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Pudong's humanoid robots move into real-world applications

english.pudong.gov.cn Updated:2026-08-24

Pudong is accelerating the development of embodied intelligence, with recent advances in AI model innovation, commercial applications, and industry-academia collaboration helping humanoid robots move from laboratories into real-world settings.

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People interact with a humanoid robot. [Photo/WeChat ID: pdnews] 

On the technology front, AgiBot's WITA-Omni Preview, an embodied multimodal foundation model, recently topped the DailyOmni benchmark with a score of 85.21, ranking first in six of eight categories. By integrating visual, auditory, and language capabilities with facial expressions and body movement, the model is designed to enhance robots' ability to perceive and interact with people in real-world environments.

Applications are also expanding. The Humanoid Robotics Innovation Center and Bailian Group are pushing forward the application of humanoid robots in commercial retail, using the Kylin Training Ground to conduct real-world training, functional testing and consumer-experience innovation. The center's innovations can quickly be deployed in Bailian's outlets, creating a closed loop of technology development, scenario testing, data feedback and iterative upgrades.

Industry-academia collaboration is further accelerating commercialization. Recently, Stringlight, whose core members come from Tsinghua University's RoboCup championship team, brought PrimeBOT's Q1 humanoid robot to a football competition. By combing Tsinghua's motion-control algorithms with PrimeBOT's ready-to-use commercial platform, the collaboration allows developers to bypass much of the underlying hardware development and concentrate on algorithm innovations.