Investing.com-- Chinese robotics stocks rose sharply on Monday after Apple published a research paper unveiling an autonomous humanoid robot control system using technology from Unitree Robotics.
Unitree– trading as Yushu Technology– was the best performer in the lot, rising over 8% in Shanghai trade.
Ubtech Robotics jumped 8%, Lingyi iTech Guangdong Co added nearly 2%, while Lens Technology and Hesai Group – which both supply robot components– added over 4% apiece.
Alibaba– whose Qwen model was also used to run Apple's system– rose as much as 3%.
Apple researchers last week released a paper unveiling the HALO system– software for humanoid robots that is capable of completing a host of physical skills, including sitting on chairs, navigating to objects, and other demonstrations of dexterity.
Apple said the HALO system achieved a 91% success rate across 360 trials in six, real-world environments. The humanoid robot was able to follow plain-language instructions to carry out training tasks.
The system was tested using Unitree's G1 platform, while Alibab's Qwen 3.6 model was used, running locally, in the test.
The test marked more progress towards developing humanoid robots that can operate effectively in real-life environments– which is a major target of the industry at large.
Chinese suppliers– which are viewed as being global leaders in the technology– stand to benefit from any such progress, given that it opens a path to mass market adoption of the technology.
Still, the Apple paper did not mention any direct partnerships with Chinese firms to develop HALO.
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