China Robotics & AI
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What we’re watching next in china
Beijing’s robotics tilt just shifted gears: subsidies and policy focus are moving from the robot to the parts that power it. The centerpiece of the story is not a new model line or a flashy demo, but a recalibration of how China intends to grow its own robotics ecosystem. In Mandarin-language releas
Alibaba Debuts Qwen AI Glasses at $500
Alibaba's Qwen AI Glasses S1 hits the market at $500, turning AI eyewear from hype into reality. Alibaba has launched the Qwen AI Glasses S1, a flagship AI wearable priced at RMB 3,499 after subsidies and promotions, with a USD-stated headline of about $500. The device is positioned as a mass-market
Humanoid AI Startup Delta Intelligence Raises $14M
Beijing's Delta Intelligence just closed a roughly $14 million round to teach humanoid robots how to walk, think, and manipulate the world in three dimensions. Delta Intelligence, incubated by the Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence, has completed three funding rounds totaling over
AI Blood-Pressure Monitors Debut at CMEF
A blood-pressure cuff just got an AI brain. At the 93rd China International Medical Equipment Fair, iFLYTEK Medical unveiled three smart upper-arm monitors—X3, X5, and X7—powered by its Xinghuo Medical Large Model. The devices are pitched as the industry’s first BP monitors integrated with a medical
Futuring2 Hits 300 Homes in Real-World Test
The home-service robot Futuring2 just logged 30,000 hours of real-world testing across 300 Chinese households in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou. Future Not Far’s F2 is priced around $36,000, and its makers frame the device as a do-it-all helper for cleaning, organization, companionship, a
China’s Embodied AI Leap: Being-H0.7 Debuts
The robot brain China can’t ignore just got smarter. On April 14, embodied AI startup BeingBeyond unveiled its third-generation flagship, Being-H0.7, trained on roughly 200,000 hours of human video. The claim is more than a data blip: the model is pitched as a latent-space, reasoning-first alternati