Humanoid Robots (Shanghai) / National-Local Joint Humanoid Robot Innovation Center · research humanoid
Qinglong
A 1.85 m, 80 kg open-source humanoid with 43 active joints and 400 Nm peak torque, unveiled at WAIC 2024.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 185 cmTaller than 94%
- Weight
- 80 kgHeavier than 73%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
First robot of China's OpenLoong open-source full-size humanoid project.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Humanoid Robots (Shanghai) / National-Local Joint Humanoid Robot Innovation CenterConsortium · Shanghai, ChinaRegistered capital 1 billion yuan (about $140 million).
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Qinglong is taller than 94% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Qinglong is heavier than 73% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Qinglong has more joints than 77% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, battery, price.
What it has been shown doing
1 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.
- Pick & sortWAIC 2024: on voice command picked up soft bread and placed it in a basket · Jul 2024 · technode.com
Not shown yet:AssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineStairsTerrainGet upRunJumpCarryOn siteAutonomous
Public attention
How much public attention Qinglong gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 43 joints
- Actuators & motors
- 43 active DoF; maximum joint peak torque 400 Nm.
- Hands
- Lightweight, high-precision upper limbs (no hand specs).
- Compute
- 400 TOPS.
- AI & software
- Embodied intelligence software package slated for open-sourcing; hardware structure and parameters published via OpenLoong.
- Other details
- Built by Humanoid Robots (Shanghai), registered capital 1 billion yuan, named a national-local joint innovation centre by MIIT in May 2024.
From the maker
Qinglong is the only humanoid from Humanoid Robots (Shanghai) / National-Local Joint Humanoid Robot Innovation Center in the atlas.
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Built
- Open-source reference design (OpenLoong community); not sold.
- Where it is sold or used
- China
News
The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Qinglong unveiled at WAIC 2024
185 cm, 80 kg open-source humanoid; a new model planned each year named after a zodiac animal.
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Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | QinglongHumanoid Robots (Shanghai) / National-Local Joint Humanoid Robot Innovation Center |  TiangongBeijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center (X-Humanoid)Same jobs: research, general-purpose · Both walk · Both research platforms · Similar size |  Lingxi X1AgiBot (Zhiyuan Robotics)Same job: research · Both walk · Both research platforms |  iRonCub3Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), AMI Lab (Daniele Pucci)Same job: research · Both walk · Both research platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2024-07-04 | 2024-04-27 | 2024 | 2025-06 |
| Status | Research | Research | Research | Research |
| Height | 185 cm | 163 cm | — | — |
| Weight | 80 kg | 43 kg | — | 70 kg |
| Joints | 43 | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | 12 km/h | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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