Matrix Robotics launches MATRIX-3, its third-generation humanoid

Matrix Robotics launched MATRIX-3 on January 10, introducing its third-generation humanoid robot and opening an early access programme for selected industry partners. The company says initial pilot deployments are expected to begin in mid-2026, placing the launch between a product reveal and a disclosed commercial rollout.

Matrix Robotics is a Shanghai-based humanoid robotics company also listed as Matrix Hyperintelligence. Its public product line includes MATRIX-1 and MATRIX-3, with the company positioning the newer platform around general-purpose physical intelligence, dexterous manipulation and human-centred interaction.

The company is led by Allen Zhang. TMTPost identifies founder Zhang Haixing as the former founding leader of Tesla China Design and Research Center, with a background across product R&D, design, consumer electronics, electric vehicles and AI.

MATRIX-3 is presented as a full-body humanoid platform rebuilt across algorithms, hardware and applications. Matrix describes three main changes from earlier systems: biomimetic design and tactile sensing, dexterous manipulation with humanoid gait, and a proprietary cognitive core for zero-shot generalisation.

MATRIX-3 uses a 3D woven biomimetic skin with a distributed sensing network that cushions contact and detects impact force in real time. Its fingertips integrate tactile sensor arrays that the company says can detect pressure as low as 0.1 newtons, with visual and tactile data fused into a feedback loop for judging material, shape and grip stability.

MATRIX-3 uses a 27-degree-of-freedom dexterous hand based on cable-driven actuation, with Matrix positioning it for standard tool use, delicate instruments and flexible materials such as fabric. The body uses integrated linear actuators and a motion-control model trained on human motion-capture data, according to the company.

Control system

Matrix says MATRIX-3 is powered by a proprietary neural network architecture developed by its intelligence division. The company’s claim is that the system can follow natural-language instructions, plan grasping strategies, avoid obstacles, adjust force and posture in real time, and handle unfamiliar tasks without task-specific prior data exposure.

MATRIX-3 is at the early-access stage.

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