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Humanoid robot Xiao He. Photo: X page video grab of B Pratap

Humanoid robot deployed at Shanghai Cooperation Organisation drawing worldwide attention

| @indiablooms | Aug 30, 2025, at 02:46 pm

A humanoid robot that will be deployed at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit (SCO) in Tianjin, China, is already drawing worldwide attention with its perfection in performing its activities.

During the event, the robot, named Xiao He, has been positioned to provide multilingual support, answering queries and assisting journalists in multiple languages.

Indian news agency ANI interacted with the robot during the event.

When interviewed by the news agency, the robot said: "I'm Xiao He, a cutting-edge humanoid AI assistant designed for the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Tianjin."

"As a highly specialised service robot, I provide multilingual support, real-time information processing and protocol-compliant interaction capabilities," ut said.

Internet reacts

The video of the interaction with the Indian reporter has now gone viral on the social media platforms.

One internet user said: "China is really moving towards future!"

Another said: "Xiao He, a gift of Dalian Robotics Facility, is an Advanced Multilingual Humanoid AI Assistant specially designed for the #scosummit2025 . It exchanges real-time information, multilingual support and protocols."

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is a permanent intergovernmental international organization established on June 15, 2001 in Shanghai (PRC) by the Republic of Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan. Its predecessor was the mechanism of the Shanghai Five, as per the official website.

Currently, the SCO countries includes:

10 Member States — the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of India, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan;

2 Observer states - the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mongolia;

14 Dialogue Partners – the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Armenia, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the State of Qatar, the State of Kuwait, the Republic of Maldives, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Turkey, the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

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