Beijing-based BIT spinoff HARIBIT builds bipedal and wheel-legged humanoid robots and the high-torque actuators that power them.
Beijing HARIBIT Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., branded HARIBIT, is a humanoid-robotics company that grew out of the bipedal-robot research program at Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT). The venture commercializes work carried out at BIT's biomimetic robotics laboratory, founded by Professor Huang Qiang, who studied humanoid robotics in Japan under Ichiro Kato -- widely regarded as the father of humanoid robots -- before returning to China. HARIBIT is based in Daxing District, Beijing, and is supported by the Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Intelligent Robots and Systems, a BIT-affiliated research platform.
HARIBIT's flagship product line is the Huitong (BHR) series of bipedal humanoid robots. The sixth-generation Huitong 6, unveiled in 2023, stands 165 centimeters tall, weighs 55 kilograms, and has 26 degrees of freedom. Chinese robotics trade media describe it as the fastest- and farthest-jumping motor-driven humanoid robot developed in China at the time of release, citing a top running speed of 7.2 km/h, a vertical jump height of about 0.52 meters, a broad jump distance of roughly 1.08 meters, and the ability to autonomously climb a 20-centimeter step and clear a 30-centimeter obstacle. The company has also shown a wheel-legged variant capable of moving at up to 15 km/h and independently navigating stairs, and in 2024 it disclosed a specialized humanoid platform under the SR01 designation, aimed at volume production of complete robot systems from 2025 onward. Alongside finished robots, HARIBIT develops the core actuation hardware behind them, including high-torque-density servo motors and integrated joint modules, which the company positions as a domestically produced alternative in a category long dependent on imported components.
On financing, HARIBIT completed an angel round of roughly tens of millions of renminbi with participation from Shenzhen Capital Group (SDG), Fangguang Capital, and industrial investor iSoftStone, used to accelerate development of complete humanoid systems and core actuator components. Media coverage from October 2024 described SDG and iSoftStone taking equity stakes in the company, and later reporting referenced a further nine-figure-RMB Pre-A round led by Cornerstone Capital with SDG and Fangguang Capital again participating. Because these disclosures use varying and at times inconsistent round labels, HARIBIT's financing is best characterized broadly as early-stage venture funding rather than a single precisely sequenced round.
HARIBIT exhibited at the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing (booth C118), where its display included special-purpose humanoid robots, quadruped inspection robots, integrated joint actuators, torque motors, dual-arm folding robot platforms, and lift-and-pivot robot mechanisms, according to the conference's own exhibitor listing. Third-party summaries of the company's activity indicate its humanoid platforms are being explored for industrial inspection and rehabilitation-related use cases in addition to core robotics research and education. HARIBIT's own website is built as a single-page JavaScript application that does not expose crawlable text content, so most of the factual detail here is drawn from Beijing Institute of Technology's technology-transfer office, the World Robot Conference exhibitor directory, and Chinese robotics trade media rather than the company's own site copy.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Bipedal humanoid robot, 165cm/55kg, 26 DOF, running up to 7.2km/h, jump height 0.52m, jump distance 1.08m.
Contact Beijing HARIBIT Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
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2015
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Manufacturer
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Asia-Pacific
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Early-Stage VC
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