The commercialization path is becoming clearer, and the home robot track is favored by investors
Compared with general humanoid robots, which have not yet seen the dawn of commercialization, companies in the home robot track are queuing up for financing and IPOs. According to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on June 8, Woan Robot, a provider of AI embodied home robot systems, officially submitted an application for listing on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In addition, a number of robot companies focusing on home scenes have also recently reported new financing dynamics. Lexiang Technology announced the completion of a billion-level angel + round of financing. The company focuses on the research and development of general-purpose small embodied intelligent robots for the home. While humanoid robots attract everyone's attention with cool dances and fighting, robots in vertical scenes have taken the lead in winning the consumer market. Many industry insiders said that general humanoid robots and vertical robots are not substitutes, but complementary forms of different stages of technological development and application scenarios. The core value of a product lies in whether it can solve the real needs of users. Compared with general humanoid robots, which are still in the deep waters of technology, home robots have more obvious advantages in terms of technological maturity and user experience at the current stage.