Beijing-based humanoid robotics company Robotera said on May 8, 2026 that it has raised more than $200 million in a new financing round led by Chinese logistics giant SF Group, as it scales humanoid deployments in logistics and industrial automation. The round follows a separate $143 million strategic financing the company closed in March and arrived with investor demand that exceeded its original target.
Investor lineup leans on logistics and state capital
The round drew financial investors including HSG, IDG Capital, Hillhouse Investment, CICC Capital, Jingming Capital, SparkEdge Capital, Luxin Venture Capital Group, Unite Pioneers Capital and Longqi Investment. Industrial backers included KENGIC, Dongfeng Asset Investment, ICBC Capital and funds affiliated with China Unicom. Existing investors Tsinghua Holding Tiancheng Asset Management and Horizon Investment also increased their stakes.
Robots already running in 10+ logistics centers
Robotera said its humanoids are now operating across more than 10 logistics centers through partnerships with China Post and SF Group. The company began thousand-unit deliveries during the second quarter of 2026 and reported growth exceeding 300% during the period. Beyond logistics, Robotera is expanding into automotive, electronics and service-sector applications. The push lands as China's embodied AI sector is being formalized by the state — including a new digital-ID regime covering 28,000 humanoid robots.
A vertically integrated stack
Robotera has built more than 95% of its core components in-house, spanning actuators, humanoid platforms and dexterous robotic hands. The company highlighted a direct-drive dexterous hand architecture aimed at precision and durability in real-world manipulation tasks. According to Robotera, its hardware has also been used by Nvidia, Apple and Boston Dynamics for research and development purposes — signaling adoption beyond the Chinese market.
How the round fits a frothy humanoid sector
The financing extends a year in which humanoid robotics has emerged as one of the most heavily capitalized corners of robotics. Tesla recently broke ground on a dedicated Optimus factory in Texas, while Boston Dynamics is teaching Atlas heavier-payload manipulation with reinforcement learning. Western investors continue to pile into U.S. peers like Figure and Apptronik, even as Chinese players such as Robotera, Unitree and Agibot scale production in parallel.
What the capital is meant to do
Robotera said it will use the proceeds to scale real-world robotic applications globally, deepen its dexterous-manipulation R&D, and broaden deployments across industries beyond logistics. Company executives told investors the capital will also support international expansion as the embodied-AI market enters what they described as "rapid commercialization."
Reporting based on coverage from AI Insider, PR Newswire and Caixin Global.