Tiangong 3.0

What it's for

The Tiangong 3.0, a 169 cm humanoid from X-Humanoid, Beijing's state-backed center, has three uses according to its manufacturer: guiding visitors (shown in February 2026 in an exhibition hall in Beijing), sorting industrial parts at a conveyor, and autonomous material transport. One caveat up front: all of this rests on launch press materials, and we found no independent account of the model working in a plant.

Guiding visitors was shown in February 2026 in an exhibition hall in Beijing. Parts sorting and internal transport are tasks the manufacturer claims; we found no independent account of how they are carried out. Applications in industry and logistics: factories, warehouses; humanoids in factories are covered in “Humanoid Robots in Factories 2026”.

For labs and integrators, something else matters too: the manufacturer states support for ROS2, MQTT and TCP/IP, standards an engineer knows from their own projects. Control runs on the "Huisi Kaiwu" embodied-intelligence platform and, as the manufacturer puts it, full-body, high-dynamic motion control. For a research team that wants to experiment with walking and manipulation, open interfaces matter more than a flashy demo.

The robot is not available in Poland, so none of these scenarios has a Polish address today. Treat it as a reference point: it shows what a flagship humanoid from a state-backed Chinese center looks like and what to expect from competitors in humanoid robots. How it is all built inside is explained in “How Does a Humanoid Robot Work”.

Who it's for

Best suited to: Editorial teams, analysts and R&D departments that want to understand where Chinese humanoid programs are heading. Institutions building their own market comparisons and needing hard parameters: 169 cm, 62 kg, 43 degrees of freedom. Engineers interested in control architecture, for whom the open protocols are a convenient way in.

A poor fit: A company looking for a robot to buy in Poland: there is no Polish distributor, no representative and no price. The manufacturer publishes no price list, and sales most likely run on tenders and institutional partnerships. It is also unsuitable for a small or mid-sized business that needs service, Polish-language documentation and predictable costs. If that is you, see the comparison “Unitree H1, G1, R1 and H2” or the overview “How Much Does a Humanoid Robot Cost in 2026”.

Deployments

The robot has no Polish distributor.

Worldwide, we have only the manufacturer's claims: guiding visitors at exhibitions, sorting industrial parts, moving materials. We found no independently documented installations with a named site and unit count, so we do not attribute specific customers to the model.

We cover humanoids in factories in “Humanoid Robots in Factories 2026”, and the Chinese market, including UBTech and Fourier, in “Chinese Humanoid Robots”. Polish universities usually receive cheaper platforms from the Unitree segment.

Three directions if Tiangong 3.0 turns out to be out of reach.

Unitree H1-2 is a humanoid 178 cm tall, weighing 70 kg, with 27 degrees of freedom and a payload of about 21 kg. Unitree publishes its technical data openly, so it is easier to compare with the competition.

UBTech Walker S2 offers 52 degrees of freedom, a 15 kg payload and an autonomous battery swap in 3 minutes. It is a pilot-stage humanoid aimed at shift work, so closer to factory practice than to show demos.

Fourier GR-1 is Fourier's older humanoid (165 cm, 40 DOF), now withdrawn and replaced by successors; sensible more as a reference point than as a purchase.

Unitree G1 EDU: if the goal is teaching and research, the EDU version with a full SDK is much easier to get, and reseller prices are public.

Tiangong 3.0 was unveiled on February 10-11, 2026; its height of 169 cm, mass of 62 kg and 43 degrees of freedom are confirmed by press coverage (the Beijing municipal government, Beijing News, Tencent News, Pandaily). Behind the robot is the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, founded in Beijing in 2023.

The earlier Tiangong line already made its mark in robotics sport. In April 2025, the world's first humanoid robot half marathon took place in Beijing E-Town: Tiangong Ultra won in 2:40, but only 6 of the 21 robots reached the finish. In August 2025, the World Humanoid Robot Games opened in Beijing (280 teams, more than 500 robots, 26 events), and Tiangong Ultra won the 100 m in 9.39 s. In August 2026, at the second edition of the games, the same robot ran the 100 m in 8.64 s. These are achievements of the earlier design, not of the 3.0 model; we mention them because they show the direction of the whole line.