Humanoid Robot Preorders Promise Chore Helpers, but the Tech Is Still Stumbling
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Humanoid Robot Preorders Promise Chore Helpers, but the Tech Is Still Stumbling

Startups are taking $7,999 to $29,950 preorders for humanoid home robots, yet experts say safety, privacy and limited wo...

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Unitree's G1 Robot Went Viral as an Influencer. Now It Must Prove It Can Work
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Unitree's G1 Robot Went Viral as an Influencer. Now It Must Prove It Can Work

Chinese maker Unitree shipped more than 5,500 G1 humanoids last year and turned the robot into a viral influencer star. ...

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Unitree’s IPO Marks Physical AI’s Shift From Lab Demo to Public Market
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Unitree’s IPO Marks Physical AI’s Shift From Lab Demo to Public Market

The robotics leader’s IPO, a 3.5 billion yuan fund from Shoucheng Holdings and a funding shift toward proven players sig...

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Why AI Will Always Need Humans, According to SAS's 50-Year AI Chief
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Why AI Will Always Need Humans, According to SAS's 50-Year AI Chief

SAS's applied AI leader explains 'boring' use cases that deliver fast ROI, while Zuckerberg's open-source essay and indu...

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Unitree’s Shanghai IPO Is 5,500 Times Oversubscribed as China’s Retail Investors Chase Humanoid Robots
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Unitree’s Shanghai IPO Is 5,500 Times Oversubscribed as China’s Retail Investors Chase Humanoid Robots

Retail demand for Unitree’s $900 million listing underlines how Chinese households are piling into AI and robotics stock...

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Robotics Industry Could Consume 363 TWh of Power by 2035, Matching France's Nuclear Output
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Robotics Industry Could Consume 363 TWh of Power by 2035, Matching France's Nuclear Output

Wood Mackenzie sees industrial and humanoid robots becoming a second major strain on global power grids after AI data ce...

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Unitree IPO oversubscribed 8000-fold as Chinese humanoid robot frenzy peaks
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Unitree IPO oversubscribed 8000-fold as Chinese humanoid robot frenzy peaks

Retail demand for the Shanghai listing of robotics challenger Unitree hit 8000-times the shares on offer, valuing the fi...

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Unitree Tech’s STAR IPO Priced at 150.8 Yuan; 219x P/E and 0.02% Lottery Rate Expected
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Unitree Tech’s STAR IPO Priced at 150.8 Yuan; 219x P/E and 0.02% Lottery Rate Expected

Humanoid-robot pioneer Unitree Technology’s debut on Shanghai’s STAR board is attracting frenzy, with retail lottery odd...

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Chinese Humanoid Robot Makers Claim 97% of Global Shipments
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Chinese Humanoid Robot Makers Claim 97% of Global Shipments

Shipments of humanoid robots tripled to 19,100 units in the first half of 2026, with Chinese firms Agibot and Unitree dr...

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Yushu Technology Opens A-Share IPO as Humanoid Robot Leader, Offering Rare Exposure with 0.02% Lottery Odds
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Yushu Technology Opens A-Share IPO as Humanoid Robot Leader, Offering Rare Exposure with 0.02% Lottery Odds

The STAR board debut, priced at 150.8 yuan, values Unitree's maker at 61B yuan. Yet a 219× P/E and slowing growth test t...

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China’s Bank Wealth Managers Enter STAR Market IPOs as A-Class Investors, Target Unitree’s Robotics Debut
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China’s Bank Wealth Managers Enter STAR Market IPOs as A-Class Investors, Target Unitree’s Robotics Debut

Six bank wealth management firms are bidding for shares in humanoid robot maker Unitree Technology's high-valuation IPO,...

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China's Unitree Targets $904 Million in Landmark Humanoid Robot IPO
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China's Unitree Targets $904 Million in Landmark Humanoid Robot IPO

Humanoid robot maker Unitree priced its Shanghai IPO at 150.8 yuan, aiming for 6.1 billion yuan as it races to become Ch...

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Humanoid Robots Could Be a $5 Trillion Market: How Investors Are Playing the Boom
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Humanoid Robots Could Be a $5 Trillion Market: How Investors Are Playing the Boom

Morgan Stanley sees a $5 trillion market by 2050. Investment chiefs detail the stocks, ETFs and supply-chain plays that ...

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China Orders State Firms to Deploy 10,000 Humanoid Robots by End-2026
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China Orders State Firms to Deploy 10,000 Humanoid Robots by End-2026

A joint directive from China’s industry and state-asset ministries sets an ambitious commercial deployment target, with ...

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SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Sees 1 Billion Humanoid Robots by 2040 — and a $34 Trillion AI Economy
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SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Sees 1 Billion Humanoid Robots by 2040 — and a $34 Trillion AI Economy

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son laid out an audacious forecast at the company’s annual investor day: 1 billion AI-powered...

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