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AGILINK Cuts Dexterous Hand Failure Rate to 0.5% for Industrial Deployment
At AgiBot's Innovation Day on October 29, AGILINK demonstrated a production testing station via a cross-city link, where a dexterous hand used a screw gun to test another unit awaiting factory release. At the company's joint manufacturing base with Wolong in Shaoxing, the robot executes 72 operational steps, including material loading, barcode scanning, clamping, screw tightening, equipment activation, and unloading.

RoboMIND Open-Source Dataset Surpasses 50 Million Downloads, Latest 10 Million Reached in 18 Days
The Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center announced on October 26 that the open-source dataset RoboMIND has exceeded 50 million global downloads. The latest 10 million downloads were achieved in just 18 days, accelerating significantly from the 223 days required for the first 10 million and 39 days for the second.

RoboMIND Downloads Surpass 50 Million, With the Latest 10 Million Achieved in Just 18 Days
The Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics announced that its open-source dataset, RoboMIND, has exceeded 50 million global downloads. The latest 10 million downloads were achieved in just 18 days, reflecting rapid adoption as the dataset expands to over 400,000 trajectories.

Maxinsights Raises $30 Million Seed Round Led by Peak XV to Scale Robot Training Data
On October 22, Santa Clara-based Maxinsights closed a $30 million seed round led by Peak XV, with participation from Tola Capital, South Park Commons, Yince Capital, and Alumni Ventures, to scale its pipeline of real-world human demonstration data for robot training.

Tactile Sensor Startups Expand Beyond Hardware Into Data and Embodied AI
At IROS 2026, companies like PaXini and Sharpa unveiled full-stack solutions combining tactile sensors with dexterous hands and data platforms, signaling a shift from component suppliers to providers of embodied AI training data.