Tiangong 1.0
Tiangong was presented as the first full-size electric humanoid able to run, and released as an open platform by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center in April 2024.
We have not sat down with this one. The score below is computed from the data we hold, and the facts on this page are sourced. Treat the score as a starting point, not a recommendation.
How the score is built
Capability is what the machine physically does. Value compares it with others at a similar price, not with the whole market. Buyability asks whether you can really order one. Ecosystem is the software and community around it. Proof is what it has done in the field, which is where most humanoids score badly and should.
What people buy instead.
- Status
- Commercial
- Category
- research
- First revealed
- 27 April 2024
- Form
- bipedal
- Height
- 163 cm
- Weight
- 43 kg
- Payload
- n/a
- Degrees of freedom
- n/a
- Battery
- n/a
- Runtime
- n/a
- Walking speed
- 1.67 m/s
- Actuation
- electric
- Units deployed (est.)
- not disclosed
- Teleoperation
- partial
Where it stands
Open-source platform released April 2024; sold to research groups and used as the base for partner products.
What stands out
- Running at 6 km/h at launch
- Open platform for Beijing ecosystem
Autonomy, observed
Ran at 6 km/h at launch; stair climbing demos.
Open source
Design and software released as Tiangong Open Source in 2024.
Index position
In the Humanoid Index, which ranks on shipped reality rather than value for money, Tiangong 1.0 sits at #46 of 107 with 40 points: deployment 14/50, autonomy 12/30, availability 14/20. See that method.
Where Tiangong 1.0 works.
| Customer | Site | Sector | Task | Since | Status | Units | Autonomy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot sites in Beijing (details not disclosed), China | other | Demonstrations and pilots of the open source Tiangong platform in logistics and public service settings | 2025 | unclear | n/d | mixed |
Milestones.
First World Humanoid Robot Games open in Beijing
Around 280 teams from 16 countries compete in the National Speed Skating Oval in athletics, football, dance and applied tasks such as medicine sorting and hotel cleaning. Unitree robots win most track events, including the 1500 m in 6 minutes 34 seconds, while frequent falls show the state of the art.
First humanoid half marathon in Beijing: Tiangong Ultra wins in 2 hours 40 minutes
Twenty one humanoid teams run 21 km alongside human runners in Beijing's Yizhuang district, most with human handlers and several battery swaps. Tiangong Ultra from X-Humanoid finishes first; only six robots complete the course and several fall or overheat.
Beijing's Humanoid Robot Innovation Center unveils Tiangong
The state backed Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center (later X-Humanoid) reveals Tiangong, a 163 cm, 43 kg open source humanoid that runs at 6 km/h. It later wins the first humanoid half marathon.
Humanoid races, games and fights: what the competitions proved
Our record holds 11 competition events from 1997 to 2025 and 17 machines tied to them. Six can be ordered, three at a public price, and 13 of the 17 carry a teleoperation flag of yes or partial.
Open-source humanoids: what you can actually build
24 of the 182 humanoids on record call themselves open source. 15 publish hardware files and software, 3 name a licence, 12 can be ordered, and none of the four on preorder has any autonomy evidence yet.
Startups, automakers, universities: who builds humanoids
108 makers, nine kinds. Startups hold 37 of the 44 humanoids you can order. Automakers, universities, big tech, conglomerates and NASA hold 45 robots between them and sell none of them.
Other robots by X-Humanoid (Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center).
Tiangong 2.0
Tiangong 2.0 is the 2025 update of the Beijing open humanoid platform, released together with the Huisi Kaiwu software stack.
Tiangong Ultra
Tiangong Ultra is the athletic version of Tiangong that won the world's first humanoid half marathon in Beijing in April 2025, then took track medals at the August 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games.
Sources
- 01X-Humanoid official siteX-Humanoid
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