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Pudu Robotics

Chinese commercial service robotics company — global leader with 23% market share and 120,000+ units shipped.

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Founded
2016
HQ
Shenzhen, China
Status
private

The verified answer

As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Pudu Robotics: 2 models, 3 deployments across 2 regions, $150.0M raised. 3 sources back the record.

CategoryHumanoids

Funding

$150.0M

Models

2

Deployments

3

Overview

Chinese commercial service robotics company — global leader with 23% market share and 120,000+ units shipped. Develops delivery robots for restaurants, hotels, and retail. Valued at $1.5B+ after $150M funding round. Also developing bipedal humanoid robots.

Verified record

Verified deployments
3 deployments on file
Active incidents
None on file

Valuation of record

DEPLOY VERIFIED
$1.5B (reported, approximate)as of Feb 2026

Priced roundOther post-money

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Key facts

Founder/CEO

Zhang Tao (Founder — predicts humanoid robots will outgrow auto industry)

HQ

Shenzhen, China

Founded

2016

Fundingsee investors →

$150M raised — valuation exceeds $1.5B

Market share

23% global market share — 120,000+ units shipped globally

Deployment

80,000+ robots deployed globally across restaurants, hotels, retail

Humanoid pivot

Introduced first bipedal humanoid robot alongside delivery robot line

Incidents

None found — audited

Data & sources

Press releases

2

News coverage

1

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Models (2)

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Current platform

Pudu CC1

Autonomous 4-in-1 commercial cleaning robot (sweep, scrub, vacuum, mop) using Pudu's in-house PUDU VSLAM+ (visual SLAM + LiDAR fusion) with stain detection and floor-type recognition; no ceiling markers. ~5,000-8,000 m2 per operation.

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Current platform

PUDU D9

Pudu Robotics (founded 2016 in Shenzhen; CEO Zhang Tao, also known as Felix Zhang) is a large commercial service-robot maker, with more than 130,000 robots shipped across 85-plus countries including the BellaBot delivery robot and various cleaning robots, that entered the humanoid race through its Pudu X-Lab and PUDU Embodied groups. Its humanoid line comprises the PUDU D9, a full-size bipedal humanoid announced on December 19, 2024 at 170 cm, 65 kg, 42 degrees of freedom, 352 Nm of maximum joint torque, 2 m/s, more than 20 kg of payload, dual 7-degree-of-freedom arms and an 11-degree-of-freedom hand, and the PUDU D7, an industrial semi-humanoid on a wheeled base unveiled on June 1, 2026, built on the PuduFM 1.0 foundation model with about 14 kg of payload, roughly 2 m of reach, dual-arm force control, dual-LiDAR 360-degree perception, and autonomous battery swap. The registry entity here is the humanoid, which sits at research maturity: both the D9 and D7 are vendor-announced with marketing demonstrations and pre-sale or launch language, and no third-party operator or paying-customer field deployment of either is verifiable. Critically, Pudu's genuine commercial scale in service robots does not transfer to its bipedal and semi-humanoid line, so claims of customer deployment, an opened D9 pre-sale, and PuduFM real-world performance are recorded as claimed-but-not-verified.

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Pudu Robotics on the deployment map

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Explainers

Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Pudu Robotics, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.

What are commercial cleaning robots and how do they work?
Commercial cleaning robots are autonomous floor scrubbers, vacuums, and mopping machines deployed in airports, shopping malls, warehouses, hospitals, and office buildings. The category divides along a platform axis: BrainOS-powered robots (Tennant AMR, SoftBank Robotics Whiz) license autonomy software from Brain Corp, while own-stack makers (Avidbots, Gausium, Karcher, LionsBot) develop their navigation internally.Read the full explainer →
What is Pudu Robotics and does it make cleaning robots?
Pudu Robotics is a Shenzhen-based commercial robot maker founded in 2016, primarily known for food service delivery robots (BellaBot, KettyBot). The company has expanded into commercial cleaning with the CC1 autonomous cleaning robot, applying its delivery-focused SLAM navigation infrastructure to floor maintenance tasks.Read the full explainer →

Current leadership (1)

Founders (1)

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Pudu Robotics.

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Operator customers (1)

Recent coverage

Pudu Robotics in third-party press

Pudu Robotics Launches ET1 Scrubber-Dryer Robot for Small Commercial Spaces

Aug 14, 2026

Pudu Robotics brings Physical AI into everyday life at Davos Tech Summit Robot City

Jul 3, 2026

Pudu Robotics Raises $150M, Valuation Exceeds $1.5B

Jan 1, 2025

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