HUST-spinout Wuhan maker of direct-drive humanoid and quadruped robots, including the compact Jingchu Xiaochu and heavy-duty Jingchu Heibao.
Hubei Jingchu Humanoid Robot Co., Ltd was founded in Wuhan in early 2025, spinning out of robotics research laboratories at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) with support from the Wuhan Institute of Technology Innovation (Wuchuang Institute). Local government reporting notes that the company's business license was issued within about three hours of the founders filing their registration paperwork, and that its core team, including chief executive Zhao Xingwei, moved directly from academic robotics research into industrial production. The company describes itself as focused on direct-drive, linear-actuation humanoid robotics, covering both core-component development and the research, production, and sale of complete robot systems, with government and industry profiles noting its core technical team has ties to HUST robotics research groups, including work associated with Academician Ding Han's laboratory.
The company is headquartered on the 29th floor of the Wuhan Shuchuang Building along Wuhan's riverside "Shuchuang corridor" innovation district, and it later established a roughly 1,000-square-meter pilot production site, referred to as the "Jingchu Cyber Factory," a short walk from its headquarters tower, operating on an R&D-upstairs, production-downstairs model. Its flagship humanoid platform, described in independent media coverage, stands about 170 centimeters tall, uses a planetary-roller-screw actuation scheme in its lower limbs for low-energy, long-endurance walking and standing, and carries a 20-degree-of-freedom bionic head equipped with high-sensitivity electronic skin, enabling multimodal visual, auditory, and tactile perception along with facial expressions such as blinking, eye movement, smiling, and sadness; the company also offers customized facial appearances generated from 3D face scans.
According to the company's exhibitor profile at the World Robot Conference 2026, its product lineup includes the Jingchu Xiaochu, a compact, multi-function intelligent humanoid robot standing about 85 centimeters tall and weighing about 28 kilograms with autonomous navigation, voice interaction, and an optional gripper attachment, and the Jingchu Heibao, a direct-drive quadruped robot designed for heavy-load work, rated for an 80-kilogram payload with 18 hours of static standby endurance, intended for industrial, field, and disaster-response scenarios. Target application areas cited by the company span scientific research and education, industrial manufacturing, and commercial services.
Wuhan municipal government reporting states that Jingchu Humanoid Robot completed three rounds of financing within roughly its first year of operation and, by late 2025, had moved a humanoid unit into trial operation on a Dongfeng Motor smart-factory production line, marking an early step from laboratory demonstration toward industrial deployment.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Compact humanoid robot about 85cm tall and 28kg, with autonomous navigation, voice interaction, and an optional gripper.
Direct-drive quadruped robot rated for an 80kg payload with 18 hours of static standby, built for industrial and field use.
Contact Hubei Jingchu Humanoid Robot Co., Ltd
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https://www.jingchurobot.cn/HEADQUARTERS
China
Company Facts
Founded
2025
Primary Role
Manufacturer
Company Size
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Primary Region
Asia-Pacific
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Funding Stage
Early-Stage VC
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