China · Consumer tech / humanoid · privateSummary
Chinese smartphone maker that entered humanoid robotics; its Lightning robot ran a 9.47-second 100m at the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games and a reported 9.32s in a test run, at a peak speed of 14.5 m/s.
Notable
A non-traditional entrant — a consumer-electronics company competing at the front of humanoid athletics. Lightning finished second to the Tiangong Ultra in the headline 100m heat, both beating the human 100m world record.
Key facts
Headquarters
Shenzhen
Founded
2013
Role
builder
Category
Humanoid
Sector
Consumer tech / humanoid
Status
private
CEO
George Zhao
United States
Norway
Germany
Spain