Midea Laundry Appliance Smart Agent Factory (Jingzhou, Hubei Province) - deployed May 2025
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
🇨🇳 Midea Group Mero 1
Midea Group · China · unveiled 2025
pilot
task-autonomous
electric
data confidence: medium
Watch changes · Evidence history · Cited research export · Plan a pilot
Score breakdown
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%92.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%54.7
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%0.0
Hardware & Engineering · 15%56.9
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%57.0
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
Mero 1 is Midea's first-generation industrial wheeled humanoid, deployed in a Jingzhou factory for inspection, parts transport, and assembly support, with hands rated to lift 8 kg.
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.
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
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.
Weight
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.
Payload
8.0 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
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.
Runtime
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.
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
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.
Hand DoF per hand
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.
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
wheeled-base
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
Midea AI edge execution unit
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
Midea Factory Brain (Agent-to-Agent architecture)
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
pilot
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
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.
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.
Midea Group Mero 1 in context: rank, rivals and specs
Compare with Unitree R1 →Mero 1 is a humanoid robot from Midea Group in China, and it is in paid pilot deployments. It scores 51.0 on the Humanoid Metric, ranking 72nd of 156.
On the leaderboard it sits between Unitree R1 (HMX 51.5) and BYD Xiao Di (HMX 50.9).
Against the 156 humanoid robots ranked, its clearest strength is autonomy & intelligence (92.0 against a median of 70.0) and its clearest weakness is mobility & locomotion (0.0 against 34.8).
On autonomy, it has demonstrated completing tasks on its own. 1 deployment claim is on record, none yet backed by a customer, the press or the vendor.
Its specifications carry a medium-confidence grade from 2 cited sources, as of 2026-08.
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 2026-08
- https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQHDXqg7Gx1nHqMXSTd4pjx1qgl4pynSA7SHGRbu6AHNKcbS_ObGC7q2VYaZR9RQgYCaDW0aO5YlPHkFgjEO2aQ5cUDmxFTGI6lRT21Q7VZVGmXm47_YbKuZKdNFjRcbVXMCgdc=
- https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQGuMt9q2yBYgSX0Rfv3LrsFOMMaswZvHwV5R3bGOy0IlqlcJQso1z9mSYSBYOQctWyWZ-dIokLeP_BkyQ8_lGwMibavu-XTOuiqljCYONm4EqX5fleO3Zq3OpMNhO0Lq-20beCFAIHDnmA=
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Frequently asked questions about the Midea Group Mero 1
How much does the Midea Group Mero 1 cost?
Midea Group has not published a price for the Midea Group Mero 1, and none is estimated here.
What are the Midea Group Mero 1's specs?
Published specifications: payload 8 kg. Not published: speed, runtime, degrees of freedom, degrees of freedom per hand, height and weight.
Is the Midea Group Mero 1 autonomous?
The Midea Group Mero 1 has demonstrated completing tasks on its own. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.
How does the Midea Group Mero 1 compare to the Unitree R1?
On the HMX, the Midea Group Mero 1 scores 51.0 and the Unitree R1 51.5. The Midea Group Mero 1 leads on autonomy & intelligence, manipulation & dexterity and hardware & engineering; the Unitree R1 leads on mobility & locomotion, commercial readiness & deployment and ecosystem & viability.
Who makes the Midea Group Mero 1?
The Midea Group Mero 1 is made by Midea Group, in China.
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Change history · 1 applied update
- New model New model: Mero 1 (Midea Group) 2026-08-23T01:04:45+00:00 · by agent-bulk
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.