Robot model
Adam
PNDbotics (founded 2023, headquartered in Beijing's Haidian district with a registered subsidiary in Ningbo) is a full-stack humanoid startup that develops its…
- Manufacturer
- PNDbotics
- Form factor
- humanoid
- Maturity
- research
- Lifecycle
- active
- Website
- pndbotics.com ↗
Overview
PNDbotics (founded 2023, headquartered in Beijing's Haidian district with a registered subsidiary in Ningbo) is a full-stack humanoid startup that develops its own PSA quasi-direct-drive actuators, robot control unit, and battery management system. Its Adam humanoid stands about 1.6 to 1.67 m and 60 to 63 kg and comes in several variants, including Adam Lite at about 25 degrees of freedom, the roughly 41-to-43-degree-of-freedom Adam and Adam SP, the teleoperation and research variant Adam-U, and Adam Pro, with a V-shaped hip, a three-degree-of-freedom waist, PSA actuators peaking near 360 Nm, five-fingered hands, and about 5 kg of payload. Adam appeared at CES, WAIC 2025, and on CGTN's 2026 Spring Festival Gala, and an April 2026 video showed it navigating real outdoor stairs. The registry records it at research maturity: its public evidence is demonstrations of music conducting, dance, and stair-climbing, which are stated capability claims, and Adam is sold and pre-ordered primarily as a developer and research platform to labs rather than deployed at customers. A partnership with Tianyong Engineering to integrate Adam into automotive production is forward-looking intent with no units, sites, or dates specified, so any operational deployment, the exact funding, a planned Tianjin plant producing hundreds of units annually, and the demo capabilities as repeatable field performance are all recorded as claimed-but-not-verified.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- research(Lab-stage only; no commercial or public deployment reported.)
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Sources on file
- 5 sources, view all
No verified deployments on file. DEPLOY tracks independently-sourced deployment evidence separately from manufacturer capability claims.
Key facts
Height
Weight
DOF
Payload
Price
Specs
Dof
Hands
Notes
Specs
Height cm
Weight kg
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Payload kg
Data & sources
Press releases
1
Web sources
4
5 sources backing this record.View all →
Availability and pricing
- Availability
- Pre-order open
- Price
- $45K (manufacturer target)as of 2025-06-01
- Units in field
- Not disclosed
- Sales model
- Not disclosed
- Lead time
- Not disclosed
Pricing
Price status: actual-sale-price = real published price at time of sale; manufacturer-target = vendor target, not yet realized; analyst-estimate = third-party projection, not a vendor figure; not-announced = no price on record.
Prices verified as of Jun 1, 2025
Adam on the deployment map
Where Adam is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
PNDbotics Adam stair climbing
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Price point recorded: $45,000Jun 1, 2025
Manufacturer target
Manufacturer-attributed media (1)
Manufacturer-supplied media at the model level. Not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker, distinct from the deployment-verified evidence in the section above.
PNDbotics footage of its Adam humanoid climbing stairs. The reinforcement-learning autonomy framing is the maker's claim; other Adam demos are choreographed.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Adam.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (5)
- https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/from-lab-to-pavement-pndbotics-adam-humanoid-demonstrates-real-world-stair-navigation
- https://news.metal.com/newscontent/103540099/Tianyong-Engineering-partners-with-PNDBotics-to-accelerate-humanoid-robot-deployment-in-China
- https://newatlas.com/ai-humanoids/pndbotics-adam-humanoid-robot/
- https://humanoid.guide/product/adamsp/
- https://www.pndbotics.com/
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Common questions
- What is Adam?
- PNDbotics (founded 2023, headquartered in Beijing's Haidian district with a registered subsidiary in Ningbo) is a full-stack humanoid startup that develops its own PSA quasi-direct-drive actuators, robot control unit, and battery management system. Its Adam humanoid stands about 1.6 to 1.67 m and 60 to 63 kg and comes in several variants, including Adam Lite at about 25 degrees of freedom, the roughly 41-to-43-degree-of-freedom Adam and Adam SP, the teleoperation and research variant Adam-U, and Adam Pro, with a V-shaped hip, a three-degree-of-freedom waist, PSA actuators peaking near 360 Nm, five-fingered hands, and about 5 kg of payload. Adam appeared at CES, WAIC 2025, and on CGTN's 2026 Spring Festival Gala, and an April 2026 video showed it navigating real outdoor stairs. The registry records it at research maturity: its public evidence is demonstrations of music conducting, dance, and stair-climbing, which are stated capability claims, and Adam is sold and pre-ordered primarily as a developer and research platform to labs rather than deployed at customers. A partnership with Tianyong Engineering to integrate Adam into automotive production is forward-looking intent with no units, sites, or dates specified, so any operational deployment, the exact funding, a planned Tianjin plant producing hundreds of units annually, and the demo capabilities as repeatable field performance are all recorded as claimed-but-not-verified.
- How much does Adam cost?
- Adam is listed at $45,000 on the DEPLOY registry. This is a manufacturer target price, not a confirmed consumer price.
- Is Adam actually deployed in the real world?
- Adam is at the research stage: it exists, but DEPLOY has no verified real-world deployment on record. Manufacturer capability claims should be read as claims pending independent verification.
- Is Adam autonomous or teleoperated?
- Not verified as fully autonomous. Adam's capabilities on the DEPLOY registry are recorded as teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated-only, or vendor claims (Picks and packs), not independently confirmed to run without a human in the loop.
- What are the specs of Adam?
- Adam's recorded specifications on the DEPLOY registry: Degrees of freedom: ~25 DoF (Adam Lite) to ~41-43 DoF (Adam/Adam SP); Height: ~1.6-1.67 m; Weight: ~60-63 kg; Payload: ~5 kg. See the Specs section for the full sourced set.
- Who makes Adam?
- Adam is made by PNDbotics, based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2023.
- Can you buy Adam?
- Adam is at research stage and is not yet available for sale.
- What are alternatives to Adam?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable humanoid robots to Adam include Digit, Walker S2, Apollo, Unitree H2 Plus.
- How does Adam compare to Digit?
- Adam and Digit (Agility Robotics · 8 deployments) are both humanoid robots on the DEPLOY registry. Adam has 0 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- Is Adam a top humanoid?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Adam ranks in roughly the top 19% of humanoid models tracked by the registry.
- What is Adam's maturity stage?
- Adam is at the research stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Research stage means active development without commercial deployments on file.
- Where is Adam deployed?
- No verified deployments of Adam are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
- Is Adam safe?
- Adam has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 5 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-28
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: research
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: humanoid
Sources by quality tier
- 4
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Adam.Recent coverage
Adam in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Adam from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/pndbotics-adam.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/39e263aa-528a-4210-9ee0-ad4db3f8106b
- Revision history: /models/pndbotics-adam/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Buyer-facing pricing: deploy.report/price/pndbotics-adam
Video
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Reality vs attention
Adam draws attention at the 64th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among humanoids.
Analysis
Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 18, 2026