Satellite‑inference controlled a humanoid
A Chinese lab demonstrated first satellite‑inference control of a humanoid via an open‑source AI agent and orbital processing, linking space compute to terrestrial robot control. The experiment points to novel distributed compute architectures for latency‑tolerant robot tasks and research into edge‑to‑space offload. (x.com)
The trial was conducted by a joint laboratory of GuoXing Aerospace Technology and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, according to official reports. (CGTN). (news.cgtn.com) GuoXing says it uplinked Alibaba’s Qwen3 large language model to its space computing center in January 2026 to run end‑to‑end reasoning tasks in orbit. (CGTN). (news.cgtn.com) GuoXing launched a 12‑satellite space‑computing cluster on May 14, 2025, and reported that Qwen3 completed multiple in‑orbit experiments with round‑trip processing times reported “within the space of just two minutes.” (ChinaDaily). (global.chinadaily.com.cn) The open‑source agent named OpenClaw was used as the gateway/agent in the loop, and its main GitHub repository shows on‑page metrics of roughly 316k stars and about 60.5k forks. (GitHub). (github.com) The humanoid platform involved has been identified in related coverage as X‑Humanoid’s Embodied Tien Kung 3.0, which X‑Humanoid publicly unveiled on Feb. 16, 2026 and describes as a full‑size robot with whole‑body high‑dynamic motion control and tactile interaction. (PR Newswire). (prnewswire.com) X‑Humanoid’s demo reportedly connected the robot to a GalaxySpace phased‑array LEO internet satellite, streamed a 720p onboard video feed, and showed the robot receiving a document from an unmanned vehicle and delivering it while maintaining the satellite link. (Beijing.gov / Xinhua). (english.beijing.gov.cn) GuoXing has publicly outlined an ambition to build a 2,800‑satellite network by 2035 — specified as 2,400 inference satellites and 400 training satellites — and cited targets of about 100,000 petaflops for inference and 1,000,000 petaflops for training across the planned constellation. (ChinaDaily). (global.chinadaily.com.cn)
