FlashBot Arm Context

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.

Deployment environment

Hotels, offices, restaurants and indoor commercial environments.

Specifications

  • Total degrees of freedom: 14
  • Height: 144 cm
  • Dimensions Mm: 539 × 515 × 1440 mm
  • Weight: ~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: 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: ~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
  • robotics 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

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