X-Humanoid Launches 'Tien Kung 3.0' Industrial Robot
The company X-Humanoid has launched Embodied Tien Kung 3.0, a full-size industrial humanoid robot. The robot features high-torque joints for dynamic stability and is equipped with the Wise KaiWu AI for 'see-think-act' capabilities. It supports ROS2 and is designed for multi-robot operations in industrial settings.
- The "Wise KaiWu" AI platform is a universal embodied AI system developed by the Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robots, designed to support various robot types, including humanoids and wheeled robots, across multiple scenarios like industrial sorting and logistics packaging. It functions as a central nervous system, integrating perception, decision-making, and motion control to enable autonomous operation from task comprehension to execution. - To accelerate development and lower technical barriers, X-Humanoid has open-sourced key components of its platforms. This includes the robot's body design, motion control framework, world model, and various vision-language and vision-language-action models. The initiative also provides access to the RoboMIND dataset and the ArtVIP simulation asset library. - The robot is engineered for high-dynamic movements and stability in complex environments, capable of clearing one-meter obstacles and performing consecutive dynamic maneuvers. High-torque integrated joints provide the necessary force for high-load applications and stability on uneven terrain. - The global humanoid robot market is projected to grow significantly, with one forecast estimating an increase from USD 2.92 billion in 2025 to USD 15.26 billion by 2030, and another projecting growth from USD 6.24 billion in 2026 to USD 165.13 billion by 2034. This growth is driven by labor shortages and increasing adoption in manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare. - The platform's software architecture is built to be open, providing a low-code development environment and compatibility with mainstream communication protocols like ROS2, MQTT, and TCP/IP. This is intended to address the challenge of fragmented software tools and incompatible protocols that have slowed commercial deployment in the robotics sector. - Several major automotive and logistics companies are deploying humanoid robots in their facilities. Toyota is using Agility Robotics' "Digit" for logistics at a manufacturing plant in Canada, while companies like Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and GXO Logistics are also conducting commercial trials with humanoids from Apptronik and Figure AI. - The "Wise KaiWu" platform utilizes a combination of a world model, a vision-language model (VLM) for interpreting scenes and instructions, and a vision-language-action (VLA) model for real-time execution and obstacle avoidance. This architecture supports a continuous perception-decision-execution loop, reducing the need for human intervention. - The choice of ROS 2 as a software framework is significant for industrial applications as it offers a standard platform for development from prototyping to production and includes features for real-time systems. The ROS-Industrial consortium is actively working on deploying ROS 2 in production environments, addressing challenges like driver development and real-time control.
