Sector

robotics

Robotics is a sector focused on the design, development, and deployment of machines capable of performing tasks autonomously or semi-autonomously. It encompasses companies that build and commercialize robots for various applications, including industrial automation, logistics, and advanced humanoid forms.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to significant market activity, including major IPOs and stock surges for robotics firms in China, signaling a critical juncture for the sector's growth and scale.

Latest on robotics

  • Unitree Robotics shares soar on Shanghai trading debut
  • China’s Mech-Mind Robotics set to open order book for US$300m IPO, sources say
  • Waymo pioneer Sebastian Thrun is building a stealth robotics startup
  • Unitree surges in Shanghai debut, a milestone for China’s humanoid robotics sector
  • From spectacle to scale: why China’s robotics firms face a ‘critical juncture’
  • Unitree Robotics surges 629% after US$904 million Shanghai IPO
  • to scale battery systems for robotics and drones
  • robotics will create new jobs by increasing industrial productivity
  • Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Competition 2026
  • Nvidia Ships the Foundation Model Physical AI Has Been Waiting For
  • US urged to follow China’s lead in treating data as an economic asset
  • BYD’s first humanoid robots; Brazil named biggest buyer of Chinese cars: 7 EV reads

Connections

20 entities linked to robotics across the news graph.