Robotera

Robotera (Beijing Xingdong Jiyuan Technology) was set up in August 2023 by Chen Jianyu, born in 1992, and incubated at Tsinghua University's Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences; Tsinghua holds shares directly. It builds its own actuators and says it develops the full hardware and software stack in-house.

The products are the STAR1 humanoid, filmed running in the Gobi desert and on the Great Wall, the full-size L7 biped that succeeded it, the Q5 wheeled service humanoid, the M7 upper-body unit and the XHand direct-drive five-finger hand, which is sold separately. Deployment claims centre on parcel logistics: by July 2026 the company said its robots were working in more than 10 sorting centres across five provinces for SF Express and China Post, with thousand-unit batch deliveries promised for the second quarter of 2026. Unit totals have not been independently confirmed.

Funding in 2026 was rapid. A CNY 1 billion strategic round in March pushed the valuation past CNY 10 billion (about USD 1.45 billion); SF Group led a USD 200 million round in April or May; and on 6 July 2026 Chengtong Fund led a further CNY 1 billion. Investors include Geely Capital, BAIC Capital, Alibaba, CDH and Beijing municipal funds. Reports say it is weighing a Hong Kong IPO of up to USD 1 billion. Revenue and headcount are unpublished.