Huawei Hubble invested in a PhD born in 1998! Enabling robot skin to change color, team average age 23.

What happened: Shenzhen-based Sighta Robotics (视塔机器人) closed an angel round on October 13, with investors including Huawei's Hubble Investment, a fund under Shenzhen High-Tech Investment, and Gaoxuan Investment. The company develops touch sensors using pressure-sensitive color-changing photonic crystal materials. Key numbers: Angel round announced October 13. Why it matters: The backing from Huawei's Hubble and other industrial investors supports Sighta's push to commercialize flexible photonic crystal electronic skin, as tactile sensing becomes a contested technology direction in robotics.

Shenzhen-based Sighta Robotics (视塔机器人) closed an angel round on October 13, with investors including Huawei's Hubble Investment, a fund under Shenzhen High-Tech Investment, and Gaoxuan Investment. The company develops touch sensors using pressure-sensitive color-changing photonic crystal materials.

The backing from Huawei's Hubble and other industrial investors supports Sighta's push to commercialize flexible photonic crystal electronic skin, as tactile sensing becomes a contested technology direction in robotics.