Robot Industry Updates: Major Wins and Strategic Shifts in Automation Sector

Polishing Robot Company Wins Bid for a Leading Metal Composite Project; Photovoltaic Silicon Wafer Listed Company Terminates 100 Million Yuan Investment in Tiantai Robotics

On April 30, Tianqi Co., Ltd. released its annual report for 2025, achieving revenue of 2.763 billion yuan and a net profit of 54.68 million yuan, successfully turning a profit. In the first quarter of 2026, the company reported a revenue of 725 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.47%, and a non-net profit of 21.50 million yuan, reflecting an impressive year-on-year growth of 87.72%.

On the same day, Elite Robotics announced a strategic cooperation agreement with the Shanghai Robotics Industry Technology Research Institute to fully initiate CR certification for its entire range of robots. Previously, some of its series had already passed the CR certification, and this expansion will cover all product lines, ensuring “uniform standards and equal treatment” across the board.

Also on April 30, Aobo Smart unveiled its new G series of adaptive robots, equipped with high-precision joint torque sensors boasting a full-scale accuracy of 5% F.S. These robots can accurately capture subtle changes in contact force in real-time, making them ideal for precision assembly, polishing, and other applications, thereby ensuring consistency in processes and accuracy in path reproduction.

On April 29, Hechuan Technology published its 2025 annual report, reporting revenues of 1.017 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 25.49%, while suffering a net loss of 130 million yuan, which is a decrease in losses by 21.23%. In the first quarter of 2026, the company achieved revenue of 272 million yuan, reflecting an 18.7% increase year-on-year, while net losses were reduced to 5.63 million yuan, a reduction of approximately 79.10%.

On the same day, Midea Group released its first quarter 2026 report, achieving total revenue of 131.6 billion yuan and a net profit of 12.7 billion yuan, marking growth in both revenue and net profit against market trends. Notably, the robotics and automation segment generated revenue of 8.2 billion yuan, an increase of 11.8%.

Also on April 29, Litian Intelligent announced the successful completion of an automated installation task for a 178 MW photovoltaic power station in Peru, using its self-developed automated navigation component laying robot. The project was successfully accepted by the project owner.

On April 29, a strategic cooperation signing ceremony was held between Boyin Hechuang and Dijet Industrial in Shanghai Baoshan, focusing on embodied intelligent sorting scenarios. As per the agreement, Dijet Industrial will purchase nearly 2000 BW10/BW10-Lite embodied intelligent robots from Boyin Hechuang over the next three years.

On April 28, Boke released its first quarter 2026 report, reporting revenue of 189 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 43.22%, and a net profit of 13.31 million yuan, up 19.70% year-on-year.

On April 28, Steel announced it had successfully won a bid for a polishing robot project with a major domestic metal composite company, providing an AI flexible polishing solution for its high-end cooling pipe system. This project is applied in the liquid cooling system of NVIDIA’s large model computing infrastructure, which requires extremely high processing accuracy and consistency.

On April 28, Shenmou Technology announced that its humanoid robot won the bid for the State Grid Hebei Electric Power Energy Technology Company’s “Intelligent Live Detection Robot System for Electrical Equipment” project last September. The humanoid robot “Volta” is specifically designed for smart live operation scenarios in medium and high-voltage substations and distribution rooms in the power sector and is soon to be delivered to the State Grid Power.

On April 28, the global robot garden tool technology R&D center of STIHL officially opened in Suzhou Industrial Park. This new center will focus on the technological upgrades of automated lawn mowing robots and new energy tools.

On April 28, Huamin Co., a photovoltaic silicon wafer enterprise, announced that it decided to terminate its 100 million yuan investment plan in Guangdong Tiantai Robotics, citing changes in the current market environment and strategic development planning to optimize resource allocation and focus on core business development.

On April 27, Inovance Technology released its 2025 annual report, achieving revenue of 45.105 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 21.77%, and a net profit of 5.05 billion yuan, an increase of 17.84%. The non-net profit after deductions reached 4.951 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22.66%.

On April 27, Huayan Robotics announced a strategic cooperation agreement with Xindai Technology and Lian Da Automation (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xindai Technology). The two parties aim to work towards a strategic target of jointly producing 10,000 collaborative robots specifically designed for CNC loading and unloading scenarios over the next three years.

On April 27, the Supreme People’s Court’s official website revealed that it ruled on a patent infringement case filed by Luwemei Company against the famous tech company Yushu Technology. The court found that the series of patent infringement lawsuits filed by Luwemei against Yushu’s “A2 Robot Dog” and “Go2 Robot Dog” constituted malicious lawsuits. Luwemei must compensate Yushu for reasonable expenses of 80,000 yuan and bear a total case acceptance fee of 3,700 yuan.

On April 27, Mammotion collaborated with the University of Electronic Science and Technology to hold the unveiling ceremony for a humanoid robot joint laboratory. Jayden Wei, founder and CEO of Mammotion, stated that this joint laboratory will facilitate comprehensive cooperation with the university in technology breakthroughs, talent cultivation, and results commercialization, effectively linking humanoid robot research from laboratory development to market application.

On April 25, Atom Robot announced that it won the “First Prize in Scientific and Technological Progress” in Tianjin for its project on “Key Technologies and Applications for the Industrialization of High-Speed Parallel Robots.”

On April 25, Zhiyuan Robotics announced a strategic cooperation agreement with the Talent Exchange Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, focusing on in-depth cooperation in building a talent pool in humanoid robots and embodied intelligence.

On April 23, Guangzhou Pengyan Technology Co., Ltd. was established, with Chen Zhiyuan as the legal representative and a registered capital of 600 million yuan. Its business scope includes research and development of intelligent robots, manufacturing of service consumer robots, wearable smart devices, virtual reality equipment, computer hardware and software, information system integration services, industrial internet data services, and data processing and storage support services. The company is wholly owned by Guangzhou Xiaopeng Automotive Technology Co., Ltd.

On April 22, Fuda Co.’s East China manufacturing headquarters officially broke ground, with a total investment of 1 billion yuan. The project will build two facilities for the production of electric drive gear systems for new energy vehicles and precision reducers for robots. This facility will primarily produce electric drive gear sets, drive motor shafts for new energy vehicles, and precision reducers for robots. Once completed, it will have an annual production capacity of 2 million sets of electric drive gears and shafts, along with 400,000 precision reducers for robots, with an expected annual output value exceeding 680 million yuan.

On April 20, Schaeffler reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Hexagon Robotics during the Hannover Industrial Fair, focusing on the research and supply of key joint components for humanoid robots. Schaeffler will provide high-precision rotary actuators for Hexagon’s humanoid robot AEON, which are used in the robot’s core joints, such as shoulders and elbows.

Product Launches

On May 1, Jun Dou Robotics announced an exclusive scientific advisory cooperation agreement with Professor Gerald E. Loeb, founder of the renowned tactile sensor company SynTouch in the United States. The two parties are jointly developing a new generation of humanoid tactile sensor technology based on the globally leading BioTac sensor, with mass production expected in the second half of 2026 in Suzhou.

Also on May 1, addressing the upgrade needs for heavy-duty industrial applications, Canop introduced the CRP-RG27-240 industrial robot. This product features a large load capacity of 240 kg, a coverage range of 2702 mm, and a repeat positioning accuracy of ±0.05 mm. Its rear-drive motor design allows for wide applications in spot welding, handling, polishing, cutting, assembly, stacking, and machine loading and unloading.

On April 30, Yushu launched its dual-arm humanoid robot, priced from 26,900 yuan, equipped with high-performance motors and sensors, integrating binocular vision and voice interaction capabilities for more intelligent task development.

On April 30, Pudu Robotics officially released its next-generation humanoid robot PUDU D9, focusing on deep upgrades in “body structure” and “bionic brain,” advancing the robot’s stability and motion control to new levels.

On April 30, Deep Sea Zhiren launched an underwater multi-agent task decision-making model—SEAgent 1.0—that does not require manual remote control of robots. It can recognize task intentions in natural language, proactively complete key information through multi-turn dialogue, and gradually organize incomplete, non-standard, un-engineered expressions into structured task instructions that downstream systems can recognize and execute.

On April 29, Shengshu Technology released the commercial version of Motubrain, which focuses on a universal world action model (WAM). It is designed for action, emphasizing the construction of unified action capabilities in the real world rather than performance on a single point task.

On April 29, Rockstone Robotics announced a significant release during the 2026 Beijing International Auto Show, showcasing a one-stop TurnKey solution for embodied robot hardware and software in collaboration with Qualcomm and other industry partners. This solution utilizes Rockstone’s HSA integrated force control joints, AR series humanoid force control arms, and wheeled dual-arm robots to ensure high precision, high reliability, and flexible interaction.

On April 29, Atom Robot announced the launch of its all-terrain intelligent wheeled robot, suitable for teaching experiments, scientific research, algorithm validation, intelligent inspection, and robotics competitions.

On April 28, Kollmorgen announced that Huayun Chuangzhi’s omnidirectional ULD mobile robot is equipped with Kollmorgen’s NDC navigation and control core technology, providing a highly reliable, efficient, and flexible automated transfer solution for air cargo hubs.

On April 28, Boke launched its sixth-generation high-end AC servo system, FD6P series, focusing on the mainstream power range of 50W-3kW and offering various control methods, perfectly adapting to Boke’s SMK series motors equipped with 23-bit multi-turn optical absolute encoders.

On April 28, Mammotion’s SPINO S1 Pro, the first mechanical arm-assisted pool cleaning robot, officially launched on the overseas crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, using advanced technology to address pool cleaning challenges and opening new growth avenues in the garden robotics sector.

On April 28, Magic Atom introduced its self-developed world model, Magic-Mix, at the Global Embodied Intelligence Innovation Conference (GEIS). This model consists of two core engines. Magic-Mix WAM is responsible for understanding physical environments, spatial reasoning, and action decision-making, while Magic-Mix Creator serves as an offline data generation engine, creating large volumes of training data samples to continuously drive model training and capability iteration.

On April 27, the PX6D six-dimensional force sensor from Passini was officially released, featuring a repeat accuracy of up to 0.1% FS, overall accuracy of up to 0.5% FS, and a resolution of 0.1% FS, capable of accurately detecting minute force changes of 0.05N.

On April 27, RealMan Intelligent launched an AI intelligent teaching generalization system, fundamentally breaking away from the traditional skill deployment model that relies on professional engineers to write code line by line. Instead, it adopts a “teaching equals learning” framework allowing robotic arms to autonomously master and replicate complex operational skills after observing human demonstrations just once or twice, reducing deployment cycles from weeks to under a week.

On April 27, Yunshen Technology launched its next-generation industry-grade wheeled robot, the Lynx M20S, with significant upgrades in load, protection, and speed capabilities, adaptable to all-terrain intelligent hard work platforms.

On April 27, Leju released its humanoid robot inspection version 1.0, capable of patrolling, inspecting, and performing tasks in various environments, including parks, office areas, and residential districts.

On April 25, Huayan Robotics officially launched its seven-axis humanoid arm series products, achieving high precision force control capabilities across all joints, with force control precision reaching ≤0.02N·m, control bandwidth ≥100Hz, and end contact force precision of 0.1N—enabling the detection of even minor forces, such as two A4 papers falling, and responding with compliant adjustments within milliseconds.

On April 24, Tuosida released a one-stop injection molding solution for cosmetic lip gloss bottles, achieving smart injection molding and humanoid robot collaborative operations. This solution is a benchmark case for Tuosida’s embodied intelligence empowering injection molding processes, featuring a modular design that seamlessly connects main machines, auxiliary machines, stacking machines, and downstream handling processes, eliminating the need for manual intervention throughout the entire process.