FACTBOX: Chinese robotics firms to watch at the World Robot Conference

China's World Robot Conference opened in Beijing on Wednesday, bringing together more than 300 exhibitors, from makers of dancing humanoids to industrial arms built to weld, lift, and sort parcels.

Some have pursued initial public offerings, while others are planning to.

Here are 10 Chinese robot firms that will be showing off products and wooing potential customers and investors at the conference:

UNITREE 688836.SS

Hangzhou-based Unitree has built its name on robots that are regulars in viral dance, boxing, and martial-arts demonstrations.

Its compact R1 humanoid was introduced at a price starting at 39,900 yuan ($5,900), while Unitree's more advanced H1 is listed on its official store at $90,000.

The company this week previewed "Superman", saying the robot can make a 2-metre (6.6-foot) standing jump and reach a top speed of 12.66 metres per second.

UBTECH ROBOTICS 9880.HK

UBTECH's Walker C1 is a full-size humanoid designed for service and interaction rather than factory work, with applications including reception and public-facing environments.

DEEP ROBOTICS

The Hangzhou-based startup's quadrupeds are already widely deployed in search-and-inspection and emergency rescue operations in China.

The company's Shanghai STAR Market IPO application was accepted in May.

LEJU ROBOTICS

Leju's KUAVO is a bipedal humanoid aimed at industrial and service work that the company says can be paired with Huawei's Pangu embodied-AI model.

The startup, backed by tech giant Tencent 0700.HK, filed a Shenzhen IPO application in May, having secured about $200 million in a funding round last October.

GALBOT

Galbot's G1 has wheels rather than legs, plus a lifting torso and two arms to restock shelves, retrieve medicines or move warehouse goods. It weighs 92.5 kg, carries 5 kg per arm and has an eight-hour operating time, according to the company.

X SQUARE

X Square is selling the software as much as the arm. Its WALL-B model identifies, picks and reorients jumbled parcels before feeding them onto a conveyor. The company said a livestreamed test handled 1,816 parcels an hour with over 98% accuracy.

FOURIER INTELLIGENCE

Fourier's GR-3 "care-bot" is designed to feel less mechanical than factory humanoids. The human-sized 165-cm (5-foot-5-inch), 71-kg robot has a soft exterior, vision and touch interaction, aimed at companionship, public services, education and eldercare.

LIMX DYNAMICS

The Shenzhen-based startup specialises in general-purpose humanoid robots and embodied AI software. Backed by Alibaba 9988.HK and JD.com 9618.HK, its newest humanoid, Luna, is designed to draw a crowd at malls, museums and theme parks.

The 160-cm humanoid can learn movements from video and perform synchronised routines.

In China, the retail price is set at RMB 298,000. The first 100 customers will receive a limited-time discount of RMB 40,000, available while supplies last, according to a company post on LinkedIn.

ROBOTERA

Robotera's L7 humanoid targets logistics and manufacturing, while its XHAND 1 dexterous hand has tactile sensors for delicate grasping.

SIASUN ROBOT AND AUTOMATION 300024.SZ

Unlike the humanoid newcomers, Shenzhen-listed SIASUN is a long-established supplier of factory automation. Its SR270A industrial arm can lift 270 kg, reach 2.7 metres and is built to load, weld and assemble heavy parts.

-Compiled by Eduardo Baptista, Laurie Chen, and Pan Che in Beijing; Editing by Jamie Freed/Reuters