At CoRL 2026 in Austin, GENTO showed humanoid robots and a new dexterous hand that sit on top of a stack Tianji Intelligence has been building since 2015, starting with a single component most people never see.
Most conversations about humanoid robots start with the AI model. Far fewer start with the torque sensor inside each joint, even though that part decides how a robot reacts when it pushes against something. For GENTO, that is exactly where the story begins.
GENTO, an independent humanoid robot brand incubated by Tianji Intelligence, develops humanoid robot systems, dexterous hands and teleoperation and data-collection platforms. Its humanoid systems incorporate Tianji Intelligence’s TIANJI-branded force-controlled arms.
At CoRL 2026, one result of that approach appeared on a bigger stage. A TIANJI Marvin Pro platform, built for NVIDIA by Tianji Intelligence, was used in demonstrations accompanying NVIDIA’s GR00T 2 launch on Nov. 9. GR00T 2 is an open world action model built on NVIDIA Cosmos, and NVIDIA’s published research demonstrations show the platform assembling a toy truck and scooping granola with two hands. [Read more…] about Why Build a Humanoid Robot From the Sensor Up? The Thinking Behind GENTO’s CoRL 2026 Debut