Shanghai Electric has introduced a broad range of embodied intelligence solutions designed for advanced manufacturing environments, where operations frequently require precision work in confined spaces, intricate assemblies, and consistent high-accuracy performance. The company unveiled its latest innovations during the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance (WAIC 2026).
Under the theme "AI for All: Smart Squad, Shining Without Limits," Shanghai Electric presented a comprehensive ecosystem encompassing embodied AI robots, core robotic components, and AI-native smart factory technologies. The showcase highlighted the company's capabilities across complete robotic systems, critical hardware, industrial software, and intelligent manufacturing infrastructure.
"Embodied intelligence delivers its greatest value when it understands real industrial challenges. By combining the power, accuracy, and reliability of machines with human expertise and decision-making, we can create a new era of machine-assisted, human-machine collaboration," said Wang Chunlei, Deputy General Manager of the Robotics Business Unit at Shanghai Electric Automation Group.
Shanghai Electric's robotics portfolio is built around five major industrial applications: connector insertion, electrical operations, flexible sorting, intelligent assembly, and pipe processing. Key innovations include:
"SUYUAN" bipedal humanoid robot: Featuring 41 degrees of freedom for improved mobility, the robot integrates multimodal vision sensors across its head and torso along with a dual-battery hot-swap system, making it suitable for inspection, material handling, and assembly operations. "TUOYUAN" industrial wheeled humanoid robot: Equipped with an embodied intelligence foundation model and force-position hybrid control technology, it performs connector insertion, material sorting, and automotive sheet metal loading and unloading with high efficiency. "Mermaid" bionic wheeled humanoid robot: Designed to autonomously recognize buttons, switches, and control knobs while generating real-time operational paths for industrial tasks. Autonomous pipe inner-wall chamfering robot: Engineered for confined environments, this system can accurately process thousands of pipe hole edges within one millimeter of precision while continuously transmitting operational data. Under the theme "AI for All: Smart Squad, Shining Without Limits," Shanghai Electric presented a comprehensive ecosystem encompassing embodied AI robots, core robotic components, and AI-native smart factory technologies. The showcase highlighted the company's capabilities across complete robotic systems, critical hardware, industrial software, and intelligent manufacturing infrastructure.
"Embodied intelligence delivers its greatest value when it understands real industrial challenges. By combining the power, accuracy, and reliability of machines with human expertise and decision-making, we can create a new era of machine-assisted, human-machine collaboration," said Wang Chunlei, Deputy General Manager of the Robotics Business Unit at Shanghai Electric Automation Group.
Shanghai Electric's robotics portfolio is built around five major industrial applications: connector insertion, electrical operations, flexible sorting, intelligent assembly, and pipe processing. Key innovations include:
The company also displayed a range of advanced robotic components spanning power transmission systems to end-effectors. Among the featured technologies were a planetary roller screw capable of handling more than three times the load of conventional ball screws and the DexHand dexterous robotic hand, developed to support complex gripping and manipulation tasks.
Expanding its AI capabilities, Shanghai Electric introduced 51 AI models and intelligent agents under its "StarCloud Intelligent Manufacturing" platform. These solutions support research and development, manufacturing, and operations and maintenance, with applications including production process optimization and wind power equipment maintenance.
Integrated into robotic control systems and AI-native factory operations, these industrial AI agents convert manufacturing expertise into reusable digital capabilities. They enable intelligent production scheduling, automated quality inspection, and predictive maintenance, helping manufacturers transition from experience-based decision-making to data-driven operations.
During the event, Shanghai Electric also released its "AI-Native Smart Factory Technology White Paper," outlining an architecture that enables continuous, real-time optimization of production processes through closed-loop data management. The framework is designed to give factories autonomous perception, decision-making, and execution capabilities.
Built on first-principles engineering, the AI-native smart factory architecture unifies production workflows, industrial software, AI agents, and intelligent equipment while eliminating traditional operational silos. The framework consists of three foundational layers: an AI factory brain serving as the central control hub, industrial agents and embodied robots forming the execution layer, and a physical twin that functions as the factory's digital mirror.
Drawing on its extensive industrial expertise and integrated technology portfolio, Shanghai Electric aims to accelerate the adoption of AI across manufacturing environments, address the technical complexities of embodied intelligence in demanding industrial applications, expand the deployment of AI-native smart factories, and provide scalable solutions that can be replicated across a wide range of manufacturing sectors.
Expanding its AI capabilities, Shanghai Electric introduced 51 AI models and intelligent agents under its "StarCloud Intelligent Manufacturing" platform. These solutions support research and development, manufacturing, and operations and maintenance, with applications including production process optimization and wind power equipment maintenance.
Integrated into robotic control systems and AI-native factory operations, these industrial AI agents convert manufacturing expertise into reusable digital capabilities. They enable intelligent production scheduling, automated quality inspection, and predictive maintenance, helping manufacturers transition from experience-based decision-making to data-driven operations.
During the event, Shanghai Electric also released its "AI-Native Smart Factory Technology White Paper," outlining an architecture that enables continuous, real-time optimization of production processes through closed-loop data management. The framework is designed to give factories autonomous perception, decision-making, and execution capabilities.
Built on first-principles engineering, the AI-native smart factory architecture unifies production workflows, industrial software, AI agents, and intelligent equipment while eliminating traditional operational silos. The framework consists of three foundational layers: an AI factory brain serving as the central control hub, industrial agents and embodied robots forming the execution layer, and a physical twin that functions as the factory's digital mirror.
Drawing on its extensive industrial expertise and integrated technology portfolio, Shanghai Electric aims to accelerate the adoption of AI across manufacturing environments, address the technical complexities of embodied intelligence in demanding industrial applications, expand the deployment of AI-native smart factories, and provide scalable solutions that can be replicated across a wide range of manufacturing sectors.