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Tsinghua and Peking University Teams Release SkelWAM for Zero-Shot Cross-Embodiment Manipulation
Researchers from Tsinghua University and Peking University have introduced SkelWAM, a skeleton-guided world-action model that enables zero-shot transfer of manipulation policies across ten different robotic arm structures without retraining.

Tsinghua’s Cao Ting Unveils Zeva-Ego Model for Physical Self-Evolution via Causal Learning
At a Tsinghua University event, Zhang Ya Qin introduced Physical Self-Improvement (PSI), while Professor Cao Ting unveiled the Zeva-Ego model and ICCL framework to enable robots that learn causal relationships from real-world interaction.

D-Robotics Raises USD 400 Million in C Round as Embodied AI Business Enters Mass Production
D-Robotics has closed a USD 400 million Series C round led by Future Asset, bringing its total disclosed funding since 2025 to USD 770 million. The company reports that its Sunrise S600 chip is entering mass production with over 20 clients, including TARS and UBTECH, while cumulative shipments of the Sunrise series have surpassed 8 million units.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Assistant Researcher Yang Lixin on Why Robots Need a '3D Time Axis'
Shanghai Jiao Tong University assistant researcher Yang Lixin discusses how LaMP, ChronoFlow-Policy, and Track4Action integrate 3D point flow to give robots spatial awareness, temporal memory, and understanding of environmental changes.

2026 Aggregated Intelligence Industry Development Conference to Be Held in Optics Valley
The 2026 Aggregated Intelligence Industry Development Conference will take place in Optics Valley on September 8-9, focusing on the synergy of smart vehicles, embodied AI, and low-altitude economy.

How Embodied AI Is Rethinking Robot Data
A Beijing humanoid robot data training center has ceased operations, highlighting that while embodied AI still lacks data, the industry needs high-quality, large-scale, diverse data infrastructure rather than just more robots.

Sharpa Reveals RMB 4.5 Billion in Funding as North Robot Debuts in Real DQ Store
Sharpa, backed by 4.5 billion RMB in funding, deploys its North robot at a DQ store. Founder Li Yifan argues that true embodied AI requires completing full workflows, not just performing isolated dexterous tasks.

Newcomer Lingxi Zhiyong Ranks Top Three in World Humanoid Robot Games with ROSS Harness
Lingxi Zhiyong's robot achieved 160 points and ranked among the top three at the World Humanoid Robot Games. The company attributes this success to its self-developed ROSS Harness Agent, which bridges AI models and hardware execution.

Galaxea's Hang Zhao: The Next Embodied AI Scaling Goes Beyond Pre-Training
At the 2026 WRC Forum, Galaxea Chief Scientist Hang Zhao argues that Embodied AI's next scaling depends not just on pre-training data and models, but on continuous learning from real-world operations through post-training and real-robot reinforcement learning.

Why AgiBot Became the Top Medal Winner at the Robotics Competition
At the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games, AgiBot won 18 gold, 16 silver, and 12 bronze medals, ranking first in both gold and total medal counts. This success highlights its dual strengths in embodied AI motion control and commercial deployment capabilities.

Daxiao Robotics and NUS Release ACE-Data-0, a High-Density Multimodal Embodied AI Dataset
Daxiao Robotics and NUS S-Lab released ACE-Data-0, an L5 multimodal embodied dataset. We discuss how high-density, physically grounded data is shifting the industry bottleneck from model architecture to physical supervision.

Huawei Veteran Zhou Shunbo’s New Home Robot Startup Secures Hundreds of Millions in Funding
Zhou Shunbo, founder of Ou La Wan Xiang, discusses his journey from Huawei to creating a wheeled home robot. He argues that data is the first principle of embodied AI and believes that high-value, non-AGI-dependent robots can succeed in family scenarios.