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    {
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    {
     "title": "AgiBot",
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     "title": "Unitree",
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    {
     "title": "Hexagon AEON",
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     "publisher": "Hexagon"
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    {
     "title": "Apptronik news",
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    {
     "title": "Unitree",
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    {
     "title": "Figure news",
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   "customer": "Longcheer Technology",
   "site": "Longcheer electronics factory",
   "country": "CN",
   "sector": "other",
   "task": "Material handling and logistics on an electronics production line",
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   "status": "pilot",
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    {
     "title": "AgiBot",
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     "publisher": "AgiBot"
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    {
     "title": "1X NEO",
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   "customer": "Pharmacy chains in Beijing (partners not individually disclosed)",
   "site": "Unstaffed pharmacies and retail stores in Beijing",
   "country": "CN",
   "sector": "retail",
   "task": "Picking medicines and goods from shelves, restocking and handing orders to customers or couriers around the clock",
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   "status": "active",
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   "units_note": "Galbot said in 2025 it operated robots in a small number of unstaffed stores in Beijing with a target of 100 stores; verified counts pending",
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    {
     "title": "Galbot",
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     "publisher": "Galbot"
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   "id": "kepler-k2-saic-gm-jinqiao",
   "robot": "kepler-k2-bumblebee",
   "company": "kepler",
   "customer": "SAIC-GM",
   "site": "SAIC-GM Jinqiao plant, Shanghai",
   "country": "CN",
   "sector": "automotive",
   "task": "Material handling and logistics tasks in a pilot on the production site",
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   "status": "pilot",
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   "units_note": "Kepler reported its K2 Bumblebee working at SAIC-GM in 2025; scale not published",
   "autonomy": "mixed",
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "Kepler Robotics",
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     "publisher": "Kepler Robotics"
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   "id": "leju-kuavo-baic",
   "robot": "leju-kuavo",
   "company": "leju",
   "customer": "BAIC Group",
   "site": "BAIC plant (location not disclosed)",
   "country": "CN",
   "sector": "automotive",
   "task": "Factory training for handling and inspection tasks",
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   "end": null,
   "status": "unclear",
   "units": null,
   "units_note": "Leju announced automotive cooperation with BAIC; deployment details pending verification",
   "autonomy": "mixed",
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "Leju Robotics",
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     "date": null,
     "publisher": "Leju Robotics"
    }
   ]
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   "id": "tiangong-x-humanoid-pilots",
   "robot": "tiangong",
   "company": "x-humanoid",
   "customer": null,
   "site": "Pilot sites in Beijing (details not disclosed)",
   "country": "CN",
   "sector": "other",
   "task": "Demonstrations and pilots of the open source Tiangong platform in logistics and public service settings",
   "start": "2025",
   "end": null,
   "status": "unclear",
   "units": null,
   "units_note": "X-Humanoid reports sales of Tiangong to developers and pilot partners; no named commercial deployment verified",
   "autonomy": "mixed",
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center",
     "url": "https://www.x-humanoid.com/",
     "date": null,
     "publisher": "X-Humanoid"
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   ]
  },
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   "id": "magiclab-magicbot-dreame-suzhou",
   "robot": "magiclab-magicbot",
   "company": "magiclab",
   "customer": "Dreame Technology",
   "site": "Dreame factory, Suzhou",
   "country": "CN",
   "sector": "other",
   "task": "Quality inspection and material handling on a consumer appliance production line",
   "start": "2025",
   "end": null,
   "status": "pilot",
   "units": null,
   "units_note": "MagicLab is a Dreame affiliated humanoid company; scale not published",
   "autonomy": "mixed",
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "MagicLab",
     "url": "https://www.magiclab.top/",
     "date": null,
     "publisher": "MagicLab"
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   ]
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   "id": "walker-s1-baic",
   "robot": "ubtech-walker-s1",
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   "customer": "BAIC Group",
   "site": "BAIC plant (location not disclosed)",
   "country": "CN",
   "sector": "automotive",
   "task": "Factory training in handling and inspection",
   "start": "2024-12",
   "end": null,
   "status": "unclear",
   "units": null,
   "units_note": "BAIC named by UBTech among automotive partners; details not published",
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    {
     "title": "UBTech",
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     "date": null,
     "publisher": "UBTech"
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   ]
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   "id": "persona-hd-hyundai-shipyard-welding",
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   "customer": "HD Hyundai Samho and HD Hyundai Robotics",
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   "country": "KR",
   "sector": "other",
   "task": "Welding in shipbuilding with a humanoid, developed jointly with Vazil Company",
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   "end": null,
   "status": "announced",
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   "units_note": "Prototype targeted for 2026, commercial use later; no units deployed at the time of writing",
   "autonomy": "unknown",
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "Persona AI",
     "url": "https://www.personainc.ai/",
     "date": null,
     "publisher": "Persona AI"
    }
   ]
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   "id": "walker-s1-zeekr-ningbo",
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   "company": "ubtech",
   "customer": "Zeekr (Geely)",
   "site": "Zeekr 5G smart factory, Ningbo",
   "country": "CN",
   "sector": "automotive",
   "task": "Collaborative sorting, handling, precision assembly and quality checks with multiple robots",
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   "end": null,
   "status": "active",
   "units": null,
   "units_note": "UBTech showed dozens of Walker S1 robots in multi robot collaboration at Zeekr in March 2025; exact count not published",
   "autonomy": "mixed",
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "UBTech",
     "url": "https://www.ubtrobot.com/",
     "date": null,
     "publisher": "UBTech"
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   ]
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   "id": "walker-s1-audi-faw-changchun",
   "robot": "ubtech-walker-s1",
   "company": "ubtech",
   "customer": "Audi FAW NEV",
   "site": "Audi FAW NEV plant, Changchun",
   "country": "CN",
   "sector": "automotive",
   "task": "Quality inspection including refrigerant leak checks on new energy vehicles",
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   "end": null,
   "status": "pilot",
   "units": null,
   "units_note": "Reported as UBTech's first deployment at a foreign automaker joint venture",
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   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "UBTech",
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     "publisher": "UBTech"
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   ]
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   "id": "xpeng-iron-guangzhou-factory",
   "robot": "xpeng-iron",
   "company": "xpeng",
   "customer": "XPeng (internal)",
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   "country": "CN",
   "sector": "automotive",
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   "status": "pilot",
   "units": null,
   "units_note": "XPeng said IRON was already working in its factory at the November 2024 reveal; scale not published",
   "autonomy": "mixed",
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "XPeng",
     "url": "https://www.xpeng.com/",
     "date": null,
     "publisher": "XPeng"
    }
   ]
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   "id": "digit-schaeffler-plants",
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   "customer": "Schaeffler",
   "site": "Schaeffler manufacturing plants (locations not disclosed)",
   "country": "DE",
   "sector": "automotive",
   "task": "Intralogistics and material handling in Schaeffler plants",
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   "end": null,
   "status": "announced",
   "units": null,
   "units_note": "Schaeffler took a minority stake in Agility in October 2024 and said it intends to deploy Digit across its plant network; no unit count published",
   "autonomy": "autonomous",
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "Agility Robotics",
     "url": "https://www.agilityrobotics.com/",
     "date": null,
     "publisher": "Agility Robotics"
    },
    {
     "title": "Schaeffler newsroom",
     "url": "https://www.schaeffler.com/en/news_media/",
     "date": null,
     "publisher": "Schaeffler"
    }
   ]
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   "id": "walker-s1-byd",
   "robot": "ubtech-walker-s1",
   "company": "ubtech",
   "customer": "BYD",
   "site": "BYD plant (location not disclosed)",
   "country": "CN",
   "sector": "automotive",
   "task": "Handling and moving boxes and inspection tasks in the factory, in coordination with unmanned logistics vehicles",
   "start": "2024-10",
   "end": null,
   "status": "active",
   "units": null,
   "units_note": "UBTech reported Walker S1 in practical training at BYD from October 2024 and BYD among its largest Walker S customers; unit counts not officially broken out",
   "autonomy": "mixed",
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "UBTech",
     "url": "https://www.ubtrobot.com/",
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     "publisher": "UBTech"
    }
   ]
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   "id": "apollo-gxo-logistics-pilot",
   "robot": "apptronik-apollo",
   "company": "apptronik",
   "customer": "GXO Logistics",
   "site": "GXO warehouse (location not disclosed)",
   "country": "US",
   "sector": "logistics",
   "task": "Tote and case handling in a warehouse pilot",
   "start": "2024-09",
   "end": null,
   "status": "pilot",
   "units": null,
   "units_note": "Announced as a proof of concept",
   "autonomy": "autonomous",
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "Apptronik news",
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     "date": null,
     "publisher": "Apptronik"
    },
    {
     "title": "GXO newsroom",
     "url": "https://gxo.com/news/",
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     "publisher": "GXO"
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   "id": "neura-4ne1-schaeffler",
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   "company": "neura-robotics",
   "customer": "Schaeffler",
   "site": "Schaeffler plants",
   "country": "DE",
   "sector": "automotive",
   "task": "Handling tasks in manufacturing under a strategic partnership",
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   "end": null,
   "status": "pilot",
   "units": null,
   "units_note": "Schaeffler and Neura announced a partnership in 2024 covering cognitive robots including the 4NE-1 humanoid; deployment scale not published",
   "autonomy": "mixed",
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "Neura Robotics",
     "url": "https://neura-robotics.com/",
     "date": null,
     "publisher": "Neura Robotics"
    },
    {
     "title": "Schaeffler newsroom",
     "url": "https://www.schaeffler.com/en/news_media/",
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     "publisher": "Schaeffler"
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   ]
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   "id": "figure-02-bmw-spartanburg",
   "robot": "figure-02",
   "company": "figure-ai",
   "customer": "BMW Group",
   "site": "BMW Manufacturing, Spartanburg, South Carolina",
   "country": "US",
   "sector": "automotive",
   "task": "Loading sheet metal parts into fixtures on the X3 body shop line",
   "start": "2024-08",
   "end": "2025-11",
   "status": "ended",
   "units": null,
   "units_note": "Figure described an 11 month production deployment that ended in late 2025 after which it moved to Figure 03; fleet size not published",
   "autonomy": "autonomous",
   "sources": [
    {
     "title": "Figure news",
     "url": "https://www.figure.ai/news",
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     "publisher": "Figure AI"
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    {
     "title": "Figure AI",
     "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_AI",
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     "publisher": "Wikipedia"
    }
   ]
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