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The Meituan-backed industrial vision-guided robotics maker is set to open its order book for a roughly $300 million Hong Kong listing, with a debut expected in early September. It extends the wave of Chinese robotics IPOs following Unitree, reinforcing Hong Kong's emergence as the go-to
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Unitree has raised 6.1 billion yuan ($905 million) in its IPO, according their prospectus. Shares rose to 968.1 yuan apiece, after hitting as high as 1,100 yuan/share.
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https://www.worldrobotconference.com/en/sara/contributions/callforpaper/ * Dates: August 19–23 * Location: Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (Beijing E-Town), China * Organizers: The Chinese Institute of Electronics and the World Robot Cooperation Organisation Key Highlights * Scale & Participation: The event features over 300 exhibitors and more than 2,000
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Company Deep DiveHumanoids/United Kingdom/Robot Hive The jeweller who built Britain's robot In under two years, a Russia-born jewellery magnate turned ~$30M of his own money into Europe's first pure-play humanoid unicorn — and put a wheeled robot on a live Siemens factory floor.
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Supply ChainTechnology ·Actuators & Reducers ·Robot Hive Data Desk The joint problem: who really controls the robotics race The winner won't be decided by the smartest AI. It'll be decided by whoever controls the tiny, backlash-free gears that let a robot bend its arm — and