Height: 185 centimeters. Weight: 80 kilograms. Joints: 43.
At the Humanoid Robot Shanghai Co., located in Shanghai's Free Trade Pilot Zone, the adult-sized humanoid robot "Qinglong" was the first thing that caught the eye upon entering the building during a visit on May 18.
Qinglong is not just a humanoid robot. It is an assemblage of general-purpose open-source technologies from China's top tech companies. Qinglong's brain is built on artificial intelligence from Huawei, Baidu and Alibaba. Its eyes rely on Orbbec's 3D vision sensors. It also incorporates robot hand technology from Inspire Robotics and LinkerBot, as well as integrated joint technology from JAKA Robotics.
After debuting the Qinglong V2.1 model — assembled entirely from 100 percent Chinese-made components — in July 2024, the company has been rapidly rolling out successive Qinglong models. The Qinglong V2.5 was unveiled in January this year, followed by the V3.0 and Qinglong Lite in May.
The secret behind the accelerating pace of development lies in the massive volume of high-quality data the company has accumulated and shared. "We are currently collaborating with more than 300 robotics-related companies, including Agibot, Fourier and Shanghai Electric," a company official said. "By training various humanoid models here and accumulating 5.26 million training data entries, we have significantly boosted development efficiency."
The data collected at the facility is not confined to the center alone but is spreading to tech companies and research institutions across China. The company is serving as the hub of an open robotics ecosystem — building regional robot training centers offline and establishing an open-source platform online. ▷Full story on Pages 4–5
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