In May 2026, WWNT Robotics (Guangzhou) and HighTorque signed a nationwide strategic agreement, with HighTorque granting WWNT the "HIGH TORQUE National Strategic Partner for embodied robots" qualification. Built on the OpenArm dual-arm platform, both sides will integrate education, industry, and research to co-build a domestic embodied robotics ecosystem.
I. Complementary strengths for a complete hardware-software ecosystem
This partnership marks a landmark of complementary strengths:
Guangzhou HighTorque
HighTorque focuses on modular joint modules and humanoid arm technology, self-developing the full OpenArm line with standard, waist-neck, and vision AI editions — all with 7-DOF redundant arms, up to 20-DOF humanoid torsos, and full ROS1/ROS2 support, making them a mainstream university platform covering kinematics, dual-arm coordination, 3D vision inspection, and edge AI.
WWNT Robotics (Guangzhou)
WWNT Robotics focuses on robot education solutions, production-line automation, and lab construction across undergraduate and vocational institutions, with full curriculum, lab, line, and training capabilities, turning real production processes into standardized teaching cases.
Both sides agreed: HighTorque provides OpenArm hardware, open drivers, motion control, and vision AI; WWNT handles channel promotion, tiered curricula, lab delivery, and production-line integration, forming a"hardware R&D + education deployment + industrial application"closed-loop model.
II. Three cooperation directions across education, industry, and research
1 Nationwide education co-building with a tiered robot training system
Leveraging OpenArm's three tiers, both sides launch integrated solutions for different institutions:
Vocational (basic)
OpenArm standard 16-DOF dual-arm with motion control and ROS courses for low-cost basic labs
Undergraduate (advanced)
OpenArm waist-neck 20-DOF with humanoid posture planning and dual-arm assembly courses
AI/graduate (premium)
Waist-neck vision edition with ZED Mini stereo camera + Jetson Orin NX, for hand-eye calibration, 3D defect inspection, and imitation learning
Both sides will launch standardized lab plans, textbooks, and teacher training camps, co-building embodied AI training bases and talent pipelines.
2 Joint industrial deployment for two-way education-industry integration
Combining OpenArm's mature sorting/inspection solution, both sides launch flexible workstations for grasping, multi-angle inspection, and auto-sorting, with 360° imaging, edge AI defect detection, and MES integration.
"Industry-education interoperability" model
Real production lines become teaching cases, while faculty-student algorithms iterate industrial AI models — solving the teaching-industry disconnect.
3 Joint open-source ecosystem to lower innovation barriers
Both sides open OpenArm's full CAD, drivers, ROS2 planning, stereo vision, and AI inspection source code, and co-host a national OpenArm innovation competition across dual-arm, vision, and inspection tracks.
III. Messages from leadership
"The embodied intelligence industry is booming, but university equipment has long suffered high prices and closed, single-scenario systems. This partnership leverages our combined technology and channels to bring high-performance open-source arms to campuses nationwide, moving frontier tech and real production into classrooms to cultivate well-rounded robotics talent."
"We have deep experience in industry-education integration and know universities need cost-effective, open, and industry-real training platforms.HighTorque OpenArm tiered、fully open design perfectly matches tiered teaching needs，This partnership will rapidly deploy training bases nationwide andindustrial automation projects，supporting high-quality robot education，serving new productive forces。"
IV. Cooperation Outlook
Going forward, WWNT Robotics and HighTorque will build on this national partnership, iterating OpenArm hardware and algorithms while expanding education, industry, and research, to build a leading domestic open-source dual-arm ecosystem and scale embodied intelligence in education and manufacturing, jointly achievingco-building technology, sharing resources, win-win cooperation。
"hardware R&D + education deployment + industrial application in a three-in-one closed loop. WWNT Robotics and HighTorque will build on OpenArm to create a new benchmark in the domestic embodied robotics ecosystem."