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Tsinghua Automation Department and Accelerated Evolution Co-build Humanoid Robot Center

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On October 20, 2026, the Joint Research Center for Humanoid Robots, co-built by the Department of Automation at Tsinghua University and Beijing Accelerated Evolution Technology Co., Ltd., was unveiled at the Central Main Building of Tsinghua University. Zhang Tao, Chair of the Department of Automation, and Cheng Hao, founder and CEO of Accelerated Evolution, jointly unveiled the center. Accelerated Evolution delivered 16 K1 and 6 T2 humanoid robots to the Department of Automation, received on its behalf by Ren Yanpin, Director of the Experimental Teaching Center of the Department of Automation. These devices will be used for experimental teaching, research projects, and student innovation work. The center plans to advance work in three areas: building a unified benchmark and evaluation system for the humanoid robot industry, improving the development toolchain, and using robot soccer as a validation scenario to form 7v7 and even 11v11 teams. Accelerated Evolution stated that the university is responsible for defining research questions, while the company provides platforms and engineering capabilities, creating a channel for translating research into industry; the center's subsequent research results will be made available to the public, striving to make Tsinghua's technology an industry reference standard.