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Tiangong (Tien Kung)

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X-Humanoid, the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, is a state-backed provincial innovation center established on November 2, 2023 in Beijing's Yizhuang…

Track Tiangong (Tien Kung)
Manufacturer
X-Humanoid
Form factor
humanoid
Maturity
research
Lifecycle
active
Deployments
1

Overview

X-Humanoid, the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, is a state-backed provincial innovation center established on November 2, 2023 in Beijing's Yizhuang zone, owned roughly 28.57 percent each by Beijing Jingcheng Machinery Electric, Xiaomi Robotics, and UBTech, with the remaining 14.29 percent held by Yizhuang state holdings and general manager Xiong Youjun, who is also UBTech's CTO. It develops Tiangong (Tien Kung), an open bipedal humanoid reference platform: the Tiangong Ultra version, at about 180 cm and 52 to 55 kg with a peak speed near 12 km/h, won the world's first humanoid half-marathon in Beijing on April 19, 2025 in 2 hours 40 minutes, and the Tien Kung 3.0 generation from February 2026 adds full-body tactile control on the genuinely open-sourced Huisi Kaiwu embodied-AI platform, which includes the RoboMIND dataset, the ArtVIP asset library, and vision-language-action models. The center raised more than 700 million yuan, about $100 million, in a first round closed February 3, 2026 with Baidu and state funds. The registry records it as a research platform with an emerging pilot and early-commercial robotics-as-a-service track, since its verifiable identity is a state-backed open reference platform aiming to be the Android of Chinese humanoids, and although Caixin confirms a 1,000th customized unit, a dedicated pilot-verification facility, and JD.com sales, that commercialization is platform-led and state-subsidized rather than arm's-length product sales at scale. The marathon's beat-the-humans framing is misleading because Tiangong Ultra needed three battery swaps, ran with a human pacer it imitated, and fell once.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
research(Lab-stage only; no commercial or public deployment reported.)
Verified deployments
1 deployment on file
Sources on file
7 sources, view all

Key facts

Height

~180 cm

Weight

52-55 kg

Operating speed

peak ~12 km/h

Form factor

open bipedal humanoid

Price

299k-779k yuan

Specs

Notes

Verified: X-Humanoid (Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center; established Nov 2 2023, Yizhuang/E-Town) is a state-backed innovation center, owned ~28.57% each by Beijing Jingcheng Machinery Electric, Xiaomi Robotics, and UBTech, plus 14.29% Yizhuang state holdings; GM Xiong Youjun (UBTech CTO). Raised >700M yuan (~$100M) first round closed Feb 3 2026 (Baidu + state funds). The Huisi Kaiwu open platform is genuinely open-sourced (RoboMIND dataset, ArtVIP, VLA models)., Maturity = research platform (emerging RaaS): Tien Kung is fundamentally a state-backed open research/reference platform (the stated aim: be the 'Android' of Chinese humanoids). That is its primary verifiable identity. Caixin-verified commercialization is real but platform-led/state-subsidized: 1,000th customized unit (Jan 2026), a 9,700 sq m pilot-verification facility, JD.com sales at 299k-779k yuan. maturityStage=research with a noted pilot/early-commercial RaaS track., Claimed but NOT verified: The 'robot beat humans' marathon framing is misleading: Tiangong Ultra needed 3 battery swaps, ran with a human pacer it imitated, and fell once; the 2h40m time is real but not a like-for-like human result. A separate ~1h15m finish belongs to the DIFFERENT 2026 race (do not merge). End-customers behind the '1,000th unit' are not individually named; Tien Kung 3.0 autonomy/tactile claims are demo-stage.

Specs

Tiangong / Tien Kung: open bipedal humanoid; Tiangong Ultra (~180 cm, ~52-55 kg, peak ~12 km/h, the marathon robot); Tien Kung 3.0 (Feb 2026) adds full-body tactile control on the 'Huisi Kaiwu' (Wise KaiWu) open embodied-AI platform

Ai system

Huisi Kaiwu embodied-AI platform

Height cm

~180 cm

Speed m s

12 km/h

Weight kg

52-55 kg

Form Factor

humanoid (open bipedal humanoid research/reference platform; state-backed)

Data & sources

News coverage

1

Web sources

6

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Pricing

No verified price is on record for Tiangong (Tien Kung). Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.

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Deployments (1)

  • Tiangong (Tien Kung) at Beijing, Chinaended

    On April 19, 2025, the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area hosted the world's first humanoid robot half marathon as part of the Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon.

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Recent activity

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Deployment-verified media (1)

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of X-Humanoid

Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center (X-Humanoid) footage of its Tiangong humanoid. The video's 'fully autonomous' framing is the maker's claim.

From deployment: Beijing, China

Safety record

No incidents on record for Tiangong (Tien Kung).

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (7)

  1. https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-04-19/-Tiangong-Ultra-wins-world-s-first-ever-humanoid-robot-half-marathon-1CHdanwJVzG/p.html
  2. https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3307165/chinas-humanoid-robot-half-marathon-winner-wants-be-android-robotics
  3. https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-02-04/beijing-humanoid-robotics-hub-raises-100-million-in-first-funding-round-102411145.html
  4. https://www.roboticstomorrow.com/news/2026/02/16/x-humanoid-introduces-embodied-tien-kung-30-a-more-open-and-practical-humanoid-platform/26148/
  5. https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/robots-run-a-half-marathon-slowly/
  6. https://english.www.gov.cn/news/202411/13/content_WS673406e2c6d0868f4e8ece33.html
  7. https://github.com/Open-X-Humanoid/TienKung-Lab

Common questions

What is Tiangong (Tien Kung)?
X-Humanoid, the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, is a state-backed provincial innovation center established on November 2, 2023 in Beijing's Yizhuang zone, owned roughly 28.57 percent each by Beijing Jingcheng Machinery Electric, Xiaomi Robotics, and UBTech, with the remaining 14.29 percent held by Yizhuang state holdings and general manager Xiong Youjun, who is also UBTech's CTO. It develops Tiangong (Tien Kung), an open bipedal humanoid reference platform: the Tiangong Ultra version, at about 180 cm and 52 to 55 kg with a peak speed near 12 km/h, won the world's first humanoid half-marathon in Beijing on April 19, 2025 in 2 hours 40 minutes, and the Tien Kung 3.0 generation from February 2026 adds full-body tactile control on the genuinely open-sourced Huisi Kaiwu embodied-AI platform, which includes the RoboMIND dataset, the ArtVIP asset library, and vision-language-action models. The center raised more than 700 million yuan, about $100 million, in a first round closed February 3, 2026 with Baidu and state funds. The registry records it as a research platform with an emerging pilot and early-commercial robotics-as-a-service track, since its verifiable identity is a state-backed open reference platform aiming to be the Android of Chinese humanoids, and although Caixin confirms a 1,000th customized unit, a dedicated pilot-verification facility, and JD.com sales, that commercialization is platform-led and state-subsidized rather than arm's-length product sales at scale. The marathon's beat-the-humans framing is misleading because Tiangong Ultra needed three battery swaps, ran with a human pacer it imitated, and fell once.
How much does Tiangong (Tien Kung) cost?
Tiangong (Tien Kung)'s price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Tiangong (Tien Kung) from X-Humanoid. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
Is Tiangong (Tien Kung) actually deployed in the real world?
Yes. Tiangong (Tien Kung) is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
Is Tiangong (Tien Kung) autonomous or teleoperated?
Not verified as fully autonomous. Tiangong (Tien Kung)'s capabilities on the DEPLOY registry are recorded as teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated-only, or vendor claims (Picks and packs), not independently confirmed to run without a human in the loop.
What are the specs of Tiangong (Tien Kung)?
Tiangong (Tien Kung)'s recorded specifications on the DEPLOY registry: Height: ~180 cm; Weight: 52-55 kg. See the Specs section for the full sourced set.
Methodology: Verified · 7 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-28

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: research

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: humanoid

Sources by quality tier

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unclassified
Unclassified source
1
secondary-industry-publication
Industry publication
1
code-repository
Code repository

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Tiangong (Tien Kung).

Recent coverage

Tiangong (Tien Kung) in third-party press

Humanoid Robots Marathon: Beijing Race Ends in Crashes - JFeed

Apr 19, 2026

X-Humanoid Introduces Embodied Tien Kung 3.0, a More Open and Practical Humanoid Robotics Platform

Apr 18, 2025