DISCOVER Robotics · research humanoid
AIRBOT MMK2
A wheeled two-armed robot from Tsinghua AIR spin-off DISCOVER Robotics, with a 2-DoF head carrying a depth camera, a lift that raises the arms through 0.91 m and lidar navigation, sold mainly for embodied-AI research and teleoperated data collection. Each 6-DoF AIRBOT Play arm carries 1.5 kg with a gripper; total height is 1.8 m and weight up to 77 kg.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 180 cmTaller than 86%
- Weight
- 77 kgHeavier than 71%
- Payload
- 1.5 kgCarries more than 3%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- 5 hRuns longer than 59%
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Why it matters
AIRBOT MMK2 is on the market today.
Real-world use
Sold mainly to research, education and data-collection users; none named
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
DISCOVER RoboticsCompany · founded 2023How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
AIRBOT MMK2 is taller than 86% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
AIRBOT MMK2 is heavier than 71% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
AIRBOT MMK2 carries more than 3% of the 132 other humanoids that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
AIRBOT MMK2 runs longer than 59% of the 119 other humanoids that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, joints, price.
What it has been shown doing
1 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.
- Kitchen workmaker product page lists coffee-making and catering-service demos (page undated; date approximate) · Jan 2025 · discover-robotics.com
Not shown yet:SortAssembleFoldToolsFineStairsTerrainGet upRunJumpCarryOn siteAutonomous
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
- Wheeled base
- Actuators & motors
- Two 6-DoF AIRBOT Play arms (position, torque and velocity control, 240 W max each), a 2-DoF head (pitch and yaw) and a lift with 0.91 m travel at 0.1 m/s on a differential-drive base.
- Hands
- Two AIRBOT G2 parallel grippers (0-60 mm opening, 20 N grip force, 595 g); each arm carries 1.5 kg with 647 mm reach and +/-0.1 mm repeatability.
- Sensors & vision
- Intel RealSense D435i depth camera in the head and a chassis lidar.
- Battery & power
- 48 V, 20 Ah lithium-ion pack (about 960 Wh) for at least 5 hours.
- AI & software
- Python SDK on ROS 2; DISCOVERSE simulator for sim-to-real; exoskeleton-backpack and VR teleoperation for data collection; DISCOVER's LOOP data engine and ORION foundation model.
- Other details
- 1.8 m tall, up to 77 kg; 1.66 m total reach; base speed up to 1.2 m/s.
Named suppliers:ROS (Open Robotics)Intel RealSense
From the maker
AIRBOT MMK2 is the only humanoid from DISCOVER Robotics in the atlas.
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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
- On sale through DISCOVER and dealers; volumes not published
- Where it is sold or used
- China (DISCOVER Robotics, Tsinghua AIR spin-off)
- Customers and pilots
- Sold mainly to research, education and data-collection users; none named
News
The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- DISCOVERSE simulator released with MMK2 model
DISCOVER Robotics open-sourced its DISCOVERSE simulator, which includes an MMK2 robot model for sim-to-real work.
GitHub (DISCOVER Robotics)
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 | AIRBOT MMK2DISCOVER Robotics |  Robbyant R1Robbyant (Ant Lingbo Technology, Ant Group)Same jobs: home, retail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  PantherUniX AISame jobs: home, retail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  AutoLife S3 (Xiaozhi S3)AutoLife Robotics (智动未来)Same jobs: retail, home · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2025-01-13 | 2025-09-05 | 2026-04-08 | 2026-09-04 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Pilot use |
| Height | 180 cm | 175 cm | 175 cm | 168 cm |
| Weight | 77 kg | 110 kg | — | 78 kg |
| Joints | — | 34 | 34 | 36 |
| Speed | — | 5.4 km/h | 7.2 km/h | — |
| Payload | 1.5 kg | — | 12 kg | 5 kg |
| Battery | 5 h | — | 12 h | 8 h |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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