World Robot Conference 2026 - Explore the Latest News from Galaxea Dynamics

The 2026 World Robot Conference (WRC) recently opened in Beijing, China. Under the theme “Awakening Productivity,” Galaxea Dynamics showcased more than ten technology demos spanning a wide range of real-world applications.

Unlike many exhibitors that focus primarily on showcasing robotic movements, Galaxea centered its demonstrations on real-world work. The exhibits highlighted the company's technological foundations in full-stack robotics and generalizable intelligence. Together, they pointed to a clear conclusion: Embodied AI is moving from the laboratory into industry, evolving from simply being able to perform tasks to performing them reliably.

1. One-Click Ordering, On-Site Pickup: The World's First Robotic Micro-Fulfillment Center Accepting Online Orders

At this year's conference, Galaxea Dynamics unveiled the world's first robotic micro-fulfillment center supporting online ordering and fully automated, end-to-end order fulfillment. The facility recreated the workflow of a real commercial micro-fulfillment center at a 1:1 scale.

Visitors could place random orders through a mini-program, while robots autonomously identified products, planned routes, picked items, opened and held shopping bags, and packed orders—completing the entire process from order receipt to delivery.

As one of the industry's most challenging real-world deployment scenarios, robotic fulfillment showcased several breakthroughs enabled by Galaxea's generalizable intelligence.

First, generalization across tens of thousands of SKUs. Without requiring individual programming for different products, the models autonomously recognized and perceived a vast range of items, even when randomly arranged.

Second, autonomous coordination of multi-stage tasks. Robots coordinated continuous workflows and autonomously corrected errors and resumed operations when faced with environmental changes, task interruptions, or execution failures, enabling them to complete complex, long-horizon tasks reliably.

Third, fine manipulation of deformable objects. The system overcame challenges posed by plastic bags that deform in different ways, addressing a key obstacle to flexible-object manipulation in real-world logistics fulfillment.

During the exhibition, the micro-fulfillment demonstration completed 900 end-to-end orders, 1,775 picking operations, and 1,560 packing operations. This sustained, continuous operation demonstrated the system's stability under real-world conditions.

The system has established the foundation for stable operation in real commercial environments. Rather than memorizing every possible answer, the robot has learned how to respond to change.

2. Millimeter-Level Precision: The World's First Live Demonstration of Robots Assembling Robots

In addition to the micro-fulfillment demonstration, Galaxea presented the world's first robot-on-robot assembly application, tackling a demanding industrial task.

The robot independently performed a high-precision, long-horizon assembly task involving centimeter-scale screw insertion and powered fastening. It identified and picked up centimeter-scale screws among complex components, positioned them precisely in narrow holes, and then switched to a powered drilling and fastening tool. The robot aligned the tool with the center of each hole, controlled its orientation, applied consistent pressure, and completed the fastening operation.

The entire process required the coordinated use of multiple capabilities, including visual localization, bimanual coordination, force-controlled contact, and motion planning.

By combining reinforcement learning with embodied foundation models, Galaxea broke through the limitations of traditional human-guided demonstrations, achieving an improvement of more than 30% in task execution speed.

The significance of this capability goes beyond performing a precise movement once. Robots must be able to handle fine-grained, long-horizon tasks with high reliability in real-world production environments. This demonstration highlighted the capabilities required for stable, high-volume industrial operations—a critical step in moving robotics from the laboratory to real industrial deployment.

3. Introducing Nexo: A New-Generation Wheeled Manipulation Robot Built for Productivity

During the conference, Galaxea unveiled Nexo, its new-generation flagship wheeled humanoid robot designed to deliver advanced productivity.

Nexo features 30 degrees of freedom (DoF) across its arms, shoulders, neck, torso, and mobile base. Its joints work together in real time through coordinated force and position control, helping maintain smooth, continuous movements and consistent force application throughout complex, long-horizon tasks.

With a maximum combined dual-arm payload of 20 kg, Nexo combines flexible, precision manipulation with stable, high-payload operation to address productivity needs across manufacturing and commercial services.

With up to eight hours of battery life and the ability to navigate confined spaces with ease, Nexo further expands its range of applications. It supports a wide range of productivity tasks, from precision operations in consumer electronics manufacturing and industrial material handling to warehouse logistics and commercial services.

By integrating these capabilities, the robot transcends the limitations of single-purpose machines to become a general-purpose productivity platform built for real-world industrial applications.

4. A Diverse Portfolio of Technology Demos: Building the Foundations for Industrial Deployment

Beyond the three flagship demonstrations, Galaxea presented more than ten additional technology demos, including bipedal robot parkour training, continuous folding of highly resilient cardboard boxes, tabletop pick-and-place tasks involving arbitrary objects, and industrial component sorting.

A common feature across these demonstrations was the introduction of variables such as positional offsets, randomized object orientations, and human-induced disturbances to simulate the uncertainty of real-world working environments.

Among the highlights, the fine-manipulation demo for continuously folding highly resilient cardboard boxes demonstrated the ability to complete 4,000 box-folding operations per day while maintaining stable performance under repeated disturbances.

Galaxea believes that the ability of embodied AI to enter real industrial environments depends on whether models can autonomously correct errors and adjust their strategies when faced with disturbances. These seemingly routine tests are, in fact, ongoing assessments of system robustness.

Being able to perform a demonstration is only the starting point. Real work requires robots to remain effective when the unexpected happens.

5. Brand Strategy Announcement: An Embodied AI Platform for the Next Generation of Productivity

During the conference, Gao Jiyang, Founder and CEO of Galaxea Dynamics, officially announced the company's “1+3+N” next-generation productivity brand strategy in his keynote address.

The strategy centers on integrating complete robotic systems with intelligence, connecting foundational AI models, a comprehensive portfolio of robotic platforms, and an ecosystem spanning a wide range of industries to accelerate the large-scale deployment of embodied AI.

“1” — Integrated Hardware and Intelligence as the Core

At the heart of the strategy is the integration of hardware and intelligence as two mutually reinforcing pillars.

Galaxea Dynamics brings together core hardware capabilities, including robot bodies, modules, motion control, and complete-system engineering. Galaxea Model focuses on embodied foundation models, task-level intelligence, and related algorithmic capabilities.

Through deep integration of hardware and intelligence, Galaxea aims to overcome traditional barriers to real-world robot deployment.

“3” — Three Product Families Covering Diverse Forms of Robotic Work

Galaxea's three product families are designed to address different working environments and application needs.

• Kengo: General-purpose humanoid robots designed for complex, unstructured environments. With advanced locomotion capabilities, Kengo is built to support the development of general-purpose humanoid robots for future productivity applications.

• Nexo: General-purpose wheeled manipulation robots designed for structured environments such as logistics, manufacturing, and retail. Nexo is positioned as a high-performance robotic platform for scalable deployment.

• LEMO: A product line for individual developers, makers, and innovation-driven communities. LEMO supports application development and helps build a diverse maker ecosystem.

Together, these three product families address a wide range of robotic forms and working environments.

“N” — Deployment Across a Wide Range of Industries

The “N” represents Galaxea's plan to bring embodied AI into a broad range of industries.

By working with industry partners, the company aims to accelerate deployment across manufacturing, parcel and warehouse logistics, e-commerce and retail, commercial services, and other core application areas, while continuing to explore new opportunities.

Galaxea also plans to develop its application ecosystem through initiatives such as the Xingtu Program and its Excellence and Pioneer Partner Programs. These initiatives are designed to empower embodied AI innovators and unlock the potential of specialized applications across different industries.

During his keynote, Gao Jiyang emphasized:

“Embodied AI is fundamentally an AI endeavor, but it is by no means purely software. It must combine hardware and software to build a complete system. We look forward to welcoming more partners to work together and truly bring embodied AI into real-world production.”

6. From Impressive Demonstrations to Reliable Real-World Productivity

At this year's World Robot Conference, Galaxea Dynamics showcased the largest booth in the embodied AI sector, presenting a vision of robotics centered on real-world work.

From micro-fulfillment centers to assembly stations, from new product launches to ecosystem strategy, all the demonstrations shared a common direction: robots are moving from being programmed to becoming more intelligent and adaptive, and from performing demonstrations to being deployed in real-world environments.

“Awakening Productivity” may not represent a sudden technological revolution. Instead, it is the cumulative result of robots finding their own solutions—among cluttered shelves, while handling tiny screws, and when confronted with unfamiliar tasks.

Through these real-world demonstrations, Galaxea Dynamics delivered a clear message to the industry: the next phase of embodied AI will not be judged by its ability to put on a show, but by its ability to work reliably.