Key technological innovations of humanoid robots in motion control, cooling systems, battery life and other fields. The event demonstrated the maturity of domestic core components.
Marketed with the selling points of “fully unmanned processes, zero human intervention, standardized product excellence, and 24/7 continuous operation,” it is hailed as the future of automated dining, garnering significant attention from both the industry and the investment community.
Set for release in 2026, the VIATRIX X—a seventh-generation outdoor AI exoskeleton robot from ULS Robotics—aims to break through these limitations using “human-machine collaboration” technology.
Jointly developed by Hugging Face and the French robotics company Pollen Robotics, the Microduck stands just 25cm tall and weighs 800g.
One-sentence verdict: If the “phone as brain” cost advantage and 9-level curriculum depth can withstand real classroom testing, the FX Navi may be the most cost-effective entry ticket in consumer quadruped educational robots—provided parents are comfortable with ongoing content fees.
One-sentence verdict: This is not a robot built to impress with specs—it is a machine willing to “bend down” and solve the most unglamorous problem. If it proves reliable in real home environments, it could rewrite the playbook for elderly care.
On May 9, 2026, Suzhou LeXiang Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. officially announced that its embodied intelligence brand Zeroth’s M1 humanoid robot has successfully integrated with Tencent’s OpenClaw ecosystem, becoming the world’s first mass-producible humanoid robot to connect to this platform.
On April 17, 2026, at the Beijing Yizhuang Xiaomi Intelligent Port, an ordinary-looking launch ceremony might have changed the fate of China’s humanoid robot industry. The first batch of humanoid robots officially rolled off the production line at Linkage Intelligent Manufacturing’s Beijing Embodied Intelligence Super Factory—including industry-leading models like Tiangong Ultra and Tiangong 3.0. As … Read more
