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# Honor Smart Technology Development Co.
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**Type:** Humanoid robotics company
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**Location:** Shenzhen, China
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**Focus:** Bipedal locomotion, autonomous navigation
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**Parent:** Formerly Huawei's consumer electronics brand, now independent
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## Overview
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Honor Smart Technology Development Co. is a Chinese robotics company that emerged from Huawei's consumer electronics division. The company develops humanoid robots optimized for locomotion and autonomous navigation.
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## Products
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**Flash** — Autonomous humanoid robot designed for bipedal locomotion. Demonstrated world-record-breaking half-marathon performance (50:26) in April 2026.
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## Timeline
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- **2026-04-19** — Honor's 'Flash' robot won the Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half Marathon autonomous category with a time of 50:26, beating the human world record by nearly 7 minutes. Honor robots claimed top 3 positions in the autonomous category.
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## Strategic Position
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Honor's entry into humanoid robotics signals that Chinese consumer electronics companies with manufacturing scale are entering the robotics sector, distinct from pure-play robotics startups like Unitree. The company's competitive strategy emphasizes locomotion performance over manipulation capability. |