The Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center's extreme-sports edition humanoid, built around fully autonomous high-speed movement.
Tiangong Ultra is an extreme-sports edition of the humanoid robot developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, focused on fully autonomous high-speed movement.
On April 19, 2025, Tiangong Ultra won the world's first humanoid robot half-marathon (Beijing Yizhuang) with a time of 2 hours 40 minutes 42 seconds. During the World Robot Conference in August 2026, Tiangong Ultra ran the 100 m in 9.39 seconds (improving to 9.32 seconds in the heats, beating Usain Bolt's 9.58-second human record), won the 400 m in 38.15 seconds, and ran the 1500 m in 2 minutes 21.64 seconds, all substantially faster than the human records.
The robot stands 1.8 meters tall and weighs just 75 kg, with a top speed of 12 km/h. Lightweight design and algorithm optimization address motor heat dissipation, battery endurance, and terrain adaptation, delivering about 4 hours of runtime and a leap from "being able to run" to "outrunning humans."
| Height | 180 cm |
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| Weight | 75 kg |
| Form factor | Full-size |
| Locomotion | Bipedal |
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| Top speed | 12 km/h |
| Battery life | 4 h |
| Actuators | Lightweight joint design that solves the challenge of motor heat dissipation |
| Speed notes | Top speed 12 km/h; 100 m in 9.32 s, 400 m in 38.15 s, 1500 m in 2 min 21.64 s |
| Battery notes | Low-power design, about 4 hours of runtime |
| Compute | In-house "Huisi Kaiwu" general embodied intelligence platform (a framework for optimizing locomotion control and navigation) |
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| Sensing | Autonomous navigation, localization, and mapping (SLAM, independent of track lines) |
| Availability | Public demonstrations; not generally available |
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