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Robotera

Robotera
Leader

Founded by Professor Chen Jianyu, doctoral supervisor at Tsinghua University and member of Professor Andrew Yao's team, RobotEra is the only embodied-intelligence enterprise directly held by Tsinghua itself. It pursues a WM+VLA paradigm with the in-house ERA-42 end-to-end VLA model and ships the L7 full-size bipedal humanoid (55 DoF, 400 N·m peak torque, 4 m/s sprint), the M7 upper-body platform and the XHAND 1 fully direct-driven dexterous hand, with full-stack self-research. After strategic, Series C and C-II rounds in 2026, total funding reaches about RMB 4.9B at a valuation above RMB 10B; it has started thousand-unit batch delivery with 50% overseas revenue, serving 9 of the world's top 10 tech companies by market cap.

City
北京
Founded
2023
Ticker
Unlisted
Team size
171 · 2025

Workforce

171 registered employees with over 80% in R&D; the core team comes from Tsinghua University's Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences and other academic labs.

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Milestones

2026
08.19CapitalRobotera reported to prepare a HKEX IPO raising US$800M-1B; showcases its full-stack embodied family at WRC 2026, industry's first logistics PMF solution praised by the MFA
AugCapitalMarket rumor: Robotera eyes a Hong Kong IPO to raise US$800M-1B
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JulFundingRobotera closes a RMB 1B Series C-II led by Chengtong Fund
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AprFundingRobotera closes a >US$200M Series C led by SF Group
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MarFundingRobotera closes a RMB 1B strategic round with Samsung and Singtel Innov8
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2025
NovFundingRobotera closes a ~RMB 1B Series A+ led by Geely Capital
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07.07FundingRobotera closes a ~RMB 500M Series A
2024
OctFundingRobotera closes a ~RMB 300M Pre-A round
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JanFundingRobotera closes an angel round of over RMB 100M
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Sources: MechAwakening '2026 China Humanoid Company List' (2026-08) and public industry research; A-share tickers limited to high-confidence names.