After Nearly 100M Yuan in Quadruped Orders, Vbot Unveils 160cm Home-Focused Humanoid ATOM
智东西 · wechat · 2026-08-19
Vbot debuted its humanoid robot ATOM at WRC: 160cm tall with 180cm arm span and 31 DOF, designed around home, retail, public service and office spaces — fabric-covered body, silent feet, and a facial status screen. It ships in personal, enterprise and developer editions with pre-orders open.
The bet is backed by its consumer quadruped "Datou": 6,540 pre-sale units worth nearly 100M yuan, 1,600 units (6% global share) shipped in H1 2026. Global quadruped shipments hit 26,000 units, with Unitree at 13,600 (52%, down from 75%), while consumer use rose to 45% — the largest segment. Datou logged 1.26M LLM interactions, 23,700 km of companionship, 86% two-week retention.
Vbot also released its VbotEmbodiedGenome embodied model suite plus three core models, emphasizing cross-embodiment transfer, and plans 100 new retail points, 1,000 partner developers, and first industry pilots.
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