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Unitree to Launch New Quadruped; 1X Robot Home Price at RMB 140,000; Leju Eyes A-Share IPO
This week in robotics: Unitree previews a high-performance new quadruped robot; 1X launches the NEO home humanoid robot starting at $20,000 (approx. 140,000 RMB); Leju Intelligent completes Pre-IPO financing and files for A-share listing; Dobot secures over 80 million RMB in embodied AI robot orders.
Unitree H2 priced at RMB 199,000; Tesla Optimus V3 expected in Q1; Songyan Dynamics Bumi robot launches at RMB 9,998
This week's highlights include Unitree's release of the humanoid robot H2, Tesla's plan to launch Optimus V3 next quarter, and Songyan Dynamics launching a consumer-grade humanoid robot for under 10,000 RMB.
Tesla Optimus V3 Set for Q1 Launch as Company Plans 1 Million Unit Production Line by Year-End
Elon Musk confirms Tesla Optimus V3 will launch in Q1 next year with a more human-like design. Tesla plans to build a 1 million unit production line by year-end, targeting annual outputs of 10 million for V4 and up to 100 million for V5.
Li Auto Invests in Qianjue Robotics; Yixing Robot Reports Dissolution; UBTECH Secures Orders
This week's tech roundup covers Li Auto's investment in Qianjue Robotics, reports that Yixing Robot has dissolved, and UBTECH securing significant orders for its Walker S2 humanoid robots.
Figure Founder Brett Adcock: We Lead Other Robot Companies by 1 to 2 Years
At Dreamforce, Figure founder Brett Adcock discussed the path to embodied AI, emphasizing that true intelligence, not manufacturing, is the core challenge. He predicts humanoid robots will complete general tasks via voice commands next year and argues humanoid forms will dominate due to scalability and training data advantages.
Sanhua Clarifies Robot Order Rumors, Urging Market to Wait for Mass Production
Sanhua Intelligent Controls denied rumors of a 5 billion RMB order for Tesla's Optimus robots. While the market eagerly anticipates mass production milestones, experts argue that Embodied AI and hardware are not yet mature enough to support such large-scale procurement.
AgiBot Unveils Industrial G2 Robot, Already Securing Orders Ahead of Launch
AgiBot Genie G2, an industrial-grade interactive embodied AI robot, is officially released. It features high-performance joints, precision torque sensors, and multimodal voice interaction. Pre-orders exceeded hundreds of millions of yuan before launch.
42HOW Robotics Weekly: Figure 03 Targets 100,000 Units; SoftBank Acquires ABB Robotics for RMB 38.3 Billion; Magic Atom Unveils New Robot Dog
Figure AI launches Figure 03 with a goal of mass-producing 100,000 units within four years. SoftBank agrees to acquire ABB's robotics division for $5.375 billion. Magic Atom releases the industry-grade quadruped robot MagicDog Y1, and DeepRobotics unveils the all-weather humanoid DRO2.
Google Unveils New 'Brain' for Robots
DeepMind launches Gemini Robotics 1.5, featuring VLA and VLM models that enable embodied AI to plan, reason, and adapt across different robot morphologies.
AgiBot Fully Open Sources Flagship Model, Sparking Excitement in Robotics Community
On September 23, AgiBot announced the open-source release of its general-purpose embodied foundation model GO-1 (Genie Operator-1) on GitHub. As the world's first general-purpose embodied AI model adopting the Vision-Language-Latent-Action (ViLLA) architecture, GO-1 aims to lower technical barriers and accelerate the industrial application of robotics.
Vbot Co-founder: Vbot Production Starts in October, 30,000-50,000 Units Shipped Next Year
At the inaugural Aggregated Intelligence Industry Development Conference (2025) in Wuhan, Vbot co-founder Zhelun Zhao shared updates on their first product, Vbot. The quadruped robot will begin production in October, with consumer sales following after a rigorous trial phase. Zhao projects shipments of 30,000-50,000 units next year and aims for a 60% market share in the consumer quadruped segment by 2026.
ZhiXing Tech's Zhang Hanwen: Autonomous Charging Robots and L4 Driving to Converge, 2028 Mass Production Target
Zhang Hanwen, General Manager of the Robot Business Unit at ZhiXing Tech, discusses the technological synergy between autonomous driving and embodied AI, highlighting the company's advancements in charging robots and the prediction that L4 autonomous driving and mass-produced charging robots will arrive simultaneously by 2028.