en.Wedoany.com Reported - Embodied intelligence company Songyan Dynamics and children's AI programming education company Xiaoma Wang officially signed a deep strategic cooperation agreement on May 21. The two parties will engage in comprehensive cooperation around the development of embodied intelligence courses for the K12 stage, the organization of competitions, and the formulation of industry standards. They will jointly explore the integration path of humanoid robots and programming education, promoting the transition of embodied intelligence from a technical concept to classroom practice.
At the signing ceremony, Jiang Zheyuan, founder of Songyan Dynamics, expressed the hope that "Xiaobumi" could become an AI enlightenment partner for teenagers, enabling the next generation to understand artificial intelligence through hands-on operation, rather than just learning knowledge from screens. Wang Jiangyou, CEO of Xiaoma Wang, pointed out that embodied intelligence is an important technical direction for the interaction between artificial intelligence and the physical world. Introducing humanoid robots into programming education allows students to understand the relationship between algorithms and control in a real environment. This cooperation will open a door to the future world of technology for young people.
As the core hardware carrier for this cooperation, the entry-level humanoid robot "Xiaobumi" developed by Songyan Dynamics has already been deployed in multiple kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, and educational institutions. The robot supports educational functions such as graphical programming and secondary development of upper-level motion control. Students can control the robot through a visual programming interface to complete basic actions like walking, turning, raising hands, and grasping, and learn real-time control algorithms based on kinematic and dynamic models in advanced courses. "Xiaobumi" utilizes lightweight servo joints independently developed by Songyan Dynamics, with the overall weight controlled within 5 kilograms and a battery life exceeding 2 hours, meeting the continuous use needs of classroom teaching. Previously, Songyan Dynamics had already cooperated with the children's programming company Codemao, preliminarily verifying the application feasibility of humanoid robots in K12 programming education scenarios.
The two parties announced a specific cooperation framework at the signing ceremony. In terms of course development, Songyan Dynamics will provide the "Xiaobumi" hardware platform and motion control software development tools, while Xiaoma Wang will be responsible for course content design and teaching system construction. They plan to launch the first batch of embodied intelligence programming courses in the fall of 2026, covering upper primary and junior high school students. In the competition field, the two parties plan to jointly host an embodied intelligence challenge for teenagers, setting practical tasks such as humanoid robot racing, object handling, and path planning, forming a closed loop of "promoting learning through competition and promoting teaching through competition." At the standard-setting level, the two parties plan to jointly apply for industry standards in the field of embodied intelligence education, promoting the application of humanoid robots in education from scattered pilot projects to standardization.
This cooperation also involves supporting aspects such as research and study product development, teacher training system construction, and the establishment of a nationwide teaching network. Xiaoma Wang will gradually introduce the "Xiaobumi" robot in its teaching centers across more than 20 cities nationwide, with the first batch of pilot cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, and Chengdu. Songyan Dynamics also announced that it has initiated the research and development of the next-generation educational version of the humanoid robot. The new product will integrate voice interaction, visual recognition, and reinforcement learning interfaces, supporting more complex programming tasks and AI algorithm experiments, with an engineering prototype planned for release by the end of 2026.
Founded in 2023, Songyan Dynamics is led by "post-95s" founder Jiang Zheyuan and his team, with high-performance humanoid robot complete machines and core components as its business core. The company once completed the first humanoid robot from design to manufacturing in 43 days, demonstrating a relatively fast product iteration speed. Songyan Dynamics has completed nearly 1 billion RMB in Series B financing, led by Chendao Capital, an industrial investment platform under the CATL group, becoming one of the higher-valued startups in the embodied intelligence field. Xiaoma Wang, founded in 2016, is an early entrant in the domestic children's programming education sector, with teaching centers in over 20 cities nationwide and a relatively complete curriculum system and teacher training network. K12 education is a field with high standardization, large demand scale, and clear policy support. Robot programming has been incorporated into the information technology curriculum systems of primary and secondary schools in many regions of China. Embodied intelligence education provides humanoid robot manufacturers with a transitional path from technology research and development to commercial monetization. The scenario data and user feedback accumulated in educational applications, in turn, drive the iterative upgrading of robot products and algorithms.
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