Bots economy becomes a new trend in encryption, a look at 12 popular concept coins

Author: Nancy, PANews

The star company Yushu Technology is about to launch its IPO, further heating up the robot economy and becoming one of the global investment hotspots, with the cryptocurrency market being no exception. This article by PANews reviews 12 highly popular robot concept coins in recent times, ranging from underlying blockchain to decentralized operating systems, from spatial perception networks to modular robot platforms, distributed across ecosystems such as Ethereum, Solana, Base, and Polkadot, many of which have received financing in the hundreds of millions to tens of millions of dollars. Over the past half month, these projects have generally seen significant increases, with market capitalizations mostly concentrated in the range of tens of millions to hundreds of millions of dollars.

peaq (PEAQ)

peaq is an L1 blockchain built on the Polkadot ecosystem Substrate framework, aimed at the robotic economy and specifically designed for DePAI (DePIN+AI). It aims to enable devices, vehicles, machines, and robots to autonomously trade and exchange value without human intervention. It has already gathered over 3 million on-chain machines, 60 DePIN applications, and covers more than 20 industries. Currently, the modular DePIN features provided by peaq include machine self-sovereign identity Peaq ID, peer-to-peer payments peaq Pay, and role-based access control peaq Access.

Public data shows that peaq has raised over $40 million through three rounds of financing, with participating institutions including GSR, Fundamental Labs, Cypher Capital, Spartan Group, Animoca Brands, DWF Labs, and NGC Ventures.

According to CoinGecko, PEAQ has risen by about 84.9% in the past two weeks, with a market capitalization of nearly 140 million USD.

Auki (AUKI)

Auki, based on the Base network, focuses on building a decentralized machine perception network (posemesh) aimed at enabling AI, robots, and smart devices to better understand and interact with the physical world. This network is referred to as the “real-world web” and achieves the secure and private exchange of spatial data and computing resources between devices through a collaborative spatial computing protocol, forming a shared cognition of the physical environment. Auki's core functionalities include spatial mapping, robotic navigation, and privacy-preserving AR experiences.

According to an official disclosure made recently, Auki achieved a 7-figure ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) in July this year, and it has revealed that it is finalizing its largest corporate collaboration to date, while also planning to use about 10% of the advance payment to repurchase AUKI tokens on the open market.

According to CoinGecko, AUKI has risen nearly 129% in the past 14 days, with a market cap exceeding $72.72 million.

Geodnet (GEOD)

The GEODNET on Solana aims to create a global GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) reference station network through blockchain technology and distributed consensus mechanisms, providing centimeter-level precision RTK (Real-Time Kinematic) correction services. The network covers 148 countries and has deployed over 20,000 stations, mainly used to support applications such as autonomous vehicles, drones, robotics, precision agriculture, AR/VR, and the metaverse.

GEODNET introduces the token GEOD incentive mechanism, allowing users to deploy and maintain “space weather” mining sites, thereby establishing a decentralized and trustworthy location network that covers the globe. According to official disclosures, the project will use 80% of its data revenue to repurchase and burn GEOD tokens, and will soon launch a token migration plan from Polygon to Solana.

Public information shows that Geodnet has successively obtained 5 rounds of financing from 2023 to 2025, with a total amount exceeding 15 million USD. The investment institutions include Multicoin Capital, ParaFi Capital, Digital Asset Capital Management, VanEck, Animoca Brands, and CoinFund.

According to CoinGecko, GEOD has increased by about 30.9% in the past 24 days, with a market capitalization of approximately $58.39 million.

Modulr (EMDR)

Modulr is the first decentralized operating system (deOS) for on-chain robotic applications, based on Ethereum, using the Proof-of-Utility (PoU) model, supporting modular AI and an interoperable infrastructure layer for autonomous systems (robots, drones, and AI agents), including decentralized computing power, machine payments, machine identity, and communication coordination.

According to CoinGecko, in the past two weeks, EMDR has increased by about 32.5%, with a market capitalization exceeding 39.51 million dollars.

Codec Flow (CODEC)

Codec Flow is an AI automation execution layer on Solana, aimed at democratizing robot training and simulation access in a decentralized manner. The Operator is the AI Agent of Codec Flow that utilizes the “Vision-Language-Action (VLA)” model, capable of perceiving the environment, reasoning through complex instructions, and executing physical tasks on digital and real-world interfaces.

According to CoinGecko, CODEC has increased by 107.4% in the past 14 days, with a market capitalization exceeding $33.09 million.

Neuron (NRN)

Neuron is a laboratory focused on AI agent development on Arbitrum, primarily exploring agent applications in digital and physical worlds. It uses competitions as a sandbox environment for the development of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), supported by the $NRN token. Neuron is also the builder of the global AI training and competition platform AI Arena. Neuron is about to launch the robot control application NRN Robotics Web App, which allows users to log in, select a robot, and take control, supporting remote operation of physical robots.

According to CoinGecko, in the past 14 days, NRN has increased by 90%, with a market capitalization nearing $23.54 million.

Rice AI (RICE)

RICE AI is a selected project of the MVB10 accelerator on the BNB Chain, and has received investments from FLOKI and DWF Labs.

RICE AI, based on the BNB Chain, focuses on decentralized AI and robotics technology, aiming to address the issue of insufficient training data for AI robots. Its core mission is to build a “decentralized AI foundry.” RICE AI has deployed over 500 Rice Minibots globally. These small robots collect data through daily interactions, earn RICE token rewards, and continuously enhance the intelligence of the AI models.

According to CoinGecko, in the past 14 days, RICE has increased by 63.4%, with a market value close to 22.54 million dollars.

Robora (RBR)

The Robora based on Ethereum claims to be the first modular robot, combining AI, IoT, and DePIN to create a full-process solution from design, simulation to assembly, lowering the barriers to robot R&D and promoting the implementation of applications in various scenarios such as industrial, warehousing, and home. It uses a Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model and a dual-system architecture, and has launched a drag-and-drop 3D Builder platform that supports wheeled bases, motor LiDAR, and sensor modules, allowing prototyping and industrial applications to be completed without coding or CAD. At the same time, it achieves sharing and trading of data, models, and intelligence through RBR tokens.

According to CoinGecko, in the past two weeks, RICE has risen by approximately 183.8%, with a market capitalization exceeding 17.04 million dollars.

NATIX Network (NATIX)

NATIX Network is focused on building the world's largest real-time geospatial data network using smartphone cameras and AI technology, based on the Solana ecosystem. It currently covers 171 countries and has over 260,000 registered drivers. The project aims to collect real-time road data through crowdsourcing, supporting autonomous driving, map creation, smart cities, and physical AI applications.

Public data shows that NATIX Network has raised over $13 million in three rounds of financing, with participating institutions including Borderless Capital, Tioga Capital, Inception Capital, Laser Digital, and IoTeX.

According to CoinGecko, NATIX has only increased by 3% in the past 14 days, with a market cap of approximately 16.59 million USD.

Edge (EDGE)

Edge, based on Ethereum, aims to provide a platform for low-latency, efficient cloud services through decentralized cloud computing and blockchain technology, focusing on the enterprise and robotics sectors. It is set to launch the unified platform Edge Portal, which integrates features such as super cloud, robotic operating system, intelligent systems, marketplace, and deployment.

According to CoinGecko, EDGE has increased by approximately 38.9% in the past 14 days, with a market capitalization of about $16.16 million.

Robonomics Network (XRT)

Robonomics Network is based on the Polkadot ecosystem and aims to integrate robots and Internet of Things (IoT) devices into the human economy, providing cloud storage for robotic digital twins, supporting economic and technical communication between machines, and ensuring user privacy.

According to CoinGecko, XRT has risen by about 81.4% in the past two weeks, with a market capitalization of 11 million dollars.

Silencio (SLC)

Silencio, based on Ethereum, focuses on collecting global noise data through smartphones and transforming it into valuable resources for AI and robot training. Over 1.1 million users from more than 180 countries have contributed data, accumulating over 41 billion data points and 11.5 million hours of measurement data, with on-chain transactions exceeding 13 million.

According to CoinGecko, in the past 14 days, SLC has increased by approximately 181.5%, with a market capitalization of about 10 million dollars.