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BUTLERBOT W3
Photo: Keenon Robotics (official image), from keenon.com. Image policy
CommercialChinaFully autonomous

Keenon Robotics · working robot

BUTLERBOT W3

An enclosed delivery robot for hotels and buildings with up to four lockable, ventilated compartments that rides elevators on its own. It carries up to 20 kg and runs up to 12 hours per charge.

Price
—Not published
Height
108 cmTaller than 64%
Weight
48 kgHeavier than 25%
Payload
20 kgCarries more than 13%
Speed
2.9 km/hFaster than 9%
Battery
12 hRuns longer than 69%

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Why it matters

BUTLERBOT W3 is on the market today.

Real-world use

Aimed at hotels, hospitals and buildings; no named customers found

Timeline

First shown
2024-05
Released
2024
Shown on Keenon's booth at the National Restaurant Association Show, Chicago, May 2024 (earliest sourced showing; the robot may have launched earlier, exact date not found)

Maker

Keenon RoboticsCompany · founded 2010 · Pudong, Shanghai, China

Backed by SoftBank.

How it stacks up

Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

Not published by the maker: joints, 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
  • 2 news stories 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
How it runs
Fully autonomous. Staff load its locked compartments and it delivers to rooms on its own, riding elevators.
Battery & power
Up to 12 hours; 6.5-hour charge
AI & software
Autonomous navigation with elevator riding for multi-floor delivery
Other details
Enclosed delivery robot with up to four independently opening compartments, automatic doors and ventilation; 48 kg, carries 20 kg, 0.8 m/s, needs a 70 cm passage.

Lineage

Every Keenon Robotics machine in order.

  1. DINERBOT T8DINERBOT T82023Commercial
  2. DINERBOT T10DINERBOT T102023Commercial
  3. KLEENBOT C30KLEENBOT C302023Commercial
  4. DINERBOT T3DINERBOT T32023Commercial
  5. BUTLERBOT W3BUTLERBOT W32024Commercial
  6. KLEENBOT C40KLEENBOT C402025Commercial
  7. KLEENBOT C55KLEENBOT C552025Commercial

Watch BUTLERBOT W3

Video: KEENON Robotics on YouTube. Plays from youtube-nocookie.com when you press play.

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
Where it is sold or used
Keenon Robotics, Shanghai, China
Customers and pilots
Aimed at hotels, hospitals and buildings; no named customers found

News

The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. W3 at Seoul Food 2024

    Keenon showed the BUTLERBOT W3 for multi-floor deliveries at its first Seoul Food show in Korea.

    Keenon Robotics
  2. W3 on Keenon's NRA Show booth

    The W3 appeared beside the new DINERBOT T10 and KLEENBOT C30 at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago.

    Keenon Robotics

Side by side with its peers

Picked by the same rules for every robot: 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. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose

Full comparison
MeasureBUTLERBOT W3BUTLERBOT W3Keenon RoboticsFlashBotFlashBotPudu RoboticsSame job: multi-floor delivery by elevator · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size
First shown2024-052021-09-30
StatusCommercialCommercial
Height108 cm105 cm
Weight48 kg60 kg
Joints——
Speed2.9 km/h4.3 km/h
Payload20 kg—
Battery12 h9 h
Price——

Sources

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

Keenon Robotics BUTLERBOT W3 Keenon Robotics KEENON's latest robots officially presented in US at NRA Show 2024 Keenon Robotics KEENON Robotics shines at SEOUL FOOD 2024 Keenon Robotics Keenon Robotics

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