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| EIR Technology | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Full name | Sichuan Embodied Humanoid Robot Technology Co., Ltd. |
| Also known as | Sichuan Embodied Intelligent Robot Technology; Embodiment Tech |
| Founded | September 2024 |
| Headquarters | Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
| Industry | Robotics, Humanoid robots |
| Key people | Feng Zhenyu (chairman, CEO and CTO) |
| Products | SkyWalker 2 humanoid robot, SkyWalker 1, Lingtong quadruped robots, Ai Qiu EMO1 (planned), AIQ |
| Website | eir.tech |
EIR Technology (formally Sichuan Embodied Humanoid Robot Technology Co., Ltd., also referenced as Sichuan Embodied Intelligent Robot Technology) is a Chinese robotics company headquartered in Chengdu, Sichuan province, that develops humanoid robots, quadruped robots, and emotional interaction robots. The company was founded in September 2024 and is associated with the Chengdu High-tech Zone enterprise cluster, where it operates as an incubation enterprise tied to the Robotics Research Center of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC).[1][2][3]
EIR is widely recognized for the rapid development of its first commercial humanoid robot, the SkyWalker 1 (Tianxingzhe No. 1), which the company brought from concept to public unveiling within roughly 69 days of its founding. The robot was described in Chinese state media as Sichuan province's first commercial humanoid robot prototype.[1][4] In 2025, EIR followed up with the SkyWalker 2 and announced a strategic partnership with Tencent Cloud focused on cloud-supported humanoid robotics for healthcare and eldercare scenarios.[5]
EIR Technology was established in September 2024 in the Chengdu High-tech Zone, situated at the intersection of Sichuan's broader push to grow its robotics and embodied intelligence industry. The company positioned itself as a research-driven startup linked to several public research institutions, including UESTC, the Sichuan Institute of Machinery Research and Design, the Sichuan Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, and the Tianfu Jiangxi Laboratory, with which EIR co-built a Frontier Research Center for Interactive Humanoid Robots.[2][6]
Feng Zhenyu serves as chairman, general manager and CEO of the company, and is described in Chinese press coverage as also holding the role of chief technology officer. Feng has been the principal public spokesperson for the company, articulating its strategy of combining locally manufactured hardware with in-house perception and motion-control software.[2][7]
Approximately 69 days after the company was founded, EIR publicly unveiled the SkyWalker 1 humanoid robot. According to coverage by China Daily and Sichuan-based outlets, the robot was unveiled online in December 2024 and described as the first commercial bipedal humanoid robot prototype developed in Sichuan province.[1][4][8] The launch positioned EIR as a notable late-2024 entrant in the Chinese humanoid robot landscape alongside more established players such as Unitree Robotics, UBTECH Robotics, and AgiBot.
Following the SkyWalker 1 announcement, the company indicated that partial mass production was planned to begin in March 2025, with continued development of additional perception and sensing capabilities, including an electronic skin module providing pressure and material feedback.[4][8] EIR also stated at the time that more than 90 percent of the robot's core components were manufactured in Chengdu, reflecting the company's emphasis on a localized supply chain.[1]
In May 2025, the company announced an angel-round financing reported in Chinese press as in the tens of millions of yuan, valuing the firm in the hundreds of millions of yuan range. The round was reported to be led by Ceyuan Ventures and Peikun Fund, and proceeds were earmarked for accelerating research on the company's emotional interaction technology and continuing development of its humanoid platform.[6]
| Round | Date | Investors | Reported amount | Reported valuation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel | May 2025 | Ceyuan Ventures, Peikun Fund | Tens of millions of yuan | Hundreds of millions of yuan |
In 2025, EIR introduced the SkyWalker 2 (Tianxingzhe No. 2), an upgraded full-size humanoid platform developed in-house. Robotics-industry coverage characterized the launch as a major step up from the SkyWalker 1 in degrees of freedom, motion control, and human-robot interaction.[3][9]
On September 17, 2025, EIR Technology and Tencent Cloud announced a strategic partnership to collaborate on cloud computing applications and solutions for humanoid robotics, with stated emphasis on healthcare and eldercare scenarios. Under the announced terms, Tencent Cloud was to provide computing power, data analytics, and cloud-based coordination capabilities, drawing on its global cloud infrastructure and audio-visual technology, while EIR contributes its hardware platforms and perception and motion-control stack. The two parties described the goal of jointly building an open, intelligent, and secure humanoid robotics ecosystem to enable robots to achieve advanced self-learning, environment adaptation, and group collaboration.[5]
EIR's public materials and Chinese press reporting describe a vertically integrated approach that combines self-developed hardware components with internally developed control and perception software. Specific capabilities and design choices reported in primary coverage include:
These stated technical directions place EIR within the broader embodied AI trend in China, which integrates physical robots with large-scale machine learning systems for perception, language, and action.
EIR develops products across three main categories: full-size bipedal humanoid robots in the SkyWalker line, quadruped robots in the Lingtong line, and emotional-interaction robots that include the AIQ platform and the planned Ai Qiu EMO1 companion robot. Product information below is drawn from the company's launch announcements and subsequent press coverage.
| Product | Type | Status | Reported applications |
|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWalker 1 (Tianxingzhe No. 1) | Bipedal humanoid robot | Unveiled December 2024; partial mass production stated for March 2025 | Flexible product manufacturing, industrial inspection, security, logistics |
| SkyWalker 2 (Tianxingzhe No. 2) | Bipedal humanoid robot | Launched 2025 | Factory inspection, intelligent services, industrial parks, manufacturing, eldercare |
| Lingtong | Quadruped robot series | Marketed alongside humanoid line | Equipment inspection and intelligent service operations |
| AIQ | Emotional interaction humanoid robot | Announced for debut | Senior care, cultural and tourism services, public-service settings |
| Ai Qiu EMO1 | Companion humanoid robot | Planned launch by end of 2025 | Companionship, education, medical care, service scenarios |
The SkyWalker 1 (Chinese: Tianxingzhe No. 1) is EIR's first humanoid robot, unveiled in December 2024 within roughly 69 days of the company's founding. Reported specifications include a height of 165 centimeters, a weight of approximately 50 kilograms, and an operating runtime on a single battery charge of about 90 minutes (one and a half hours). The robot is fitted with more than 40 motion motors distributed across the body and is designed to walk autonomously and to carry objects and operate tools.[1][4][8]
At launch, EIR described the robot as targeted at flexible product manufacturing companies, with planned upgrades including the addition of an electronic skin module to provide tactile feedback on pressure and material properties, plus a planned 10-kilogram weight reduction and the addition of running capability in a subsequent development cycle.[1] In January 2025, the Chengdu High-tech Zone government described the robot as the first commercial bipedal humanoid robot in the province, and the company indicated that partial mass production was expected to begin in March 2025.[2][4]
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Height | 165 cm |
| Weight | Approximately 50 kg |
| Battery runtime | Approximately 90 minutes |
| Motors | More than 40 motion motors |
| Localization rate | More than 90 percent (core components) |
| Reported applications | Flexible manufacturing, industrial inspection, security, logistics |
The SkyWalker 2 (Tianxingzhe No. 2) is EIR's flagship humanoid robot, developed in-house as a successor to the SkyWalker 1 with stated upgrades in performance, perception, interaction, and spatial intelligence. Public specifications and third-party humanoid-robot databases report the following figures.[3][5][9]
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Height | 165 cm |
| Weight | 55 kg |
| Degrees of freedom | 55 (12 in the hands, 5 fingers per hand) |
| Reported maximum walking speed | 4 km/h |
| Reported maximum movement speed | 7 km/h |
| Reported runtime per charge | Approximately 3 hours |
| Reported lifting capacity | 15 kg |
| Sensors | RGB and depth or stereo cameras, environmental sensors |
| Connectivity | Ethernet, Wi-Fi |
| Software stack | Linux-based with custom control stack; large language model integration reported |
| Reported applications | Factory inspection, intelligent services, industrial parks, manufacturing, eldercare |
The SkyWalker 2 features what the company characterizes as a 55 degree-of-freedom bionic structure with a bionic waist and lightweight servo joints. Public materials report applications in equipment inspection and intelligent service operations in factories and industrial parks.[3][5]
EIR markets a Lingtong line of quadruped robots described in coverage of its September 2025 Tencent Cloud partnership as part of the company's robotics portfolio. Reported applications focus on equipment inspection and intelligent service operations in industrial settings, alongside the company's humanoid robots.[5]
Readers should note that other Chinese robotics firms have used similar names for quadruped products in the same period, and where coverage does not unambiguously associate a Lingtong unit with EIR, that unit may originate elsewhere. The information above relies on EIR's own product positioning as reported in the September 2025 Tencent Cloud announcement.
EIR has invested in emotional-interaction robotics through two related projects, AIQ and the planned Ai Qiu EMO1.
AIQ is a humanoid robot designed for emotional interaction. The company has described AIQ as reading human emotions through voice and facial expressions and responding with corresponding words and gestures. Distinctive design choices include the use of 3D ultra-short-throw projection for facial expressions rather than silicone skin or display screens, and an exterior aesthetic inspired by the dragon lizard, a protected reptile species endemic to Southwest China. AIQ relies on EIR's proprietary Emotion-Language-Action large model for emotional perception and decision-making. The company has positioned AIQ for senior-care environments, including elderly psychological support, as well as cultural, commercial, tourism, and public-service settings.[7]
Ai Qiu EMO1 is a companion-focused humanoid robot announced for launch by the end of 2025. Public materials describe it as featuring an emotion recognition system capable of interpreting micro-expressions, contextual cues, and tactile feedback for human-like interaction, with intended applications spanning education, medical care, and service scenarios. The product was framed in EIR's September 2025 announcement as aligning with Sichuan's cultural-tourism and healthcare resources.[5][6]
EIR's public profile emphasizes a network of partnerships with academic and government-affiliated research bodies, particularly in Sichuan province.
These arrangements situate EIR within Chengdu's broader effort to build a robotics industrial chain that integrates research, manufacturing, and application deployment, an effort outlined by the Chengdu High-tech Zone government in coverage of EIR's early activities.[2]
Reported deployments of EIR's robots have focused on industrial and service-oriented environments rather than consumer use.
| Name | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Feng Zhenyu | Chairman, general manager, CEO; described as CTO in some coverage | Principal public spokesperson; cited in coverage of SkyWalker 1 unveiling and the Chengdu High-tech Zone enterprise profile and 2025 financing announcement[2][6][7] |
Other members of EIR's leadership team are not consistently named in publicly available English-language sources reviewed for this article.
EIR has been profiled as part of broader coverage of China's expanding humanoid robot industry, especially the Sichuan and Chengdu regional clusters. Industry observers have highlighted EIR's rapid development pace, citing the 69-day timeline from founding to a working SkyWalker 1 prototype as an example of the speed at which new Chinese humanoid-robot ventures have moved during 2024 and 2025.[1][2][3] The company is also part of the Chengdu High-tech Zone's stated objective of building an industrial chain in robotics with a multi-billion-yuan scale by 2026.[4]
EIR operates in a highly competitive segment of the Chinese robotics market that includes Unitree Robotics, UBTECH Robotics, and AgiBot, as well as international peers such as Boston Dynamics, Figure AI, and Tesla Optimus. Within this landscape, EIR's positioning emphasizes regional research partnerships, localized supply chains, and the integration of cloud computing, motion control, and emotional-interaction technologies into a single product portfolio.