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China Showcases Satellite-Linked Humanoid Robot as LEO Buildout and AI Bets Accelerate

Companies now treat satellite broadband as 6G infrastructure, coupling constellation buildouts with fresh capital and leadership shifts to speed embodied AI.

Overview

  • Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center said its ‘Jushen Tiangong’ robot directly linked to a Galaxy Aerospace low‑Earth‑orbit internet satellite, streamed 720P video, and completed an autonomous task without ground public networks in what it called a world‑first test.
  • During the Jan. 23 showcase, the robot established stable multi‑terminal, multi‑link connections, with a Xiaomi 17 phone and a computer also accessing the same phased‑array LEO link for coordinated control and monitoring.
  • Galaxy Aerospace confirmed a Jan. 19 launch from Hainan of 19 LEO internet satellites on a Long March 12, carrying company‑developed phased‑array and millimeter‑wave antennas and produced through a fully digitalized, mass‑manufacturing‑oriented process.
  • Founder Xu Ming framed phone‑to‑satellite as central to a coming 6G era, describing a ground‑space integrated architecture that puts “fiber to space” and “base stations to space” at the core of future communications.
  • Tencent’s Ma Huateng said AI is the company’s primary spending focus after a restructuring of model and product teams, while StepFun named Yin Qi chairman and was reported to have closed a B+ round exceeding RMB 5 billion to advance its AI‑plus‑terminal strategy.