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Chery's robot unit eyes IPO, targets overseas market for police robots
The robotics division of China's largest auto exporter Chery Automobile is gearing up for an IPO to fund future growth and investments, its chief executive said on Wednesday, as competition intensifies in the country's fast-growing humanoid robot…
Chinese robotics giant Unitree soars in stock market debut
The world's biggest humanoid robot maker Unitree Robotics made its stock market debut in Shanghai on Wednesday, with its shares soaring by more than 600%. In the highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO), the firm's shares opened at 1,100…
How U.S. military funding propelled China's robot dogs
China's Unitree Robotics — among the world's biggest producers of humanoid and quadruped robots — based designs for its most successful robot dogs on innovations funded by the U.S. military, according to a former U.S. defense…
Humanoid resources: China's robots search for workforce breakthrough
A horde of schoolchildren watched excitedly as a diminutive humanoid tour guide named Wuji welcomed them to a robot school in eastern China, gesticulating theatrically as it described the institute's aspiration to train the mechanical workforce of…
China's backflipping robots leap to blockbuster stock market debut in latest sign of AI boom
HONG KONG — The robotics firm behind China's famously backflipping humanoids leapt to a remarkable stock market debut on Wednesday, with Unitree's shares closing up 460% as investors rally behind homegrown beneficiaries of the A.I. boom.
Unitree IPO's Massive 629% Pop Makes Agility Robotics Look Super Cheap
A Unitree G1 humanoid robot. The company's IPO landed today, and the stock jumped 629%. High-five a Unitree G1, if you can find the robotic little guy anywhere. His makers hit the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market today, and the company's stock…
Shares in humanoid robot firm Unitree surge 600% on Chinese stock market debut
Unitree, the world's biggest humanoid robot maker, has made a spectacular entry on to China's stock market, with its shares surging by more than 600%. The Chinese company's robots have gained global fame via viral videos of them performing martial…
Robot lawnmower with built-in mulcher is £60 off to get gardens ready for autumn
No matter how much of a keen gardener you are, cutting the grass is one of those jobs that everyone puts off as long as possible. Apart from being time consuming, it's a job that feels never ending, especially if you like to keep your lawn looking…
Chinese maker of backflipping robots sees shares soar sixfold on stock market debut
Shares of a Chinese company whose backflipping humanoid robots have drawn global attention rose more than sixfold on the first day of trading in Shanghai. The stunning debut shows the scale of the investment the country's robotics industry has been…
Waymo pioneer Sebastian Thrun is building a new robotics startup
Sebastian Thrun, one of the pioneers of the self-driving industry, is working on a new robotics startup called Dulo. He revealed the new venture at the end of a keynote speech at Actuate, a robotics conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. 'I am not…
Unitree Robotics surges 629% to US$66 billion valuation in Shanghai share debut
Shares of Unitree Robotics surged 629 per cent above their initial public offering price to open at 1,100 yuan in their Shanghai trading debut on Wednesday, giving China's best-known humanoid robot maker a market capitalisation of about 445 billion…
Humanoid Robot Maker Unitree Pops an Outrageous 629% in Trading Debut
Gizmodo is not an international finance blog, so I can't really tell you how unprecedented this is for the IPO of a Hangzhou, China-based company debuting on Shanghai's STAR Market, but Unitree's stock just skyrocketed by 629% on its first day of…
Chinese coastguard proposes turning South China Sea isles into robotic fortress
The South China Sea's contested islands could be transformed into autonomous, robotic fortresses, according to a defence proposal by the Chinese coastguard. The plan, which was detailed in a Chinese-language journal supervised by the state-run…
China robot makers flock to Beijing show, seek path to mass adoption
China's robot makers showcased their latest machines at a Beijing conference on Wednesday, seeking to convince investors and customers that the technology is moving forward for broader commercial adoption. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT More than…
Chinese Robot Maker Unitree Leaps in Stock-Market Debut
Shares in Unitree, officially known as Yushu Technology, vaulted more than fivefold in their trading debut in Shanghai today.
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