Spirit AI teams up with Bosch to push embodied robots into factories
The two companies will work together on robot data collection, embodied AI model training, industrial deployment and core component supply.
The two companies will work together on robot data collection, embodied AI model training, industrial deployment and core component supply.
This marks the company’s second financing deal in just over two months, as capital continues flowing into China’s embodied AI sector.
The initiative lays out 16 measures spanning corporate R&D, innovation platforms and commercialization, with a focus on making companies the main drivers of innovation.
Industry observers said his departure could signal entrepreneurial ambitions, as investment in embodied intelligence accelerates.
At the core of Spirit AI’s approach is what it calls a “diversified data” framework aimed at extending the Scaling Law into embodied intelligence.
Parts of the professional testing events next month will prohibit remote controls, requiring machines to rely entirely on autonomous perception and decision-making.
Unitree’s IPO bid follows the success of Shenzhen-based UBTech, which was the first humanoid robotics company to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in late 2023.
Unitree’s early years coincided with a difficult fundraising environment for bionic robotics. Shunwei was one of the first prominent VCs to back the startup.
A proprietary new manufacturing facility is entering ramp-up production, with annual capacity expected to exceed 10,000 dexterous hands and 200,000 miniature actuators by year-end.