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Cyborg-R01
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Pilot useChina

Shenzhen Cyborg Robotics (Shenzhen Xborg Robotics) · industrial humanoid

Cyborg-R01

A full-size humanoid from a Shenzhen startup built for heavy work in risky industrial sites, using its chest, shoulders and knees as well as its arms to carry awkward loads. The maker claims 62 joints including 16-DoF hands and a 20 kg two-arm payload.

Price
—Not published
Height
—Not published
Weight
—Not published
Payload
20 kgCarries more than 72%
Speed
—Not published
Battery
—Not published

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Why it matters

A pilot use humanoid from Shenzhen Cyborg Robotics (Xborg Robotics).

Real-world use

Company-sponsored coverage in July 2025 mentioned trials at a hazardous-chemicals warehouse in Shandong, a Shanxi coal mine and a Yangtze River Delta industrial park; not independently confirmed.

Timeline

First shown
2025-07-26
Released
Not yet
WAIC 2025, Shanghai

Maker

Shenzhen Cyborg Robotics (Shenzhen Xborg Robotics)Company · Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China

How it stacks up

Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, battery, price.

What it has been shown doing

We checked public videos and press for Cyborg-R01 and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.

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

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Movement
Walks on legs · 62 joints
Actuators & motors
Tendon-driven 'TendonFlex' system with 16 artificial tendons and claimed 0.1 N force control; 62 DoF in total; peak joint torque 411 N·m.
Hands
16-DoF dexterous hands; both arms together carry up to 20 kg.
Sensors & vision
Lidar, infrared thermal imaging and tactile sensing.
Compute
Partners supply an NPU/LPDDR5 compute-in-memory chip and a mobile HBM chip (Xinji Semiconductor, Quantum Xinyun) and a domain controller.
Materials & build
All-metal aluminium-magnesium alloy body; partners cover lightweight materials (Shenyang Foundry Institute), magnesium body casting (Fujian Mgcast) and coatings.
AI & software
Cyborg OmniContact Intelligence (OMCI) whole-body multi-contact control that spreads loads over arms, shoulders, chest and back, plus a brain-inspired decision system.
Other details
Crosses 15 cm obstacles. Company claims over 90% autonomy and 99.8% sorting accuracy in a three-robot relay; these are vendor figures.

From the maker

Cyborg-R01 is the only humanoid from Shenzhen Cyborg Robotics (Xborg Robotics) in the atlas.

Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found
Built
Not disclosed.
Sold or delivered
Not disclosed.
Where it is sold or used
Shenzhen, China; body design and production strategy with Leader Drive.
Customers and pilots
Use cases reported in hazardous-chemical warehouses (Shandong), coal mines (Shanxi), Yangtze River Delta industrial parks and power-plant inspection; customers not named.

News

The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. Cyborg-R01 heavy-duty humanoid debuts at WAIC

    China Daily described the tendon-driven 62-DoF robot for high-risk industrial jobs and its supplier ecosystem.

    China Daily

Side by side with its peers

Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose

Full comparison
MeasureCyborg-R01Cyborg-R01Shenzhen Cyborg Robotics (Xborg Robotics)Figure 03Figure 03Figure AISame job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilotsAtomAtomDobot (Shenzhen Yuejiang Technology)Same job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilotsNo public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useSuyuanShanghai ElectricSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots
First shown2025-07-262025-10-092025-03-182025-07-26
StatusPilot useCommercialCommercialPilot use
Height—173 cm153 cm167 cm
Weight—61 kg62 kg50 kg
Joints62602838
Speed—4.3 km/h5.4 km/h5 km/h
Payload20 kg20 kg—10 kg
Battery—5 h——
Price——$27,500—

Sources

Figures come from the maker. Every link below backs something on this page.

China Daily (Chinese edition) Cyborg R01 heavy-load robot shown at WAIC 2025 (promotional content) ITES China Shenzhen Xborg Robotics exhibitor profile

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