Facts

• Company: Pudu Robotics
• Product type: Mobile Manipulator
• Status: commercial
• Capability focus: Manipulation
• Website: https://www.pudurobotics.com/en/products/flashbot-arm

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Tags
• Timeline / Research
• Comparable Systems
• Sources

Summary

FlashBot Arm is Pudu Robotics semi-humanoid service robot that combines autonomous indoor delivery with object manipulation. It adds an embodied-AI robotic arm to the FlashBot delivery base so it can interact with items, elevators and service environments more flexibly.

Overview

FlashBot Arm is Pudu Robotics semi-humanoid service robot that combines autonomous indoor delivery with object manipulation. It adds an embodied-AI robotic arm to the FlashBot delivery base so it can interact with items, elevators and service environments more flexibly.

Market context

FlashBot Arm adds manipulation to Pudu Robotics delivery robot platform, enabling physical interaction alongside point-to-point transport in hospitality.

• Target environment: Hotels, offices, restaurants and indoor commercial environments.
• Workflow context: Item delivery combined with light manipulation, object pickup and placement in hospitality and service workflows.
• Customer context: Hospitality operators and commercial venues seeking delivery robots with basic manipulation capability.
• Deployment model: Commercial product extending Pudu proven delivery robot platform.
• Commercial maturity: Commercially available mobile manipulator from a leading delivery robot manufacturer.
• Adoption constraints: Adds manipulation to a delivery platform but still limited compared to purpose-built manipulators.
• Market position: Bridges the gap between delivery robots and full mobile manipulators by adding manipulation to a proven delivery base.
• Adjacent products: PUDU T150, delivery robots, mobile manipulators

Audience

Hospitality

Workflow

Item delivery combined with light manipulation, object pickup and placement in hospitality and service workflows.

Capability

manipulation

Deployment environment

Hotels, offices, restaurants and indoor commercial environments.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Hospitality
• Workflow: Item delivery combined with light manipulation, object pickup and placement in hospitality and service workflows.
• Capability: manipulation
• Deployment environment: Hotels, offices, restaurants and indoor commercial environments.

Specifications

• Total Dof: 14
• Height Cm: 144 cm
• Dimensions Mm: 539 × 515 × 1440 mm
• Weight Kg: ~70–85 kg
• Arms Dof: 14
• Hands Dof: 11 per hand (DH11 dexterous hands)
• Hand Dof: 11
• Arm Reach Cm: ~2 m operating diameter
• Payload Kg: 15 kg
• Mobility: Autonomous wheeled platform
• Navigation: VSLAM + LiDAR SLAM
• Speed Ms: 1.2 m/s
• Obstacle Detection Range M: Real-time dynamic avoidance
• Runtime Hours: ~8 hours
• Battery Runtime Hours: 8 h
• Charging: ~4 h; auto-charging
• AI Model: Embodied AI with task planning + autonomy
• Control: Real-time decision making, multimodal interaction, whole-body coordination
• Sensors: RGBD cameras, LiDAR, panoramic cameras, pressure-sensitive skin
• Vision System: RGBD cameras, LiDAR, panoramic cameras
• Perception: 360° perception, force-controlled interaction
• Control Modes: Voice, gestures, screen interface
• Integration: Wi-Fi / networked fleet support
• Safety Certification: 360° perception, force-controlled interaction, collision avoidance, emergency stop
• Features: Autonomous delivery + manipulation, elevator/infrastructure interaction, object pickup + placement, multi-step service workflows, human interaction (voice + gestures)
• Tasks: Button pressing, grasping, carrying, elevator operation, multi-step service workflows

Tags

• Peer Group: Mobile manipulation robot
• Workflow: Warehouse material handling
• Capability: Mobile manipulation
• Deployment Environment: Warehouse environment
• Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
• Commercial Stage: Commercial product

Timeline / Research

• 2025-03-30 - Product Launch - Pudu Robotics Launches FlashBot Arm for Commercial Use - • Pudu Robotics unveiled FlashBot Arm, a semi-humanoid embodied AI service robot designed for commercial environments.

Comparable Systems

• Proxie Gen 2 - Collaborative Robotics - Mobile Manipulator
• Kinisi 01 - Kinisi - Mobile Manipulator
• TRON 2 - LimX Dynamics - Mobile Manipulator
• Kaleido Mobile Manipulator - Kawasaki Robotics - Mobile Manipulator