Hangzhou puts 15 humanoid robots on traffic duty around West Lake
As the 2026 World Robot Conference kicked off in China on August 19 with roughly 3,000 products on display, the humanoid robots that have patrolled the Hangzhou West Lake area have stolen the headlines as a signal that the country is ready to move robots from exhibition halls to the streets.
The fifteen-humanoid unit that started to operate on May 1 is not exactly the full Robocop experience, as they cannot make arrests or even issue fines.
Their job, as far as they are currently deployed, is to guide pedestrians and give directions. They also record traffic violations, such as helmetless e-bike riders, riders carrying illegal passengers, vehicles stopping past the marked line, and pedestrians crossing against the signal.
Enforcement decisions are still reserved for human officers.
How China’s ‘robocops’ work
Local Chinese startup SUPCON Information built the wheeled humanoid “robocops” currently deployed in Hangzhou. The dimensions of the unit that the firm named the T2 come in at 1.88 meters in height and 98 kilograms in weight.
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