Jingzhi Technology’s Four-Legged, Wheeled Robot Tops Group at Robot Warrior Challenge Fall Competition

leaderobot.com reported that the Black Panther W (BPW), a four-legged, wheeled robot made by Jingzhi Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., scored 130 points and topped its group in the remote-control division’s four-legged, wheeled robot category at the 2026 Robot Warrior Challenge Fall Competition, held in Beijing on October 18, 2026. According to the report, BPW was the only robot to complete all checkpoints, and its time of 4 minutes and 20 seconds was the fastest overall. It also received the Outstanding Clearance Award and Best Collaboration Award, the report said.

The reported results show that the not-yet-officially-announced BPW completed an outdoor simulated obstacle course and posted results in both time and score. However, the event was a remote-control competition, and its results should be distinguished from evidence of practical use in firefighting or industrial inspection.

The results—130 points, 4 minutes and 20 seconds, and the only full completion of all checkpoints—are concrete measures of performance in a competition. However, the category involved remote control, and these results alone cannot assess autonomous mobility or how much human intervention the robot could reduce in field operations. It is important not to equate competition results with demonstrated performance in real-world work. According to the report, the competition took place at an outdoor venue of about 6,500 square meters, with 14 simulated obstacles designed around scenarios involving emergency rescue, industrial inspection and urban operations. Tasks BPW was said to have tackled included utility tunnel inspection and power grid restoration. The course design appears intended to assess not just basic traversal but also posture control while moving and actions involving objects. However, the report does not provide scoring breakdowns for each task or the specific conditions for comparisons with other robots, so it is not possible to determine which capabilities were reflected in the 130-point score or fastest time. BPW was introduced as a robot that has not yet been officially announced. The report lists a rated payload of 20 kilograms, a maximum payload of 40 kilograms, continuous operating time of 6 hours and an IP66 protection rating. Whether these specifications were verified under the same conditions as the competition, and how well they would hold up in actual operating environments, are separate questions. Completing an outdoor course provides evidence of the robot’s ability to handle a route with steps and uneven footing, but does not directly prove reliability during extended patrols or in actual disaster zones. The next points to verify are whether the specifications remain unchanged after the product is officially announced and whether similar mobility and task performance can be reproduced outside competition settings. The report also cites in-house motor drivers, a mainboard and batteries as performance factors, but gives no component-level performance figures or test conditions. Competition scores, payload and operating specifications, and safety in actual work should be evaluated separately. See the original report for details.