The company is already testing the next stage: humanoid robots using embodied-intelligence technologies for tasks such as carrying items and collecting used dishes.

　　The plans come as Beijing seeks to expand real-world applications of robotics and embodied intelligence. A 2025-27 action plan is promoting pilot validation and open testing platforms, with applications spanning research and education, industry and commerce, and personalized services.

　　Robot applications are already visible elsewhere in the capital.

　　This summer, 72 robots and smart devices are being deployed across 14 municipal parks for tasks ranging from cleaning and patrols to visitor services and ecological monitoring. At Beijing Anzhen Hospital"s Tongzhou campus, robotic devices are used in a smart pharmacy system covering medicine storage, distribution, verification and dispensing.

　　Back in Fengtai, the noodle shop offers a smaller-scale test of whether an increasingly integrated automated and robotic system can reliably deliver a bowl of noodles that people are willing to order, eat and pay for.

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