Humanoid robotics company AGIBOT launches in Malaysia - manilatimes.net

Founded in 2023, Agibot develops embodied intelligent robots designed to learn, adapt and operate in real-world environments. In 2025, the company reached several milestones underscoring its position in humanoid robotics and embodied intelligence. These included the rollout of its 5,168th mass-produced humanoid robot, demonstrating industrial-grade manufacturing capability and large-scale commercial readiness. Agibot also advanced embodied AI through real-world reinforcement learning, enabling robots to be trained and deployed directly in physical production environments.

Agibot was ranked No. 1 glo­bally by Omdia’s General-Purpose Embodied Intelligent Robot 2026 report, shipping more than 5,100 units and capturing a 39-percent share of the global market. In an interview with The Manila Times, Abel Deng, president for Asia-Pacific and the Middle East at Agibot, discussed the origins and applications of humanoid AI, as well as the role of human workers alongside humanoid robots.

The Manila Times (TMT): Can you tell us more about humanoid robots as opposed to AI, their origins and their uses?

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EARLIER this month, Agibot, a robotics company specializing in embodied intelligence, officially launched in Malaysia, marking the first in a series of strategic initiatives planned across the Asia-Pacific region in 2026.