US humanoid robot ban lands as China’s robot makers line up to go public

June 29, 2026 Unitree has spent 2026 experiencing both halves of the US relationship at once. Nvidia named the company’s H2 Plus as the hardware foundation for its open GR00T reference humanoid platform in June; the same month, the US government flagged Unitree as a potential security risk with alleged military ties and barred it from Department of Defence contracts. Skip to content

TechHQ is part of the TechForge Publications series. A debut had been reported as possible before the end of July, which would make it the first humanoid robot developer on China’s A-share market.

Hong Kong-listed UBTech got there via a different exchange in 2023; AgiBot is reportedly planning a Hong Kong listing next year at a valuation of up to US$6.4 billion, and IPO applications from Leju Robotics and DEEP Robotics have been accepted in Shenzhen and Shanghai, respectively.