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CloudMinds
CloudMinds is a Beijing company pioneering cloud-brained humanoid robots (Ginger) with intelligence running in the cloud.
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Company Overview
- CloudMinds was founded by former China Mobile CTO Huang Xiaoqing on the radical idea of running robot intelligence in the cloud.
- Its Ginger humanoid serves in hotels, hospitals, banks and exhibitions, with thin client + cloud brain architecture.
- The company has shipped humanoid robots at scale and built a robot cloud platform.
Key Facts
| Full Name | CloudMinds Technology Inc. |
|---|---|
| Chinese Name | 达闼机器人股份有限公司 |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Beijing & Shanghai, China |
| Founder | Huang Xiaoqing (黄晓庆), ex-China Mobile CTO |
| Core Products | Ginger humanoid robot, HARI cloud-brain platform |
| Status | Pioneer of cloud-brained robots |
Actuators & Sensors
- Cloud-brain (HARI) + robot client architecture.
- Humanoid Ginger with arms, hands and mobile base.
- Vision and voice AI streamed from the cloud.
Supply-Chain Analysis
- CloudMinds manufactures in China and sells globally.
- The cloud-brain model reduces on-device compute cost.
- Smart-device telecom heritage informs its connectivity approach.
Competitor Comparison
Versus UBTECH (service humanoids): CloudMinds differentiates on the cloud-brain architecture. Versus full-size industrial humanoids, it targets commercial service use cases.