Humanoid Robot Innovation Center

What Humanoid Robot Innovation Center does

The Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center (北京人形机器人创新中心有限公司), operating as X-Humanoid, is a private, state-backed full-stack embodied AI robotics company founded in November 2023 and headquartered in Beijing's Yizhuang National Information Technology Application Innovation Park. Designated in October 2024 by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Beijing Municipal Government as the country's first national-level embodied intelligence robot innovation center, the company operates a 9,700 sqm pilot verification platform with annual production capacity of 5,000 embodied intelligent robots and serves enterprise customers across industrial manufacturing, electric power, pharmaceuticals, retail, sports, healthcare, and cultural tourism.

The company's product portfolio centers on two integrated stacks. The hardware stack includes the Tien Kung (具身天工) full-size humanoid robot series — culminating in Tien Kung 3.0 launched in February 2026 with fully autonomous operation, multi-language conversational capabilities, and an open technical architecture — and the Tian Yi 2.0 (天轶2.0) wheel-arm robot. The software stack is built on the HuiSi KaiWu (慧思开物) general embodied intelligence platform supporting "one brain, multiple functions" and "one brain, multiple machines" deployment, integrating the WoW (天悟) embodied world model, PelicanVLM visual language model (72B parameters), and XR-1 cross-embodiment VLA foundation model — the first such model in China to meet national standards for embodied intelligence. Supporting assets include the RoboMIND dataset (China's first general-purpose embodied AI dataset with 70,000+ downloads covering 96 object types and 479 tasks) and the ArtVIP articulated-object dataset.

Revenue is generated through hardware sales of humanoid and wheel-arm robot platforms (priced 7,999 to 700,000 yuan per unit), licensing of the embodied intelligence software stack, pilot verification and testing services, and data services. Distribution combines direct B2B enterprise sales, strategic industrial partnerships, an open-source developer community, international trade show presence (CES 2026, CIBF 2026), and a novel retail channel — the 7S robot dealership store launched in Wuhan, Hubei — extending the automotive 4S model to humanoid robots. Named enterprise customers include Foton Cummins (automotive), Bayer (pharmaceuticals), Li-Ning (sports/industrial), China Electric Power Research Institute (power grid), and Xianning Central Hospital (healthcare).

Name

Humanoid Robot Innovation Center

Legal name

北京人形机器人创新中心有限公司

Website

https://x-humanoid.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Humanoid Robot Innovation Center (X-Humanoid) is a Beijing-based, state-backed national-level embodied AI robotics company that designs, manufactures, and licenses full-stack humanoid and wheel-arm robot platforms with proprietary foundation models, serving enterprise customers in industrial manufacturing, power, healthcare, and commercial services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanoid Robotics

NAICS

Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (33411), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanoid & General-Purpose Robots (HDAAAIAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Robot Software, Autonomy Stacks & Simulation (ROS, digital twins) (HDAAAIAK), Robot Hardware, Actuators & Components (sensors, grippers, motors) (HDAAAIAL)

Keywords

• Humanoid robot development
• Embodied AI platform
• Industrial automation robots
• Robot foundation models
• Humanoid robot manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Tongzhou

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Humanoid Robot Product Sales: Sale of humanoid robot platforms including the Tien Kung series and Tian Yi wheeled robotic arm platforms for industrial, commercial, and service applications.
2. Embodied Intelligence Software Platform Licensing: Licensing of the Wise KaiWu platform, XR-1 VLA foundation model, and PelicanVLM visual language model for cross-embodiment robot deployment. The platform supports 'one brain, multiple functions' and 'one brain, multiple machines' deployment architectures.
3. Pilot Verification and Testing Services: The Beijing Humanoid Robotics Innovation Center officially launched its pilot verification platform on January 31, 2025, covering 9,700 square meters with trial production and testing capacity of 500 equipment sets and an annual production capacity of 5,000 embodied intelligent robots. Provides services from prototyping to testing verification bridging R&D and mass production.
4. Data Services and Training: Universal data service platform building a 'scene collection – model evolution – scene validation' data flywheel including China's first general-purpose embodied AI dataset (RoboMIND) and ArtVIP dataset, providing multi-scenario data collection services to support rapid embodied AI deployment.
5. 7S Robot Dealership Model: First humanoid robot 7S store opened in Wuhan, Hubei province, expanding the traditional 4S dealership model to include solutions, showcase, and skills training for humanoid robots across the value chain. The store displays 17 robot models priced from 7,999 yuan to 700,000 yuan for applications in industrial manufacturing, tourism guiding, elderly care, and special operations, generating revenue exceeding 600,000 yuan since opening.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The company designs, manufactures, and sells full-size humanoid robot hardware platforms (Tien Kung / 具身天工 series and Tian Yi 2.0 wheel-arm robot) and licenses a general embodied intelligence software platform (HuiSi KaiWu / 慧思开物) with associated AI models (XR-1 VLA foundation model, PelicanVLM, WoW world model) and proprietary datasets (RoboMIND, ArtVIP). Offerings target B2B enterprise customers across industrial manufacturing, electric power, pharmaceutical, exhibition/tourism, and home service sectors for applications including autonomous sorting, electrical inspection, logistics handling, and guided tours.

Product overview

Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics (X-Humanoid) is China's first national-level embodied intelligence robot innovation center, established in November 2023 and designated by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in October 2024. The company offers a full-stack embodied AI robot product portfolio centered on two core platforms: the Tiangong (具身天工) humanoid robot series and the HuiSi KaiWu (慧思开物) universal embodied intelligence development platform. The Tiangong series includes full-size humanoid robots (Tien Kung 2.0 and 3.0) and the Tian Yi 2.0 wheel-arm robot. The HuiSi KaiWu platform integrates multiple AI models including the WoW embodied world model, PelicanVLM visual language model, and XR-1 cross-embodiment VLA foundation model. Supporting these is the universal data service platform providing the RoboMIND dataset and ArtVIP high-fidelity digital asset dataset. The company positions itself as a provider of complete solutions from robot hardware to AI software, enabling applications across industrial sorting, electrical inspection, logistics, exhibition guidance, and home services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HuiSi KaiWu (慧思开物): One-stop universal embodied intelligence development platform supporting 'one brain, multiple functions' and 'one brain, multiple robots', providing perception, decision-making, and execution capabilities for embodied AI robots.
• Wow (天悟)
• PelicanVLM
• RoboMIND
• ArtVIP
• Wise KaiWu (慧思开物)

Products and services

• Tien Kung (具身天工) Humanoid Robot Series Full-size humanoid robot platforms designed for industrial and commercial applications. The Tien Kung series features advanced whole-body coordination, autonomous operation, and high-torque joints for load-bearing tasks. The latest Tien Kung 3.0 demonstrates full autonomous capabilities without human control, supporting applications including guided tours, security inspection, and industrial logistics.
• Tian Yi 2.0 (天轶2.0) Wheel-Arm Robot Universal wheel-arm robot with dual-arm collaboration and strong human-computer interaction capabilities. Features intelligent perception guidance, patrol inspection, and operational capabilities for reception, guidance, Q&A, and patrol scenarios. Designed for commercial venues and service environments.
• HuiSi KaiWu (慧思开物) Embodied Intelligence Platform One-stop universal embodied intelligence development platform featuring "one brain, multiple functions" and "one brain, multiple machines" capabilities. Processes complex tasks across various scenarios, supporting multi-robot deployment after one-time development. Provides perception, decision-making, and execution capabilities for embodied AI robots across diverse configurations.
• WoW (天悟 / Wu1.0) Embodied World Model Embodied world model with imaginative capabilities that deeply understands physical interaction laws between robots and environments. Generates controllable interaction based on images plus action instructions, with generalization across different tasks and scenarios. Available in 1.3B, 2B, 5B, 7B, and 14B parameter versions.
• PelicanVLM Visual Language Model Visual language model designed for the robot era with ultra-long video understanding and reasoning, 72B text/image/video mixed reasoning enhancement. Features long-range task planning, spatial orientation understanding, and cross-scenario, cross-task, cross-embodiment capabilities.
• XR-1 Cross-Embodiment VLA Foundation Model Multi-modal vision-language-action unified representation model utilizing robot operation data and internet video data. Achieves cross-configuration universal operation knowledge accumulation and rapid specific scene task learning. The first VLA large model in China to meet national standards for embodied intelligence.
• RoboMIND Dataset and Benchmark China's first general-purpose embodied AI dataset and benchmark covering 5 categories, 96 object types, 6 operation types, and 479 tasks. Downloaded over 70,000 times with validated commercial value across the platform.
• ArtVIP Articulated Object Digital Asset Dataset High-fidelity articulated object digital asset dataset enabling digital awakening of real-world items in digital environments. Provides high-quality articulated objects for digital twin simulation environments with optical motion capture verification of dynamics precision.

Quantifiable outcome

• First full-size humanoid robot to complete a half-marathon (21.0975 km) fully autonomously in 2:40:42
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability10 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• China Rare Earth Industry AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 June 2026China Rare Earth Industry Association officials visited the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center on June 16, 2026, to explore deeper integration between rare earth permanent magnet materials and next-generation humanoid robot technologies, establishing a permanent communication mechanism linking government agencies, rare earth producers, materials scientists, motor manufacturers, and robotics developers across the full value chain.
• Lead IntelligentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 May 2026Lead Intelligent and the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center signed a strategic cooperation agreement on May 13, 2026, during CIBF 2026 in Shenzhen, to advance human-robot collaboration in advanced manufacturing and accelerate the large-scale deployment of humanoid robots from laboratories to real-world industrial production lines. The partnership focuses on four key areas: scenario integration for industrial deployment, digital intelligence infrastructure, industry standardization, and leveraging Lead Intelligent's advanced equipment capabilities to accelerate mass production and commercialization of humanoid robots for new energy and high-end manufacturing sectors.
• BayerminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 January 2026X-Humanoid signed an agreement with Bayer for pharmaceutical applications, deploying its Embodied Tien Kung robots in pharmaceutical manufacturing environments.
• Foton CumminsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 January 2026X-Humanoid has deployed its Embodied Tien Kung robots with Foton Cummins for industrial production line applications including manufacturing operations.
• Li-NingminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 January 2026X-Humanoid has deployed its Embodied Tien Kung robots with Li-Ning for athletic testing and industrial applications.
• China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 July 2025Beijing Humanoid and the Institute of Artificial Intelligence of China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI) jointly established the 'Joint Laboratory of Power Embodied Intelligent Robots' for applications in power grid inspection and operational tasks.
• Lingyi Intelligent ManufacturingminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 January 2025Commercial deployment partnerships established with Lingyi Intelligent Manufacturing through the pilot verification platform, with tour guide scenarios projected for commercial deployment in 2026.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• UBTECH Robotics: Chinese humanoid robot maker with commercially deployed Walker series; a direct competitor targeting similar industrial and consumer applications and showing strong direct-to-consumer traction (2,110 UWORLD pre-orders in 6 days on JD.com).
• Unitree Robotics: Agile Chinese humanoid and quadruped robotics company competing head-to-head with Tien Kung series; particularly strong in dynamic locomotion and price-competitive platforms.
• Agibot (Zhiyuan Robotics): Shanghai-based humanoid robot developer with comparable full-size bipedal platforms and embodied AI focus; one of the most heavily funded Chinese humanoid players and a direct competitor for enterprise pilots.
• Fourier Intelligence: Chinese general-purpose humanoid robot maker (GR-1, GR-2) targeting industrial and service use cases; overlapping customer base and embodied AI platform ambitions.

Broad incumbents

• Tesla (Optimus): Tesla's Optimus humanoid program is a broad incumbent play leveraging in-house AI and automotive manufacturing scale; competes for the same enterprise and consumer mindshare but as part of Tesla's much wider portfolio.
• Boston Dynamics: Established humanoid/advanced robotics incumbent (Atlas); competing in the same general-purpose humanoid category but with a much broader R&D portfolio and Hyundai-owned commercialization path.

Emerging players

• Figure AI: US-based humanoid startup developing general-purpose bipedal robots for commercial deployment; comparable in targeting industrial labor automation with embodied AI foundation models.
• 1X Technologies: Norwegian-US humanoid robotics company backed by OpenAI; develops the NEO bipedal humanoid for home and service use cases overlapping X-Humanoid's home and elderly-care segment.
• Apptronik: US-based humanoid robot company (Apollo) focused on industrial and logistics deployments; comparable go-to-market targeting enterprise labor shortages and embodied AI integration.
• Sanctuary AI: Canadian humanoid robotics company building Phoenix and Carbon platforms with embodied AI focus; comparable emphasis on general-purpose intelligence and industrial labor automation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors7 records

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M&A

Investments1 record

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