Humanoid robotics weekly

0 news items · 0 funding items · 0 launches · 0 new briefs · 3 dated only to October 2026

• Astribot raises CNY 1 billion at a reported CNY 15 billion valuation
• Ultra raises a $50M Series A led by Framework Ventures
• Shimizu Corporation makes a strategic investment in Noble Machines

2 news items · 0 funding items · 1 launch · 7 new briefs

• AGIBOT open-sources AGIBOT World 2026 Release 4
• WIRobotics trains its humanoid robot models on AWS

0 news items · 0 funding items · 0 launches · 5 new briefs

0 news items · 0 funding items · 0 launches · 2 new briefs

2 news items · 0 funding items · 0 launches · 0 new briefs · 2 dated only to September 2026

• AGIBOT A3 Ultra greets guests in the lobby of Shangri-La Shanghai Pudong
• Sharpa Wave makes DQ Blizzards every day at a Dairy Queen in central Shanghai
• 1X aims to ship 50,000 humanoid robots next year, CEO Bernt Børnich says

3 news items · 0 funding items · 1 launch · 2 new briefs

• Agility Robotics launches Digit 5
• AGIBOT robots perform and guide visitors at Chimelong resort
• First batch of UWORLD U1 humanoid robots delivered

2 news items · 0 funding items · 1 launch · 5 new briefs

• Figure releases Helix 2.5
• UBTECH says a Walker S2 now rolls off its line every 10 minutes

2 news items · 0 funding items · 1 launch · 0 new briefs

• Unitree open-sources the UnifoLM-WLA-1.0 embodied foundation model
• XPENG starts an automated production line for humanoid robots

2 news items · 1 funding item · 0 launches · 3 new briefs · 4 dated only to August 2026

• Sharpa raises over RMB 4.5 billion at a RMB 22 billion valuation
• Figure partners with Nscale to deploy up to 100,000 GPUs
• XPENG's robotics unit raises over $900M in its first external round

23 news items · 4 funding items · 0 launches · 1 new brief

• XPeng's robotics unit raises over $900M at a $6.3B valuation to scale IRON
• PsiBot raises over $100 million with industrial investors joining
• SoftBank in talks to take a majority stake in NEO maker 1X at about a $6 billion valuation

20 news items · 2 funding items · 1 launch · 2 new briefs

• LimX Dynamics confidentially files for Hong Kong IPO of up to $300M
• Unitree, maker of the G1, soars over 600% in Shanghai STAR Market IPO debut
• X-Humanoid debuts lightweight Tiangong Omni at World Robot Conference 2026

9 news items · 0 funding items · 1 launch · 3 new briefs

• Agility Robotics details Digit v5, targeting 20-plus hour workdays
• TORA-DOUBLE ONE robots take over front-of-house roles at First Farm food store
• FF Master joins RoboShare's first paid robot-rental order in Los Angeles

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• Tau Robotics launches $30/hour humanoid cleaning service running on modified Unitree G1s
• Zerith H1 moves from hotel cleaning into unmanned retail stores
• Moz1 completes a long-horizon tidy-up from a single spoken instruction, with no teleoperation

8 news items · 1 funding item · 0 launches · 0 new briefs · 4 dated only to July 2026

• UBTECH completes HK$2.41 billion share placement, largest by a listed humanoid robotics firm
• Daeduck Electronics to deploy ALICE M1 humanoids on its PCB production lines
• Figure 03 climbs a ladder fully autonomously

34 news items · 7 funding items · 3 launches · 1 new brief

• Humanoid raises $152M Series A at $1.35B valuation, becoming Europe's first pure-play humanoid unicorn
• Futuring Robot closes nearly 1 billion yuan financing, its third round of 2026
• Holiday Robotics raises $105M Series A for its FRIDAY wheeled humanoid

34 news items · 3 funding items · 2 launches · 2 new briefs

• LimX Dynamics raises nearly $200M in pre-IPO round at $2.2B valuation
• Hyundai to buy SoftBank's remaining Boston Dynamics stake, taking full ownership of the Atlas maker
• STMicroelectronics takes a stake in RoBee maker Oversonic Robotics

14 news items · 1 funding item · 3 launches · 0 new briefs

• Zeroth Robotics raises ~$74M pre-Series A led by Ant Group
• Robbyant open-sources LingBot-VLA 2.0, the upgraded 'universal brain' powering its R1 humanoid
• NVIDIA and Hugging Face expand LeRobot; Reachy 2 gains Jetson Thor VLA deployment support

52 news items · 3 funding items · 2 launches · 2 new briefs · 1 dated only to June 2026

• DexForce raises RMB 1 billion, eyes Hong Kong listing as an 'embodied engine' play
• DexForce closes ~1B RMB Series B, becomes embodied AI unicorn
• X Square Robot reaches $2.8B valuation in Series C

58 news items · 4 funding items · 5 launches · 0 new briefs

• Galbot closes 1.1B yuan Series B led by CATL
• Agility Robotics unveils $2.5B SPAC merger to list Digit maker on Nasdaq
• STMicroelectronics, ENEA Tech Biomedical and SpotInvest take stakes in Oversonic

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• NVIDIA releases GR00T-H-N1.7 surgical/healthcare humanoid foundation model
• X-Humanoid unveils upgraded Tien Kung 3.0 fully autonomous guided-tour solution
• Faraday Future to launch Futurist 2 humanoid at LA HQ

61 news items · 3 funding items · 1 launch · 0 new briefs

• NEURA Robotics raises up to $1.4B Series C at $7B valuation
• Astribot achieves unicorn status with Series B financing exceeding 1 billion RMB
• EngineAI reportedly files for Hong Kong IPO

55 news items · 3 funding items · 10 launches · 2 new briefs

• Apptronik's $520M Series A extension formally booked, bringing round to $935M
• Astribot closes >1B yuan Series B, valuation tops 10B yuan
• Astribot closes 1B yuan Series B, hits unicorn status