Unitree soars in Shanghai debut, a milestone for China’s humanoid robotics sector | WIN 98.5 Your Country | WNWN-FM | Battle Creek, MI

By Thomson Reuters Aug 19, 2026 | 3:08 AM

By Samuel Shen and Eduardo Baptista

SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Shares in Unitree, China’s best-known humanoid robot maker, soared nearly six-fold in its Shanghai trading debut, in a landmark moment for the country’s robotics sector which has become a key battleground in the Sino-U.S. tech war.

Unitree, which competes with Hyundai Motor Group-owned Boston Dynamics and Tesla, has drawn global attention for its robots that run, dance and perform ​martial arts. The startup also has backing from some of China’s most influential tech firms including Tencent, Alibaba and DeepSeek, while Wang had a coveted front-row seat at a summit with tech business leaders hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping early last year.

At least a half dozen Chinese humanoid robotics firms are preparing to go public. Deep Robotics and Leju Robotics have applied to list on mainland Chinese exchanges, while Mech-Mind Robotics, X Square Robot and AgiBot have chosen to pursue a Hong Kong listing.

($1 = 6.7420 Chinese yuan)

(Reporting by Samuel Shen in Shanghai and Eduardo ​Baptista in Beijing, Editing by Edwina Gibbs)

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