An industrial semi-humanoid robot with a dual-arm system, designed for manufacturing and industrial environments. PUDU's launch announcement says it carries up to 14 kg and works at heights up to 2 m.

Where it works

Warehouse material handling, shelf picking, inventory replenishment and intralogistics transportation.
High-rack storage systems, reaching heights of up to 2 m.
Pushing carts and moving materials across a facility.
Dispensing, assembly and fine manipulation, using tactile sensors to adjust applied force.

Day to day

PUDU says the D7 swaps its own batteries without human intervention, so it can run around the clock. It has dual front and rear LiDAR plus a perception system for avoiding obstacles in busy factory settings, and PUDU says it can be deployed with minimal changes to existing facilities. The robot runs on PuduFM 1.0, PUDU's embodied intelligence foundation model. PUDU has not published a run time, battery capacity, weight or dimensions.

Specifications

Power

Battery swapping: Fully autonomous: removes, replaces and recharges batteries without human intervention

Work

Maximum load: Up to 14 kg (31 lb)
Working height: Up to 2 m (6.6 ft)
Force control: Dual-arm precision force control, with millimeter-level force-control accuracy

Navigation and safety

Perception: Dual front and rear LiDAR; tactile sensors that read contact force and pressure
AI model: PuduFM 1.0

Manufacturer figures from pudurobotics.com. Performance figures are PUDU lab results; results vary by site.

Compare the quadruped and humanoid robots

	PUDU D7	PUDU D5-W	PUDU D9
Job	Industrial semi-humanoid robot	Patrol and inspection	Full-size biped humanoid robot
Run time	not published	2 to 3 h	not published
Charge time	not published	not applicable	not published
Payload	Up to 14 kg	20 to 30 kg	20 kg total, test environment
Weight	not published	56 kg	65 kg
Price	ask Apollo	$70,000	ask Apollo
Lease, 60 months	not listed	$1,596.00 a month	not listed

Coverage and payload are different jobs; a row marked not applicable means the unit is not built for it.

PUDU D7 Industrial semi-humanoid robot