Robotics

UBTech’s Humanoid Boom Is Three Numbers Wearing One Coat

A production target, a pile of refundable deposits and a shipment count travel as one story. The company’s half-year report shows 921 full-size…

Nov 6 • Inside China's Machine

The Biggest Industrial Robot Maker in China Sold Less in China

Estun has led China’s industrial-robot shipments for six quarters. Its first-half 2026 revenue in China, all products, fell 8.8% to RMB 1,641.0m; market…

Oct 23 • Inside China's Machine

China's Humanoid Landscape | Q3 2026

China shipped about 19,000 humanoids in six months, by IDC’s count. Beijing’s year-end target counts working scenarios, not robots, and Unitree’s crash…

Sep 29 • Inside China's Machine and Hugo

Founded in Late 2023. No Mass-Production Yet. Backed by All Four of China’s Internet Giants. Valued at $2.8 Billion. A Bet on the Brain, Not the Body.

Sep 24 • Inside China's Machine and Hugo

The Robot Joint That Works By Being Bent. Forty Years of Japanese Monopoly. A Physicist Flew to Tokyo to Look. Six Years to a Prototype. Now Humanoids…

Sep 23 • Inside China's Machine and Hugo

UBTECH’s Walker S2 and Factory Economics

A humanoid’s factory economics depend on the human work it still requires. UBTECH offers a test of how model reliability becomes labor savings, and who…

Sep 13 • Inside China's Machine

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