Shanghai Electric · industrial humanoid
TUOYUAN
拓元
A wheeled industrial humanoid that pairs an embodied-AI foundation model with hybrid force-position control for connector insertion, material sorting and loading automotive sheet-metal parts. Shown at WAIC 2026 in Shanghai beside the bipedal Suyuan 2.0; no dimensions were published.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A prototype humanoid from Shanghai Electric.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2026-07
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Shanghai ElectricCompany · founded 2004 · Shanghai, ChinaPublic company (SSE: 601727; HKEX: 2727)
Public attention
How much public attention TUOYUAN (拓元) gets, from open data.
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What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Hands
- unknown
- Movement
- Wheeled base
Lineage
Every Shanghai Electric humanoid in order.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useTUOYUAN (拓元)Shanghai Electric |  GRWFourierSame job: industrial · Both on wheels · Both in development |  ugo Novaugo Inc.Same job: industrial · Both on wheels · Both in development |  K3W 'Big Hornet'Kepler Exploration RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both on wheels · Both in development |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2026-07 | 2026-07-17 | 2026-09-16 | 2026 |
| Status | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype |
| Height | — | 165 cm | 162 cm | — |
| Weight | — | 160 kg | 100 kg | 120 kg |
| Joints | — | 29 | 22 | 43 |
| Speed | — | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | 16 kg | 10 kg | 30 kg |
| Battery | — | 4 h | 6 h | 8 h |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
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