Honor

Smartphone giant entering robotics — Best Gait Award at the Beijing 2026 half-marathon

China Founded 2013 1 robot reviewed

Best Score

N/A

Below Average

About Honor

Honor was founded in 2013 as a Huawei sub-brand and became fully independent in 2020. Known globally for mid-range and flagship smartphones, Honor entered the humanoid robotics market at MWC 2026, unveiling its first consumer robot — the A1, nicknamed Yuanqi Zai — with a choreographed dance. Backed by the Alpha Plan, a $10 billion five-year programme, Honor is positioning itself as an 'AI-powered device ecosystem' company, with embodied AI at the centre. At the April 2026 Beijing Yizhuang half-marathon its robot earned the Best Gait Award for the most human-like running posture — a showcase of natural bipedal motion rather than a finishing-time record. With Honor's manufacturing scale, consumer brand recognition, and 100M+ MagicOS users, it is one of the more credible new entrants in humanoid robotics.

Key Strengths

Best Gait Award — Beijing 2026 half-marathon
Debuted at MWC 2026 with the A1
MagicOS on-device AI + YOYO agent
$10B Alpha Plan robotics investment

Honor Robots

humanoid

Honor

Honor Robotics A1 Yuanqi Zai

The friendliest face in the robot race — danced at MWC, won Best Gait at Beijing

N/A Below Average