Xiaomi factory humanoids
Latest
- 2026-11-04 (development — Electrek, electrek.co/2026): the eight-hour run gets its named task — sorting center console side covers for Xiaomi's cars — with the company claiming the robots worked autonomously, catching and fixing their own mistakes, and the coverage flagging that no performance numbers were published to check the autonomy claim (The Verge also carried the time-lapse footage, theverge.com/tech). Watch: autonomous-vs-teleoperated labeling on the video, robots on the car line at scale, independent verification or published metrics for the eight-hour run.
Background
2026-11-04 — headlined Xiaomi factory humanoids — Xiaomi released a video showing two of its humanoid robots sorting automotive components for eight hours, and founder Lei Jun announced the robots manufacture Xiaomi's cars; the demonstration ignited a rally in China's embodied-AI stocks on November 4, with the Shanghai Composite up nearly 2% and the ChiNext Index briefly climbing 6% (Interesting Engineering; 36Kr; BigGo News). The video is a company demonstration and the production claim is an executive announcement — nothing independently verified about teleoperation vs autonomy or whether the robots hold a place on the production line. Watch: autonomous-vs-teleoperated labeling on the video, robots on Xiaomi's car production line at scale, independent verification of the eight-hour run, follow-through from the stock rally.