WhalesBot Launches EliteMind, a Modular Physical AI Robot for K-12 AI Education

Shanghai-based WhalesBot announced EliteMind on September 23, 2026, a modular Physical AI robot designed for elementary and middle school students. Powered by W-Hong LLM, it integrates intent recognition, voice interaction, visual understanding and physical control, letting students deploy models and programs built on WhalesBot's learning platform for testing. EliteMind connects with OceanLevel, WhalesBot's AI literacy learning platform, linking courses, model training and programming with hands-on physical practice. Founded in 2018, WhalesBot serves learners aged 3 to 22 and has sold more than 1 million units across 81 countries and regions.

EliteMind extends AI education from on-screen programming and model training into physical sensing and action, offering schools a hardware-software integrated option for K-12 AI courses. For schools and education product teams, such products can change teaching aid choices, class scheduling and procurement budgets; for parents and students, the learning path expands from digital creation to hands-on practice and competition preparation. The announcement provides no independent research or quantitative results, so the product's actual impact on learning outcomes cannot be verified from the source. K-12 AI courses may gain an additional hardware-software integrated robot option, affecting school procurement and class scheduling. Students can complete course learning, model training, programming and physical testing within one system, extending the learning path from digital environments to hands-on practice and competition preparation.