Chinese robotics companies are increasingly relying on four-legged robots to drive major revenue. This trend is exemplified by AgiBot's spin-off of its four-legged unit and Amap's upcoming quadruped model launch.

Chinese robotics companies are increasingly banking on quadruped robots as major revenue drivers, a trend highlighted by AgiBot’s recent decision to spin out its four-legged robotics unit into a new subsidiary called AgiQuad, and Amap’s coming launch of a quadruped model. The move by AgiBot was intended to drive large-scale growth so that the unit would not “live in the shadow of the humanoid robot giant”, Qiu Heng, chief operating officer of the new subsidiary, said at a media briefing last...