GENISOM AI presented its quadruped robot platforms and embodied intelligence technologies at IROS 2026 in Pittsburgh, the company said, setting out an evolution from individual robot intelligence toward coordinated robotic systems. The Beijing-based company develops and manufactures quadruped robots, humanoid robots and physical AI systems.
At the conference the company made the international debut of the Genisom L1 Maker, which it said is the first industry-grade educational quadruped for hands-on assembly and development. Built on the mass-produced Genisom L1, the platform takes users through assembly, system integration, production-level calibration, motion control and algorithm development, according to the company. It has 12 degrees of freedom, an 8 kg maximum payload, climbing of slopes up to 40 degrees and open interfaces for additional sensors and computing hardware.
The company also presented MATRiX 2.0, an open-source robotics simulation platform for open-world simulation and multi-robot training that lets researchers test perception, navigation, locomotion and multi-robot collaboration before deploying on physical systems. Its embodied intelligence framework combines locomotion, spatial, interaction and swarm intelligence, and its Multi-Legged Collaborative Transport system demonstrates multi-robot collaboration through coordinated movement and task execution, the company said.
At the accompanying IROS 2026 Legged Robot Challenge, a Nanyang Technological University team took first place in the fully autonomous category using the GENISOM M1 quadruped. The Singapore team integrated its own autonomous system on the platform, which the company said allowed the robot to perceive the competition environment, plan routes dynamically, navigate to target locations and operate a robotic arm without manual remote-control intervention. A University of Manchester team won the same competition in 2025 with the Genisom L1.
As of June 2026, GENISOM AI had produced more than 15,000 robots and worked with more than 500 ecosystem partners worldwide, it said. Ahead of IROS 2026 the company completed a Series B financing round worth hundreds of millions of RMB, led by UAE-based investment firm Stone Venture.
