As we previewed, Xiaomi’s humanoid robot made its public debut at the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing today — and the machine on the “Embodied Garden” booth is far more interesting than the teaser suggested. It is a full-size humanoid…
On August 18, Xiaomi President Lu Weibing used the company’s second-quarter earnings call to confirm what the robotics crowd had been waiting for: Xiaomi’s humanoid robot will make its first public appearance at the 2026 World Robot Conference, opening in…
On August 17, Unitree pulled back the curtain on “Chao Ren” — literally “Superhuman” — a humanoid whose spec sheet reads like a track-and-field fever dream: a 2-meter standing jump and a top speed of 12.66 m/s, both beyond anything…
A quiet pivot is underway in the auto industry. By mid-2026, nearly 20 major carmakers had jumped into humanoid robots. Some are building their own. Others are backing startups or spinning out robotics units. Tesla, BYD, XPeng, Chery, GAC, Li…
Nine EV and DM-i trims, a 900V charging system that hits 70% in five minutes, and a 630 km (391-mile) top range — BYD’s value offensive moves up a class. BYD put the Qin MAX on sale on August 13…
The “banana battery” saga has moved from damage control to root-cause search. On Aug. 10, cell maker CALB confirmed it is running a joint fault analysis with GAC Aion and talking to regulators. GAC Aion says it has filed a…
BYD’s Ocean Network core sedan pairs DM-i hybrid and EV powertrains, mounts a roof LiDAR, and offers 120 kW or 240 kW on a car that starts under $14,000. BYD put the 2027 Seal 06 on sale on August 11…
Leapmotor put its new A05 on sale on August 10 at ¥59,800–¥89,800 (about $8,250–$12,380). It is an A0-class five-door electric hatchback that ships with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295 cockpit chip as standard and offers optional LiDAR on the top trim — hardware that, a year ago, lived only in…
Chinese makers shipped more than 97% of all humanoid robots globally in the first half of 2026 — about 19,100 units, more than triple the 5,100 shipped a year earlier. Shanghai’s AgiBot led with 8,400 units (44% of the world), Hangzhou’s Unitree followed…
BYD’s personalized off-road brand just put its biggest family SUV yet on the record. On August 7, the Fang Cheng Bao Tai 9 appeared in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s (MIIT) 410th batch of new-vehicle filings — the…
