$30,000PilotDOBOT Atom (June 2025): 153 cm / 62 kg straight-knee humanoid, 28 upper-body DoF, ±0.05 mm precision. Anthropomorphic Walking System cuts energy 42% vs bent-knee. 1500 TOPS on-board (i9 + GPU). $27.5K.
DOBOT Atom is Shenzhen-based Dobot Robotics' first humanoid, officially launched for global delivery in June 2025 (therobotreport.com). The 153 cm / 62 kg platform has a 1:1 human-arm configuration with 41 total DoF (28 upper-body) and ±0.05 mm positioning precision.
Its Anthropomorphic Walking System (AWS) uses imitation + reinforcement learning to deliver straight-knee bipedal gait — DOBOT reports a 42% energy reduction versus traditional bent-knee humanoids. The Neuro-Driven Dexterity System (NDS) runs a Transformer-based vision-and-control stack at 200 Hz with servo-level vibration suppression. Atom rolls with a 1500-TOPS on-board AI module (Intel i9 + 16 GB-VRAM GPU) for real-time edge inference. List price ~$27,500, targeting auto-assembly material handling, coffee-shop beverage prep and pharmacy night dispensing.