Reference News Network, February 6 report: According to the Hong Kong South China Morning Post website, February 3 report, as investors shift their focus from the hardware of humanoid robots to the "brain" of software and operating systems that support their intelligence, Chinese robot companies continue to secure new funding.
The report said that in addition to companies like Yujie Technology Co., Ltd., which focuses on hardware, a new batch of robot companies are emerging, investing capital in the software and operating systems of robots.
The humanoid robot manufacturer Zujidi Dynamics, headquartered in Shenzhen, announced on February 2 that it had completed a $200 million B-round financing. The company launched its embodied AI system LimX Cosa last month.
Physical AI startup Songying Technology also stated on February 2 that it had completed its Pre-A and Pre-A+ rounds of financing. The company said that its namesake system is based on NVIDIA's "Omniverse" platform, a virtual world platform that allows developers to build physically accurate simulation environments to train embodied intelligent robots.
Self-variable Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2023 and completed an A++ round of financing amounting to 1 billion yuan in the previous month. This Shenzhen-based company focuses on developing general-purpose basic embodied intelligent robots. ByteDance is one of its investors, and previous investors include Meituan and Alibaba Group.
Media quoted economist Pan Helin's words, saying that this trend indicates that internet giants are paying more attention to training the "brain" of embodied intelligence.
The report said that because the brain combines cloud AI, it can adapt to more application scenarios, while the biggest bottleneck for embodied intelligence at present is the limited application scenarios.
The report said that state-owned capital background funds are playing an increasingly significant role in this round of financing. Hefei Innovation Science and Technology Risk Investment Co., Ltd. participated in this round of financing for Zujidi Dynamics, as well as international investors such as Leshi Capital from the UAE and tech giants such as JD.com.
(Translation by Hu Xue)
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