1954   

Foundation of Industrial Control and Electromechanics Research Laboratory, Beijing Engineering Institute. 

Note: Beijing Engineering Institute was renamed as Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) in 1988.

2000

Foundation of the BIT Biomimetic Robot Laboratory, and start of research on humanoid robotics. 

2005

Foundation of the BIT Intelligent Robot Institute.

2015 

Foundation of the Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Intelligent Robots and Systems (BAICIRS).