On June 5–6 in Wuhu, Anhui Province, as the humanoid robotics industry reaches a critical turning point from “building robots” to “putting robots to work,” ATOMROBOT delivered a practical, industrial-driven answer.

At the 12th Capek Awards Ceremony, ATOMROBOT’s embodied intelligent robot Tianbing No.1 won the “Technology Innovation Product of the Year Award,” while the company’s Founder and CEO, Song Tao, received the “Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Year Award.” Winning two prestigious honors at what is widely regarded as the “Oscars of China’s robotics industry,” the company demonstrated through its products and commercialization achievements that humanoid robots must not only be able to walk—they must be able to work.

An Industry at a Turning Point

In 2026, the humanoid robotics industry is transitioning from the prototype stage into the first year of mass production.

Major developments across the industry highlight this shift:

• Tesla is planning production line upgrades aimed at annual capacity in the millions.
• Unitree Robotics is pursuing a public listing.
• Industry financing reached RMB 68.1 billion in the first quarter alone, surpassing the total amount raised during the previous year.

As capital, production capacity, and leading enterprises rapidly concentrate, the industry’s central question has evolved from “Can humanoid robots be built?” to “How can they be used effectively?”

During the Capek Forum, industry experts broadly agreed that humanoid robotics is moving from technological imagination to real-world value validation. The ability to perform useful work and generate economic value is now more important than simply demonstrating mobility.

This is precisely the field where ATOMROBOT has built its expertise.

Double Recognition

Since its establishment in 2014, the Capek Awards have become one of the most authoritative and influential honors in China’s robotics industry, often referred to as the industry’s “Oscars.”

The awards cover six major categories, including:

• Brand Awards
• Product Awards
• Application Scenario Awards
• Individual Awards

The selection criteria are highly competitive and rigorous.

Tianbing No.1 received the Technology Innovation Product of the Year Award, with judges commenting:

“The product is among the first to achieve engineering implementation of embodied intelligence technologies in industrial scenarios. Its unique parallel-structure design provides an innovative solution to the challenge of making humanoid robots truly capable of performing industrial work.”

At the same time, CEO Song Tao received the Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Over the past decade, Song Tao has led continuous technological innovation in high-speed industrial robotics while promoting the localization of core components. Since 2020, ATOMROBOT has maintained the No.1 market share among domestic delta robot brands for five consecutive years. In 2023, the company surpassed international competitors to become the overall market leader across all brands.

Today, ATOMROBOT has:

• Served more than 1,000 large-scale industrial customers
• Delivered more than 10,000 robots worldwide

The dual awards represent recognition of ATOMROBOT’s successful combination of technological innovation and commercial execution.

Addressing the Industry’s Biggest Questions

At the Industrial Embodied Intelligence Technology Innovation Forum on June 6, ATOMROBOT delivered a keynote presentation titled:

“Embodied Intelligence 2026: How Far Are Humanoid Robots from Large-Scale Industrial Deployment?”

The company directly addressed the industry’s most pressing concerns.

“Over the past two years, the question was whether humanoid robots could be built. Entering 2026, the focus has shifted to whether they can actually be used.”

According to ATOMROBOT, current humanoid robots still face three major limitations in industrial production:

1. Limited payload capacity — unable to handle heavy materials.
2. Insufficient perception precision — unable to perform delicate operations.
3. Poor scenario adaptability — difficult to integrate into existing production lines.

These challenges are not only ATOMROBOT’s focus but also the three major barriers the entire industry must overcome to move from prototypes to large-scale deployment.

Based on its observations of technology, markets, and industrial development, ATOMROBOT believes:

• Large-scale deployment of humanoid robots in factories is likely within the next 3–5 years.
• Widespread adoption in household and elderly-care applications will require a longer period of technological maturation and cost reduction.

As the company concluded in its presentation:

“We will verify this together in the years ahead.”

Tianbing No.1: A Different Path Forward

In 2025, ATOMROBOT introduced Tianbing No.1, the world’s first humanoid robot built around a parallel mechanism architecture.

Why Parallel Mechanisms?

In industrial environments, payload capacity and precision are non-negotiable requirements.

Traditional serial-structure humanoid robots face inherent limitations in:

• Heavy-load handling
• Precision assembly
• Dynamic stability

ATOMROBOT transferred more than a decade of expertise in high-speed parallel robotics to the humanoid platform.
 

Its proprietary Stewart parallel waist mechanism provides:

• Up to 200 kg waist payload capacity
• Up to 12.5 kg single-arm payload
• Excellent dynamic response while carrying heavy loads

This directly addresses one of the industry’s key challenges: robots that cannot reliably handle industrial workloads.

Advanced Perception and Manipulation

Tianbing No.1 integrates:

• LiDAR
• Stereo vision systems

These technologies allow the robot to build highly accurate spatial maps in real time within complex industrial environments.

The system can distinguish between:

• Fixed equipment
• Mobile vehicles
• Human workers

enabling autonomous navigation and dynamic obstacle avoidance.

The robot’s 7-degree-of-freedom force-controlled humanoid arm supports multiple end-effectors, including:

• Two-finger grippers
• Five-finger dexterous hands

This enables precision operations such as:

• Connector insertion
• Force-controlled grinding and polishing
• Other tasks requiring tactile feedback

High-Performance Computing Power

At its core, Tianbing No.1 features:

• An 8-core Arm processor
• A GPU with 1,792 CUDA cores
• Up to 170 TOPS of onboard AI computing power

This provides sufficient performance for real-time perception, decision-making, and motion control under demanding industrial conditions.

Tianbing No.1 is not only the first humanoid robot developed by a Tianjin-based company—it also represents a distinctive industrial-first approach to embodied intelligence, focused on solving real industrial problems with proven technologies.

Powered by China’s Maturing Robotics Supply Chain

Behind Tianbing No.1 lies the growing maturity of China’s robotics ecosystem.

According to the Humanoid Robot Industry Development White Paper (2025) published by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, domestic localization of key humanoid robot components reached 75% by the end of 2025.

Critical technologies such as:

• Servo motors
• Harmonic reducers
• Six-axis force sensors

have transitioned from import dependence to domestic leadership within just two years, accompanied by substantial cost reductions.

As supply chains mature and production scales increase, the cost of complete humanoid robots has declined by more than 40%.

ATOMROBOT has both benefited from and contributed to this trend.

The company has established a modular core technology platform encompassing:

• Robot body design
• Motion control
• Vision systems
• Integrated drive-and-control technologies
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These technologies power not only Tianbing No.1 but also the company’s broader portfolio of:

• Delta robots
• High-speed SCARA robots
• Heavy-duty collaborative palletizing robots

serving industries including:

• Food & Beverage
• Pharmaceuticals
• 3C Electronics
• Automotive Components
• New Energy

across applications such as assembly, sorting, material handling, loading/unloading, and palletizing.

This dual capability distinguishes ATOMROBOT from companies focused solely on humanoid robotics: it combines forward-looking innovation with a mature, revenue-generating industrial robotics business.

Looking Ahead

As China enters the opening stage of the 15th Five-Year Plan period, ATOMROBOT’s ambitions extend beyond Tianbing No.1.

The company has announced plans to accelerate development and commercialization of:

• Intelligent cleaning robots
• Space robotics systems
• Fully force-controlled humanoid robotic arms

From high-speed parallel robots to humanoid systems, and from factory floors to future space applications, ATOMROBOT continues to expand the boundaries of its technology portfolio.

About ATOMROBOT

ATOMROBOT is a leading Chinese manufacturer of high-speed industrial robots, specializing in the research, development, production, and sales of:

• Delta robots
• High-speed SCARA robots
• Heavy-duty collaborative palletizing robots
• Embodied intelligent humanoid robots

The company has delivered more than 10,000 robots and serves over 1,000 customers worldwide. It has maintained the No.1 market share among domestic delta robot brands for five consecutive years and has ranked No.1 across all brands since 2023.

In 2025, ATOMROBOT launched Tianbing No.1, the world’s first humanoid robot utilizing a parallel mechanism architecture, with the goal of accelerating the large-scale adoption of embodied intelligence technologies in industrial applications.

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