RobotEra has completed a new RMB1B (~US$139M) financing round, led by China Chengtong Fund. Chinese media reports say the Beijing embodied-intelligence company has raised nearly RMB2.5B (~US$347M) in the past two months. The latest round adds more state-backed capital to a cap table that already spans logistics, automotive, telecom, electronics, semiconductors and financial investors. This includes SF Group, Geely Capital, Samsung, Lenovo, Haier, Singtel, China Unicom-linked capital, ICBC Capital, IDG Capital and Sequoia China. RobotEra was founded in 2023 out of Tsinghua University and is building a full-stack embodied system across data, brain, motion control, dexterous hands and robot bodies. It has reported logistics deployments with SF Express and China Post across more than 10 logistics centres in five provinces/cities. Source: news.pedaily.cn/202607/56588… Profile: korthos.xyz/ecosystem/compan…

Wars had the vision, but we needed modern AI and rapid cost-down curves to make humanoids practical. The convergence of better intelligence, dexterous hardware, and real-world labor demand is what makes the bull case so strong now. Serenity did mention it on his Telegram channel

...(most important to me) the deformities must be disadvantages. No extra long, fully functional, weight bearing, dexterous arms to be found here. Mine are function-less and mismatched in a way that they imbalance the creatures, and one drags awkwardly on the ground...

The data already shows AI outperforming humans on diagnostic accuracy and contract review. Add dexterous humanoids from 1X and Figure into clinics and firms within five years and entire professional pipelines collapse.

no face. no legs. just wheels, dexterous hands and a chest screen showing what it's thinking. genesis ai's eno is the opposite bet on humanoid design.

Nomura on Humanoid Robots: Data Is the Key Bottleneck and Core Competitive Advantage; Dexterous Hands Determine the Pace of Commercialization

휴머노이드 로봇 경쟁의 진짜 승부처는 다리가 아니라 손이라는 기사가 흥미로움 사람은 신발끈을 묶고, 단추를 잠그고, 계란을 깨는 일을 너무 자연스럽게 하지만, 로봇에게는 가장 어려운 문제 중 하나 그래서 중국에서는 최근 'Dexterous Hand(정교한 로봇 손)'만 만드는 스타트업들이 빠르게 늘어나고 있고, 시장 규모도 2024년 130억 위안에서 지난해 500억 위안 이상으로 급성장 theguardian.com/technology/n…

Didn’t feel like that to me, Jimbo. That 0.29 xG felt more like the result of stalwart defending. Eric Lima and that midfield are so dexterous. Jimenez was a constant threat - Thought Mexico were really good!

NUCLEAR TAKE: Any sport that prohibits the use of the most dexterous part of the human body, the one most capable of astounding physical achievement, unique in the entire animal kingdom, exalted by poets and playwrights as the defining feature of mankind by which all creation may be judged; any sport that penalizes the use of our primary tool for interacting with the world, the one that babies master before any other, the one that gave us mastery over the earth and captured intergenerational knowledge for the first time; the prerequisite for Sport itself; that shackled activity is doomed to be second-class no matter what arcane rules or over-specified technology it applies.

Dexterous robotic hands remain one of engineering's hardest unsolved problems, harder, some founders say, than building a full humanoid. China's hand industry hit $7.4B in revenue last year, backed by state AI policy and a supply chain that US competitors can't match.

Robosense may be a 'mere' #2 to $HSAI when it comes to Lidar, but they are #1 when it comes to robotics. And they continue to lean hard af into their robotics portfolio. Now making dexterous hands, actuators, force sensors, etc. prnewswire.com/news-releases…

OMG This is so lovely 😍😍😍 I've felt this for a long time, but eme is really dexterous! I think it makes beautiful things look several times more beautiful. 🥺🥺🫶🫶

Fable 5 @claudeai. Built a demo website for a dexterous robotics company with Zero CS experience. I used @motionsite for layout → @Pinterest for visuals → @claudeai @dreamina_ai @GoogleAI Studio for animations → GitHub @vercel for deployment. Pls comment if you want prompts! #Fable5 #Claude #VibeCoding #AI #Robotics

Clever work in Chen and Uwais' main fight. Qin has Chen employ a lot of feints and manipulation of range to counter Uwais' faster speed and more dexterous interior work. The fights in the tube in general have great use of space and props and aside from some limp sound design rock

The Guardian: Chinese firms race to craft dexterous robotic hands, aiming to turn humanoids from gimmicks into useful goods. Sweden/EU, watch the embodied AI surge reshape robotics across Europe. theguardian.com/technology/n…

you have such dexterous pinky fingers

Absolutely impressive Fully autonomous at 1x speed chess, pouring water, and dexterous manipulation all look smooth. LingBot2 is going to be a game changer for embodied AI. Can't wait for tomorrow's reveal! #LingBot2 #Robotics