BYD · retail humanoid
Xiao Di
小迪
BYD's 1.61 m, about 58.5 kg service humanoid with 31 degrees of freedom (7 in the hands), face, lip-reading and gesture recognition, multilingual translation and 360-degree sensing for walking around showrooms, explaining cars and demonstrating in-car systems. Payload is the dexterous hand's stated 1 kg grip; one report gives 68 kg, and whether it walks or rolls was not stated.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 161 cmTaller than 45%
- Weight
- 58.5 kgHeavier than 46%
- Payload
- 1 kgCarries more than 0%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
BYD's first humanoid robot.
Real-world use
Debuted in August 2026 greeting visitors at BYD's Di Space experience centre in Zhengzhou, then Shenzhen and Shanghai; BYD plans two or three per dealership.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2026-08
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
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Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Xiao Di (小迪) is taller than 45% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Xiao Di (小迪) is heavier than 46% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Xiao Di (小迪) carries more than 0% of the 132 other humanoids that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Xiao Di (小迪) has more joints than 49% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, battery, price.
Public attention
A hidden gem: a recent robot with full published specs that gets little attention so far.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Hands
- dexterous
- Movement
- Movement not published · 31 joints
From the maker
Xiao Di (小迪) is the only humanoid from BYD in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
News
The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- BYD humanoid design shows up in a Chinese patent filing
China's patent office published an 'embodied AI robot' design from BYD on 9 October 2026 that looks much like its Xiao Di humanoid, though BYD has not said whether it is the production version.
CarNewsChina
Sources
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