Deployment story
TienKung Ultra gathers running-shoe test data for Li-Ning
A reported operational research application uses the humanoid as a repeatable running platform; the laboratory location is undisclosed.
Securities Daily's October 27, 2025 report identifies Embodied TienKung Ultra in Li-Ning's sports-science laboratory for running-shoe testing. The application uses the robot's running motion to collect data for footwear research.
This is an operational research trial rather than a partnership announcement alone. It is also distinct from a race or stage performance: the named use is product testing. The source does not identify the laboratory city, fleet, test dates, repeatability statistics or correlation with human runners.
A repeatable robot can help isolate some testing variables, but it does not automatically reproduce the full diversity of human biomechanics. Buyers should ask which forces and motions were measured, how calibration was checked and how results were compared with human wear trials. The record remains a pilot and is not mapped to Li-Ning's headquarters or a guessed research campus.