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JD.com, MagicLab expand embodied robot partnership

Chinese robot maker MagicLab and JD.com have signed a cooperation agreement on embodied intelligent robots.

They aim to drive sales of MagicLab-branded products on JD.com to 1 billion yuan (US$147 million) during the partnership.

The deal covers joint technology research, product development, use-case expansion, sales, and services for consumer-grade embodied products and applications including education, inspection, and guidance.

The agreement builds on earlier collaboration. The companies said they worked together in 2025 on JoyInside-enabled embodied interaction capabilities for MagicDog, a consumer quadruped robot.

They also said MagicLab’s bipedal humanoid robot MagicBot Z1 launched exclusively on JD.com that year. MagicLab also unveiled MagicDog-W, a wheeled quadruped.

The partnership also fits JD.com’s broader robotics push.

The ecommerce company has pledged more than 10 billion yuan (US$1.47 billion) to its smart robot acceleration plan.

🔗 Source: Security Times

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