Elephant Robotics · research humanoid
Mercury X1
A humanoid torso with a touchscreen head and two 7-DoF arms on a lidar-guided wheeled base, sold for research, teaching and service work and running embodied-AI software on an NVIDIA Jetson.
- Price
- $15,999Cheaper than 64%
- Height
- 118 cmTaller than 11%
- Weight
- 55 kgHeavier than 38%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- 4.0 km/hFaster than 39%
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Mercury X1 is on the market today.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Timeline
- Released
- 2023-12
Maker
Elephant RoboticsCompany · founded 2016 · Shenzhen, Chinaseed from HAX/SOSV (2016) and an angel round (2017); amounts not disclosed
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Mercury X1 is taller than 11% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Mercury X1 is heavier than 38% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Mercury X1 is faster than 39% of the 122 other humanoids that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Mercury X1 has more joints than 6% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Mercury X1 costs less than 64% of the 85 other humanoids that publish a price. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: payload, battery.
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for Mercury X1 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
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base · 19 joints
- Chip
- Jetson Orin Nano (incl. Super) (NVIDIA)Current version runs a Jetson Orin Nano Super 8 GB (up to 67 TOPS); earlier units used a Jetson Xavier.
- Actuators & motors
- Two 7-DoF arms using high-performance servo motors and lightweight harmonic drive modules; wheeled base with direct-drive motors, top speed 1.2 m/s, climbs 2 cm steps and 15-degree slopes (maker). 19 DoF total. Arm payload 1 kg, reach 450 mm, repeatability +/-0.05 mm.
- Hands
- Interchangeable end effectors (grippers, suction pumps) rather than dexterous hands; no hand DoF published.
- Sensors & vision
- LiDAR, ultrasonic sensors and 2D vision on the base; 3D vision, a camera in the jaw, and microphones.
- Compute
- NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super 8 GB, up to 32 TOPS (current maker page); ESP32 microcontrollers per arm.
- Battery & power
- 3 kWh lithium-ion pack; 6-8 hours, maker claims up to 8 hours.
- Materials & build
- Carbon fibre, aluminium alloy and ABS plastic.
- AI & software
- ROS, MoveIt, Gazebo and MuJoCo support; pymycobot Python API and C++ API; myBlockly programming; LLM-based embodied-AI features; VR teleoperation with Meta Quest 3 and optional myController S570 exoskeleton for 1:1 arm mirroring.
- Other details
- Built from the Mercury B1 dual-arm upper body on a mobile base; 118 cm tall, 55 kg.
Named suppliers:NVIDIAROS (Open Robotics)Harmonic DriveArm Holdings
From the maker
Mercury X1 is the only humanoid from Elephant Robotics in the atlas.
Watch Mercury X1
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- $15,999US$15,999; maker page shows no price
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- on sale; US$15,999
- Where it is sold or used
- China (Elephant Robotics, Shenzhen)
News
The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Elephant Robotics launches Mercury humanoid series
The company's timeline records the official launch of its Mercury humanoid robots in December 2023.
Elephant 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 | Mercury X1Elephant Robotics |  aeoAeolus RoboticsSame job: retail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  ADA-7AkinRobotics (AkınSoft)Same job: retail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Tara Gen-1 (Tara Greet / Tara Learn / Tara Care)iHub Robotics (I Hub Research and Robotics, Kochi)Same job: retail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2023-12 | 2023-01-04 | 2022-12-15 | 2024 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | 118 cm | — | — | — |
| Weight | 55 kg | — | — | — |
| Joints | 19 | — | — | — |
| Speed | 4 km/h | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | 3.6 kg | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | $15,999 | — | — | — |
Sources
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