PUDU D5 Series

The PUDU D5 Series is an industry-grade autonomous quadruped robot (plus a wheel-legged D5-W variant) developed by PUDU Robotics (Shenzhen, founded 2016), unveiled at iREX 2025 in Tokyo in December 2025. It is powered by an NVIDIA Orin + RK3588 dual-processor platform delivering up to 275 TOPS, equipped with dual 192-line spherical LiDARs and four fisheye cameras for centimeter-level positioning, and rated IP67 for all-weather operation. Vendor claims describe fully autonomous navigation, inspection, and delivery with no human intervention required; independent evidence corroborates the autonomous navigation architecture (SLAM, obstacle avoidance, path planning) but no third-party teardown or field deployment review has independently verified the 'no human intervention' claim in practice. The robot is priced at $80,000 USD on the official store (currently out of stock), with Japan sales planned from April 2026 at approximately $40,000–$47,000 USD.