# Tiangong (Tien Kung) at Beijing, China: deployment

Canonical ID: `5c0859f3-418d-4be7-8269-a1e02388665d`

[Tiangong Ultra](/models/tiangong.md) won world's first humanoid half-marathon in April 2025 (2:40:42 over 21.1 km). [Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center](/companies/x-humanoid.md) serves as national platform for scenario-driven testing.

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-14_

- **Slug:** tiangong-beijing-half-marathon
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Tiangong (Tien Kung)](/models/tiangong.md) (id: `426bf816-82b1-41fc-bb81-7702861eb2c5`)
- **Category:** [Humanoids](/humanoids)
- **Company:** [X-Humanoid](/companies/x-humanoid.md) (id: `6b2a6bfd-6402-4dec-9296-266191e1c297`)
- **Location:** [Beijing, China](/locations/beijing-china-tiangong.md) (id: `89f1f7b7-2e7d-41cb-b253-d6aa20b514a7`)
- **First seen:** 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.robotsasia.com/X-Humanoid.htm

## Verified answers

- [Which humanoid robots can you actually buy in 2026?](/which-humanoid-robots-can-you-actually-buy.md)

## Common questions

### What is the Tiangong (Tien Kung) deployment at Beijing, China?

Tiangong (Tien Kung), built by X-Humanoid, is recorded as a deployment at Beijing, China on the DEPLOY registry. X-Humanoid operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Tiangong (Tien Kung) at Beijing, China?

X-Humanoid, the manufacturer of Tiangong (Tien Kung), operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Tiangong (Tien Kung) deployment at Beijing, China go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting April 1, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Tiangong (Tien Kung) deployment at Beijing, China?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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