New York, June 10, 2026, 04:13 (EDT)
- YYGH ended Tuesday at $0.1253, off 3.39%. Early Wednesday pre-market quotes showed the stock at $0.1900.
- YY Group said it’s using Unitree G1 humanoid robots to generate facility-management training data and aims for automation-driven revenue, according to a statement.
- U.S. markets stayed open as usual. Nasdaq’s next full day off is Juneteenth, June 19, 2026. Pre-market for Nasdaq is from 4:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET.
YY Group Holding Limited shares gained in pre-market action Wednesday after the Singapore workforce and facilities management firm said it is moving humanoid robots into commercial facility jobs.
YYGH is a thinly traded, high-volatility name on Nasdaq, struggling near its lows despite a reverse split in March. The company put out a robot-related release, getting traders’ attention premarket, when moves are easier to spark than in regular trading sessions where more volume makes swings tougher to maintain.
YY Group said late Tuesday it put Unitree G1 Edu Ultimate B-U4 humanoid robots to work in its commercial robotics push for integrated facility management, or IFM. IFM is a bundled service model that handles cleaning, maintenance, and building operations under one setup. The first area for the robots, according to the company, is high-frequency cleaning and maintenance jobs in malls, hotels, and other large commercial sites.
The company said cleaning crews will work wearing data-collection gear on their shifts. The info will go toward imitation learning, where machines copy actions shown by people. It will also be used for “Sim2Real,” which means taking robot training out of simulation and into real-life environments.
YY Group CEO Mike Fu said in the company release, “This initiative bridges the gap between physical labor workflows and scalable AI data infrastructure.” Fu said the company aims to turn its operational expertise into a higher-margin data asset for enterprise users and shareholders. PR Newswire
YY Group said earlier this month it opened a humanoid-robotics training lab in Singapore using Nvidia accelerated computing. It also began pilot testing robots at a Singapore mall and luxury hotel. The company said these new steps haven’t changed its 2026 revenue outlook of $103 million to $110 million.
This isn’t only a facilities-services story. YY Group is pushing the data angle, too. The company says its network includes over 500,000 workers across 12 countries. That reach gives it access to a big set of human activity data, which it plans to use to train robots to take on repetitive service tasks.
There’s a bigger angle out there. RBC Capital Markets analyst Tom Narayan said in March that humanoid robotics might hit $9 trillion by 2050. Narayan also said it’s a “highly fragmented” space right now and nobody has pulled ahead. RBC Capital Markets
YY Group remains more of a labor and facility-management player than a straight robotics firm. Big names like ABM Industries move building, engineering, and infrastructure services in volume, while Richtech Robotics sticks to making service robots for retail and hotels.
Tech dropped again, with the Nasdaq Composite down 0.97% on Tuesday. Traders saw weakness in big tech and some blamed what Michael O’Rourke at JonesTrading described as a “momentum unwind.” Reuters
Risks for YY Group are clear. Its release leans on forward-looking statements, with no major robot-related revenue or margin progress confirmed yet. The stock has struggled with its listing. An SEC-filed update said YY Group met the Nasdaq minimum-bid in April, but only after a 50-for-1 reverse split. Shares closed Tuesday well under $1 again.
Next up is the regular Nasdaq session. Pre-market jumps sometimes get noticed, but keeping those gains after the bell is another matter.
