All-in-one developer kit for robotics and edge intelligence development, encompassing a proprietary AI acceleration engine (BPU), open-source algorithms and applications, operating systems, and hardware-accelerated robotics development. The RDK family includes RDK X3 (5 TOPS), RDK X5 (10 TOPS), and RDK S100 (80+ TOPS).
Primary use case: Robotics and edge intelligence development, including embodied AI, mobile robots, robotic arms, and quadruped robots.
Locomotion
hybrid
Hand Type
unknown
Autonomy Level
unknown
AI Capabilities
Edge AI inference, Perception inference, Reasoning, Real-time motion control, Hardware-accelerated ROS 2, Open-source algorithm and application development
Onboard Compute
5-128 TOPS proprietary AI acceleration engine (BPU): RDK X3 provides 5 TOPS, RDK X5 provides 10 TOPS, and RDK S100 provides 80+ TOPS.
Availability
Available for purchase through a distributor
Primary Use Case
Robotics and edge intelligence development, including embodied AI, mobile robots, robotic arms, and quadruped robots.
X-Humanoid presented a roadmap at ROSCon China 2026 for a unified embodied model and self-evolving robot policies, with the 'Pelican' project positioned as a step toward unifying a world model and simulator. The announcement frames the company's vision for a common foundation that supports continuously improving robot policies.
Jack Guo, a 34-year-old engineer at X-Humanoid (Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Centre), led the TianGong Ultra humanoid robot to a 100-meter sprint time of 8.64 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games, beating Usain Bolt's world record by nearly a second. Now Guo is focused on the harder challenge of turning high performance into reliability and usability for real-world applications, likening today's humanoids to the earliest cars that first need to be controllable before pairing reliable bodies with smarter AI brains.
TianGong Ultra, a humanoid robot developed by Beijing's X-Humanoid, stunned the world by sprinting 100 metres in 8.64 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games, beating Usain Bolt's 9.58-second human record under different conditions. The company's engineers, led by Jack Guo, are now focused on making the robot reliable and useful for real-world applications like factory work and emergency rescue, rather than just achieving speed records.