Liangjiang funds China's first OpenHarmony robot OS for industrialization

Liangjiang New Area has funded the OpenHarmony Robot Operating System and Humanoid Robot Industrialization Project by Chongqing Tiangang Intelligent Technology. The project delivers China's first OpenHarmony-based industrial robot operating system, core parts, controllers, and simulation training platforms.

Tiangang Intelligent in Liangjiang specializes in HarmonyOS robots, providing core products, intelligent platforms, and solutions for industrial, educational, and service sectors. 

Chongqing Tiangang Intelligent Technology in Liangjiang. [Photo by Hu Dawei] 

Qu Mingcheng, the company's founder, said that the company will utilize the funding to establish a production line, launch applications, and prepare a HarmonyOS robot innovation fund in 2025. 

Operating systems have faced autonomy, security, real-time, and intelligence challenges, causing high development costs and low collaboration efficiency. While iiRobotOS, Tiangang's OpenHarmony-based self-developed industrial robot real-time operating system, boosts inter-robot collaboration efficiency and scenario flexibility. 

Before iiRobotOS, multi-robot calibration required sequential steps, which were time-consuming and expensive. iiRobotOS resolves the issue and boosts efficiency by enabling simultaneous, unified programming for collaborative tasks. 

iiRobotOS enables cross-domain collaborations, such as partnerships between humanoid and industrial robots. Qu predicts that the demand for humanoid-humanoid and humanoid-industrial collaborations will surge as technologies mature, despite humanoid capabilities remaining incomplete at present.

iiRobotOS has completed application verification in Rokae, Efort, and other leading robotics enterprises.

Tiangang Intelligent is also founding a HarmonyOS Robot Innovation Institute, focusing on the HarmonyOS ecosystem, robotics, and smart manufacturing to boost the Internet of Things.

Qu predicts widespread adoption of HarmonyOS in domestic robots, establishing universal standards across manufacturers' robots, industrial equipment, and smart production lines. "This will accelerate R&D, cut costs, and simplify integration between robots and smart systems," he said.