In one week Korea cleared 20 humanoids to work beside people, Shanghai set a goal of 8,000 factory humanoids by 2028, and UBTECH's 10,000-a-year plant came into focus. Here is what each move means.
Thailand's Board of Investment approved five Chinese companies to make roller screws, actuators and structural parts for humanoids in the Eastern Economic Corridor, naming Tesla's Optimus as a target market.
Shenzhen's Astribot closed an RMB 1 billion round at about RMB 15 billion valuation — its fourth raise in six months — to scale cable-driven S1 and T1 robots.
Shanghai Chaifu Robotics showed a robot rated for 5,000.36 kg that lifted a whole car, topping FANUC's 2,300 kg record. Its value depends on reliability in heavy industry.
China's IP office published BYD's embodied-intelligent-robot design patent on Oct 9, 2026 — a bipedal look aimed at service, education and industry — but the company has still not formally unveiled the product.