Four robots, four roles: What AgiBot brought to Dubai

GITEX GLOBAL 2025, held from October 13 to 17 in Dubai, is one of the world's largest technology exhibitions. In its 45th edition, it welcomed over 200,000 visitors, and AgiBot was among the main stars. The Chinese manufacturer brought four models, each fulfilling a different role — together forming a complete ecosystem.

A2: Intelligent receptionist with a knack for conversation

The A2 model served as a receptionist and guide at the booth. It provided visitors with information about the exhibition program, navigated them around the venue, and offered tips on cultural attractions in Dubai. Thanks to multimodal interaction — the ability to combine voice, gestures, and visual perception — the communication felt natural. A2 is designed with an emphasis on ergonomics and is suitable for receptions, hospitality, corporate representation, or cultural events.

G1: Universal platform for research and industry

The G1 is a general-purpose humanoid robot equipped with a wide range of sensors. AgiBot provides teleoperation equipment and the Genie Studio development platform, which covers the entire "data collection — training — deployment" cycle. This makes G1 a bridge between research development and real-world operation. Researchers, universities, and companies thus get a complete package for working with embodied AI.

X2: A robot that dances — and can even make you laugh

The X2 model drew the most attention with a dance performance at the exhibition. Thanks to 31 joints with a high degree of freedom and millimeter-precise movement, X2 can gracefully mimic human choreography. Under the hood, it also features an emotive computing engine that allows it to recognize moods and adapt its interaction. It primarily targets education, elderly care, entertainment, and marketing.

D1 Ultra: Four-legged terrain specialist

The four-legged D1 Ultra robot is compact, fast, and agile. It automatically adapts to different types of terrain — from stairs to uneven surfaces to slippery floors. It finds use in security inspections, exploration, target tracking, or research and education.

The "1 Ontology + 3 Intelligence" philosophy

AgiBot builds all its robots on its own architectural framework, which it calls "1 Ontology + 3 Intelligence". The ontology represents a unified model of the world — the robot understands the physical environment, objects, and people. The three intelligences include:

• Interaction intelligence — the ability to communicate with humans through voice, gestures, and expression,
• Manipulation intelligence — fine motor skills for grasping and working with objects,
• Locomotion intelligence — movement in space, maintaining balance, and adapting to terrain.

The fusion of these three layers creates a robot that can move, work, and communicate simultaneously — not just sequentially switch between individual functions. According to AgiBot, this integration is the key to enabling humanoids to handle real, unpredictable environments.

What has changed since GITEX 2025? AgiBot is accelerating

Since the October Dubai exhibition, AgiBot has significantly expanded its activities. At the APC (AgiBot Partner Conference) 2026 in Shanghai, held in April 2026, the company announced several major steps:

• Global service network — AgiBot now operates in 14 countries and is building service centers for maintenance and deployment of robots in real-world operation.
• Advanced OmniHand robotic hand — a new generation of manipulator with a high number of degrees of freedom and tactile sensors for delicate work, such as electronics assembly.
• Massive order in the US — Hyperscale Data ordered 143 AgiBot robots and is building an embodied AI center in Michigan.
• Robotic residences in Malaysia — in collaboration with i-City, the first residential complexes are emerging where humanoid robots assist with everyday tasks.

The company, founded in 2023 by former Huawei engineer Peng Zhihui, has thus moved from prototypes to serial production and international expansion in less than three years.

How AgiBot stacks up against Western competition

AgiBot differentiates itself from Western players primarily through portfolio breadth. While Figure AI targets logistics and Apptronik (in collaboration with Google DeepMind) develops the Apollo humanoid for industry, AgiBot simultaneously offers bipedal, four-legged, and wheeled platforms for different scenarios. Boston Dynamics remains the benchmark in locomotion mechanics but has yet to build an equivalent AI training ecosystem. Tesla Optimus benefits from Tesla's manufacturing know-how, but real-world deployment at a larger scale is only just beginning.

AgiBot bets on vertical integration: its own hardware, its own AI models, and most importantly, its own data infrastructure. Every deployed robot collects data from real-world operation, which feeds back into the training loop. This approach, known as the data flywheel, is the same principle driving progress in large language models — only applied to physical machines.

What does this mean for Europe and the Czech Republic?

AgiBot is interesting for the European market for two reasons. First, China today produces an estimated 90% of the world's humanoid robots — and European companies looking to robotize manufacturing or services will sooner or later have to decide whether to buy from Chinese or Western suppliers.

Second, AgiBot is actively building a partner network outside Asia. At GITEX, it held talks with representatives of companies such as Oracle, Microsoft, Logitech, MBZUAI University, and logistics giant DP World. It has not yet officially announced European representation, but given the pace of expansion, it can be expected to set its sights on the old continent within one to two years.

For Czech companies and research institutions, this means an opportunity to monitor developments and consider pilot projects — whether in logistics, manufacturing, or elderly care, where the Czech Republic faces a long-term labor shortage. Moreover, the EU AI Act sets the regulatory framework that will be crucial for humanoid deployment in Europe.