Xiaomi Robotics小米机器人

About

Xiaomi Robotics is Xiaomi Corporation's robotics business unit. It released the first-generation bionic quadruped CyberDog ('Tiedan') in 2021, and in 2022 unveiled the full-size humanoid CyberOne ('Tieda'; 1.77 m tall, 52 kg, 21 DOF) ahead of Tesla, after which it was deliberately shelved for four years. In November 2025 it recruited engineer Lu Zeyu from Tesla's Optimus dexterous-hand team, shrinking the bionic hand's volume by 60% and replicating an adult human hand 1:1; in March 2026 Lei Jun released the CyberOne dexterous hand (screwing screws, pinching a feather) and factory-work videos, formally returning to public view, and that year it took double championships at CVPR 2026 and ICRA 2026. In mid-2024 the robotics division merged into Xiaomi's EV division; in June 2026 it moved into the Beijing Yizhuang Xiaomi EV factory, completed its first equity change and brought in Yizhuang State Investment. CyberOne has completed real task tests at Xiaomi's EV factory — nut installation, tote handling and badge lamination (3 hours of continuous work); Xiaomi self-developed the MiMo foundation model and open-sourced the embodied model MiMo-Embodied. Xiaomi plans to invest over RMB 60B in AI over the three years from 2026, deploy over 2,000 robots in 2026 and reach 100,000-unit annual capacity in 2027 (planned; mass-production pace to be confirmed).

Technical Approach

Focuses on the two key links for landing — 'hands' (the dexterous hand) and the 'brain' (the MiMo foundation model): a self-developed model intelligence base plus real testing scenarios in its own factories (phone factory + EV production-line iteration) plus full supply-chain control. Deeply tied to Xiaomi's car business, putting autonomous driving, agents and embodied intelligence into one underlying technology logic; the CyberDog line keeps an over 80% open-source rate to build the developer ecosystem.

Commercialization（5）

• ◆Xiaomi humanoids have completed real task tests at the Xiaomi EV factory: nut installation, tote handling and badge lamination; the March 2026 video showed grabbing self-tapping nuts from an automatic fastener feeder and tightening them, working 3 continuous hours
• ◆Phased deployment on the Beijing Yizhuang smart factory production lines
• ◆Mass-production targets: over 2,000 units deployed in 2026 (planned target) and 100,000-unit annual capacity in 2027 (planned); in March 2025 Xiaomi staff rebutted reports that 'CyberOne is about to enter mass production' (to be confirmed)
• ◆Performance targets: task success rate over 99%; mean time between failures over 10,000 hours for industrial-grade reliability
• ◆Open-source ecosystem: the CyberDog series keeps an over 80% open-source rate, MiMo-Embodied is open-sourced, and the CyberGear micro motor is open to outsiders as a self-developed core component (RMB 499)

Position & Strengths（7）

• ◆One of the earliest big-tech entrants in robotics in China (from 2021)
• ◆Organizational backing: the robotics division merged into the EV division and moved into the Yizhuang EV factory, deeply tied to Xiaomi's car business
• ◆Technical validation: the CVPR 2026 + ICRA 2026 double championships show that the core technical points of humanoid robots have entered the global first tier
• ◆Dexterous-hand breakthrough: after the Tesla Optimus dexterous-hand engineer joined, the bionic hand shrank 60% in volume with 1:1 human-hand replication
• ◆Ecosystem integration: deep integration with XiaoAI and the Xiaomi smart home (over 1 billion AIoT connected devices), huge home-scenario commercial potential
• ◆Supply-chain advantage: consumer-electronics plus automotive supply-chain integration capability reusable for robot mass-production cost reduction
• ◆Industry comparison: versus Tesla Optimus (fastest mass production, mostly self-use) and UBTECH (aggressive commercialization), Xiaomi's CyberOne remains mostly demonstrative with a slower commercial pace (per AI Watch, May 2026)