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| OpenLoong | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Full name | National Local Joint Humanoid Robot Innovation Center / OpenLoong Open-Source Community |
| Operated by | Humanoid Robotics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Humanoid Robotics Manufacturing Innovation Center; OpenAtom Foundation |
| Established | December 2023 |
| Headquarters | Shanghai, China |
| Industry | Robotics, Open-source hardware |
| Products | Qinglong humanoid robot series, Gewu simulation platform |
| Website | openloong.org.cn |
OpenLoong is a Chinese government-backed open-source humanoid robot initiative operated by the National Local Joint Humanoid Robot Innovation Center in Shanghai. The project was jointly established in December 2023 by state-owned enterprises and industry-leading companies, with a registered capital of 1 billion yuan. In May 2024, the center was officially designated a "National and Local Jointly Built Humanoid Robot Innovation Center" by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Shanghai Municipal Government.[1][2]
The OpenLoong community provides open-source hardware designs, software packages, and development tools for the Qinglong series of humanoid robots, with the goal of accelerating innovation and collaboration in the global robotics and artificial intelligence communities.
In December 2023, Humanoid Robot (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and the Shanghai Humanoid Robotics Manufacturing Innovation Center were officially established as a new research and development institution jointly founded by state-owned backbone enterprises and industry-leading enterprises. The center is located in Shanghai and focuses on core technology development, product engineering, and application ecosystem construction for humanoid robots.[1]
At the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2024 in Shanghai in July 2024, the center unveiled the Qinglong humanoid robot, described as China's first full-sized, open-source general-purpose humanoid robot. The name "Qinglong" (meaning "green dragon" in Chinese) was chosen because 2024 was the Year of the Dragon. The center announced plans to introduce a new humanoid robot model annually, each named after one of the Chinese zodiac animals.[3][4]
The third iteration, Qinglong V3.0, was released in 2025 with significant upgrades, including 60 degrees of freedom. In March 2025, the center partnered with Shanghai University and Tsinghua University to release the "Gewu" embodied intelligence simulation platform, which was fully open-sourced via the OpenLoong community.[5]
The center has established a humanoid robot industry fund expected to accumulate 2 billion yuan (approximately $276 million) in its initial phase and eventually reach 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion).[2]
| Specification | Qinglong V1.0 (2024) | Qinglong V3.0 (2025) |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 185 cm | 185 cm |
| Weight | 80 kg | ~80 kg |
| Degrees of freedom | 43 | 60 |
| Max joint peak torque | 400 Nm | 400 Nm |
| Computing power | 400 TOPS | 400+ TOPS |
| Mobility modes | Bipedal walking, multi-modal | Bipedal walking, multi-modal |
Released in March 2025, the Gewu platform provides "one-click training" and "one-click migration" capabilities for developers. Its proprietary general reinforcement learning framework and automated model adaptation technology allow developers to train algorithms across more than 100 globally mainstream robots. The platform is fully open-sourced through the OpenLoong community.[5]
The OpenLoong community website provides a comprehensive resource library including the robot's hardware structure and parameters, embodied intelligence software packages, simulation environments, and development tools. The initiative is supported by the OpenAtom Foundation, which also manages other major Chinese open-source projects.[6]
The OpenLoong project serves as a shared research and development infrastructure for China's humanoid robotics industry. Rather than competing as a commercial robotics manufacturer, the center functions as an R&D and integration hub, providing shared laboratories, testbeds, and demonstration spaces where universities, startups, and manufacturers can co-develop perception, control, and actuation technologies for humanoid robots.[2]
China has established six major humanoid robot innovation centers across the country, with the Shanghai center (OpenLoong) being the national-level entity focused on open-source ecosystem development.[2]