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RobotEra XBot-L

Editorial: an explicitly named historical research platform used for locomotion policy transfer. Original paper figures provide height, mass and distinguished total/actuator counts. No ta current turnkey factory worker; arm load, commercial software, warranty and orderability remain unknown.

AnnouncedHistorical research humanoid; author-defined total jointsResearch updated Nov 2, 2026

Published specifications are sourced claims. Read our evidence standard ↗

--Payload
--Runtime
--Max speed
RobotEra XBot-L original research hardware illustration, Humanoid-Gym Figure 5

Image: Xinyang Gu, Yen-Jen Wang and Jianyu Chen / Humanoid-Gym, Fig. 5 (CC BY 4.0) · Original author-labelled XBot-L hardware illustration from Humanoid-Gym Figure 5. An historical research configuration, not a current retail model photograph.

Industrial Applications

Editorial: an explicitly named historical research platform used for locomotion policy transfer. Original paper figures provide height, mass and distinguished total/actuator counts. No ta current turnkey factory worker; arm load, commercial software, warranty and orderability remain unknown.

This editorial assessment concerns industrial buyer readiness. It is not an independent performance test.

EU regulatory fitUnknown
Cybersecurity fitUnknown
Serviceability fitUnknown
Supply chain fitUnknown

Manipulation and Perception

Original paper Fig5 labels 60 TOTAL degrees of freedom versus 54 ACTUATED motors. These are different kinematic/actuation counts; not all independent command axes. Locomotion experiments do not establish arm payload, hand service capability or tool qualification.

Research paper describes body/ IMU, joint and locomotion observations for sim-to-real policy training. No exact commercial vision, compute, speech or autonomy product bundle confirmed; current L7 / STAR1 peripherals not transferred.

SDK and Integration

Research locomotion RL framework and sim-to-sim verification. Exact onboard ROS /control middleware unverified; research framework is not current Python ROS 2 SDK support proof. Official Humanoid-Gym Isaac Gym training, MuJoCo sim-to-sim and real-world zero-shot transfer reported for XBot-L. Public repository rights are separate from firmware, model weights, commercial software and data. Match exact hardware, messages and supported firmware; not an independent safety controller.

API typeResearch locomotion RL framework and sim-to-sim verification
LanguagesPython training and MuJoCo scripts
ROS supportExact onboard ROS /control middleware unverified; research framework is not current Python ROS 2 SDK support proof
SimulationOfficial Humanoid-Gym Isaac Gym training, MuJoCo sim-to-sim and real-world zero-shot transfer reported for XBot-L
Offline operationComplete motion, speech, AI, remote-support and telemetry offline scope unverified
TeleoperationExact delivered package, licence and supervision requirements must match order
Software updatesFirmware signing, patch support lifetime and rollback unverified
DocumentationOpen documentation
Code examplesOpen repository
Integration constraintsPublic repository rights are separate from firmware, model weights, commercial software and data. Match exact hardware, messages and supported firmware; not an independent safety controller.

No complete current whole-body hardware safety/warranty manual inspected. Component documentation and public source presence do not establish all product rights.

Safety Notes

No exact signed EU conformity dossier, independent stopping/fall envelope, safety-integrity rating or validated human-collaboration mode inspected. High joint torque, speed or hand load are not safe collaboration evidence. Follow delivered manual, physical test protection and system-level integration assessment; public ROS services are not a certified stop system.

Compliance and Certificates

StandardStatusJurisdictionEvidence
CE marking Unknown European Union No exact-model signed declaration and complete delivered configuration dossier inspected. For L7 / M7 / Q5, European seller promises a declaration; promise is not independent verification.

Commercial Readiness

PricingCurrent exact-configuration manufacturer price not verified; quote must specify tax, shipping, hands, compute, software and commissioning.
Price rangeQuote-based or unverified
Lead timeNeeds verification
Availability regionsChina manufacturer/project inquiry; exact overseas scope by contract
Spare partsNo independently inspected local inventory or repair response SLA.
WarrantyExact whole-robot, battery, hand and regional warranty period/exclusions unverified. Public software/component licences are not hardware warranties.
Configuration and pricing basisExact configuration quotation required
Distributors and serviceCurrent exact-model OEM appointment and local repair scope require written confirmation.

No public exhibition, company order book or aggregate component count treated as delivered robot fleet.

Specifications

Height1650 mm
Weight57.00 kg
PayloadUnknown
RuntimeUnknown
Battery and runtime conditionsExact battery capacity, voltage, single-pack runtime, charging and power-supply arrangement not verified for this configuration.
Degrees of freedom60
Max speedUnknown
Total joints versus actuators60 TOTAL DOF; 54 actuated motors in original author Fig5. Full kinematic count not identical to controllable actuator count. Source ↗

Sources and Further Reading

  • CC BY 4.0 licence linked by original research paper ↗ Creative Commons / ar Xiv licence link · Accessed Nov 2, 2026

    Original ar Xiv paper licence link resolves to CC BY 4.0. Cropped Fig5 images credit authors, paper and licence and state the crop. No third-party figure credit identified. This article licence does not cover unrelated company product photos.

  • Current RobotEra company, legal name and portfolio ↗ ROBOTERA · Accessed Nov 2, 2026

    Rendered current official application, not the empty static HTML. Founded August 2023 by Chen Jianyu; company claims Tsinghua university shareholding. Footer now says 北京星动纪元科技股份有限公司. Current contact address: 7 F, VIA Building, Tsinghua Science Park, Haidian, Beijing. Current complete cap table and formally registered English legal name unverified. Product routes include L7, Q5, M7 and XHAND end-effectors; /product/Lite and /product/PRO are HANDS, not new humanoid bodies.

  • Historical XBot-S/L research control framework ↗ RobotEra official roboterax GitHub account · Accessed Nov 2, 2026

    Official README explicitly verifies locomotion on XBot-S 1.2 m and XBot-L 1.65 m. Isaac Gym training, MuJoCo sim-to-sim and real transfer; uses XBot-L as example. Repository-wide licence absent at root; third-party base sub directory has separate licence. Does not establish current retail availability or full manipulation SDK.

  • Founder first-hand historical platform account ↗ Lenovo Capital; interview with Chen Jianyu · Published Sep 5, 2024 · Accessed Nov 2, 2026

    Investor-hosted direct founder interview: university project began 2022, company incubated 2023; Xiaoxing family had six engineering generations by August 2024. Iteration descriptions are not six separately marketed SKUs. Exact Xiaoxing generation-to- XBot / STAR1 mapping is not established; avoid copying specifications across names.

  • Original Humanoid-Gym paper and labelled hardware figure ↗ Xinyang G u, Yen-Jen Wang and Jianyu Chen / ar Xiv · Published May 18, 2024 · Accessed Nov 2, 2026

    Original author paper first submitted April 8, 2024, revised May 18. Fig u re 5 on PDF page 5 visually read: XBot-S 1200 mm/38 kg/32 TOTAL DOF /26 actuated motors; XBot-L 1650 mm/57 kg/60 TOTAL DOF /54 actuated motors. Total kinematic count differs from actuator count. Real locomotion experiments are research evidence, not commercial deployment. ar Xiv source explicitly licences article CC BY 4.0; cropped original hardware illustration credited.