RobotEra company profile
RobotEra builds humanoid robots, dexterous hands and embodied-AI systems in China. Incubated from Tsinghua University, it reports logistics deployments and raised a new RMB 1 billion round in July 2026 after a rapid RMB 2.5 billion two-month financing run.
Facts
- Segment: Humanoid
- Country: China
- Founded: 2023
- Website: https://www.robotera.com
Profile sections
- Summary
- Market context
- Products
- Facts
- Funding
- Investors
- Supply chain
- Context / Market Position
- Events
- Team
- Relationships
- Context tags
- Customers and deployments
- Articles
- Sources
Summary
RobotEra builds humanoid robots, dexterous hands and embodied-AI systems in China. Incubated from Tsinghua University, it reports logistics deployments and raised a new RMB 1 billion round in July 2026 after a rapid RMB 2. 5 billion two-month financing run.
Market context
One of the leading Chinese humanoid builders pushing the frontier of speed and full-body coordination, with systems demonstrating both high-performance locomotion and real-world manipulation capabilities. L7 RobotEra develops bipedal humanoid robots, wheeled service robots and dexterous robot hands for logistics, service and embodied-AI applications.
Facts
- Website: https://www.robotera.com
- HQ: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Founded: 2023
- Segment: Humanoid
- Funding total: $141M
- Known funding rounds: 11
- Latest funding date: 2026-07-06
Funding
- 2026-07-06 - New financing round - $146M - RobotEra raises RMB 1B round led by China Chengtong Fund - source: news.pedaily.cn
- 2026-04-27 - Growth round - $200M - RobotEra raises over $200M funding round - source: caixinglobal.com
- 2026-03-05 - Strategic financing - $137M - RobotEra raises $137M strategic financing round at $1.37B valuation - source: caixinglobal.com
- 2026-03-05 - $137M - Robot Era Raises $137 Million Strategic Round, Valuation Exceeds $1.37 Billion - source: caixinglobal.com
- 2025-11-21 - Series A+ - $140M - RobotEra raises approximately $140M Series A+ round - source: caixinglobal.com
- 2025-11-21 - Series A - $141M - Robotera Series A++ - $141M - source: caixinglobal.com
- 2025-11-20 - Series A+ - $138M - ROBOTERA announces $138M Series A+ funding led by Geely Capital
- 2025-11-18 - Series A+ - $140M - Robotera secures RMB 1B in Series A++ financing
- 2025-07-07 - $69M - Robot Era raises nearly 500 million yuan in Series A funding - source: caixinglobal.com
- 2025-07-07 - Series A - $69M - RobotEra raises $69M Series A funding round - source: caixinglobal.com
- 2024-10-18 - Pre-Series A - $42M - RobotEra raises $42M pre-Series A funding round - source: caixinglobal.com
Investors
- Horizon Investment - Participant - Angel / Individual - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2026-03-05 - latest 2026-04-27
- Tsinghua Holding Tiancheng Asset Management - Participant - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2026-03-05 - latest 2026-04-27
- Alibaba Group - Participant - Corporate / Cvc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - strategic/corporate - first seen 2024-10-18 - latest 2025-11-21
- Haier Capital - Lead - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-07-07 - latest 2025-11-21
- Crystal Stream Capital - Lead - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2024-10-18 - latest 2025-07-07
- China Chengtong Fund - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-06
- CICC Renault - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-06
- Guoyuan Equity - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-06
- Hangzhou Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-06
- Hony Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-06
- Jiangxi State Holding - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-06
- Juntai Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-06
- Qianshan Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-06
- Qingkong Tiancheng - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-06
- Shenghe Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-06
- Ubiquant Venture - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-06
- Yufu Zhongxin Fund - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-07-06
- China Unicom-affiliated funds - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-27
- CICC Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-27
- Dongfeng Asset Investment - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-27
- Hillhouse Investment - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-27
- HSG - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-27
- ICBC Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-27
- IDG Capital - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-27
- Jingming Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-27
- KENGIC - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-27
- Longqi Investment - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-27
- Luxin Venture Capital Group - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-27
- SF Group - Lead - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-27
- SparkEdge Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-27
Supply chain
ROBOTERA general-purpose / embodied humanoid narrative.
- Layer: oem_builders
- Role types: Robot OEM
- Robotics categories: humanoid, embodied intelligence
- Profile confidence: high
Humanoid and embodied-intelligence robot developer
ROBOTERA develops service and industrial humanoid platforms alongside embodied-intelligence software and modular robot hardware.
- Target environment: Service environments, logistics centers, developer labs, commercial spaces and embodied-AI test settings.
- Deployment model: Product and platform model spanning robot bodies, developer tooling, teleoperation/data collection and deployment partnerships.
- Customer context: Service operators, logistics companies, research teams, robot developers and partners evaluating humanoid systems.
- Workflow context: Human interaction, mobile manipulation, logistics sorting, service guidance, teleoperation, data collection and humanoid development.
- Commercial maturity: Visible funding and product activity, including Q5 and larger humanoid lines, but deployment claims should stay source-bounded.
- Market position: Chinese humanoid builder with a portfolio that spans wheeled service humanoids and bipedal embodied-AI platforms.
- Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on delivered unit volumes, site reliability, autonomy performance, integration support and named customer evidence.
- Adjacent context: Q5, STAR1, L7, service humanoids, logistics humanoids and embodied-AI robot platforms.
- Source confidence: medium
Humanoid robotics company with logistics-facing deployment signals
Robot Era is a Beijing humanoid robotics company founded in 2023 by Chen Jianyu. Public reporting describes the company as building in-house humanoid robots and dexterous hands, with emerging deployment signals around logistics workflows.
- Target environment: Logistics centres, industrial facilities, research environments and human-scale spaces where humanoid systems are being evaluated for physical tasks.
- Deployment model: Humanoid platform model built around in-house robot hardware, dexterous manipulation development, financing and logistics-oriented deployment partnerships.
- Customer context: Logistics operators, industrial customers, research users and partners evaluating humanoid robots for package handling or general physical workflows.
- Workflow context: Humanoid locomotion, dexterous manipulation, package handling, robot task learning, logistics automation and full-stack humanoid development.
- Commercial maturity: Robot Era has disclosed funding and early deployment-facing signals, with commercial maturity still early relative to repeatable, durable field deployments.
- Market position: Chinese humanoid builder with a logistics-facing posture and founder links to Tsinghua robotics research.
- Adoption constraints: Reliability in real logistics workflows, production scale, autonomy, manipulation performance, safety, customer concentration and verification of deployment depth.
- Adjacent context: Humanoid robotics, logistics automation, dexterous manipulation, bipedal platforms and Chinese robotics commercialization.
- Source confidence: medium
Events
- 2026-07-06 - Funding - RobotEra raises RMB 1B round led by China Chengtong Fund - Investors named include China Chengtong Fund, Jiangxi State Holding, Guoyuan Equity, Yufu Zhongxin Fund and Hangzhou Capital.
- 2026-04-27 - Deployment - RobotEra deploys L7 humanoid robots across more than 10 logistics centers - RobotEra L7 humanoid robots have been deployed across more than 10 logistics centers in China with partners including…
- 2026-04-27 - Funding - RobotEra raises over $200M funding round - RobotEra raised more than $200 million in a new funding round.
- 2026-03-05 - Funding - RobotEra raises $137M strategic financing round at $1.37B valuation - RobotEra raised $137 million in a strategic financing round.
- 2026-03-05 - Funding - Robot Era Raises $137 Million Strategic Round, Valuation Exceeds $1.37 Billion - • Robot Era, an embodied artificial intelligence startup, completed a 1 billion yuan ($137 million) strategic fundi…
- 2026-01-08 - Demonstration - RobotEra demonstrates XHAND1 teleoperation system at CES 2026 - RobotEra demonstrated the XHAND1 dexterous hand system at CES 2026.
- 2025-12-15 - Demonstration - ROBOTERA L7 humanoid robot and XHand 1 showcased at Humanoid Summit - Robotera demonstrated capabilities in a public setting.
- 2025-11-21 - Funding - RobotEra raises approximately $140M Series A+ round - RobotEra raised roughly $140 million in a Series A+ funding round.
- 2025-11-21 - Product Launch - ROBOTERA unveils Star-Act L7 logistics robot solution - The solution centers on Star-Act L7 for logistics workflows that combine autonomous mobility with embodied task execution.
- 2025-11-21 - Funding - Robotera Series A++ - $141M - Robotera secured $141M in a Series A++ financing round.
- 2025-11-20 - Funding - ROBOTERA announces $138M Series A+ funding led by Geely Capital - Robotera secured $138M in Series A+ funding led by Geely Capital on November 20, 2025.
- 2025-11-18 - Funding - Robotera secures RMB 1B in Series A++ financing - Robotera secured nearly RMB 1 billion in Series A++ financing on November 20, 2025, led by Geely Capital.
- 2025-08-16 - Award - ROBOTERA L7 Wins High Jump Title at World Humanoid Robot Games - ROBOTERA's L7 robot achieved a standing high jump of 95.641 cm, setting a new world record for bipedal humanoid robots.
- 2025-07-23 - Product Launch - RobotEra unveils full-size humanoid robot L7 - RobotEra unveiled its full-size humanoid robot L7 platform.
- 2025-07-07 - Funding - Robot Era raises nearly 500 million yuan in Series A funding - • Robot Era secured nearly 500 million yuan ($69 million) in a Series A funding round led by CDH Investments and Haier Capital.
- 2025-07-07 - Funding - RobotEra raises $69M Series A funding round - RobotEra raised $69 million in a Series A funding round.
- 2024-11-03 - Demonstration - STAR1 Robot Participates in 2024 Xi'an Marathon - • Robot Era's general-purpose humanoid robot, STAR1, joined runners at the 2024 Xi'an Marathon in Xi'an, China.
- 2024-10-18 - Funding - RobotEra raises $42M pre-Series A funding round - RobotEra raised $42 million in a pre-Series A funding round.
- 2024-10-16 - Demonstration - Robot Era's STAR1 Achieves 3.6 m/s Running Speed in Gobi Desert - STAR1 reached a top speed of 3.6 meters per second (8 mph) during tests in the Gobi Desert.
- 2024-06-06 - Demonstration - Robot Era's humanoid robot demonstrates advanced perceptive reinforcement learning on Great Wall - This demonstration showcases the robot's ability to navigate complex environments using adv…
Team
- Chen Jianyu - Founder - Connects Robot Era's humanoid and embodied intelligence work to Tsinghua robotics and AI research.
- Jason Chan - CEO
Relationships
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization - partner - ROBOTERA partnered with UNIDO around embodied-intelligence development and application (Robot Report).
- Lead investor - SF Express led RobotEra's April 2026 financing round of more than $200 million.
- Logistics deployment partner - RobotEra L7 humanoids are deployed with SF Express in logistics-center workflows.
- Logistics deployment partner - RobotEra L7 humanoids are deployed with China Post in logistics-center workflows.
- Lead investor - Geely Capital led RobotEra's approximately $140 million Series A+ round.
- Funding round participant - Hangzhou Capital participated in RobotEra's July 2026 financing event.
- Funding round participant - China Chengtong Fund participated in RobotEra's July 2026 financing event.
- Funding round participant - Jiangxi State Holding participated in RobotEra's July 2026 financing event.
- Funding round participant - Guoyuan Equity participated in RobotEra's July 2026 financing event.
- Funding round participant - Yufu Zhongxin Fund participated in RobotEra's July 2026 financing event.
Context tags
- Bipedal locomotion - Capability - XBot-L is a full-sized humanoid robot demonstrated walking on complex terrain.
- Robot OEM - Stack Layer - Company develops full-stack humanoid robot hardware and software.
- Humanoid industrial builder - Peer Group - Robot Era develops humanoid robot hardware/software and has demonstrated XBot-L as a full-sized humanoid platform.
- Whole-body control - Capability - Great Wall walking demonstration supports locomotion and whole-body balance/control relevance.
- Industrial task execution - Workflow - Public XHand/XBot-L reporting includes factory applications such as material handling and assembly.
- Dexterous manipulation - Capability - XHand paired with XBot-L is reported for material handling, assembly and household task demonstrations.
- Pilot deployments - Commercial Stage - Public evidence supports platform demonstrations and deployment-facing activity more than scaled commercial rollout.
Customers and deployments
- Named Commercial Humanoid Site Count - more than 10 logistics centers - 2026-06-11 - SF Express / China Post - logistics sorting - Caixin reported Robot Era robots deployed in more than 10 logistics centers with SF Expr…
Articles
- 2026-05-08 - RobotEra raises over $200M for humanoid logistics deployment - RobotEra raised over $200M after placing L7 humanoids across more than ten logistics centers, turning its Tsinghua-linked locomotion work into…
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