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Ideal Auto recently released an internal notice to announce the establishment of two new secondary departments: space robot and wearable robot. This marks the formal entry of this new energy vehicle manufacturer into the robotics field as it takes a key step in its intelligent space strategic layout. According to Late Post Auto reports, both newly established departments are under the leadership of Senior Vice President Han Yu Fan, who is in charge of the product department. Shuai Yifan will lead the space robot department, who previously held the position of head of product planning and senior product director at Ideal Auto; Zhang Wenbo will be in charge of the wearable robot department, who was formerly the software director at Ideal Auto.

In San Francisco, a robotics company named XRobotics is gaining attention with its latest kitchen assistant -- xPizza Cube. This pizza robot is about the size of a stacked washer and uses machine learning technology to quickly and accurately spread sauce, cheese, and sausage on pizza. The rental fee for each machine is $1,300 per month with a three-year contract, capable of producing up to 100 pizzas in an hour. Additionally, xPizza Cube can be customized according to demand.

Recently, Hugging Face's open-source project LeRobot has drawn significant attention from the industry. This project provides developers with an efficient and easy-to-use AI development platform for robotics by integrating the most advanced machine learning algorithms and convenient toolchains, marking what could be considered a 'Transformer Moment' in the field of robotics. A unified interface that adapts to various hardware: One of the major highlights of the LeRobot project is its unified hardware interface design, which can seamlessly adapt to multiple types of robot hardware, including robotic arms, cameras, motors, and more.

May 28, 2025 – Another piece of good news in the field of artificial intelligence. Tech giants like OpenAI, Tencent, and SAP have all announced new initiatives to drive innovation and development in their respective businesses. These changes will not only impact user experience but also reshape the industry landscape, creating broader market opportunities. First, OpenAI is considering allowing users to log in to third-party services via ChatGPT accounts. The plan is currently in the evaluation stage as OpenAI investigates developers' interest and requirements.

Recently, Zhiyuan Robotics, a leading company in the field of embodied intelligence in China, announced that its new generation of humanoid robot product, Lingxi X2, has officially initiated partner recruitment, covering three models: Lingxi X2 (Interaction Edition), X2Pro (Exploration Edition), and X2Ultra (Flagship Edition). According to Zhiyuan Robotics' plan, the Lingxi X2 series robots will achieve large-scale delivery in the second half of 2025 and plans to reach the target of delivering thousands of units by the end of 2026. The core competitiveness of Lingxi X2 lies in its breakthrough emotion interaction capability.

Tech giant Apple recently made another significant adjustment to its artificial intelligence (AI) division. According to sources, Apple plans to transfer its secretive robotics team from the purview of AI chief John Giannandrea to senior vice president of hardware engineering, John Ternus, later this month. This follows the March move of the underperforming Siri voice assistant business away from Giannandrea. A series of...

The first Embodied AI Robot Games will be grandly held in Wuxi City. As one of the key participating teams, Unitree Robotics will compete with robot companies from all over China in intense racing competitions and exciting dance performances. To date, more than 100 related companies have registered to participate. Top robot companies from Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xi'an, Chongqing and other places will participate in the racing event. Unitree Robotics will compete in this event alongside the jointly-built Embodied AI Robot Innovation Center (Beijing) and the Humanoid Robot Innovation Center (Shanghai).

According to the latest data from TrendForce, 11 major Chinese humanoid robot manufacturers have launched mass production plans for 2024. Six leading companies, including Unitree Robotics, UBTECH Robotics, Zhiyuan Robotics, Galaxy General Robotics, Cloudminds Robotics, and LEJU Robotics, plan to produce over 1,000 units in 2025. Image Note: Image generated by AI, image licensing service provider Midjourney. TrendForce predicts that the market value of humanoid robot bodies in China will exceed 4.5 billion yuan in 2025.

Zhiyuan Robotics has announced the launch of Genie Studio, the industry's first one-stop development platform specifically designed for embodied AI scenarios. Genie Studio offers a full-chain product capability covering data acquisition, model training, simulation evaluation, and model inference, providing developers with a standardized solution from 'acquisition' to 'training' to 'testing' to 'inference'. This significantly lowers the development threshold and improves development efficiency.

From May to June 2025, Unitree Robotics in Hangzhou will host the world's first humanoid robot fighting competition. This exciting event will bring an unprecedented visual feast to the field of robot fighting. Unitree's technical team has reportedly undergone intensive algorithm training and hardware debugging in recent weeks to create the strongest competing robots for this competition. The competition will be broadcast live nationwide through platforms affiliated with China Media Group, giving viewers the chance to witness the peak duel of robot fighting and the powerful confrontation of these "Iron Fists." For...

According to Qichacha APP, Hangzhou Unitree Robotics Co., Ltd. recently published a patent for "a robot and a robot control method." The abstract shows that this invention includes a robot body and a rotating performance component; the robot body is equipped with an arm for assembling the rotating performance component and an ejection motor for throwing performance props; the rotating performance component is assembled at the end of the arm, and the ejection motor provides the ejection power and kinetic energy for the outward flight of the performance props, allowing the robot to perform at least rotating and throwing dance movements, resulting in rich movements and impressive demonstrations.

ABB Group announced plans to spin off its robotics business as a 100% independent entity, intending to submit the proposal to the 2026 Annual General Meeting. The plan aims to launch ABB Robotics as an independently traded public company in the second quarter of 2026. This move is designed to provide ABB Robotics with a more focused capital structure and governance, enhancing its growth potential. ABB Chairman, Peter Voser, stated that the board believes that spinning off the robotics business will better optimize both companies for their customers.