Galaxy General Robotics has launched the ET1 humanoid robot for consumers in three versions: base at 79,000 yuan (26 degrees of freedom), Pro at 139,000 yuan (Nano 40 TOPS), and flagship at 179,000 yuan (NX 100 TOPS). Powered by the self-developed AstraBrain-WBC general cerebellum foundation model and AstraBrain "Galaxy Brain", the robot supports learning by watching and real-time replication of human actions, with a starting price that fills the gap between consumer and professional tiers.
Alibaba Cloud and Kingdee announced at the 2026 Yunqi Conference AI SaaS Forum on September 23, 2026 that they will deepen their AI full-stack partnership, expanding from model services to development efficiency, Agent engineering, data and cloud infrastructure, and ecosystem collaboration. Kingdee's Lingji model runtime has been fully moved to Alibaba Cloud's Qwen AI platform, Qoder has entered Kingdee's R&D workflow on scale, and over 60% of Kingdee's code is generated and committed by AI.
QiYuan announced pricing for two personal robots—Q1 for home interaction and education and T1 for follow-shot video recording—both starting at 19,999 RMB, with shipments beginning October 1st. Q1 is 88 cm tall and focuses on interactive companionship and programming education, while T1 emphasizes follow-shot recording and companion walking.
At a media interview after QiYuan Robotics' launch, CEO Tian Hua and chief scientist Dong Hao addressed the company's entry into home scenarios, the generalization challenge in embodied AI, positioning, and mass production. QiYuan aims to become a leader in consumer robotics, with future revenue from hardware sales, content subscriptions/IP, and maintenance services. R&D spending exceeded 160 million yuan in H1 and is expected to exceed 500 million yuan for the full year; one robot rolls off the production line every 2.5 minutes.