The first six national standards for humanoid robots have been published, drafted and co-drafted by Shenzhen’s UBTECH, a milestone the city is framing as proof its robotics cluster can set the rules, not just build the machines.
The six standards cover general technical requirements, environment perception, and a simulation test platform specification, among others, meant to pull key technologies into coordinated development. UBTECH has by now taken part in 73 published standards, including four international and 42 national or industry standards.
The standards take effect on 1 April 2027, under the national robotics technical committee TC591 and its humanoid sub-committee TC591SC5. In two core technology standards, UBTECH is among the top-five drafting units for the motion-control part and the decision-planning part. Motion control targets underlying control, whole-body coordination and operational reliability, so the robot moves more stably. Decision planning handles information processing, task planning and decision making, so the robot better understands and organises complex tasks. The two connect to operation, closing the chain from how a task is done to how a motion is executed.
For the industry, the value is not a single reference point but the coordinated link from overall requirements to perception, planning, control, operation and simulation. Unified specifications cut the misunderstanding in research, testing, selection and delivery, make product capability comparable, and give humanoids a basic footing as they move from technical validation to scaled use.
Editor’s note: This is an adapted translation of the original Shenzhen Economic Daily report. It has been trimmed and restructured for readability for an international business audience. The full original (in Chinese) is at https://sztqb.sznews.com/PC/content/202610/20/content_3485353.html.