CATL bets on RoboParty: China's battery giant enters the humanoid race sideways
The world's largest battery maker takes a stake in a HIT-founded open-source humanoid startup. Not a VC move - an integration play.
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Southeast Asia's physical AI push: commercial robots over humanoids
Tech in Asia maps SEA's physical AI startup ecosystem - the region's defining choice is to bet on commercial and industrial robots, not humanoids.
Jul 27, 2026 at 10:17 8 8
US House vote to restrict Chinese humanoid robots: the militarization of dual-use
The debate was shifting from industrial robotics to the geopolitical stage; the House vote officially places it there, with a cascading effect on Unitree, AgiBot, and XPeng.
Jul 24, 2026 at 09:33 11 8
Xiaomi's factory intern robot: 98% task-success rate in an EV plant, quietly
The humanoid robot "intern" from Xiaomi operates in an electric vehicle factory with a reported success rate of 98%. A modest industrial data point - and precisely because it is modest, it matters.
Jul 19, 2026 at 00:37 10 9
LimX Dynamics unveils a Figure-grade humanoid demo: China's embodied field gains another player
The China humanoid pack is now shipping demos at Silicon Valley pace. The signal isn't a video - it's the cadence.
Jul 16, 2026 at 13:50 6 11
Xpeng promises global humanoid launch in 2027: the Chinese "embodied" race gets a distribution date
Xpeng, better known for EVs, will launch humanoid robots globally next year. The claim itself is common in 2026; the "globally" is the wager - and it lands right in the middle of the embodied-foundation race.
Jul 16, 2026 at 08:48 32 9