Beijing Institute of Technology · research humanoid
BHR-5
The fifth of BIT's 'BHR' humanoid series, built as a testbed for fast reactive motion such as table tennis; later BHR-6 prototypes were used for fall-protection research.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
BIT says two BHR-5 robots rallied a table-tennis ball more than 200 times, a showcase of fast visual tracking and dynamic balance.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2013-07
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Beijing Institute of TechnologyUniversity lab · founded 1940 · Beijing, ChinaPublic university (Chinese government)
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for BHR-5 and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
Public attention
How much public attention BHR-5 gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Hands
- simple
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- Compute
- Open control architecture built on a CAN bus with concurrent multichannel communication for real-time control and expandability.
- Materials & build
- Mechanical design focused on structural stiffness and reliability for fast responsive motion.
- AI & software
- Walking and table-tennis control; built to study fast reactions to unforeseen events.
- Other details
- Successor BHR6P was used for fall-damage research pairing fall-motion planning with cushioning material at impact points.
Lineage
Every Beijing Institute of Technology humanoid in order.
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Never sold
- Where it is sold or used
- China
News
The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- BHR-5 design paper published
BIT researchers described BHR-5's mechanics and CAN-bus control in Advances in Mechanical Engineering.
Beijing Institute of Technology research portal
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useBHR-5Beijing Institute of Technology |  TOROGerman Aerospace Center (DLR)Same job: research · Both walk · Both research platforms |  NimbRo-OPUniversity of Bonn (Autonomous Intelligent Systems group)Same job: research · Both walk · Both research platforms |  KenshiroUniversity of Tokyo JSK Lab (Masayuki Inaba, Kei Okada)Same job: research · Both walk · Both research platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2013-07 | 2013-03-25 | 2012-10 | 2012-11 |
| Status | Research | Research | Research | Research |
| Height | — | 174 cm | 95 cm | 158 cm |
| Weight | — | 76 kg | 6.6 kg | 50 kg |
| Joints | — | 39 | 20 | 64 |
| Speed | — | 1.8 km/h | — | — |
| Payload | — | 10 kg | — | — |
| Battery | — | 1 h | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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