en.Wedoany.com Reported - On July 10, Swancor announced that it will launch the deformable personal robot Qiyuan T1 during the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference. Based on a single robot body, the product can automatically switch between a wheeled bipedal humanoid form and a quadruped form, featuring capabilities such as camera tracking, intelligent interaction, and companionship.
The technical focus of Qiyuan T1 is not on adding an external mobility attachment to the robot, but on completing the form transformation within the same mechanical structure. The wheeled bipedal humanoid state retains the humanoid robot's higher observation perspective, interactive interface, and wheeled mobility efficiency, making it suitable for following, filming, and companionship on flat indoor surfaces. The quadruped state lowers the robot's center of gravity and expands its support range, making it more suitable for low-clearance spaces, complex terrains, and mobility tasks requiring higher stability.
Automatic switching between the two forms requires synchronized operation of the mechanical structure, motion control, and environmental perception. During the transformation, the robot must readjust joint positions, body posture, and center of gravity distribution, and confirm that all movable structures are locked. The control system must also switch motion models based on the current form, enabling the wheeled drive and quadruped gait to invoke corresponding balance, obstacle avoidance, and path planning strategies. Any positional deviation in any step could affect the mobility stability after transformation.
This design bypasses the limitation of traditional humanoid robots that must maintain bipedal standing for extended periods. Home floors are typically flat, so the robot using wheeled mobility can reduce energy consumption required for maintaining dynamic balance. When encountering thresholds, carpets, slopes, or scenarios requiring a lower robot height, it switches to the quadruped form. The different forms are not for showcasing actions but to allow the same personal robot to adapt to various environments such as living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, outdoor filming, and home companionship.
The camera tracking function also requires the robot to integrate visual recognition, target tracking, and motion control. The robot must continuously identify people or filming targets, adjust distance, direction, and camera position based on target movement, while controlling image shake caused by its own movement. After switching between quadruped and wheeled forms, the camera height, viewing angle, and body vibration characteristics change, requiring the control system to recalibrate composition and tracking parameters.
The Qiyuan T1 is scheduled to debut at WAIC 2026, held from July 17 to 20. Currently, publicly available information has not disclosed the robot's dimensions, weight, number of joints, battery life, transformation speed, or specific interaction models. At that time, key observations will include whether the form switching process requires manual assistance, the obstacle-crossing capability in quadruped form, the mobility speed in wheeled form, and how the filming and companionship functions operate in a real home environment.
