Pudu Robotics · retail humanoid
PUDU D9
A 1.7 m, 65 kg service biped with 42 joints and Pudu's DH11 dexterous hands.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 170 cmTaller than 59%
- Weight
- 65 kgHeavier than 55%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
Official maker page, not an affiliate link. Checked 2026-10-10.
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Why it matters
Pudu's first full-size biped, shown cleaning floors with a Pudu cleaning robot.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Maker
Pudu RoboticsCompany · Shenzhen, ChinaHow it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
PUDU D9 is taller than 59% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
PUDU D9 is heavier than 55% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
PUDU D9 has more joints than 74% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, 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.
- Use toolslaunch video: cleans floors by operating a PUDU SH1 cleaning machine · Dec 2024 · therobotreport.com
- Rough groundlaunch video: obstacle navigation and slope climbing · Dec 2024 · therobotreport.com
Not shown yet:SortAssembleFoldKitchenFineStairsGet upRunJumpCarryOn siteAutonomous
Public attention
How much public attention PUDU D9 gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 4 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
- Walks on legs · 42 joints
- Actuators & motors
- 42 DoF (6 per leg, 7 per arm); maximum joint torque 352 Nm.
- Hands
- PUDU DH11 dexterous hand: 11 DoF (6 active, 5 passive), 500 g, 12 tactile regions with 1,018 tactile pixels, 30 N palm-finger grip.
- Sensors & vision
- RGB and RGB-D cameras, tactile sensors, IMU; visual semantic navigation with real-time 3D mapping.
- Compute
- 275 TOPS (chip not named).
- Battery & power
- 15 Ah, 0.72 kWh; runtime not listed.
- AI & software
- Proprietary reinforcement-learning algorithms for end-to-end task planning.
- Other details
- Walks up to 2 m/s; 20 kg payload, 10 kg per arm, 40 kg maximum lift (test conditions).
Named suppliers:Moxian Technology
Lineage
Every Pudu Robotics humanoid in order.
Pudu Robotics also makes 16 machines. See every Pudu Robotics robot
Watch PUDU D9
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- Maker's website
- Sold or delivered
- Pre-sale inquiries only (Dec 2024). Pudu reports over 80,000 service robots shipped across 60+ countries (company, all products).
News
The latest 4, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Pudu D9 makes static Japan appearance at iREX 2025
Pudu showed its D9 biped and FlashBot Arm semi-humanoid statically at iREX 2025 in Tokyo and said humanoids still need time before commercialisation.
MONOist (ITmedia) - Pudu unveils D9 full-size humanoid
170 cm, 65 kg biped with 42 DoF and 352 Nm joints; pre-sale to open.
The Robot Report - D9 is Pudu's third robot launch of 2024
Shown walking, climbing slopes and cleaning with the SH1, after the D7 and DH11 hand.
China Daily - Pudu launches D7 semi-humanoid
Wheeled-base robot with bionic arms for elevator use, transport and sorting.
The Robot Report
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 | PUDU D9Pudu Robotics |  JupiterZerothSame jobs: retail, home · Both walk · Both in development · Similar size | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useKAI (KaiBot)Kinetix AISame jobs: retail, home · Both walk · Both in development · Similar size |  Vbot ATOMVbot (维他动力, Weita Dongli)Same jobs: home, retail · Both walk · Both in development · Similar size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2024-12-19 | 2026-01-04 | 2026-04-26 | 2026-08-19 |
| Status | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype |
| Height | 170 cm | 165 cm | 173 cm | 160 cm |
| Weight | 65 kg | 58 kg | 70 kg | — |
| Joints | 42 | 25 | 115 | 31 |
| Speed | — | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | 2.3 h | 3 h | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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