PUDU Robotics shows six robot lines in Amsterdam, including D7 semi-humanoid with 8-hour runtime

Chinese company PUDU Robotics, based in Shenzhen, showed all six of its robot product lines together for the first time at its European Partner Summit, Interesting Engineering reports. The event took place on Wednesday, November 4, at the Van der Valk Amsterdam-Amstel in the Netherlands. interestingengineering.comInteresting Engineeringinterestingengineering.comOpen source ↗ There the company presented a strategy called "One Brain, Multiple Embodiments". interestingengineering.comInteresting Engineeringinterestingengineering.comOpen source ↗

Founder and CEO Felix Zhang said the strategy applies the same technology across all of the company's products. According to him, robots must become smarter, easier to deploy and cheaper to achieve wider adoption. interestingengineering.comInteresting Engineeringinterestingengineering.comOpen source ↗ Zhang described the approach as a shared technological foundation for different robot forms, from specialized service robots to semi-humanoid and humanoid ones. interestingengineering.comInteresting Engineeringinterestingengineering.comOpen source ↗

D7 semi-humanoid and D5 quadrupeds

The D7 semi-humanoid moves on wheels and handles objects with human-like arms. It was first introduced in September 2024. The robot is 5.4 feet (1.65 meters) tall and weighs about 99 lbs (45 kilograms). It can operate continuously for more than eight hours on a battery exceeding one kilowatt-hour. interestingengineering.comInteresting Engineeringinterestingengineering.comOpen source ↗

The D7 has 30 degrees of freedom, which rise to 50 with a dexterous hand attachment. Its arms lift up to 22 lbs, and the wheels allow movement in any direction. It can transport and sort items and use elevators in offices, warehouses and factories. interestingengineering.comInteresting Engineeringinterestingengineering.comOpen source ↗

The D5 and D5-W quadrupeds carry an Nvidia Jetson Orin AGX processor and an RK3588 chip. They use two LiDAR sensors and four fisheye cameras to detect obstacles and navigate. The company stated computing performance of up to 275 trillion operations per second. Both models climb slopes of up to 45 degrees and carry 44 to 66 lbs (20 to 30 kilograms) while walking. interestingengineering.comInteresting Engineeringinterestingengineering.comOpen source ↗

Other lines and market plans

BellaBot Pro is a cat-like delivery robot with a screen that shows facial expressions, built for restaurants and other commercial spaces. The CC1 PRO sweeps, scrubs, vacuums and mops floors. The MP2000 is an autonomous robot that carries pallets weighing up to 4,409 lbs (2,000 kilograms) and inserts its forks into them in 20 seconds. interestingengineering.comInteresting Engineeringinterestingengineering.comOpen source ↗

PUDU also introduced outdoor robots: the GT series for businesses and the TOMO S series for homeowners. TOMO S is intended for lawn care and is the company's first consumer robotics product. interestingengineering.comInteresting Engineeringinterestingengineering.comOpen source ↗

Bella Sun, PUDU Robotics VP and GM for Europe, said the company wants Europe to be among the first markets to adopt the new strategy and that customers across Europe are becoming more open to robotics. interestingengineering.comInteresting Engineeringinterestingengineering.comOpen source ↗ Zhang said the goal is to support human workers rather than replace them. On the US market, he said the FCC regulation applies only to new products, so all existing PUDU products can be sold there. interestingengineering.comInteresting Engineeringinterestingengineering.comOpen source ↗