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PUDU D9 at Shenzhen

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.

PUDU D9 by Pudu Robotics · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Humanoids

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Pudu Robotics HQ deployment. 120,000+ units shipped globally, 23% market share. BellaBot deployed at major Asian restaurant chains.

Key facts

Total units shipped
120,000+

Exposure

Customer segment
hospitality
Scale tier
commercial 10 99

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Safety record

No incidents on record for PUDU D9 at Shenzhen.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-21
Model
PUDU D9
Company
Pudu Robotics
Location
China/Shenzhen
Operator
Pudu Robotics
Status
operational
Operator type
maker operated
Scale at site
11 to 100 units
Site environment
mixed
Location precision
verified coordinates
First seen
2020-01-01
ID
55e6bf32-0c24-47e2-9c41-55cd972bb3bc

Timeline

  1. Jan 2020
    First recorded
    PUDU D9 first documented operating at Shenzhen.
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (1)

  1. Pudu Robotics Raises 50M · https://www.pudurobotics.com/news/pudu-robotics-raises-150-million-exceeds-1-5-billion-valuation · 2020-01-01
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: research

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: humanoid

Sources by quality tier

1
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Methodology surface for PUDU D9 at Shenzhen.

Common questions

What is the PUDU D9 deployment at Shenzhen?
PUDU D9, built by Pudu Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Shenzhen on the DEPLOY registry. Pudu Robotics operates the deployment directly.
Who operates PUDU D9 at Shenzhen?
Pudu Robotics, the manufacturer of PUDU D9, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the PUDU D9 deployment at Shenzhen go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2020 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the PUDU D9 deployment at Shenzhen?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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