Wetour Robotics Demonstrates sEMG-Vision System Targeting Force and Occlusion Blind Spots in Physical AI Training

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Wetour Robotics (NASDAQ: WETO) unveiled a development demonstration of Orchestra, a Physical AI training system that fuses surface electromyography (sEMG) from its 8-channel Conductor wristband with first-person vision from its VisionLink camera. The dual-modal approach aims to address two key blind spots of vision-only capture: the inability to directly infer hand force and the loss of hand data during occlusion or when hands leave the camera frame.

The current on-device model outputs 20 hand joint angles from sEMG, with an internal benchmark showing a one-second sEMG window processed in 50.4 ms. In an internal carrying task, a vision-only pipeline failed to locate the hand in 21.8% of frames, with a longest dropout of 4.32 seconds, where sEMG is intended to provide complementary data. The force-estimation pipeline has been validated end-to-end on synthetic data and is being extended to live recordings, while the demo spans five everyday manipulation tasks involving precision, varying effort and frequent visual occlusion.

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Key Figures

sEMG Channels: 8 channels Vision-Only Hand Loss: 21.8% Longest Visual Dropout: 4.32 seconds +4 more

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sEMG Channels 8 channels Conductor wristband

Vision-Only Hand Loss 21.8% Frames lost in representative internal carrying task

Longest Visual Dropout 4.32 seconds Representative internal carrying task

Joint Angles 20 joint angles Current on-device model output

sEMG Processing Time 50.4 milliseconds One-second sEMG window with zero lookahead

Lookahead zero lookahead Internal model benchmark

Demonstrated Tasks Five real-world tasks Physical AI demonstration

Previous AI Reports

5 past events · Latest: Jul 24 (Positive)

Same Type Pattern 5 events

Date	Event	Sentiment	24h Move	Catalyst
Jul 24	Orchestra platform details	Positive	-11.8%	Outlined Orchestra wearable robotics platform powered by NVIDIA Jetson and proprietary modules.
Jul 23	Qualcomm network membership	Positive	-18.3%	Joined Qualcomm partner network while evaluating Dragonwing technologies for potential Orchestra applications.
Jun 30	Conductor neural wristband	Positive	-7.4%	Demonstrated Conductor translating wrist muscle signals into real-time digital hand representations.
May 28	Orchestra platform launch	Positive	+2.0%	Announced Orchestra launch event and IEEE Spectrum feature highlighting multimodal edge AI capabilities.
May 26	Orchestra commercial execution	Positive	-4.7%	Board deferred authorized share consolidation while emphasizing Orchestra commercial execution.

24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.

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AI-tagged announcements were followed by negative reactions in four of five comparable events, despite generally positive announcement content.

Key Terms

surface electromyography, sEMG, visual occlusion, kilogram-equivalent grasp-force estimates

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surface electromyography medical

"combining surface electromyography (sEMG) with first-person vision"

Surface electromyography is a non‑invasive technique that uses small sensors placed on the skin to measure the electrical activity generated by underlying muscles. For investors, it matters because those muscle signals are used in medical diagnostics, rehabilitation devices, prosthetics and wearable health products to demonstrate performance and clinical utility — like a microphone revealing what a muscle is “saying,” which helps evaluate product value and market potential.

sEMG medical

"combining surface electromyography (sEMG) with first-person vision"

Surface electromyography (sEMG) is a noninvasive technique that records the electrical activity produced by muscles using sensors placed on the skin. For investors, sEMG indicates whether devices or therapies can objectively measure muscle function or track rehabilitation progress, making it a useful feature for medical devices, wearables and clinical studies; think of it as a stethoscope that listens to muscle signals rather than heart sounds.

visual occlusion technical

"remains available during visual occlusion"

A visual occlusion is any blockage or covering that prevents light or images from reaching part of the visual system, such as the eye or visual field. That can be a physical cover (like an eye patch), a lesion or clot that interrupts blood flow to retinal tissue, or an obstruction in the visual pathway; it matters to investors because it defines patient populations, clinical outcomes, and markets for treatments, diagnostics, or devices related to vision loss.

kilogram-equivalent grasp-force estimates technical

"scale-calibrated, kilogram-equivalent grasp-force estimates"

A kilogram-equivalent grasp-force estimate is a way of expressing how much squeezing force a device, prosthetic, or robotic hand applies or can resist, scaled to the force that would be produced by a mass of one kilogram under Earth's gravity. It translates technical sensor readings into a familiar unit so engineers, clinicians, and investors can compare strength or performance like comparing lifting power; that comparison matters to investors because it helps assess product capability, market fit, and claims about durability or usability.

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Dual-modal approach combines muscle activity and first-person vision to capture richer human demonstration data for humanoid robots

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wetour Robotics Limited (NASDAQ: WETO) ("Wetour Robotics" or the "Company"), a Physical AI infrastructure and wearable robotics company, today released a development demonstration of Orchestra combining surface electromyography (sEMG) with first-person vision to capture richer human-hand data for robot learning.

The system is designed to address two limitations of vision-only capture: cameras cannot directly observe how much force a hand applies, and they lose hand data when the hand is hidden behind an object or leaves the field of view. Orchestra combines muscle activity with visual position so the two signals can complement each other at the edge.

"Physical AI needs more than video. A camera can show where a hand moved, but not how hard it worked, and it can go blind at the exact moment contact happens. Orchestra is designed to add force-related information and continuity to human demonstration data," said Nan Zheng, Chief Executive Officer of Wetour Robotics.

Two Signals That Fill Each Other's Blind Spots

Orchestra combines Conductor, an 8-channel sEMG wristband, with VisionLink, a first-person camera. Vision provides spatial position and scene context. sEMG captures muscle activation, remains available during visual occlusion and may provide a physical signal before visible movement begins. The development architecture is designed to fuse both streams locally into one synchronized record of movement, effort and action timing.

In a representative internal carrying task, the vision-only pipeline failed to locate the hand in 21.8% of frames, including a longest continuous dropout of 4.32 seconds. The architecture is designed to use sEMG as a complementary signal during those missing visual intervals. The cross-modal correction strategy remains in validation.

What the Demonstration Shows

• Continuous digital hand. The current on-device model outputs 20 joint angles rather than only classifying a small set of preset gestures. In an internal model benchmark, processing a one-second sEMG window required 50.4 milliseconds with zero lookahead. This measurement reflects model processing time, not end-to-end system latency.
• Force as a measurable dimension. The force-estimation pipeline is designed to convert sEMG into scale-calibrated, kilogram-equivalent grasp-force estimates. Calibration uses a scale as the reference and fits the response to the wearer and wearing session. The pipeline has been validated end-to-end on synthetic data; validation with live wristband force recordings remains under development.
• Action-ready data. The system is being developed to layer events such as reach, grasp, hold and release over continuous hand motion, creating structured demonstrations for imitation learning and robot training.

Five real-world tasks. The demo shows packing a lunch box, sorting pills, disassembling a pen, measuring a drone with calipers and installing a drone propeller - tasks combining precision, changing hand effort and frequent visual occlusion.

Why It Matters for Humanoid and Embodied AI

Human demonstrations are becoming an important input for training robots in real environments. Wetour Robotics believes adding force-related data and greater resilience to visual occlusion can make that data more useful for fine manipulation, compliant control and future human-robot collaboration.

Demonstration videos are available at www.wetourrobotics.com and on the Company’s LinkedIn and X channels under Wetour Robotics and @WETO_IR_TEAM.

About Wetour Robotics Limited

Wetour Robotics Limited (NASDAQ: WETO) is a Physical AI infrastructure and wearable robotics company headquartered in Austin, Texas. The Company is developing Orchestra, a Physical AI platform that connects intelligent agents to the physical world through wearable sensors, visual intelligence, edge AI computing and connected machines. Conductor is the Company’s wrist-worn neuromuscular interface, and VisionLink is its visual intelligence module.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the development, integration, validation, performance, applications and commercialization of Orchestra, Conductor, VisionLink, sEMG-vision fusion, force estimation, multimodal data capture and humanoid or embodied-AI applications. These statements are subject to risks including technology-development and integration risk, differences between synthetic and real-world data, calibration and accuracy limitations, competition, customer acceptance, capital requirements and other risks described in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ materially. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements except as required by law.

Investor Relations Contact

Annabelle Li
Head of Investor Relations
Wetour Robotics Limited
ir@wetourrobotics.com

FAQ

What did Wetour Robotics (NASDAQ: WETO) announce about its Orchestra Physical AI system on September 1, 2026?

Wetour Robotics presented a development demonstration of Orchestra, which combines sEMG wristband data with first-person vision for richer human-hand demonstrations. According to Wetour Robotics, this dual-modal system targets force estimation and occlusion issues in robot training data for humanoid and embodied AI.

How does Wetour Robotics’ Orchestra system use sEMG and vision together for AI training in WETO?

Orchestra fuses signals from the Conductor 8-channel sEMG wristband and the VisionLink first-person camera into one synchronized record. According to Wetour Robotics, vision provides position and context, while sEMG supplies muscle activation during occlusions and potentially before visible movement begins.

What performance data did Wetour Robotics disclose for the WETO sEMG model in Orchestra?

The current on-device model outputs 20 hand joint angles from sEMG and processes a one-second sEMG window in 50.4 milliseconds with zero lookahead. According to Wetour Robotics, this benchmark reflects model processing time only, not full end-to-end system latency.

How does Orchestra address visual occlusion problems in Wetour Robotics’ AI training pipeline (WETO)?

In an internal carrying task, a vision-only pipeline lost hand tracking in 21.8% of frames, with a maximum dropout of 4.32 seconds. According to Wetour Robotics, Orchestra is designed to use sEMG as a complementary signal during these missing visual intervals, with cross-modal correction under validation.

What is Wetour Robotics’ approach to force estimation in the WETO Orchestra system?

Orchestra includes a force-estimation pipeline that converts sEMG into scale-calibrated, kilogram-equivalent grasp-force estimates. According to Wetour Robotics, calibration uses a reference scale and adapts to each wearer and session, with synthetic-data validation completed and live wristband force validation in development.

Which real-world tasks are included in Wetour Robotics’ Orchestra demo for WETO investors?

The demo covers five tasks: packing a lunch box, sorting pills, disassembling a pen, measuring a drone with calipers and installing a drone propeller. According to Wetour Robotics, these tasks combine precision, varying hand effort and frequent visual occlusion to exercise the dual-modal system.