After the global announcement, Xiaomi held a launch event today to introduce the Xiaomi 17T and Xiaomi 17T Pro in China. They start at 2,999 yuan (~ $445) and 3,999 yuan (~ $590), respectively, and don’t differ much in specs from the global counterpart.
But the event wasn’t just about phones. Xiaomi also gave its next-generation humanoid robot a brief moment on stage to show some tricks.
During the demonstration, the robot picked up the new Xiaomi 17T Pro using its bionic hand, adjusted the zoom using the volume buttons, and took a photo. Below is the shot he took.
It was a short appearance, but it gave the audience a direct look at where Xiaomi’s robotics work currently stands in terms of physical dexterity and device control.
Xiaomi has continuously been working on humanoid robots
The company has been showing off its humanoid robot progress in stages every once in a while. We have covered earlier milestones here, including Xiaomi’s plans to deploy CyberOne in its own manufacturing lines and Lei Jun’s stated goal of getting humanoid robots into Xiaomi factories at scale within five years.
The industrial progress behind the scenes has been steady. Earlier this year, Xiaomi confirmed that its robots had been running three-hour continuous shifts at a self-tapping nut installation station in a car factory, hitting a 90.2% success rate for simultaneous bilateral installation while keeping up with the line’s 76-second cycle time requirement.
On the hardware side, Xiaomi announced that it had reworked the bionic hand used on its robots. The new version is 60% smaller in volume, now matching the size of a human worker’s hand. It also has 64% more degrees of freedom, a full-palm tactile sensor with 8,200 square millimetres of coverage, a gripping cycle life of over 150,000 operations, and a bionic sweat gland system for heat management during extended use.
Lei Jun also recently posted on Weibo that Xiaomi’s robotics team took first place in two separate international competitions, outpacing the runner-up teams by a wide margin. He reiterated that the focus of Xiaomi’s robotics work is on getting robots to carry out practical tasks in real-world environments, not just controlled settings.
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