Robot makers AgiBot, Unitree and UBTech land more orders from Chinese enterprises
That order from China Mobile's subsidiary in
Hangzhou , capital of eastern Zhejiang province, involves the supply of 78 million yuan worth of full-size humanoid robots from AgiBot and 46 million yuan in smaller machines – with computational capability and nimble-fingered hands – from Unitree, according to a notice from the telecoms network operator's procurement and tender website in late June.
The deal with China Mobile – with about 1 billion mobile network customers and 320 million broadband business clients in the first quarter – covers a two-year period. The total number of humanoid robots to be supplied was not disclosed.
AgiBot and Unitree Robotics will supply China Mobile's Hangzhou-based subsidiary with humanoid robots over a two-year period. Photo: Shutterstock
'Humanoid robots are expected to become the next groundbreaking innovation – following computers, smartphones and new-energy vehicles – to profoundly transform human production and lifestyles, while reshaping the global industrial landscape,' the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said in its 2023 guidelines.
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