Kuavo-5
PilotActive since 2025$38,000
Leju Kuavo 5: modular humanoid with interchangeable arms / hands / legs. 20 kg total payload, 10 kg upper-body. Adjustable body height + rotating torso, 8+ h battery. Walk-or-wheel mobility variants.
- Height
- 168 cm
- Weight
- 55 kg
- Degrees of freedom
- 40
- Max speed
- 5 km/h
- Strength
- 20 kg
- Runtime
- 8 h
About
Kuavo 5 (and the 5-W wheeled variant) is Leju Robot's modular industrial / household humanoid. The platform supports interchangeable arms, hands and legs, swap between 5-finger dexterous hands, grippers and claws to retarget the platform for heavy lifting, fine manipulation or simple transport (mikekalil.com).
The body rotates and is height-adjustable; payload is 20 kg total with 10 kg dual-arm rating. Battery runs 8+ hours per charge. Leju targets modern factories and households where workload variability makes single-purpose humanoids ill-fitting.
Key facts
Capabilities with evidence
- Navigation2/5
- Manipulation2/5
- Learning1/5
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Specifications
Body
- Height
- 168 cm
- Weight
- 55 kg
- Degrees of freedom
- 40
- DoF (hands)
- 10
- Fingers
- 5
- Structural material
- Aluminum frame + composite panels
- Color
- White
- Shipping size
- 180 × 70 × 60 cm
Motion
- Max speed
- 5 km/h
- Walking speed
- 4 km/h
- Strength
- 20 kg
- Runtime
- 8 h
- Motor tech
- Self-developed high-torque joints
- Gear tech
- Precision reducers
Sensing & Compute
- CPU / GPU
- Assumed mid-range robotics compute platform
- Operating system
- HarmonyOS / KaihongOS
- LLM integration
- External AI ecosystem support / Control integration possible
- Camera
- Depth + RGB camera, environment sensors
- Connectivity
- 5G-A support for remote control, Ethernet, Wi‑Fi
- Latency (glass → action)
- <200ms (End-to-End)
Safety & Market
- Safe with humans
- Yes
- Primary market
- Home assistance, Industrial automation, logistics, Research & education, research labs
- Country
- China
- Availability
- Pilot
- Price
- $ 38 000
Versions2
Kuavo 4Pro
Commercial
Kuavo 3.0
CurrentVideos2
Timeline7
- 2026-07-18 · deploymentLeju signs strategic partnership with Hutchinson to deploy Kuavo humanoids in high-end manufacturing
Leju Robotics signed a strategic partnership with French industrial group Hutchinson in Suzhou, becoming Hutchinson's core embodied-intelligence partner in China, targeting inspection, production-line logistics and precision assembly assistance for Kuavo humanoids.
autonews.gasgoo.com - 2026-06-17 · announcementLeju Robot signs strategic partnership with Huaxi Intelligence
Leju Robot, maker of the Kuavo-5 humanoid, signed a strategic partnership with Huaxi Intelligence to collaborate on high-computing main control platforms, edge-side model deployment, and industry solutions, leveraging Huaxi's in-house R1 embodied-AI chip.
autonews.gasgoo.com - 2026-05-29 · announcementLeju Robot and Huaxi Intelligence form strategic partnership
Leju Robot signed a strategic partnership with Huaxi Intelligence to collaborate on high-compute main-control platforms, edge-side model deployment, industry solutions and a developer open-source ecosystem for Kuavo-class humanoids.
autonews.gasgoo.com - 2026-04-12 · milestoneFoshan factory producing Kuavo-5 every 30 minutes goes live
Joint venture with Dongfang Precision opened a factory producing one Kuavo-5 every 30 minutes, targeting 10,000 units/year, with FAW Hongqi, Nio, and Haier as early customers.
chinadailyhk.com - 2026-03-31 · fundingLeju raises $200M for humanoid production scale-up
Leju Robot raised $200M to scale Kuavo production with 577 cumulative units sold in 2025 and plans for 250 units by Q1 2026.
therobotreport.com - 2026-03-29 · milestoneLeju opens Foshan factory producing one Kuavo-5 every 30 minutes
Leju Robotics and Dongfang Precision inaugurated a Foshan factory producing Kuavo-5; one unit every 30 minutes, target 10,000 units/year. Volume deliveries to FAW Hongqi, Nio, and Haier.
interestingengineering.com - 2025-11-02 · milestoneKuavo carries torch at China's 15th National Games
Leju's Kuavo served as torchbearer at the opening of China's 15th National Games, a first for a humanoid robot at the event.
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