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China Unveils Robotic Workforce for Lunar Base Construction by 2035
China revealed a semi-humanoid robot with wheeled mobility and a methalox-powered cargo lander to enable construction and logistics for its International Lunar Research Station.
- Yesterday, exhibitors at CACE 2026 in Shanghai showed the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology's lunar cargo lander and Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering's semi-humanoid robot for the International Lunar Research Station.
- On March 3, Chinese authorities issued a national standard for humanoid robots and embodied intelligence, while Premier Li Qiang highlighted embodied intelligence as a priority in the 15th Five-Year Plan .
- Engineered for lunar conditions, the semi-humanoid robot combines a waist rotating 180 degrees and bending 90 degrees with a hand offering four degrees of freedom on a wheeled active-suspension platform with metal-mesh wheels with steel-wire treads.
- While no official program has been announced, CMSEO's lander concept and SISP's 300-newton engine tests could prompt competition if procurement opens.
- China's lunar timeline includes the Chang'e-7 mission later this year to study south-pole ice, the crewed lunar program aiming for a landing before 2030, and an economical lunar cargo lander family delivering 120–5,000 kg.
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