China to give every humanoid robot a digital ID in push to boost industry standards

China to give every humanoid robot a digital ID in push to boost industry standardsThe national initiative will give every bipedal humanoid a unique code, like a national ID but for robots2-MIN READ2-MIN0ListenPublished: 4:31pm, 25 May 2026China is looking to give every humanoid manufactured in the country a digital identity, as it seeks promote growth in the rapidly growing sector through establishing industry standards and strengthening regulation.The country launched a national initiative on Friday, dubbed the Humanoid Full Lifecycle Management Service Platform, to assign human-shaped and artificial intelligence-driven bipedal robots unique codes. The numbers will then be used to track the robots throughout their lifecycle, from production through to recycling, according to a report by the country’s state broadcaster CCTV.The programme is led by the Humanoid Robotics and Embodied Intelligence Standardization (HEIS) committee under China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.Select VoiceSelect Speed0.8x0.9x1.0x1.1x1.2x1.5x1.75x00:0000:001.00x