1+ week, 3+ day ago   (102+ words) Manus resumes independent operations after Meta deal collapses TechNode Manus has resumed independent operations under its original founding team after Meta’s proposed acquisition of the company fell through. Manus said the transition involved backing up and restoring data before the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (512+ words) A robot cooked noodles in about a minute. Another prepared breakfast. Humanoids climbed stairs, crawled across obstacles and sparred inside a fighting cage. Elsewhere, robots sorted packages, fetched medicine and practiced jobs ranging from household chores to emergency rescue. The…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (99+ words) Chinese humanoid robot team wins first weightlifting title after lifting 16kg TechNode A robot from the Beijing Humanoid–HUST team won the first humanoid robot weightlifting title after lifting 16 kilograms, according to a competition report. The robot started with a 15-kilogram…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (101+ words) ENGINEAI says general-purpose humanoid robot costs have fallen below RMB100,000 TechNode ENGINEAI, the Shenzhen-based humanoid robot maker, says the cost of a general-purpose humanoid robot capable of performing practical tasks has fallen below RMB100,000 per unit. CEO Zhao Tongyang said comparable robots…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (141+ words) China has more than 70 operational embodied-AI training grounds, report says TechNode More than 70 embodied-AI training grounds had been built and put into operation across China by the end of June, according to a 2026 report from the China Academy of Information…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (100+ words) LandSpace lands ZhuQue-3 booster in a reusable-rocket milestone TechNode LandSpace’s ZhuQue-3 Y2 reached orbit and successfully landed its first-stage booster after launching on Aug. 19. The company confirmed the recovery in a post from its official account. It was LandSpace’s second attempt…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (794+ words) In 2026, Unitree Robotics once again put itself at the center of the robotics industry’s conversation. Last month, Unitree founder and CEO Wang Xingxing appeared alongside the company’s GD01 manned mech on the cover of TIME magazine. In the image, the nearly…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (140+ words) Zhongji Innolight raises $6.8 billion in Hong Kong IPO amid strong retail demand technode.com Zhongji Innolight has priced its Hong Kong H-share offering at HK$980 per share and raised HK$53.41 billion, or about $6.81 billion. Trading is scheduled to begin on…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (347+ words) China’s AI models are closing the gap with overseas rivals on a different cost curve TechNode China’s AI model market is beginning to compete on cost as much as capability. Leading Chinese models may cost roughly one-tenth as much to…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (201+ words) Elon Musk says robot fights are fun after watching China’s humanoid robot battle TechNode A humanoid robot combat event organized by a Shenzhen robotics company has gone viral, even catching the attention of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. On July 19, Musk…...