{"id":"leju-kuavo-my","manufacturer":"Leju Robotics","model":"Kuavo-my","country":"CN","description":"KUAVO (product page \"Kuavo-MY\") is a full-size general-purpose humanoid from Leju Robotics of Shenzhen, a company previously known for small educational robots. Leju offers it for guest services, manufacturing, research, education and home services. The text version of Leju's site does not include a full technical specification.","catalog_status":"in-development","specifications":{"height_cm":null,"weight_kg":null,"payload_kg":null,"dof":null,"speed_ms":null,"battery_h":null},"capabilities":["sort","obstacle"],"source":{"url":"https://www.lejurobot.com","verified_at":null,"verified_fields":[],"review_status":"requires_current_source_check"},"evidence":{"manufacturer_review":null,"mera_field_test":{"status":"not_published","report_url":null,"measured_at":null},"verification_note":"A manufacturer documentation check does not verify field performance, inventory or MERA compatibility."},"knowledge":{"summary":"KUAVO (product page \"Kuavo-MY\") is a full-size general-purpose humanoid from Leju Robotics of Shenzhen, a company previously known for small educational robots. Leju offers it for guest services, manufacturing, research, education and home services. The text version of Leju's site does not include a full technical specification.","sections":[{"h":"History and deployments","p":["According to Leju's news page, KUAVO featured in several 2024 projects with large partners. At the AWE fair in March 2024 Leju and Haier presented a humanoid for home services. In May 2024 Leju announced work with China Mobile on AI products and industrial applications, in June 2024 a strategic agreement with the Hengtong manufacturing centre on scaling up KUAVO use, and at Huawei's HDC 2024 KUAVO appeared running the Huawei Pangu embodied AI model.","In November 2024 Leju launched a KUAVO variant for guiding visitors in showrooms and exhibition halls."]},{"h":"Software and AI","p":["Leju emphasises imitation learning: digitising behaviour, collecting datasets quickly and building applications efficiently. It also offers a large-language-model Q&A system and a full-scale simulation platform.","The control software is open source: the kuavo-ros-opensource repository on GitHub covers building, simulation in MuJoCo, Gazebo and Isaac Sim, real-robot startup and control by joystick, VR or keyboard, and supports several hardware revisions (including 4 Pro, i.e. 4.2, and 4.5) plus a wheeled-base variant with arms."]},{"h":"Applications","p":["Leju lists customer service and showroom guiding, automation of non-standard factory processes, embodied AI research, home services and elder care, smart-city services, outdoor patrols and hazardous-industry work."]},{"h":"Manufacturer","p":["Leju (Shenzhen) Robotics has operated since 2016 and says it designs its own structure, core components and control systems. Besides KUAVO it sells small and mid-size bipedal humanoids such as Roban 2 and educational programming robots."]},{"h":"Price and availability","p":["Leju does not list a KUAVO price on its website."]}],"timeline":[["2016","Leju (Shenzhen) Robotics starts operating"],["2024-03","Home humanoid shown with Haier at AWE"],["2024-06","KUAVO with Huawei Pangu model at HDC 2024"],["2024-11","Showroom guide version of KUAVO launched"]],"faq":[["Who makes KUAVO?","Leju (Shenzhen) Robotics."],["Is KUAVO's software open source?","Yes, Leju publishes the kuavo-ros-opensource repository on GitHub with simulation and control code."],["What is KUAVO used for?","Leju lists customer service, manufacturing, research, education and home services."],["How much does KUAVO cost?","No price is published."]],"sources":[{"title":"KUAVO-MY product page","publisher":"Leju Robotics","url":"https://www.lejurobot.com/en/products/kuavo-my","date":"2026"},{"title":"Latest news","publisher":"Leju Robotics","url":"https://www.lejurobot.com/en/news/latest-news","date":"2026"},{"title":"kuavo-ros-opensource","publisher":"Leju Robotics (GitHub)","url":"https://github.com/LejuRobotics/kuavo-ros-opensource","date":"2026"}],"updated":"2026-10-10"},"mera":{"rental_with_operator":false,"sale_in_offer":false,"availability":"confirmation_required","shop_url":null},"url":"https://merarobotics.com/blog/humanoids/leju-kuavo-my","inquiry_url":"https://merarobotics.com/en/start?service=purchase&robot=leju-kuavo-my"}