GENEVA, July 12 (Xinhua Silk Road) -- From humanoid robots greeting visitors to satellites running artificial intelligence (AI) models in orbit, Chinese technology companies were among the most visible exhibitors at this year's AI for Good Global Summit, held in Geneva, Switzerland from July 7 to 10.
Organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in partnership with more than 50 UN agencies and co-convened with the Government of Switzerland, the summit took place at Geneva's Palexpo convention center and drew more than 10,000 participants from around the world, a record turnout since its launch in 2017.
Shanghai-based embodied intelligence robotics firm AgiBot brought its A2 humanoid robot, designed for reception, guiding and interactive services in venues such as trade fairs, hotels and corporate showrooms, alongside its flagship X2 Ultra and three dexterous robotic hands from its Omni Hands series.
The company is already running projects across Europe, including in Germany, Britain, Spain, Portugal and Luxembourg, spanning exhibition services, industrial cleaning and university research, according to Jin Shufan, AgiBot's sales manager for the Spanish market.
"European clients don't just ask whether a robot can perform. They care whether it can run stably in real environments, work alongside on-site staff, and adapt to different languages, networks and venues," Jin told Xinhua on the sidelines of the summit.
Jin highlighted localization and customer trust. "The key is building a complete overseas service system, so clients believe the robot is not only advanced, but reliable, usable and maintainable."
Suzhou-based LeXiang Technology showcased two consumer robots under its embodied-intelligence brand Zeroth: the M1, an indoor personal robot targeting eldercare, education and smart-home scenarios, and the W1, designed for outdoor scenarios, with greater emphasis on mobility, perception and task execution in open environments.
"Many embodied-intelligence products emphasize flashy maneuvers like dancing and somersaults. But to truly enter the home, a robot has to cope with unpredictable situations," said Hua Rong, the company's chief brand officer, noting that the M1's ability to right itself after a fall is "a basic, indispensable capability."
LeXiang Technology said domestic B2B orders for the M1 have approached 30,000 units, with B2C sales in China set to begin in September. The company is building a global online store and has signed European distributors. It has also secured a Disney license to launch a WALL-E robot for the Chinese mainland market based on the W1 platform.
Beijing-based video-generation company AiShi Technology, known internationally as PixVerse, presented its V6 foundation model and PixVerse R1, which the company described as the world's first real-time model.
"We serve more than 150 million users across 177 countries and regions, which makes us the largest video-generation platform globally by user numbers," said Xie Xuzhang, the company's co-founder, adding that its users range from first-time video creators to professional studios and enterprise clients.
China's Zhejiang Lab, meanwhile, used the summit to advance a project that takes AI off the planet entirely. Its Three-Body Computing Constellation, billed as the world's first orbit-wide interconnected space computing network, launched its first 12 satellites in May 2025 and now hosts 15 AI models in orbit, with more than 200 awaiting deployment.
Through the AI for Good Global Summit, the lab organized a Space AI competition that attracted 258 teams from 36 countries and regions, focused on sustainable development challenges including zero hunger, water security and resilient cities, said Li Chao, the constellation's chief designer.
The lab plans to launch around 50 satellites this year and scale to 1,000 satellites by 2032, with Oman already contributing two satellites. "This is not China's constellation alone. Like the internet, it belongs to everyone. We want scientists from all over the world to deploy their AI models in space," Li said.
Chinese participation extended across Geneva's wider "Digital Week," which also encompassed the concurrent WSIS Forum 2026. At the forum's WSIS Prizes 2026 ceremony, a China Unicom-led smart agricultural irrigation project took the top Winner award in the e-agriculture category, while a women-in-tech capacity-building center run by the Beijing Association for International Exchange and China Mobile's Wuyue Jiyuan quantum computing cloud platform were named Champion projects.
ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin emphasized that the world "is moving from conversation to people-centered action so that AI -- and all digital technologies -- can benefit everyone, everywhere." It was a framing that gave Chinese firms a chance to present themselves not merely as vendors, but as contributors to the UN's development agenda. (Contributed by Huang Xiaolan, Ma Ruxuan, edited by Li Xueqing with Xinhua Silk Road, lixueqing@xinhua.org)
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