DEEP Robotics · research humanoid
DR01
DEEP Robotics' first humanoid, a walking research platform built on the company's own J60 and J100 joints. The maker says it walks faster than 1.6 m/s and handles 18 cm steps and 25-degree slopes.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- 5.8 km/hFaster than 66%
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A prototype humanoid from DEEP Robotics.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
DEEP RoboticsCompany · founded 2017 · Hangzhou, ChinaReported to have filed for a STAR Market IPO in May 2026 (Humanoids Daily)
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
DR01 is faster than 66% of the 122 other humanoids that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, payload, joints, battery, price.
What it has been shown doing
2 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.
- Climb stairsmaker page: handles 18 cm steps (date approximate, from 2024 outdoor-test release) · Feb 2024 · deeprobotics.cn
- Rough groundmaker page: 25-degree slopes, uneven and discrete terrain, slip recovery (date approximate) · Feb 2024 · deeprobotics.cn
Not shown yet:SortAssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineGet upRunJumpCarryOn siteAutonomous
Public attention
How much public attention DR01 gets, from open data.
- 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.
- Hands
- unknown
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- Actuators & motors
- DEEP Robotics' own J60 lightweight joints and J100 high-torque joints (torque figures not given on the product page).
- Sensors & vision
- Fuses on-board and environmental sensing with a learned perception-and-control algorithm; sensor list not published.
- AI & software
- Learning-based locomotion trained with AI and large-scale data; recovers balance on slippery ground and after pushes.
- Other details
- Walks faster than 1.6 m/s and handles 18 cm steps and 25-degree slopes. Succeeded in October 2025 by the DR02, an IP66 industrial humanoid with 275 TOPS of compute.
Lineage
Every DEEP Robotics humanoid in order.
DEEP Robotics also makes 9 machines. See every DEEP Robotics robot
Watch DR01
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
- Sold or delivered
- Research prototype; not offered for sale
- Where it is sold or used
- Hangzhou, China
News
The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- DEEP Robotics follows DR01 with all-weather DR02
DEEP Robotics unveiled the IP66-rated, 175 cm DR02 for industrial work, a year after first demonstrating the DR01 prototype in August 2024.
Humanoids 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
| Measure | DR01DEEP Robotics |  MATRIX-1Matrix RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both in development |  Forerunner K1Kepler Exploration RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both in development |  T1 (T1 Pro)Sichuan Tianlian Robot (TLIBOT, formerly Sichuan Fude Robot)Same job: industrial · Both walk · Both in development |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2024-08 | 2024-12-26 | 2024-01 | 2024-04 |
| Status | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype |
| Height | — | 180 cm | 178 cm | 160 cm |
| Weight | — | 67 kg | 85 kg | 43 kg |
| Joints | — | — | 40 | 41 |
| Speed | 5.8 km/h | 7.6 km/h | — | — |
| Payload | — | 10 kg | — | 10 kg |
| Battery | — | 5 h | — | — |
| Price | — | — | $20,000 | — |
Sources
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