DEEP Robotics wins 2026 WIC Distinguished Contribution Award

DEEP Robotics, a Chinese robotics company specializing in quadruped, wheeled-legged and humanoid robots, has won the 2026 World Internet Conference (WIC) Distinguished Contribution Award at the WIC Wuzhen Summit in Wuzhen, East China's Zhejiang province.

As a national-level key "little giant" enterprise specializing in unique and innovative technologies, DEEP Robotics is committed to independent innovation. Centered on its proprietary embodied AI brain, the company has developed a full-stack technology system covering perception, cognition, reasoning, decision-making and motion control, with hardware and software developed in-house. Its product portfolio spans quadruped, wheeled-legged and humanoid robots, with several performance indicators ranking among the world's best.

Recently, DEEP Robotics has unveiled a series of research achievements based on its proprietary DEEPRobotics-Brain, covering the full technology chain of embodied AI and advancing its development for real-world applications.

DEEP Robotics, a global leader in embodied AI, focuses on developing and testing its technologies in real-world environments through dedicated training facilities and pilot application bases, building solutions around practical industry needs.

The company has developed ready-to-deploy solutions for energy and power, emergency response and firefighting, security patrols, industrial operations and maintenance, public services, and education and research, and accelerated the adoption of robots across industries.

It has achieved the first overseas industrial application of a Chinese-made quadruped robot at SP PowerGrid in Singapore. Its humanoid robots have also been deployed in public security operations, joining Hangzhou traffic police’s “Hangjing Zhixing” service team.

To date, DEEP Robotics has deployed its robots in more than 1,200 scenarios across 34 provincial-level regions in China and 46 countries and regions worldwide. After ranking first globally in revenue from industrial applications of quadruped robots in 2025, the company retained the top position in the first half of 2026.

"The value of embodied AI lies not on exhibition stands, but in every task performed under real-world operating conditions." After receiving the award, Li Chao, co-founder of DEEP Robotics, said the recognition affirmed the company's past achievements while setting higher expectations for the future.

He said the company would continue to improve the reliability and ease of use of its robots, moving them from being merely functional to delivering dependable performance in practical applications and accelerating large-scale deployment.

For the WIC, the Distinguished Contribution Award represents more than recognition. It also highlights practical experience and sets benchmarks for the high-quality development of the digital industry.

A key message from this year's event is that technology companies must balance rapid innovation with steady progress, embedding security, inclusiveness and sustainability into the foundations of technological development.

DEEP Robotics will continue to refine its technologies in real-world conditions and address practical industry challenges. By taking on hazardous, demanding and repetitive tasks, its robots aim to improve safety and working conditions for frontline workers.

Upholding the principle of "empowering, serving and freeing people," the company seeks to make human-robot collaboration part of everyday operations across industries and contribute more Chinese experience and expertise to the global development of embodied AI.