Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center Launches Open-Source 'Tiangong Omni' Platform
The Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center has launched "Tiangong Omni," a lightweight, open-source humanoid robot platform designed to lower development barriers. Unveiled at the World Robot Conference, it is described as the world's first "Humanoid Native" open base that integrates perceptual mobility with whole-body general control. By offering open APIs for joints, sensors, and motion control, Tiangong Omni aims to standardize development and reduce costs for researchers. This open-source approach could accelerate the deployment of humanoid robots in industrial, emergency rescue, and service scenarios. The robot stands 1.35 meters tall and weighs 39 kg, making it suitable for narrow spaces. The center's CEO, Xiong Youjun, emphasized that the platform will focus on industrial scenarios and common core technologies, avoiding direct competition with other commercial humanoid robot manufacturers.
## BACKGROUND
Embodied AI refers to artificial intelligence systems that interact physically with their environments, such as humanoid robots. In robotics, the "big and small brain" architecture separates high-level cognitive processing and decision-making (the big brain) from low-level real-time motion control and stabilization (the small brain).