The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Robot Era: 2 models, 1 deployment across 1 region, $200.0M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategoryHumanoids
Overview
ROBOTERA (Beijing Xingdongjiyuan Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese embodied AI and humanoid robotics company developing the ERA-42 Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model and a full portfolio of humanoid robots. Products include L7 (1.7m bipedal humanoid), Q5 (wheeled humanoid), M7, and XHand 1 (dexterous hand). Raised $200M+ total funding.
9 of world's top 10 tech companies are clients. At WAIC 2026, L7 demonstrated autonomous package sorting powered by ERA-42 — identifying, scanning, and handling parcels from onboard vision without manual programming.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
Company-claimedPriced roundStrategic post-money
Key facts
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Deployment
Key investor
Product — L7
Product — Q5
Product — XHand 1
AI model
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Clients
WAIC 2026 demo
Legal name
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (2)
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Robot Era L7
1.7m bipedal humanoid robot powered by ERA-42 VLA model. Autonomous package sorting demonstrated at WAIC 2026. Household and maintenance tasks.
Current platform
RobotEra L7
RobotEra's flagship full-size bipedal humanoid (revealed mid-2025), ~171 cm, 65 kg (excluding dexterous hands; some sources cite ~70 kg with hands) with 55 DOF and 12-DOF dexterous hands, dual-arm payload ~20 kg, top speed cited ~4 m/s. Direct-drive actuators enable dynamic moves alongside industrial manipulation; powered by the ERA-42 model. Pre-orders + limited pilots. Successor to RobotEra's earlier Star1.
Robot Era on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Oct 2025. Explore where Robot Era's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Claims ledger
Public, dated claims by Robot Era, each tracked against the evidence. Status is a DEPLOY assessment from primary sources: verified means an independent source confirms it; contradicted means one refutes it; open means the outcome is not yet determinable. Every entry keeps its verbatim quote and source so you can check the call yourself.
- OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-07-27
“At WAIC 2026, ROBOTERA L7 demonstrated autonomous package sorting powered by ERA-42 Vision-Language-Action model. It can identify, scan, and handle parcels while making decisions from onboard vision without manually programming every movement.”
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Current leadership (2)
- Jianyu Chen Founder & CEOreported, not verified
- Chen Jianyu Founder & CEO; Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University (IIIS)secondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Chen Jianyusole
- Jianyu Chencofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Robot Era.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Robot Era1 deployment
Brains developed (1)
- RobotEra ERA-42foundation-model · pilot
Recent coverage
Robot Era in third-party press
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- AgiBot5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- UBTech Robotics5 models
- 1X Technologies4 models
- Fourier Intelligence4 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (4)
Robot Era’s 4 disclosed rounds, $615M in total, oldest to newest.
- Other2026-05-08
$200M(reported)
Investors: SF Group, HSG, IDG Capital
- Series C2026-04-27
$200M(reported)
Investors: SF Express (lead)
- Strategic2026-03-05
$146M(reported) · $1.4B post
- Series A2025-07-07
$69M(reported)
Investors: CDH Investments (co_lead), Haier Capital (co_lead)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Robotera L7 humanoid
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedOct 1, 2025
RobotEra L7 at Beijing, China
Sources (1)
- ROBOTERA (official) · https://www.robotera.com/en/
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Robot Era.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- AgiBot5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- UBTech Robotics5 models
- 1X Technologies4 models
- Fourier Intelligence4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Robot Era from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Humanoids are coming for warehouse jobs — ROBOTERA L7 at WAIC 2026
At WAIC 2026, ROBOTERA L7 demonstrated autonomous package sorting powered by ERA-42 VLA model. Identifies, scans, handles parcels from onboard vision without manual programming.…
The Rise of Beijing's RobotEra
RobotEra is scaling into thousands of L7 humanoid units across 10+ logistics centers in China, with over $400M in funding and a ~$1.5B valuation.
Robotera Raises Over USD 200M in New Funding
Beijing-based humanoid robotics company Robotera raised over 00M led by SF Group, following a RMB 1B round in March.
The Week's 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Defense Tech Leads With...
Robot Era raised a $200M Series C led by SF Express, valuing the Chinese humanoid robotics company at over $1.4B. The round follows a $146M Series B in March 2026.
Robot Era Raises More Than 00 Million as China's Humanoid Robot Race Heats Up
Robot Era raised over 00M led by SF Express, after a 1B yuan round in March, valuation over 10B yuan; deployed robots in 10+ logistics centers.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/robot-era.md
- RSS feed: /companies/robot-era/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/fdd803df-d949-461e-a48f-d3e28a8668eb
- Revision history: /companies/robot-era/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- AgiBot5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- UBTech Robotics5 models
- 1X Technologies4 models
- Fourier Intelligence4 models
Video
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Reality vs attention
Robot Era draws attention at the 61st percentile but verifies reality at the 43rd percentile among humanoids. Hype Gap +17.4, 22nd widest among humanoids.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Well-capitalized with $615M raised and recent funding activity. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
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Last computed: Aug 18, 2026