# Tiangong

Type: Product

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-07**: Reuters investigation published — A review of 100+ procurement notices, studies, patents, and government records reveals the PLA is testing humanoids against battlefield requirements and planning wartime deployment.
- **2026-08-25**: World Humanoid Robot Games 100m semifinals — Humanoid robots sprint faster than Usain Bolt's world-record pace at Beijing's National Speed Skating Oval; the Honor robot falters beside Tiangong units.
- **2026-08**: PLA Daily calls for robotic combatants — Two days after the Games end, the PLA's official newspaper urges researchers to transfer humanoid technologies from labs to military training grounds.
- **2025**: Humanoid military research gains momentum — PLA work on humanoid robots accelerates in 2025, focusing on perception, manipulation, and training data, while Chinese makers ship about 95% of global humanoid robots.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### China's 95% humanoid dominance now targets military combat roles
2026-09-07 09:28:02 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 3

A Reuters investigation of 100+ PLA procurement records shows China is translating its commercial humanoid-robot dominance — 95% of 2025 global shipments — into battlefield capability. The PLA is testing robots against military requirements and planning wartime deployment, signaling a new phase in the autonomous-systems arms race.
Full story: https://getspacebrief.com/story/china-humanoid-robots-military-combat-defense

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