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From popular crowdfunding to now on sale, Miaodong Technology’s Beni robot creates a new perspective in imaging

On November 10, 2026, consumer robot company Miaodong Technology announced that its world's first multi-terrain tracking robot Beni is officially on sale: the standard set is priced at 4,999 yuan, and the exploration set is priced at 5,799 yuan. Domestic users can purchase it through JD.com, and it will be shipped immediately. A month ago, Beni set a record for the largest crowdfunding amount in the history of consumer robots on the Kickstarter platform, raising more than US$5 million and 7,926 backers around the world. Today, it has moved from “crowdfunding hot product” to “spot sales” stage. For Miaodong Technology, which was founded less than two years ago, the launch of Beni is not only the launch of its first product for global users, but also the integration of cutting-edge robotics technology and professional imaging engineering to explore the first implementation scenario of embodied intelligence in the consumer market. From "people holding cameras" to "camera following people": robots open up a new space for imaging. If the existing consumer-level imaging hardware is divided according to "perspective × scene": action cameras occupy "first perspective × sports", drones occupy "aerial perspective × travel scenery", handheld pan-tilt cameras occupy "handheld perspective × daily Vlog", but in the quadrant of "ground perspective × sports and daily life", they have been blank for a long time. Beni is filling this gap - unlike equipment that relies on handheld, fixed installation or gimbal rotation, and unlike aerial tracking equipment, Beni combines the structure of a two-wheeled robot with professional imaging engineering, allowing the shooting equipment to move autonomously on the ground to achieve autonomous tracking on multiple terrains and angles. In sports scenarios, this capability brings a whole new experience. Runners no longer need to repeatedly set up equipment and adjust the camera position, and can record their running status through side or rear tracking; tennis enthusiasts can record their running status in a fixed panoramic view

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Entertainment

‘It was hard coming after the shallow, egocentric YBAs’: brilliantly bolshie artist Ryan Gander lambasts practically everyone

He thinks painting is futile, the YBAs were an embarrassment, and most artists today might as well be working in carpet shops. So why is his new show full of, er, paintings? We meet the confounding British artist ‘This is so bad isn’t it?” says Ryan Gander, grinning like a naughty schoolboy. “People are going to hate me when you write this up.” The 50-year-old conceptual artist has just finished telling me why, not only does he dislike drawing or painting, he finds the very act “futile and dumb”. He explains: “Copying reality with a pencil and paper just seems completely mad to me. It’s such a

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Sports

The saga that never goes away: wounds of Australian cricket reopened as ball tampering resurfaces | Jack Snape

With the issues raised in Cape Town still to be resolved, Usman Khawaja’s book threatens to damage reputations and divide cricket’s tight community Australian cricket thought it had left its great shame behind, burying it in the days after Cameron Bancroft was shown on the big screen in Cape Town putting sandpaper down his pants. Cricket Australia acted swiftly at the time, suspending the young batter, his captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner. Too swiftly, according to Usman Khawaja, whose book released on Tuesday criticised the investigation while Warner called it “rushed and bot

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Crypto

Bitcoin falls below 50-week moving average! BTC plummeted more than 40% from its historical high, and long positions of US$1 billion were liquidated. Can US$75,000 be held?

Bitcoin once again faces a key technical test! BTC once fell below $74,000 and closed below the 50-week moving average the previous week, ending a seven-week streak of holding the indicator steady. At the same time, more than $1 billion in long orders were liquidated in the derivatives market, and spot Bitcoin ETFs saw outflows of approximately $1.28 billion in a single week. The market is focused on whether support can be re-formed near $75,000. 〈Bitcoin falls below 50-week moving average! BTC plummeted more than 40% from its historical high, and long positions of US$1 billion were liquidated. Can US$75,000 be held? 〉This article was first published in "Block Guest".

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