{"id":"d9221708-c8f9-4d07-9160-e935305bd838","companyId":"0e6f5894-072b-435c-bf40-d5edc199dcca","modelName":"PUDU D9","slug":"pudu-d9","description":"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.","formFactor":"humanoid","maturityStage":"research","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified","value":"Pudu Robotics (founded 2016, Shenzhen; CEO Zhang Tao / Felix Zhang) is a large commercial SERVICE-robot maker (130,000+ units shipped across 85+ countries: BellaBot, delivery/cleaning robots). It entered humanoids via Pudu X-Lab / PUDU Embodied: the D9 full-size bipedal humanoid (Dec 2024) and the D7 industrial semi-humanoid (Jun 2026)."},{"label":"Maturity = research (humanoid only)","value":"The registry entity is the HUMANOID, which is research/demo-tier: both D9 and D7 are vendor-announced with marketing demos and pre-sale/launch language; NO third-party operator or paying-customer field deployment of either humanoid is verifiable. Pudu's service-robot commercial scale does NOT transfer to the bipedal/semi-humanoid line. maturityStage=research."},{"label":"Claimed but NOT verified","value":"Any actual customer/operator deployment of D9 or D7 in production; D9 pre-sale opening / units delivered; PuduFM 1.0 real-world task performance (vendor claim); D7 specs (announcement-stated, not independently benchmarked)."}],"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)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/pudu-d9-humanoid-robot-launched/","title":"Pudu Robotics launches PUDU D9 full-size bipedal humanoid (Dec 2024)","sourceName":"The Robot Report"},{"url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pudu-robotics-unveils-pudu-d9-a-full-sized-humanoid-robot-driving-commercially-viable-embodied-intelligence-302336109.html","title":"Pudu unveils PUDU D9 (170cm/65kg/42 DoF/352 Nm/2 m/s/>20 kg payload)","sourceName":"Pudu (PR Newswire)"},{"url":"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","title":"PUDU D7 next-gen industrial semi-humanoid (Jun 2026; PuduFM 1.0)","sourceName":"Pudu (PR Newswire)"},{"url":"https://roboticsbusinessnews.com/news/10/3043/pudu-robotics-launches-pudu-d7-semi-humanoid-robot-for-intelligent-industrial-automation.html","title":"PUDU D7 semi-humanoid (14 kg payload, dual-arm force control, dual LiDAR)","sourceName":"Robotics Business News"}],"aliases":["PUDU D9","PUDU D7","Pudu humanoid"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T19:23:42.691Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T19:23:42.691Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/pudu-d9","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/pudu-d9","name":"PUDU D9","alternateName":["PUDU D9","PUDU D7","Pudu humanoid"],"description":"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.","identifier":"d9221708-c8f9-4d07-9160-e935305bd838","category":"humanoid","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}}}