Chinese industrial automation company Topstar has introduced Star, a full-size bipedal humanoid robot developed for factory work. The machine made its debut on November 7 at TOPS DAY 2026, the company’s global open day in Dongguan, where Topstar also presented new manufacturing equipment and industrial automation solutions.
Star stands 172 centimeters tall and weighs 72 kilograms. Its two arms have a combined rated payload of 10 kilograms, according to the company. The robot uses seven-axis anthropomorphic arms, cross-axis wrists and precision joint modules, with a design intended to fit existing production-line layouts rather than require a factory to be rebuilt around it.
The initial target applications are material handling and sorting. Topstar says Star can gather physical-environment data while performing tasks, providing examples that can be used to improve its capabilities over time. The company has not disclosed the robot’s price, battery endurance, total degrees of freedom or commercial delivery schedule.
Topstar’s launch comes after a year of testing industrial embodied-AI applications. According to company representatives cited in Chinese coverage of the event, its team evaluated more than 30 tasks and scenarios before concentrating on three areas: small-batch sorting across varied products, operations spanning multiple production steps, and intelligent material transport.
The company also introduced the S400, a five-axis machining system from its subsidiary Efort, intended for precision manufacturing of humanoid robot components such as joints and structural housings. That equipment is a separate product from Star and is aimed at manufacturers supplying the robotics industry.
A commercial agreement announced at the event involved Dongguan Kaihang Technology purchasing Topstar’s wheeled humanoid platform, Xiaotuo, for manufacturing applications. That agreement should not be confused with a confirmed order for the newly unveiled bipedal Star. Topstar has described its embodied robotics business as undergoing small-batch validation with customers, and it has not disclosed a production-volume target for Star.
The unveiling adds a bipedal model to Topstar’s existing industrial robotics work, but its performance in continuous factory operations and the timing of customer deliveries remain to be demonstrated.
