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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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...