Pudu Robotics PUDU D9 170cm 42-DoF 352N·m Bipedal & Dual 11-DoF DH11 Tactile-Hand Humanoid Robot
170cm, 65kg full-scale commercial bipedal humanoid robot featuring 42 total degrees of freedom (6-DoF legs with 352 N·m peak torque and 2.0 m/s walking speed, dual 7-DoF arms with up to 20kg test payload, and dual 500g 11-DoF PUDU DH11 dexterous hands with 1,018 tactile sensor pixels each), 275-TOPS VLA compute, and a 720Wh battery.
Editorial Rating Methodology (★ 4.9 / 5.0): This score is an internal editorial evaluation compiled by the RECIWO Labs editorial team—not a user poll or crowd-voted rating. It assesses published silicon compute efficiency (25%), optical/sensor/actuator engineering (25%), battery & thermal envelope (20%), SDK/software openness (15%), and price-to-specification value (15%) based on official manufacturer datasheets and public technical documentation. Learn more about our evaluation rubric →
Key Engineering Highlights
- Equips both 7-DoF arms (up to 20kg dual-arm test load) with 500-gram 11-DoF PUDU DH11 dexterous hands—each packing 1,018 tactile sensor pixels across 12 zones and 191°/s thumb actuation
- Delivers up to 352 N·m peak joint torque across its 6-DoF bipedal legs to climb stairs, traverse 2.0 m/s corridors, and execute whole-body floor-to-shelf manipulation
- Powers real-time 3D LiDAR + RGB-D semantic mapping and visual-tactile VLA policies on 275 TOPS of onboard compute backed by a 720Wh (15Ah) battery
Full Hardware Specifications
| Processor / Edge SoC | Dual High-Compute Embodied AI Processors Delivering 275 INT8 TOPS for Real-Time Visual-Tactile-Language Control |
|---|---|
| AI Model Stack | Layered Embodied VLA Architecture Combining Whole-Body Reinforcement Locomotion w/ Closed-Loop Tactile Manipulation |
| Display & Optics | Interactive Chest/Head Status Interface + Multi-Modal Natural-Language Voice Interaction Array |
| Camera & Vision | High-Precision 3D LiDAR + Stereo RGB-D Depth Cameras + Time-of-Flight (ToF) Millimeter-Level 3D VSLAM Suite |
| Measured Weight | 65.0kg Total Mass / 170cm Standing Height (325mm Thigh, 383mm Calf, 580mm Arm & 220mm Hand Link Kinematics) |
| Battery & Runtime | 720Wh (15Ah) High-Energy-Density Lithium Battery Pack Supporting Multi-Hour Commercial Service & Logistics Tasks |
| Connectivity & I/O | Industrial Wi-Fi 6 + 5G Cellular Module + PUDU Cloud Fleet Management & Multi-Robot Elevator/Gate Integration |
| Sensors & Acoustics | 42 Joint Encoders (Up to 352 N·m) + 2× 500g PUDU DH11 Hands (12 Tactile Zones / 1,018 Taxel Pixels Each, 30N Grip) |
⚖️ Side-by-Side Comparison: Pudu Robotics PUDU D9 170cm 42-DoF 352N·m Bipedal & Dual 11-DoF DH11 Tactile-Hand Humanoid Robot vs. Embodied AI & Robotics Peers
Direct specification comparison against leading competing devices in the Embodied AI & Robotics category.
| Specification | Pudu Robotics PUDU D9 170cm 42-DoF 352N·m Bipedal & Dual 11-DoF DH11 Tactile-Hand Humanoid Robot (Current) | Unitree G1 Humanoid Robot (2026 Developer Edition) → | LeRobot SO-101 Open-Source Bimanual Teleop Kit → | Unitree Go2-W Wheeled-Legged Embodied AI Dog → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Pudu Robotics | Unitree Robotics | Hugging Face × TheRobotStudio | Unitree Robotics |
| Retail Price | $150,000 | $16,000 | $260 | $4,800 |
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| Edge SoC | Dual High-Compute Embodied AI Processors Delivering 275 INT8 TOPS for Real-Time Visual-Tactile-Language Control | 8-Core High-Perf CPU + NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX (100 TOPS) | Tethered to Apple Silicon Mac or NVIDIA GPU Host | Jetson Orin NX 16GB (100–157 TOPS) |
| AI Model Stack | Layered Embodied VLA Architecture Combining Whole-Body Reinforcement Locomotion w/ Closed-Loop Tactile Manipulation | UnifoLM Unified Robot Model + Open RL Stack | ACT / Diffusion Policy / Pi-0 VLA | RL Locomotion + GPT-Vision Navigation |
| Display / Optics | Interactive Chest/Head Status Interface + Multi-Modal Natural-Language Voice Interaction Array | Interactive LED Visor Array | Host Visualizer GUI | Front LED Matrix + Companion Telemetry |
| Camera | High-Precision 3D LiDAR + Stereo RGB-D Depth Cameras + Time-of-Flight (ToF) Millimeter-Level 3D VSLAM Suite | Intel RealSense D435i Depth + Livox Mid-360 3D LiDAR | Dual 1080P 60fps Global Shutter Wrist + Overhead Cameras | 130° Wide-Angle Stereo + Hemispherical 4D LiDAR |
| Weight | 65.0kg Total Mass / 170cm Standing Height (325mm Thigh, 383mm Calf, 580mm Arm & 220mm Hand Link Kinematics) | 35.0kg (Foldable to fit car trunk) | 1.4kg per arm (including base) | 18.0 kg |
| Battery | 720Wh (15Ah) High-Energy-Density Lithium Battery Pack Supporting Multi-Hour Commercial Service & Logistics Tasks | 9,000mAh Quick-Swap Battery Pack (2.5h runtime) | 12V/5A DC Regulated Power Supply | 15,000mAh 4-Hour Long-Endurance Pack |
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