Organization Overview
- Full Name: Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center Co., Ltd. (National Local Co-built Embodied Intelligent Robot Innovation Center)
- Established: November 2023
- Headquarters: Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (Yizhuang), China
- Sponsors: UBTECH Robotics, Jingcheng Electromechanical, and 8 other leading industry organizations
- Website: No independent consumer-facing website
- Mission: Build China’s universal humanoid robot technology foundation to drive standardization, open-sourcing, and industrialization
The Beijing Humanoid Robotics Innovation Center is jointly established by 10 founding organizations including UBTECH and Jingcheng Electromechanical, with support from the Beijing Municipal Government and China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Its core mission is to create China’s general-purpose humanoid robot technology backbone.
Core Platforms & Products
Tiangong Series—General-Purpose Robot Mother Platform
Tiangong is China’s first universal robot mother platform, providing standardized hardware and software interfaces for humanoid robots that support secondary development.
Tiangong LITE
- Launched April 2024, the world’s first pure electric full-size humanoid robot capable of human-like running
- Measured average speed of 10 km/h, peak speed of 12 km/h (world-leading)
- Strong generalization capability across slopes, stairs, grass, gravel, and sand terrain
- Open-source architecture supporting flexible hardware/software module expansion
Tiangong PRO
- Launched August 2024 with full arm functionality
- Height 163cm, weight 56kg, 42 degrees of freedom
- Multiple visual sensors and 6-axis force sensors
- IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) and 3D vision sensors
- 550 trillion calculations per second (550 TOPS)
Tianyi—Embodied AI Service Robot
- Wheeled robot form, height 163cm, weight 72.5kg, 16 DOF
- Omnidirectional mobility with height-adjustable legs
- Emotional AI model capable of recognizing human emotions
- Applications: reception, guided tours, Q&A, venue introduction
HuiSiKaiWuo—Universal Embodied AI Platform
HuiSiKaiWuo is a universal embodied AI operating system consisting of an AI large model-driven task planning “Brain” and a data-driven end-to-end skill execution “Cerebellum.”
Core Capabilities:
- One Brain, Multiple Tasks: Handles complex multi-scenario tasks with generalization
- One Brain, Multiple Machines: First system to be compatible with robotic arms, wheeled robots, and humanoid robots from a single software system
- Compatible with various robot types for physical world interaction
Key Open-Source Outputs:
- Pelican-VL 1.0 (open-sourced Nov 2025): Multimodal large model covering 7B to 72B parameters; surpasses GPT-5 in benchmarks by 15.79%
- XR-1 (open-sourced Dec 2025): First and only embodied VLA large model to pass China’s national embodied AI standard
- RoboMIND 2.0: Data pipeline generating 10TB of embodied AI data daily
Embodied AI Dataset
- Covers 6 robot body types across 7 typical scenarios
- Daily data generation of 10TB
- “Thousand-Robot Real-Scene Data Collection Plan” underway across factories, warehouses, and hotels
Competitive Positioning
Core Differentiation
The Beijing Humanoid Robotics Innovation Center is not a commercial company but a national-level public technology platform. It functions as a combination of “Boston Dynamics R&D + OpenAI + Standards Body” for China:
- Mother platform provider: Tiangong provides standardized hardware for the entire industry; any organization can perform secondary development
- Open-source ecosystem leader: Pelican-VL and XR-1 open-source strategy (like Meta’s Llama) lowers barriers to embodied AI development
- Standards setter: Shaping national embodied AI standards and driving industry standardization
- Industry-academia connector: Joint research with Peking University on embodied emotional AI models
Relationship with Commercial Companies
- vs UBTECH, Unitree, etc.: Not competitive but enabling—providing foundational platforms and technology empowerment
- vs Google DeepMind, OpenAI: Building China’s independent embodied AI technology system
- vs Tesla Optimus: Emphasizes open-source sharing versus Tesla’s closed-source approach
Industry Outlook
Prospects
2026 marks the year humanoid robots transition from lab to commercialization. Over 15 Chinese companies are developing bipedal robots. As a national technology platform, the Innovation Center has an irreplaceable role in standards-setting, open-source ecosystem building, and talent cultivation.
Risks
- Funding sustainability: Long-term operations depend on government and industry support as a non-profit R&D institution
- Technology transfer efficiency: Converting research into industrial applications remains challenging
- Productization speed: Pure R&D model may lag behind product-driven companies like XPeng and Tesla
- Open-source monetization: Open-source models risk being exploited by commercial companies without reciprocation
Key Watchpoints
- Can Tiangong become the “Android ecosystem” for Chinese humanoid robots?
- Actual industry adoption rates of Pelican-VL and XR-1 open-source models
- Progress of the “Thousand-Robot Data Collection Plan” and its impact on model training
- Will more industrial partners (automakers, 3C manufacturers) join the center’s cooperation network?