en.Wedoany.com Reported - Zoomlion publicly unveiled its humanoid robot Z01 for the first time at the KOMATEK 2026 exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey. The robot performed Tai Chi on site, demonstrating motion control and dynamic balance capabilities, attracting a large audience.
This bipedal humanoid robot is designed for industrial collaboration, intelligent guidance, and educational applications. Zoomlion regards embodied AI robots and related emerging industries as the company's third growth curve, and the debut of Z01 highlights the company's strategic investment in this field.
Zoomlion has an industrial foundation in embodied AI development. As one of the early investors in industrial IoT technology within China's construction machinery industry, its AI-driven industrial internet subsidiary, Zvalley, has nearly 1,300 technical R&D personnel, establishing a digital foundation for the company. Since 2024, Zoomlion has accelerated the development of embodied AI technology through integrated hardware and software innovation capabilities, building a comprehensive technical framework covering robot hardware, core components, decision-making and motion control systems, and software ecosystems. The integration of AI and robotics is driving the intelligent transformation of Zoomlion's construction machinery, agricultural machinery, and mining equipment businesses.
As of the end of 2025, Zoomlion has developed eight embodied AI robot prototypes across four categories, with a product portfolio including humanoid robots and wheeled robots. Leveraging the company's extensive industrial scenarios, these robots have been validated in practical applications at Zoomlion Smart City, involving logistics handling, factory inspection, loading and unloading, pre-assembly, and quality inspection. These deployments have accumulated valuable operational data and experience for future large-scale commercialization.
Earlier this year, Zoomlion showcased its embodied AI development platform, Robot Ops, at Hannover Messe 2026, and demonstrated collaborative operations between humanoid robots and logistics robots. This demonstration highlighted Zoomlion's progress in moving embodied AI from laboratory research to practical industrial-grade applications, emphasizing real-world adaptability, autonomous decision-making, and multi-robot collaboration capabilities.
Currently, embodied AI robots have been applied in multiple manufacturing processes at Zoomlion Smart City. The company is committed to developing embodied AI with an industrial mindset, focusing on real-world scenarios and building capabilities from the ground up. By establishing a robust embodied AI industrial data system and advancing engineering-oriented robot design and manufacturing, Zoomlion is steadily laying the foundation for the large-scale cross-industry deployment of embodied AI technology.
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