Automotive giant Chery Group and its embodied intelligence division, AiMOGA Robotics, have unveiled the AiMOGA Mobo, their first consumer-grade bipedal humanoid robot designed specifically for home companionship, elder assistance, and interactive family education. The official presentation takes center stage at the 2026 Chery International User Summit in Wuhu, China, with worldwide pre-orders opening on October 21, 2026.
Following the commercial deployment of Chery’s full-scale service humanoid, the AiMOGA Mornine M1, in automotive retail showrooms and public venues, Mobo represents the manufacturer’s first dedicated push into residential living rooms, directly challenging consumer-oriented platforms like the 1X Neo and compact bipedal systems like the Unitree G1. You can explore our side-by-side analysis to compare Mobo with the 1X Neo.
22 Degrees of Freedom Kinematics and Compact Domestic Scale
Standing approximately 0.9 meters tall (90 cm) and weighing just 18 kilograms, Mobo adopts a compact, child-friendly form factor engineered to operate safely in domestic interiors alongside children and pets. Its mechanical architecture is built around a 22-degree-of-freedom (DoF) full-body motion system, distributing actuation across four core functional areas:
- Bipedal Lower Limbs (8 DoF): 4 degrees of freedom per leg delivering stable indoor locomotion, smooth directional changes, and dynamic balance on residential rugs and hardwood floors.
- Expressive Upper Limbs (8 DoF): 4 degrees of freedom per arm enabling natural human gestures, greeting routines, and guided pointing.
- Interactive Hands (4 DoF): 2 degrees of freedom per end-effector with soft contact pads for safe object holding and non-abrasive physical contact.
- Cervical Motion (2 DoF): Dual-axis pan and tilt articulation for the head assembly, maintaining continuous visual engagement with seated or standing occupants.
Unlike heavy industrial humanoids designed for automotive factory assembly lines, such as the XPeng Iron or the BYD Xiao Di, Mobo’s kinetic profile prioritizes lightweight inertia, low acoustic emissions, and collision compliance. If an unexpected obstacle or human limb intrudes into its operating trajectory, back-drivable motors and current-sensing limits halt joint motion instantly.
The MoAgent Embodied AI Architecture
The technical cornerstone of Mobo is MoAgent, a proprietary embodied artificial intelligence system developed by AiMOGA. Rather than operating as a simple voice assistant mounted on legs, MoAgent creates an integrated loop connecting perception, contextual reasoning, and real-world kinetic execution.
Key software features of the MoAgent platform include:
- Multi-Step Goal Decomposition: When given complex verbal instructions (such as “find my reading glasses in the living room and remind me when it is 4 PM”), MoAgent breaks down the high-level intent into ordered spatial navigation steps, visual search routines, and scheduled timer triggers.
- Long-Term Episodic Memory: Mobo maintains persistent memory across daily interactions, recognizing household members by facial geometry and voice timbre, learning preferred schedules, and retaining conversational context over weeks.
- Automotive Spatial Perception: Borrowing sensor fusion algorithms from Chery’s autonomous vehicle division, Mobo maps domestic layouts using RGB-D depth cameras and obstacle sensors, dynamically rerouting around pets, children, and misplaced furniture without requiring external ceiling markers.
- Interactive Learning and Companionship: Built-in pedagogical modules support children with language practice and STEM storytelling, while elderly family members receive proactive medication alerts and emergency fall notifications.
Automotive Synergies: Chery’s Industrial Backbone
AiMOGA’s rapid progress in robotics is backed by Chery Group’s extensive engineering apparatus. Chery operates 31 dedicated in-house research laboratories, allowing AiMOGA to leverage automotive-grade manufacturing standards, joint actuator supply chains, and power electronics.
By sharing compute platforms and domain controllers developed for Chery’s intelligent cockpits (CheryMind), the robotics division avoids the prohibitive component costs that hinder standalone robotics startups. AiMOGA previously crossed the milestone of delivering over 3,000 robotic units across 60 global markets, including commercial deployments of the Mornine M1 and the Argos quadruped robot.
With Mobo, Chery positions itself alongside Tesla, XPeng, and BYD as one of the few global automakers actively commercializing embodied AI across both vehicles and humanoid hardware. Review full technical specifications on the AiMOGA Mobo specification page or explore our complete Humanoid Robotics Database.