical safety aspects such as mobility, fire and shock hazards, and safe interaction with vulnerable individuals, requiring features like speed limits, object detection, and audible/visual indicators to ensure robots operate safely alongside people in public and commercial settings. The establishment of this lab reflects the rapid growth of the robotics industry, where robots are increasingly deployed in diverse environments including hotels, healthcare, retail, and delivery services. UL Solutions highlights the importance of addressing new safety concerns as robots take on more roles outside traditional industrial floors. The global service robotics market is expanding, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, driven by labor
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China has inaugurated what it calls the world’s first humanoid robot mall in Beijing’s high-tech E-Town district. Modeled after a car dealership’s 4S format—offering sales, service, spare parts, and customer feedback—the four-story mall exclusively sells robots to the public. It features over 100 robot types from around 200 brands, ranging from affordable consumer gadgets priced at about 2,000 yuan ($278) to advanced humanoid robots costing millions of yuan. The mall showcases diverse robots including life-size animatronic figures of historical and scientific icons like Albert Einstein, Qin Shi Huang, Isaac Newton, and Li Bai, alongside practical robots for cooking, medicine dispensing, sports, and entertainment. Visitors can interact with many robots and experience robot-served dining, emphasizing the integration of robots into everyday life. The launch serves both as a commercial venture and a strategic display of China’s ambitions in AI and robotics, aiming to normalize human-robot interaction and position the country as a
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AiMOGA Robotics has achieved a significant breakthrough with its humanoid robot, Mornine, which autonomously opened a car door inside a functioning Chery dealership in China—marking a world-first in embodied AI. Unlike scripted or teleoperated robots, Mornine used only onboard sensors, full-body motion control, and reinforcement learning to identify the door handle, adjust its posture, and apply coordinated force to open the door without any human input. This task, performed in a live commercial setting, demonstrates advanced autonomy and a shift from simulation-based robotics to real-world service applications. Mornine’s sophisticated sensor suite includes 3D LiDAR, depth and wide-angle cameras, and a visual-language model, enabling real-time perception and continuous learning through a cloud-based training loop. The robot was not explicitly programmed to recognize door handles but learned through millions of simulated cycles, with the learned model transferred to real-world operation via Sim2Real methods. Currently deployed in multiple Chery 4S dealerships
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RoboCup2025 was held from July 15 to 21 in Salvador, Brazil, attracting around 3,000 participants competing across various robotics leagues. The event featured intense competition culminating in final rounds during the last days. Notably, in the #RoboCup2025 @Home Open Platform League (OPL) Final, the NimbRo team’s robot demonstrated impressive capabilities such as opening doors, removing trash, and closing a cabinet door, ultimately securing second place behind Korea’s team Tidyboy. Social media updates highlighted the tense atmosphere as top robots advanced to the finals, with teams overcoming challenges such as equipment damage during transport. Collaborative efforts among teams like RoboCanes (University of Miami), PUMAS (UNAM), @_erasers, and TIDbots enabled them to reach the finals in the @Home DSPL league. Additionally, the event included discussions on the future of RoboCup, reflecting the community’s engagement with advancing robotics and AI technologies. Overall, Robo
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Richtech Robotics Inc. showcased its semi-humanoid service robot, ADAM, at the Legacy of Launch 75th Anniversary event held at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The invitation-only event, organized by the U.S. Space Force Historical Foundation, celebrated 75 years of space exploration achievements. ADAM, equipped with two arms and powered by AI running on NVIDIA technology, serves drinks with milliliter-level accuracy by monitoring each cup in real time and adjusting pour parameters accordingly. The robot has already served over 16,000 drinks at venues such as Clouffee & Tea in Las Vegas and is designed to operate in hospitality environments where most tasks occur at counters, offering a stationary but recognizable humanoid form to enhance customer experience. Founded in 2016 and based in Las Vegas, Richtech Robotics develops collaborative robots for hospitality, healthcare, retail, and industrial sectors, with clients including Hilton, Sodexo, and Boyd Gaming. Besides ADAM, the company also offers Titan, a
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Shenzhen has launched the world’s first fleet of autonomous delivery robots that ride the subway to restock 7-Eleven stores across the city. The 41 penguin-like robots, operated by VX Logistics (a unit of property giant Vanke partly owned by Shenzhen Metro), board trains during off-peak hours, navigate elevators and platform gaps, and deliver goods directly into over 100 outlets. Designed with specialized chassis and LED faces displaying friendly expressions, these robots address logistical challenges faced by human delivery workers who previously had to manually transport goods through subway stations. This initiative is part of Shenzhen’s broader “Embodied Intelligent Robot Action Plan,” aiming for widespread adoption of service and industrial robots by 2027. Shenzhen, a hub for robotics innovation, is pushing to move automation from factory settings into public-facing roles, aligning with national policies addressing an aging population and labor shortages. If successful, the subway delivery robots could pave the way for expanded urban logistics solutions, including parcel delivery and medical supply transport, making
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China’s Robotera has unveiled the Q5 humanoid robot, a slim-waisted, 1650 mm tall machine weighing 70 kg, designed for practical deployment in sectors like healthcare, retail, tourism, and education. Featuring 44 degrees of freedom (DoF), including the highly dexterous 11-DoF XHAND Lite robotic hand, Q5 excels in precise manipulation and smooth navigation within complex indoor environments. Its compact size and fused LiDAR with stereo vision enable autonomous movement with minimal human oversight. The robot supports full-body teleoperation via VR and sensor gloves and interacts through AI-powered natural dialogue, facilitating responsive, context-aware communication. Powered by the EraAI platform, Q5 integrates a complete AI lifecycle from teleoperation data collection to model training and closed-loop learning, offering over four hours of runtime on a 60V supply. Its 7-DoF robotic arms have a reach extending beyond two meters, allowing it to handle objects at various heights safely and compliantly.
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