X-Humanoid Launches Tien Kung 3.0 Platform
The Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics (X-Humanoid) has launched its new general-purpose robot platform, the Embodied Tien Kung 3.0. The new system is designed with an emphasis on openness and practical usability. The launch adds another competitor to the growing global market for general-purpose humanoid robots.
- The Tien Kung 3.0 stands 169cm tall, weighs 62kg, and is powered by dual NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin boards that deliver approximately 550 TOPS of computing power for real-time data processing. - Its "Huisi Kaiwu" embodied AI platform functions with a "brain" for high-level planning and a "cerebellum" for executing specific motions like full-body control and bimanual collaboration. - To foster an open ecosystem, X-Humanoid provides support for ROS2, MQTT, and TCP/IP, and has open-sourced its robot body, a Vision-Language Model (VLM), and the RoboMIND dataset. - The robot demonstrates high-dynamic motion control, capable of scaling a one-meter obstacle and performing tasks with millimeter-level precision, meeting requirements for industrial manufacturing. - The Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics is a state-backed venture founded in 2023 with partners including robotics company UBTech and tech giant Xiaomi. - A recent 700 million RMB (~£77 million) investment from backers including Baidu is intended to accelerate the platform's transition from R&D to commercial and industrial deployment. - The launch intensifies competition in a market where Chinese companies produced 87% of humanoid robots shipped in 2025, with major players including Agibot and Unitree, while US firms like Figure AI and Tesla currently focus more on functionality than volume.
