🇨🇳 Kuavo-5
Leju Robot · China · unveiled 2025
commercial
task-autonomous
electric
data confidence: medium
Score breakdown
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%97.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%51.5
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%69.2
Hardware & Engineering · 15%81.1
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%100.0
Ecosystem & Viability · 10%0.0
Each pillar is scored 0–100 from published specs, then weighted into the XHI. 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.
Deployments & partners
- NIO EV Smart Factory
- China Southern Power Grid & China Mobile (1,200 km 5G-A substation inspection)
- FAW Group
- Haier Group
- Jiangsu Hengtong
Specifications
Height
168.0 cm
Weight
55.0 kg
Payload
20.0 kg
Walking speed
1.1 m/s
Runtime
7.0 h
Battery
—
Total DoF
40
Hand DoF (per hand)
5
Dexterous hands
Yes
Actuation
electric
Form factor
bipedal
Onboard compute
RK3588 + NVIDIA Orin NX (157 TOPS)
AI model
Huawei Pangu Embodied AI Model
Indicative price
$38,000
Company valuation
—
Sources · cross-checked, 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/
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Change history · 1 applied update
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Spec update Update Kuavo-5
autonomy_level: teleoperated → task-autonomous; ai_model: — → Huawei Pangu Embodied AI Model; onboard_compute: — → RK3588 + NVIDIA Orin NX (157 TOPS); payload_kg: 14 → 20; deployments: Universities, exhibition halls, automotive plants (China), Torchbearer at China's 15th National Games, Nov 2025 → NIO EV Smart Factory, China Southern Power Grid & China Mobile (1,200 km 5G-A substation inspection), FAW Group, Haier Group, Jiangsu Hengtong2026-08-23T01:04:55+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.