NIO EV Smart Factory
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
🇨🇳 Leju Robot Kuavo-5
Leju Robot · China · unveiled 2025
commercial
task-autonomous
electric
data confidence: medium
Watch changes · Evidence history and cited research export (API access) · Plan a pilot
Score breakdown
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%97.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%51.5
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%75.6
Hardware & Engineering · 15%78.9
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%100.0
Ecosystem & Viability · 10%0.0
Each pillar is scored 0–100 from published specs, then weighted into the HMX. Compare it only with other humanoid robots — each category uses its own reference scales. See the full methodology →
Notable
Became the world's first humanoid robot torchbearer at a national multi-sport games (Nov 2025); an earlier Kuavo generation ran Huawei HarmonyOS.
Deployment evidence
Legacy mentions are unverified. A partnership or announcement is not proof of an active deployment. Evidence labels do not change HMX v2 scoring.
China Southern Power Grid & China Mobile (1,200 km 5G-A substation inspection)
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
FAW Group
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
Haier Group
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
Jiangsu Hengtong
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
Specifications
Evidence is attached to each value. Robot-wide source links do not verify every field. A source about an older value cannot support the current specification.
Height
173.0 cm
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Weight
63.5 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Payload
20.0 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Travel speed
1.39 m/s
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Runtime
7.0 h
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Battery
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Total DoF
41 DoF
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Hand DoF per hand
5 DoF
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Dexterous hands
Yes
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Actuation
electric
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Form factor
bipedal
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Onboard compute
RK3588 + NVIDIA Orin NX (157 TOPS)
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
AI model
Huawei Pangu Embodied AI Model
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Autonomy
task-autonomous
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Product status
commercial
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Indicative price
45500.0 USD
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Funding
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Company valuation
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Leju Robot Kuavo-5 in context: rank, rivals and specs
Compare with Apptronik Apollo →Kuavo-5 is a humanoid robot from Leju Robot in China, and it is commercially available. It scores 72.7 on the Humanoid Metric, ranking 11th of 169 — in the top 10%.
On the leaderboard it sits between Apptronik Apollo (HMX 73.8) and NEURA Robotics 4NE-1 (HMX 72.7).
It is at or above the category median on every machine pillar, most of all mobility & locomotion: 75.6 against a median of 30.0.
By the published specifications, it runs longer per charge than 86% of the 69 other humanoid robots publishing a runtime (7 h) and carries more payload than 75% of the 106 other humanoid robots publishing a payload (20 kg).
Its published price of $45,500 is below 45% of the 62 other humanoid robots with a public price — nearer the expensive end, with a median published price of $42,000.
On autonomy, it has demonstrated completing tasks on its own. 5 deployment claims are on record, none yet backed by a customer, the press or the vendor.
Its specifications carry a medium-confidence grade from 3 cited sources, as of 2026-07.
Task evidence
Task capability is not inferred from hardware specifications or general autonomy labels. Find robots for a task →
No task-specific evidence recorded. Capability remains unknown.
Sources · robot-level references, as of 2026-07
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leju_Robot
- https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/11/03/leju-robots-humanoid-makes-history-as-torchbearer-at-chinas-15th-national-games/96156/
- https://humanoid.guide/product/kuavo-5/
Machine-readable: HIS Layer 0 manifest at /robot/leju-kuavo5/manifest.json, with a free API key · what's this?
Frequently asked questions about the Leju Robot Kuavo-5
How much does the Leju Robot Kuavo-5 cost?
The Leju Robot Kuavo-5 has a published price of $45,500.
What are the Leju Robot Kuavo-5's specs?
Published specifications: payload 20 kg, speed 1.39 m/s, runtime 7 h, degrees of freedom 41, degrees of freedom per hand 5, height 173 cm, weight 63.5 kg.
Is the Leju Robot Kuavo-5 autonomous?
The Leju Robot Kuavo-5 has demonstrated completing tasks on its own. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.
How does the Leju Robot Kuavo-5 compare to the Apptronik Apollo?
On the HMX, the Leju Robot Kuavo-5 scores 72.7 and the Apptronik Apollo 73.8. The Leju Robot Kuavo-5 leads on autonomy & intelligence, mobility & locomotion and commercial readiness & deployment; the Apptronik Apollo leads on manipulation & dexterity, hardware & engineering and ecosystem & viability.
Who makes the Leju Robot Kuavo-5?
The Leju Robot Kuavo-5 is made by Leju Robot, in China.
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Version history · 3 versions and 1 earlier update
Full history →Nothing is deleted: every version of this record is kept, with what changed in each.
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Version 496 · 24 Sep 2026, 02:18 UTC · score then 72.7
- height (cm): 168 → 173
- price (USD): 38000 → 45500
- speed (m/s): 1.1 → 1.39
- total dof: 40 → 41
- weight (kg): 55 → 63.5
Changed by a direct correction or a scoring update, not a research proposal. -
Version 273 · 15 Sep 2026, 04:28 UTC · score then 72.1No field changed; the score was recalculated.Changed by: Update Kuavo-5 (confirmed: height_cm, weight_kg, speed_ms, total_dof, price_usd) (published automatically)
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First recorded version · 6 Sep 2026, 05:24 UTC · score then 72.1The record as it stood when full copies began to be kept.
Data confidence: medium. Some figures for this robot rest on single or conflicting sources, or on manufacturer/aggregator material rather than independent reporting. Treat second-order specs as approximate. Fields marked “—” were genuinely undisclosed and left blank rather than estimated.