ZTE Corporation · retail humanoid
ZTE Xingzai
中兴星仔
The telecom maker ZTE's full-size service humanoid, 1.6 m and just over 30 kg, built on a lightweight tendon-cable drive with a flexible lattice skin and built-in obstacle avoidance for reception and guided-tour work. Unveiled at WAIC 2026 with the industrial Xingwang (wheeled) and Xingqing (bipedal) models of ZTE's Star Series.
- Price
- —Not disclosed
- Height
- 160 cmTaller than 40%
- Weight
- 30 kgHeavier than 13%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
ZTE says it is the lightest humanoid of its size in the industry.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2026-07-18
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
ZTE CorporationCompanyHow it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
ZTE Xingzai (中兴星仔) is taller than 40% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
ZTE Xingzai (中兴星仔) is heavier than 13% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
How much public attention ZTE Xingzai (中兴星仔) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Hands
- unknown
- Movement
- Walks on legs
From the maker
ZTE Xingzai (中兴星仔) is the only humanoid from ZTE Corporation in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedNot disclosed
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
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 | ZTE Xingzai (中兴星仔)ZTE Corporation |  JupiterZerothSame job: retail · Both walk · Both in development · Similar size | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useKAI (KaiBot)Kinetix AISame job: retail · Both walk · Both in development · Similar size |  MoyaDroidUp (Shanghai Zhuoyide)Same job: social · Both walk · Both in development · Similar size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2026-07-18 | 2026-01-04 | 2026-04-26 | 2026-01 |
| Status | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype |
| Height | 160 cm | 165 cm | 173 cm | 165 cm |
| Weight | 30 kg | 58 kg | 70 kg | 32 kg |
| Joints | — | 25 | 115 | — |
| Speed | — | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | 2.3 h | 3 h | — |
| Price | — | — | — | $173,000 |
Sources
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