Robot model
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.
PUDU D9 is a humanoid robot built by Pudu Robotics.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/pudu-d9.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/d9221708-c8f9-4d07-9160-e935305bd838
- Data documentation: /data
- Form factor
- humanoid
- Maturity stage
- research
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 0
- ID
d9221708-c8f9-4d07-9160-e935305bd838
Specs
- notes
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- specs
- PUDU D9 (announced Dec 19 2024): 170 cm, 65 kg, 42 DoF, 352 Nm max joint torque, 2 m/s, >20 kg payload, dual 7-DoF arms, DH11 11-DoF hand. PUDU D7 (Jun 1 2026): industrial semi-humanoid on PuduFM 1.0; 14 kg payload, ~2 m reach, dual-arm force control, dual-LiDAR 360, autonomous battery swap.
- formFactor
- humanoid (D9 full-size bipedal; D7 industrial semi-humanoid on a wheeled base)
Supply chain
No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this model’s suppliers.
Suppliers appear here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Sources (4)
- https://www.therobotreport.com/pudu-d9-humanoid-robot-launched/
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pudu-robotics-unveils-pudu-d9-a-full-sized-humanoid-robot-driving-commercially-viable-embodied-intelligence-302336109.html
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pudu-embodied-unveils-the-next-generation-pudu-d7-opening-a-new-chapter-for-industrial-semi-humanoid-robotics-302786976.html
- https://roboticsbusinessnews.com/news/10/3043/pudu-robotics-launches-pudu-d7-semi-humanoid-robot-for-intelligent-industrial-automation.html
Common questions
- What is 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.
- Who makes PUDU D9?
- PUDU D9 is made by Pudu Robotics, based in Shenzhen, China, founded in 2016.
- Where is PUDU D9 deployed?
- No verified deployments of PUDU D9 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.
- What is PUDU D9's maturity stage?
- PUDU D9 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.