On April 17, 2026, AGIBOT held its 2026 Partner Conference (APC2026) in Shanghai. The event drew 2,500 partners from 34 countries and regions, making it AGIBOT’s largest and most far‑reaching gathering to date. AGIBOT founder, chairman and CEO Deng Taihua delivered the keynote, while co‑founder, president and CTO Peng Zhihui (ZhiHui Jun) systematically outlined the evolution pathway of the embodied intelligence industry. The conference unveiled four new hardware platforms, four AI large models, seven industry solutions and an open dataset, marking a crucial step for AGIBOT in moving from technical breakthroughs toward scalable productivity deployment.
AGIBOT is a leading Chinese embodied intelligence company focused on general‑purpose embodied technologies such as humanoid robots. Over the past year, AGIBOT has achieved mass production output of ten thousand units, and on March 30, 2026 announced the rollout of its 10,000th general‑purpose embodied robot—doubling from 5,000 to 10,000 units in just three months. This partner conference, following the company’s AI WEEK release series from April 7–14, served as another major showcase intended to open a new era of embodied intelligence productivity with global partners.
Four New Hardware Platforms: Full‑stack capability upgrades
The four new hardware platforms unveiled at the conference represent significant expansions at the hardware layer, covering core forms including humanoid, wheeled, quadruped robots and dexterous hands, further enriching the product matrix.
These new products deliver notable improvements in motion intelligence, interaction capabilities and scenario adaptability. For example, the new humanoid model achieves breakthroughs in balance control, complex terrain adaptation and multi‑finger dexterous manipulation; the wheeled and quadruped platforms strengthen long‑duration, stable operation in industrial scenarios. AGIBOT emphasizes that these products are built on the company’s independently developed "One‑Body, Three‑Intelligences" architecture (hardware integration, software‑defined, AI‑driven), achieving end‑to‑end optimization from perception to execution and providing a more reliable hardware foundation for downstream applications.
Four AI Large Models: Comprehensive upgrade of the embodied intelligence brain
Released in parallel with the hardware, the four AI large models are AGIBOT’s core innovations at the software and intelligence layers. These models focus on embodied intelligence scenarios and cover key capabilities including foundational understanding, motion planning, task execution and multimodal fusion.
Notably, the embodied models make breakthroughs in long‑horizon task planning and complex environment adaptation, enabling end‑to‑end mapping from natural language instructions to real‑world actions. AGIBOT states that these models were trained on massive embodied datasets, significantly improving generalization and robustness and providing the intelligent core needed to move robots from "lab demonstrations" to "24/7 factory operations."
Seven Industry Solutions and an Open Dataset: Closing the loop from technology to productivity
The conference also introduced seven industry solutions covering high‑potential scenarios such as manufacturing, logistics, retail and healthcare. These solutions are no longer standalone hardware or models but integrated, end‑to‑end productivity toolkits designed to help enterprises rapidly implement embodied intelligence.
In addition, AGIBOT released the open dataset "AGIBOT WORLD 2026," a follow‑up to the open embodied dataset published during AI WEEK. This dataset provides global developers with high‑quality embodied intelligence training data, further lowering the industry entry barrier and promoting ecosystem co‑construction.
XYZ Curve and the "358 Grand Plan": The first proposed framework for industrializing embodied intelligence
In his speech, Deng Taihua unveiled the embodied intelligence industry "XYZ Curve" and a productivity realization framework, systematically describing the evolution from development mode to deployment mode in embodied intelligence. The framework uses the "XYZ Curve" to vividly depict the staged characteristics of the industry’s shift from technical validation to scaled deployment, providing a clear roadmap for the sector.
Peng Zhihui elaborated on the "358 Grand Plan," outlining AGIBOT’s core objectives for 2026: focusing on mass production of tens of thousands of robots, strengthening end‑to‑end organizational capabilities, building a self‑controllable supply chain, and achieving high‑quality manufacturing through efficient operational mechanisms. The plan reflects AGIBOT’s strategic determination to transition from "technology leadership" to "scale deployment."
Industry significance: Accelerating China's global competitiveness in embodied intelligence
The AGIBOT 2026 Partner Conference was more than a product and technology launch; it was a declaration of confidence in China’s embodied intelligence industry to the world. As a domestic leader, AGIBOT has built full‑stack capabilities from hardware platforms to AI large models and industry solutions. This release further consolidates its leading position in humanoid robotics and contributes a Chinese approach to the global embodied intelligence industry.
For the upstream and downstream supply chain, the conference outcomes are expected to accelerate supply chain maturity and ecosystem collaboration. The seven solutions and the open dataset should encourage more small and medium‑sized enterprises to participate in embodied intelligence application development, promoting the industry’s shift from "technical breakthroughs" to "scaled productivity."
For the global robotics industry, AGIBOT’s concentrated releases reflect Chinese companies’ rapid catch‑up and localized leadership in embodied intelligence. Through open datasets and full‑stack capability exports, AGIBOT demonstrates an open cooperative stance that may attract more international partners to jointly build a global embodied intelligence ecosystem.
Outlook: 2026 as the inaugural year of embodied intelligence scale deployment
At the 10,000‑unit rollout ceremony, AGIBOT president Peng Zhihui stated that 2026 will be the year for accelerated scale deployment of general‑purpose embodied robots. The outcomes of this partner conference further validate that assessment. With the deployment of four new hardware platforms and four AI large models, AGIBOT is steadily progressing toward its goal of mass‑producing tens of thousands of units.
Going forward, the embodied intelligence industry will achieve software‑hardware synergy, data closed loops and ecosystem co‑construction under the "One‑Body, Three‑Intelligences" architecture. As a pioneer, AGIBOT is taking concrete actions to help China move from a "big robot country" to a "robot power."
The success of the 2026 AGIBOT Partner Conference not only provided global partners with a clear cooperation pathway but also injected strong momentum into the entire embodied intelligence industry. In an era of deep AI‑robot integration, Chinese companies are writing a new industrial chapter on the global stage with speed and openness.
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