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thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - Chery's robot unit eyes IPO, targets overseas market for police robots
Chery's robot unit eyes IPO, targets overseas market for police robots
The Standard

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…

bbc.co.uk - Osmond Chia - Chinese robotics giant Unitree soars in stock market debut
Chinese robotics giant Unitree soars in stock market debut
BBC

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…

japantimes.co.jp - Michael Martina - How U.S. military funding propelled China's robot dogs
How U.S. military funding propelled China's robot dogs
The Japan Times

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…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - Humanoid resources: China's robots search for workforce breakthrough
Humanoid resources: China's robots search for workforce breakthrough
The Standard

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…

nbcnews.com - China's backflipping robots leap to blockbuster stock market debut in latest sign of AI boom
China's backflipping robots leap to blockbuster stock market debut in latest sign of AI boom
NBC News

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.

forbes.com - John Koetsier - Unitree IPO's Massive 629% Pop Makes Agility Robotics Look Super Cheap
Unitree IPO's Massive 629% Pop Makes Agility Robotics Look Super Cheap
Forbes

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…

theguardian.com - Lauren Almeida - Shares in humanoid robot firm Unitree surge 600% on Chinese stock market debut
Shares in humanoid robot firm Unitree surge 600% on Chinese stock market debut
The Guardian

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…

mirror.co.uk - Faith Richardson - Robot lawnmower with built-in mulcher is £60 off to get gardens ready for autumn
Robot lawnmower with built-in mulcher is £60 off to get gardens ready for autumn
Daily Mirror

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…

independent.co.uk - Stuti Mishra - Chinese maker of backflipping robots sees shares soar sixfold on stock market debut
Chinese maker of backflipping robots sees shares soar sixfold on stock market debut
The Independent

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…

businessinsider.com - Rya Jetha - Waymo pioneer Sebastian Thrun is building a new robotics startup
Waymo pioneer Sebastian Thrun is building a new robotics startup
Business Insider

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…

scmp.com - Wency Chen - Unitree Robotics surges 629% to US$66 billion valuation in Shanghai share debut
Unitree Robotics surges 629% to US$66 billion valuation in Shanghai share debut
South China Morning Post

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…

gizmodo.com - Mike Pearl - Humanoid Robot Maker Unitree Pops an Outrageous 629% in Trading Debut
Humanoid Robot Maker Unitree Pops an Outrageous 629% in Trading Debut
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

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…

scmp.com - Holly Chik - Chinese coastguard proposes turning South China Sea isles into robotic fortress
Chinese coastguard proposes turning South China Sea isles into robotic fortress
South China Morning Post

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…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - China robot makers flock to Beijing show, seek path to mass adoption
China robot makers flock to Beijing show, seek path to mass adoption
The Standard

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…

wsj.com - Tracy Qu - Chinese Robot Maker Unitree Leaps in Stock-Market Debut
Chinese Robot Maker Unitree Leaps in Stock-Market Debut
Wall Street Journal

Shares in Unitree, officially known as Yushu Technology, vaulted more than fivefold in their trading debut in Shanghai today.

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