$200,000PilotHoliday Robotics2025
$200,000PilotHoliday Robotics Friday (Korea): wheeled humanoid, 176 cm / 115 kg, 63 DoF body + tactile 20-DoF hands (500 g each). 1.9 m/s, hot-swap 24/7. RGB + stereo + LiDAR + ultrasonics + force + temperature sensors.
Friday is the first humanoid from Holiday Robotics — a Korean startup positioning its dexterous wheeled humanoid for internal logistics, light assembly, retail and R&D (humanoidsdaily.com). The 176 cm / 115 kg platform (66 kg mobile base for low CoG) carries a 63 DoF body — 7-DoF arms × 2 + 5-DoF torso + 20-DoF tactile hands × 2.
Each hand weighs 500 g and integrates tactile / force sensing for compliant grasping. Wheeled base hits 1.9 m/s. Sensors: RGB, stereo, LiDAR, ultrasonics, IMU, gyro, force (tactile), temperature. Hot-swap batteries support 24/7 operation. Autonomous-first stack with teleop fallback.
