Robots set off a financing boom at the beginning of 2024. Lenovo invested in many companies. Humanoid robots are going to be a big hit

Enthusiasts.com reported (by Liu Jing) that recently, at the annual GTC conference, the humanoid universal basic model Project GR00T was launched. Nvidia's founder was very optimistic about the development of embodied and humanoid robots, and even excitedly said, "Developing a universal humanoid robot basic model is one of the most exciting topics in today's field."

Empowered by AI, Nvidia has once again ignited the craze in the field of humanoid robots. Prior to this, the humanoid robot Opmus also made frequent appearances. Compared with other industries, the robot industry seems to be hotter at the beginning of 2024, with many new developments in technological innovation, commercialization process, industry cooperation and financing, and mergers and acquisitions. 24 robot financings at the beginning of

2024 , Lenovo Investment is extremely active Since the beginning of 2024, among the popular industries such as, robots, wearable devices, /AR, and metaverse, the robot industry has the most corporate financing cases. The unusually active financing of the robot industry also indirectly shows that the robot industry is entering a new stage of rapid development in 2024. According to incomplete statistics from Electronics Enthusiasts, from January 1 to March 20, 2024, there were 24 financing events in the domestic robot industry, involving enterprises in multiple fields such as surgical robots, cleaning robots, humanoid robots, and mobile robots. In terms of large-scale financing, robot production line planning software provider Xinkong Intelligent, cold chain cloud factory platform provider Yueshi Robot, and mobile machine system overall solution provider Zhejiang Kecong all received nearly 100 million yuan in financing. In addition, intelligent robot technology provider Benmo, photovoltaic intelligent cleaning robot developer Renjie Intelligent, and humanoid robot developer Xingdong Jiyuan have also completed 100 million yuan in financing, and mobile robot developer Guozi Robot has received 200 million yuan in investment from Chint Group. Guozi Robot was founded in 2011. In this year, they launched the first generation of trackless navigation intelligent inspection robots. With this Guozi Robot successfully entered the State Grid and became the core supplier of intelligent robots for the State Grid. Since then, Guozi Robot's intelligent security robots and intelligent operation and maintenance robots have also appeared one after another, and have been gradually applied to industries such as rail transit, automobiles, and integrated pipe surfaces. At present, Guozi Robot has formed a product system with inspection robots, intelligent guidance robots, and intelligent security robots as the core. After more than ten years of development, Guozi Robot has established a relatively complete mobile robot technology system, and has continued to achieve pioneering results in core cutting-edge technologies of mobile robots such as full-scene intelligent navigation, multi-agent scheduling, flexible collaboration and interaction. In the robotics industry, Guozi Robot has attracted the attention and favor of many investment institutions with its leading technology. Tianyancha shows that Guozi Robot has 5 financing history, and Fuju Investment and Midea Capital have also invested in this robot. The mobile robot market where Guozi Robot is located is showing a high degree of prosperity. Intert Analysis predicts that global mobile robot shipments will grow at an annual rate of about 50% from 2022 to 2027, and industry revenue will maintain an annual growth of 30% to 40%, showing a strong growth momentum. What's more interesting is that at the beginning of 2024, more start-up robot companies will get financing. According to the statistical results, among the 24 robot financings mentioned above, 5 are robot companies that were just established in 2023, namely Xingdongjiyuan, Variable Robot, Xinghaitu, Yisheng Technology, and Daoshan Intelligence. After the beginning of 2024, Lenovo has obviously increased its investment in the robot track. Electronic enthusiasts have compiled and shown that since the beginning of 2024, Lenovo has invested in two robot companies that were just established in 2023 through its fund Lenovo Venture Capital and investment institution Lenovo Star, namely humanoid robot developer Xingdongjiyuan and robot developer Variable Robot Company. In addition, Lenovo also invested in a robot company established in 2020-Benmo Technology. Lenovo may want to combine its technological advantages in the fields of,, and big data with robot technology to launch more intelligent and efficient robot products and services. The commercialization process of humanoid robots is accelerating, and 2024 is expected to become the first year of mass production . With the continuous advancement of artificial intelligence technology, the scope of robot application is becoming more and more extensive. The use of industrial robots on production lines can perform repetitive, tedious or dangerous tasks, reduce labor costs, and improve production efficiency and quality. At the same time, service robots, medical robots and automotive robots have also been widely used in various fields, bringing huge development potential to the robot market. Market research firm Mdor ligence predicts that the automotive robot market will grow at a double-digit annual compound growth rate of 11% from 2022 to 2027, and the automotive robot market value is expected to reach US$15.21 billion by 2027. Robots are penetrating into industries such as industry, automobiles, medical care, and services at an unprecedented rate. Among them, humanoid robots, as an important branch of the robotics field, have significantly accelerated their commercialization process in 2024. The shipment volume of humanoid robots is growing significantly, and many research institutions believe that humanoid robots are expected to become the first year of mass production in 2024. Just now, Goldman Sachs raised the market size of humanoid robots by five times, from the previous forecast of a global humanoid robot market size of US$6 billion in 2035 to US$38 billion. It is expected that by 2035, the global shipment volume of humanoid robots will reach 1.4 million units. Since the beginning of 2024, many companies have released commercial humanoid robot products. First, at AWE 2024, Haier and Leju jointly released the first domestic humanoid robot for home services. Secondly, 1X and Figure, robotics companies supported by OpenAI, also released humanoid robot products, which can have a comprehensive dialogue with humans after being connected to GPT. It is reported that Figure's robots have been stationed in BMW's automobile factory, demonstrating the potential for commercial use of its humanoid robots in actual industry. In addition, Tiantai Robotics also released the world's first universal humanoid robot platform with humanoid spine function. The company focuses on the research and development and manufacturing of core components of robots. The humanoid robot products released this time have been fully upgraded in terms of structural design and core components. At the recent GTC event, NVIDIA also released Project GR00T, a universal basic model of full-body robots, and Jetson Thor, a new humanoid robot computer based on the NVIDIA Thor system-level. The launch of NVIDIA's Project GR00T and Jetson Thor products shows that its humanoid robots have made significant breakthroughs in intelligence, computing power, motion control and operation accuracy. At the beginning of 2024, Xingdong Era, which focuses on the research and development of humanoid robots, also completed an angel round of financing of 100 million yuan. The main investment institutions are Lenovo Capital, Century Golden Resources, Jinding Capital, and Tsinghua Holdings Tiancheng. Xingdong Era has a great background. It was jointly established by the Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Tsinghua University and the Shanghai Qizhi Research Institute. It focuses on the cutting-edge applications of general artificial intelligence (AGI) and develops general humanoid robots that are adaptable to a wide range of fields, multiple scenarios, and high intelligence. Summary: The outbreak has led to the accelerated development of the robotics industry. More and more companies have begun to apply AI technology to the research and development of robots, promoting the continuous updating of robot products. At the same time, AI technology has also brought new business models and application scenarios to the robotics industry, such as intelligent customer service, intelligent inspection, intelligent logistics, etc., which has injected new impetus into the rapid development of the robotics industry. Investment institutions have also seen the huge potential for the application of robots in multiple fields in the future, and continue to increase investment in robot-related fields.