During the recently concluded World Intelligence Expo 2026 in Tianjin, China, over 150 types of embodied robots showcased their astonishing skills, making the Embodied Intelligence Pavilion the focus of the entire event. This technological feast benefited from systematic breakthroughs in fundamental technologies such as computing power, chips and operating systems (OSs).

All-round support from computing power

The essence of embodied AI is to endow machines with capabilities in perception, decision-making and action. Computing power is the "engine." At the expo, the National Super Computer Center in Tianjin showcased its multiple achievements in computing power.

The new-generation Tianhe supercomputer provides exascale computing power, essential for training large models and simulating complex environments for embodied AI. The center released a "three exascale integration platform," integrating supercomputing, intelligent computing and massive data storage, to support the entire chain from algorithm development to deployment.

In collaboration with the National University of Defense Technology, the center is working on a tightly coupled prototype system combining supercomputing, intelligent computing and quantum computing, expected to be completed by the end of 2027. This will provide hybrid computing support for complex tasks like path planning.

Also, a collaborative model between space-based powerful computing satellites and ground data centers was unveiled. The vision is to build a new generation of ubiquitous computing infrastructure, evolving from single high-power devices to satellite constellation coordination and from ground-based to space-based supercomputing, said Meng Xiangfei, chief scientist of the center.

Full-stack technological breakthroughs

If computing power is the engine, chips and OS are the heart and soul of embodied AI.

The Phytium S5000C-E CPU for high-performance server integrates 80 self-developed cores and runs at over 2.6 GHz. Notably, the Tianyi Cloud platform by China Telecom, built on this chip, ranks first globally on the SPEC Cloud IaaS 2018 benchmark. It proves the integrated power of China's homegrown technology systems, including the CPU, server, OS and cloud platform, said Phytium chief scientist Dou Qiang.

Over 13 million Phytium CPUs have been deployed across industries, with computing power expanding from data centers into robots, providing a solid Chinese chip for the independent and controllable embodied robot terminals.

The Kylin Industrial OS V10 newly released by Kylin Soft features microsecond-level real-time performance and high certainty. It is designed for computing and control integration scenarios such as robots and CNC machine tools, ensuring precise delivery of every instruction.

The newly unveiled on-device agent "Kylinbot" overcomes the limitations of cloud-based agents, possessing powerful execution capabilities. It can directly call software and hardware tools to complete tasks like printing or office automation approval, effectively acting as a digital employee.

Tianjin has established a complete information innovation industrial system, covering chips, OS, database, server, terminals, cloud computing and security services. This is accelerating the formation of an autonomous, controllable, full-stack technology chain, providing a solid base for the takeoff of the embodied AI industry.