SPARKY Howl
An all-in-one developer kit for robotics and edge intelligence development, offering computing boards, operating systems, applications, and a proprietary AI acceleration engine (BPU).
Primary use case: Robotics and edge intelligence development
Specifications
Physical
Locomotion
unknown
Manipulation
Hand Type
unknown
Power & Autonomy
Autonomy Level
unknown
AI & Compute
AI Capabilities
Edge AI inference, Perception inference, Reasoning, Real-time motion control
Onboard Compute
5-128 TOPS proprietary AI acceleration engine (BPU); RDK X3: 5 TOPS, RDK X5: 10 TOPS, RDK S100: 80+ TOPS
Commercial
Availability
Available for purchase through distributors
Primary Use Case
Robotics and edge intelligence development
Related news
From robot olympics to factory floor
X-Humanoid Sets Out Its Roadmap for a Unified Embodied Model and Self-Evolving Robot Policies
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.
“We want to turn high performance into high reliability”: The engineer behind China’s fastest humanoid robot
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: What’s Next for the Chinese Humanoid Robot That Outran Usain Bolt?
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.