Shanghai – September 24, 2026 -- WhalesBot has launched EliteMind, a modular Physical AI robot that lets elementary and middle school students deploy AI models built on-screen into real-world sensing and action tasks.
EliteMind runs on WhalesBot's proprietary W-Hong LLM
The robot integrates intent recognition, voice interaction, visual understanding, and AI-powered creation with physical control, forming a complete perception-reasoning-action loop. Its lightweight, modular design allows sensors and actuators to be reconfigured across different robotic builds, letting students test varied real-world AI applications.
EliteMind links to WhalesBot's OceanLevel platform for end-to-end learning
OceanLevel supplies age-appropriate AI courses, model training tools, and programming exercises, while EliteMind converts those digital projects into physical experiments for testing and feedback. The combination connects structured AI literacy instruction with hands-on deployment in a single learning pipeline.
CEO Xufeng Fei frames the launch as a shift from screen-based to applied AI education
"As AI increasingly operates in real-world systems, AI education also needs to move beyond the screen," said Fei, who has advocated for STEM and AI education for decades. He said EliteMind is designed to support a progression from foundational AI literacy to hands-on practice and competition.
The product expands WhalesBot's AI portfolio under the W-Hong LLM brand
EliteMind adds a physical dimension to WhalesBot's existing STEM & AI Learning Ecosystem, which the company says has sold more than 1 million units across 81 countries and regions since its founding in 2018. WhalesBot also sponsors ENJOY AI, an international STEM and robotics competition built around creative robotics and coding challenges.