Xinhua News Agency and UBTECH unveil first bionic humanoid news anchors named Xin Yan and Xin Yu at World Media Summit. The robots, designed by director Zhang Yimou, feature full-scale human replicas powered by Xinhua's AI agent and UBTECH's autonomous hardware stack for live broadcasting. This launch marks a shift from theoretical concepts to practical application in authoritative information dissemination via embodied intelligence
全球首个仿生人形机器人新闻主播正式发布
At the 7th World Media Summit on November 5, 2026, Xinhua News Agency and UBTECH jointly launched two bionic humanoid news anchors named Xin Yan and Xin Yu. Designed by director Zhang Yimou with a 1:1 human scale, these robots utilize Xinhua's AI agent "Xin Hua Yu Dian" and UBTECH's full-chain autonomous technologies including bionic skin and emotional large models to enable live on-site reporting. The development demonstrates the transition of an authoritative information plus embodied intelligence communication model from theory to physical application for news scenarios.
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