On August 11, CCTV News Channel featured a live report from High Torque’s summer training camp, showing multiple university teams using High Torque’s Pi+ (Mini Pi+) for robot debugging and design.

The footage vividly illustrated the concept of “One Robot per Day” — leveraging modular design and intuitive visual tools to dramatically shorten development cycles. Through diverse DIY approaches, users can achieve a wide range of forms and motion designs, enabling everyone to build their own personalized humanoid robot within a single day.

► Modular Design: Unlimited Possibilities in Form and Function

Traditional high-performance humanoid robots often face limitations in development and customization due to their fixed structures and exteriors, often requiring months or even years to design and modify.

High Torque is transforming this reality through modular innovation.

Structurally, the Pi+ features a highly modular design with quick-release mechanisms, allowing effortless disassembly and reassembly of joint modules. Developers can create custom 3D models and enhance them using 3D-printed parts, stickers, fabric coatings, paint, and other materials—enabling highly flexible and personalized exterior designs.

On the software side, with a comprehensive SDK algorithm package and clear, step-by-step tutorials, developers can quickly implement motion planning and seamlessly transition to visual editing for further refinement.

During the summer workshop, students freely unleashed their creativity and imagination. Building on the robot’s compact and cute design — enhanced by its flexible joints — some added long floppy ears, while others fitted it with soft, rounded shells, making each robot even more charming and full of personality.

This modular approach breaks away from a single rigid form, enabling what we call “a new look every day” — or even “multiple transformations a day.”

At the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games, High Torque’s “Hi-Pi Brothers” will make a sparkling debut with their delightfully charming designs, competing in track events including the 100-meter, 400-meter, and 1500-meter races.

Beijing University of Technology and the Central Academy of Fine Arts, building upon the Pi+ platform, have developed two standout industry-academia collaboration cases: “Kung Fu Chinese Loong” and “Lion Dance” robots.

By ingeniously integrating traditional dragon and lion dance elements into the robotic design, both creations deliver a striking visual impression and are set to showcase their unique charm on the competition field.

It’s also worth mentioning that the “Little Giant” – which quickly gained popularity last April at the Beijing Humanoid Robot Marathon for its endearing appearance and stable gait – will also make an appearance at this Games.

This robot is another exemplary industry-academia collaboration, developed by Beijing Vocational University of Science and Technology based on the Mini Pi platform.

 

► Visual Tools: Enabling Diverse Motions with Ease

To provide an intuitive way of demonstrating pre-set robot motions, High Torque has developed a visual motion editing software. Users can simulate and adjust the rotation angles and frequencies of different motors, allowing them to effortlessly create custom motion sequences in minimal time.

With support for continuous keyframe animation, custom dance routines flow smoothly across the interface — lowering the technical barrier to entry and helping every fleeting creative idea quickly become reality.

 

The 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games will be held from today until the 17th at the National Speed Skating Oval (“Ice Ribbon”) in Beijing. Teams from institutions such as Beijing University of Technology, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and Beijing Information Science & Technology University—using High Torque’s modular robots as their development platform—are set to showcase their customized creations at the event.

These robots, featuring diverse forms and agile movements, will collectively demonstrate the practical achievement of “One Robot per Day.”

High Torque continues to advance core humanoid robot technologies, pioneering compact, modular integrated solutions that unlock broader possibilities. Through modular design and intuitive visual tools, we are making robot development more efficient and forms more customizable.

We look forward to seeing these robots deliver outstanding performances on the field!