Robbyant (Shanghai Ant Lingbo Technology) · home humanoid
Robbyant R1
A wheeled, two-armed humanoid from Ant Group's robotics unit, shown cooking shrimp in a mock kitchen at IFA 2025 in Berlin. Reported figures are 160 to 175 cm tall (175 used here), about 110 kg, 34 DoF and up to about 1.5 m/s.
- Price
- —No price announced; sold only inside bundled scenario solutions.
- Height
- 175 cmTaller than 73%
- Weight
- 110 kgHeavier than 86%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- 5.4 km/hFaster than 53%
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Ant Group's first humanoid robot, marking the fintech group's entry into embodied AI.
Real-world use
Robbyant said in 2025 that R1 was in production and had shipped to customers, including a museum.
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Robbyant R1 is taller than 73% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Robbyant R1 is heavier than 86% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Robbyant R1 is faster than 53% of the 122 other humanoids that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Robbyant R1 has more joints than 58% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: payload, battery, 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 workcooks garlic shrimp with a wok in live demos at IFA 2025 · Sep 2025 · interestingengineering.com
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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
- 3 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 · 34 joints
- Actuators & motors
- 34 DoF; joint modules reported to come from Ti5 Robot (via Bloomberg, as cited by unwire.hk).
- Hands
- Two arms; cooking, guiding and pharmacy-sorting demos.
- Sensors & vision
- Spatial perception system to locate ingredients and tools; Ant planned work with Orbbec (depth cameras), per Bloomberg as cited.
- Materials & build
- Body structure reportedly from Ant-backed Galaxea AI.
- AI & software
- Embodied-AI planning built on Ant's in-house BaiLing large model; learns new recipes and adapts to different kitchen appliances. Robbyant has since released LingBot models (VLA, vision, world model).
- Other details
- Wheeled; 1.6-1.75 m tall, about 110 kg, under 1.5 m/s.
From the maker
Robbyant R1 is the only humanoid from Robbyant (Ant Lingbo Technology, Ant Group) in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not publishedNo price announced; sold only inside bundled scenario solutions.
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Built
- Ant staff said in September 2025 that R1 was in mass production; volumes not disclosed.
- Sold or delivered
- Not sold on its own; bundled into 'scenario solutions' for businesses and institutions.
- Where it is sold or used
- China (Shanghai)
- Customers and pilots
- Shanghai History Museum named as an early client; trials in community centres and restaurants.
News
The latest 3, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Ant says R1 is in mass production
unwire.hk, citing Bloomberg, reported R1 deliveries to the Shanghai History Museum and its Chinese supply chain.
unwire.hk - Robbyant R1 cooks shrimp at IFA
Interesting Engineering covered R1's kitchen demo, specs and bundled-solution sales model.
Interesting Engineering - Robbyant presents R1 at IFA Berlin
Notebookcheck described R1 as a kitchen and catering robot with plans for care and medical work.
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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 | Robbyant R1Robbyant (Ant Lingbo Technology, Ant Group) |  AIRBOT MMK2DISCOVER RoboticsSame jobs: retail, home · 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 | 2025-09-05 | 2025-01-13 | 2026-04-08 | 2026-09-04 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Pilot use |
| Height | 175 cm | 180 cm | 175 cm | 168 cm |
| Weight | 110 kg | 77 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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