{"id":307943,"date":"2026-01-28T12:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/307943\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T12:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:04:17","slug":"chinas-humanoid-robot-connects-to-orbiting-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/307943\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s humanoid robot connects to orbiting satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"

X-Humanoid\u2019s \u201cEmbodied Tien Kung\u201d robot became the \u201cworld\u2019s first\u201d humanoid to establish a direct link with a low Earth orbit satellite. The robot allegedly achieved this feat at the 3rd Beijing Commercial Space Industry High-Quality Development Promotion Conference on January 23.<\/p>\n

The humanoid reportedly established a connection with GalaxySpace\u2019s new wing-array integrated internet satellite and transmitted visual data in real time.<\/p>\n

The test represented China\u2019s first multi-terminal, multi-link connection using a new phased-array flat-panel LEO internet satellite, maintaining stable performance without support from ground-based networks.<\/p>\n

About the demo<\/p>\n

The team assigned the robot a real-world task<\/a>: retrieving a symbolic project completion certificate placed inside a driverless vehicle. The vehicle traveled on its own from the government service center to the newly completed Rocket Avenue.<\/p>\n

As a GalaxySpace internet satellite passed overhead, the \u201cEmbodied Tien Kung\u201d robot identified the right moment to connect. It ran system checks before establishing a communication link directly with the LEO satellite.<\/p>\n

Smartphones and computers were also connected to the established network, demonstrating that the satellite could handle multiple devices.<\/p>\n

With the satellite connection active, the humanoid walked to the unmanned vehicle, picked up the certificate, and carried it to another building. While in action, everything the humanoid did was turned into data \u2013 including joint movements and the video from its forward-facing camera.<\/p>\n

Upon arrival, the \u201cEmbodied Tien Kung\u201d robot presented the \u201cJoint Project Completion Acceptance Certificate\u201d to the project leader, a representative of Ezhou Star Arrow Company.<\/p>\n

Satellite data transfer<\/p>\n

The data sent to the satellite hundreds of kilometers above Earth was relayed back down to the command center almost instantly, allowing operators to study the robot and its activities in real-time, both from its first-person view and from an external monitoring perspective.<\/p>\n

The test showed that a humanoid could perform a real physical task while connected via a satellite link, which could be useful in remote areas, disaster zones, or other places where traditional networks are unavailable.<\/p>\n

By enabling the robot to connect via satellite rather than a traditional ground-based internet, the system overcame the usual geographic limits that restrict where robots can operate.<\/p>\n

The experiment developed a model that could be applied across many industries, enabling robots to operate in remote or low-signal environments for tasks such as inspections, emergency response, field exploration, and mining.<\/p>\n

In these high-risk environments, robots could take over dangerous work, improve efficiency and scheduling, and make autonomous systems more practical and useful in the real world.<\/p>\n

Not the \u2018world\u2019s first\u2019 for the first time<\/p>\n

Interestingly, this isn\u2019t the first time Tien Kung became the first humanoid to achieve a particular feat. In February 2025<\/a>, it climbed 134 outdoor steps to the summit of Haizi Wall Park in Beijing, becoming the first robot to navigate such complex outdoor terrain.<\/p>\n

Together, these demonstrations highlight ongoing testing of humanoid robots in increasingly varied and demanding real-world conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"X-Humanoid\u2019s \u201cEmbodied Tien Kung\u201d robot became the \u201cworld\u2019s first\u201d humanoid to establish a direct link with a low…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[270],"tags":[291,381,18,58088,150994,150995,85666,19,17,1222,133,451,150996,94526],"class_list":{"0":"post-307943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-china","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-humanoid","12":"tag-humanoid-ai","13":"tag-humanoid-connects-with-orbiting-satellite","14":"tag-humanoid-robot","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-robotics","18":"tag-science","19":"tag-space","20":"tag-tien-kung","21":"tag-worlds-first"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115972634211545523","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}