299,000! UBTECH ROBOTICS joins hands with the national team to unveil and refresh the price of full-size research and education humanoid robots

According to Zhitong Finance APP, the rapid development of industries such as artificial intelligence and embodied intelligence has attracted widespread attention. As the best carrier of artificial intelligence and embodied intelligence technology, humanoid robots are bringing unprecedented opportunities for scientific research and higher education. On March 12, UBTECH Robotics, in collaboration with the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center (hereinafter referred to as the "Innovation Center"), launched the full-size research and education humanoid robot Tian Gong Xing Zhe, which not only boasts powerful performance but is also priced at only 299,000 yuan, reshaping the humanoid robot research and education ecosystem with high cost-effectiveness. The Tian Gong Xing Zhe is now open for pre-order and will begin delivery in the second quarter.

The industry's first full-size research-grade humanoid robot priced below 300,000 yuan, breaking through the dual constraints of performance and cost

Integrating knowledge and technology from various disciplines such as machine learning, natural language processing, motion control, and neural networks, the value of humanoid robots in the fields of artificial intelligence and embodied intelligence for research and education is widely recognized in the industry, with applications showing rapid growth.

UBTECH Robotics and the Innovation Center conducted research on thousands of universities, research institutions, and application scenario development organizations across the country, finding that full-size (over 1.6 meters) humanoid robots are more aligned with research needs and can accommodate broader research topics. However, most humanoid robots currently available on the market are medium-sized (1.1 meters to 1.3 meters), with limited development potential. Full-size humanoid robots for research and education face obstacles such as high prices, low open-source availability, and limited scenario data. Additionally, research-grade humanoid robots require excellent performance in experimental accuracy, efficiency, and stability, with relatively high demands on product performance and parameters.

To lower the application threshold of humanoid robots in the research field and jointly cultivate original technologies in the field of embodied intelligence, UBTECH Robotics and the Innovation Center have jointly launched the full-size research and education humanoid robot platform—Tian Gong Xing Zhe, priced starting at 299,000 yuan. It is the industry's first research-grade humanoid robot priced below 300,000 yuan, featuring six high characteristics: high bionics, high strength, high performance, high stability, high expandability, and high openness.

Tian Gong Xing Zhe has a height of 170 cm, with a highly bionic torso configuration and humanoid motion control capabilities, boasting up to 20 degrees of freedom and the ability to run steadily at a speed of 10 km/h The TianGong Traveler is equipped with the ability to move smoothly across complex generalized terrains such as slopes, steps, sandy ground, and snowy surfaces, while also resisting impact disturbances. Additionally, it features the innovative "HuiSiKaiWu" general-purpose embodied intelligence platform, which provides complete humanoid robot research solutions for universities and research institutions.

In critical areas, the TianGong Traveler uses titanium alloy materials to significantly reduce the overall weight of the machine. Coupled with high torque density joint modules, it ensures structural strength while being drop-resistant and impact-resistant. The ultra-high torque density design, combined with aerospace aluminum and titanium alloy key components, guarantees that the robot possesses high hardness, high performance, and high stability attributes, making it very suitable for repeated debugging of equipment in research scenarios.

The TianGong Traveler also employs lightweight, high-performance joint modules, which can be expanded to a maximum of 550 TOPS of computing power. At the same time, the whole-body airflow cooling design ensures that key components such as the main control board, computing power board, and joint modules can operate at high performance for extended periods without overheating, fully releasing hardware performance. All key components of its products undergo rigorous testing before leaving the factory, ensuring stable operation for long periods in conventional research environments.

Considering the broad research needs in the field of scientific education, the main body of the TianGong Traveler can be freely expanded and equipped with core humanoid robot components such as depth cameras, LiDAR, NVIDIA Orin computing power boards, six-dimensional force sensors, seven-degree-of-freedom collaborative dual arms, and five-finger dexterous hands. At the same time, the TianGong Traveler has fully opened the underlying motor interfaces, sensor interfaces, and motion control interfaces, along with mature development guides and example codes, to fully meet the secondary development needs of research users in the fields of embodied intelligence body control and high-precision motion control.

Ten Million Fund to Support Collaborative Research and Creation of Humanoid Robots

In 2023, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the "Guiding Opinions on the Innovative Development of Humanoid Robots," positioning humanoid robots as a new high ground for technological competition, a new track for future industries, and a new engine for economic development. UBTECH, as the initiating and general management unit, jointly funded and established the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center with ten leading industry enterprises and institutions, including Beijing Electromechanical, Xiaomi Robotics, and Yizhuang Robotics, by the end of 2023. UBTECH's CTO and Executive Director, Xiong Youjun, serves as the legal representative and general manager of the innovation center. In October 2024, the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center will officially upgrade to the "National and Local Jointly Built Embodied Intelligent Robot Innovation Center."

In addition to launching the full-size research-grade humanoid robot TianGong Traveler in collaboration with the innovation center, UBTECH Technology has also established the "Humanoid Robot Research Collaborative Innovation Fund," with an initial fund of 10 million RMB, aimed at accelerating research innovation and scenario innovation, targeting universities and research institutions both domestically and internationally, and implementing national and industry-level standards, projects, competitions, and other special initiatives

UBTECH has been actively contributing its advantageous resources in the research and development of humanoid robot technology and its commercialization, working with partners to promote greater progress in the innovation center's various initiatives. At the inception of the innovation center, UBTECH not only dispatched R&D personnel to assist in launching multiple projects but also opened over 300 patents to the innovation center, facilitating the rapid development of the general-purpose robot mother platform "TianGong." This has achieved the world's first full-size pure electric humanoid robot running in a human-like manner, with a maximum speed exceeding 12 km/h. Its full-body coordinated control and generalized mobility capabilities are globally leading, allowing for smooth movement across various complex generalized terrains such as slopes, stairs, grass, gravel, and sand. Currently, TianGong has completed two iterations, achieving breakthroughs in embodied perception, embodied interaction, and embodied behavior, and possesses functions such as smooth hand-eye coordination and hand-eye interaction.

As a key platform leading breakthroughs in humanoid robot technology and industrial collaboration, the innovation center connects the upstream and downstream of the industry chain in an open-source manner, uniting global universities, research institutions, integrators, and other organizations capable of secondary development of embodied intelligent robots to jointly create the most influential open-source community. This time, the innovation center launched a general-purpose embodied intelligent platform—HuiSiKaiWu, continuously promoting the application of embodied intelligent technology in fields such as scientific research, industry, commercial services, and special operations, generating datasets, and introducing a full-link solution for embodied intelligent data.

The scientific innovation of humanoid robot-related technologies requires the continuous construction of a research ecosystem by multiple forces from academia, industry, government, and the open-source community. In the future, UBTECH Technology will collaborate with the innovation center and well-known domestic universities to jointly advance collaborative technological breakthroughs in production, learning, and research, establish industry standard systems, build talent reserves, and provide internship and employment opportunities for talents in related fields, offering the strongest support for the development of the humanoid robot industry