The highly anticipated release of Tiangong Walker DEX brings agile and open capabilities to drive new breakthroughs in scientific research and education

On February 10, the humanoid robotics sector welcomed a powerful new creation. Jointly launched by the Beijing Humanoid Robotics Innovation Center and Ubtech Robotics,the full-sized all-purpose scientific research humanoid robot — 'Tiangong Walker DEX' — was officially unveiled.

The product has seen significant improvements in terms of stability, motion control, coordinated large and small brain functions, and fully autonomous operations, with"Agile and easy-to-use, open and versatile"features, providing tailored empowerment solutions for the four core groups in scientific research and education, precisely adapting to various research and educational scenarios. At the same time, relying on"Huisi Kaiwu"a universal embodied intelligence platform, it provides global developers with a complete secondary development toolchain system, empowering developers to efficiently complete customized development and implement research projects.

1. Agile and easy-to-use, providing an efficient carrier for scientific experiments

Relying on a high degree-of-freedom body structure and whole-body coordinated control technology, Tiangong Walker DEX perfectly embodies the agility and flexibility represented by "DEX" (Dexterity) in its name. It can stably perform"DEX" (Dexterity)tasks such as surmounting 1-meter obstacles and performing full-body high-intensity continuous movements.surmounting 1-meter obstacles, performing full-body high-intensity continuous movements, etc.With high dynamic movements, the Tian Gong Walker DEX demonstrates outstanding balance and responsiveness.

At the same time, with a flexible torso and a wide range of upper limb movements,it can still stably perform delicate operations such as kneeling tasks and bending-turning motions even in confined spaces or restricted postures.Achieving both flexibility and precision, it provides a highly versatile experimental platform for cutting-edge scientific research and teaching demonstrations in motion control and humanoid robot action learning, effectively enhancing the efficiency of scientific experiments and hands-on teaching.

II. Open and Versatile, Building an Innovation Ecosystem Without Barriers

The design and motion control capabilities of the Tian Gong Walker DEX showcase its 'jack-of-all-trades' qualities. It combines high-load special operation capabilities with delicate and dexterous operational performance, achieving all-around excellence from dynamic movement to precise control.

To address pain points like closed research hardware and missing toolchains, a full-stack open-source system is built:Hardware reserves multiple types of expansion interfaces,adapting to diverse scenarios such as special operations and industrial manufacturing;Software relies on the 'Hui Si Kai Wu' platform,Compatible with mainstream protocols such as ROS2 and MQTT, offering a comprehensive toolchain and low-code development environment that allows for customized development without the need for底层重构. Open to developers at all levels, providing standardized and modular toolchains from底层驱动 to upper-layer applications.Supported by the three pillars of 'developer kits + community + embodied intelligence platform',Providing all-around二次开发 support at the code level, interface level, and application level, significantly lowering the barrier and shortening the development cycle, empowering researchers to focus on algorithm innovation and helping teachers and students quickly implement practical applications.

Third, precise empowerment covering core groups.

Ubtech Robotics launched a differentiated empowerment solution centered around 'Tiangong Walker DEX' that precisely covers four key groups:

1. Providing research-oriented institutions with an open algorithm platform and simulation environment to assist in cutting-edge topic research;

2. Equipping application-oriented undergraduate programs with modular kits and industry case libraries to cultivate engineering practice capabilities;

3. Offering vocational schools highly reliable physical platforms and standardized training to align with smart manufacturing job requirements;

4. Opening hardware interfaces and detailed documentation to global developers to support rapid prototyping validation.

This solution achieves full-chain empowerment from scientific research innovation to industrial application, shortening the technology transfer path.

Fourth, supporting measures to build a full-cycle service ecosystem

Ubtech Robotics has built around the Tiangong Explorer DEX platforma full-cycle service ecosystem of 'product + solution + service'Through four core support systems, it provides comprehensive support for research and educational applications. This system includes standardized courses and laboratory construction plans aimed at reducing the barriers to teaching implementation; organizing systematic competitions and innovation activities to promote learning and creativity through contests, stimulating students' innovative potential; offering authoritative skills certification to bridge talent cultivation with industry needs, enhancing students' employability; and conducting professional teacher training to ensure the professionalism of teaching teams, promoting standardization in research and education.

The Beijing Humanoid Robotics Innovation Center has partnered with Ubtech Robotics, focusing on the Tiangong Explorer DEXto jointly create an open, shared, and collaborative innovation research platform, empowering universities, research institutions, and global developers.By fully open-sourcing and co-building the ecosystem, it lowers the barriers to research, stimulates innovation vitality, accelerates breakthroughs and application of embodied intelligence technology, and builds a new future for humanoid robotics research.

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