China South Industries Group · robot dog
Robot wolf
A military quadruped first shown at Airshow China 2024, offered with rifle and other weapon modules, used in PLA exercises and paraded in Beijing in September 2025.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- 70 kgHeavier than 88%
- Payload
- 20 kgCarries more than 59%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A pilot use machine from China South Industries Group.
Real-world use
Used in a PLA 76th Group Army exercise (reported July 2025); no verified combat use as of August 2026.
Maker
China South Industries GroupCompany · Beijing, ChinaHow it stacks up
Against other robot dogs that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Robot wolf is heavier than 88% of the 41 other robot dogs that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Robot wolf carries more than 59% of the 27 other robot dogs that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, speed, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
A hidden gem: a recent robot with full published specs that gets little attention so far.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 2 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
- 1 reported deployment
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.
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- How it runs
- Assisted. Reports describe soldiers commanding and steering it while it walks and balances itself; its weapons need a person to fire, so it is at most supervised for that.
- Other details
- Quadruped ground combat robots from China South Industries Group; reports say they draw on commercial robot dogs such as the Unitree Go2. Public reports show versions carrying rifles, launchers or surveillance kit.
From the maker
Robot wolf is the only machine from China South Industries Group in the atlas.
Watch Robot wolf
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
- Military use only
- Where it is sold or used
- China South Industries Group, China
- Customers and pilots
- People's Liberation Army (first shown publicly in a 76th Group Army exercise in July 2025; also in the 3 September 2025 Beijing parade)
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Pilot
People's Liberation Army · since 2025-07
China's state media reported robot wolves taking part in a PLA exercise in 2025; they also appeared in the September 2025 parade. People's Daily Online (Global Times)
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- "What Is That?"... China’s Parade Surprises with Debut of ‘Wolf Robot’
Quadrupedal robot wolves appeared among the unmanned ground systems at the September 3, 2025 military parade in Beijing.
The Asia Business Daily - Robot wolves join PLA drill
State media showed armed and surveillance robot wolves alongside two infantry companies in their first public PLA exercise.
Defense Mirror
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: 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. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useRobot wolfChina South Industries Group |  Vision 60Ghost Robotics (majority-owned by LIG Nex1 since 2024)Same job: reconnaissance · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2024-11 | 2021-05 |
| Status | Pilot use | Commercial |
| Height | — | 69 cm |
| Weight | 70 kg | 51 kg |
| Joints | — | 12 |
| Speed | — | 9 km/h |
| Payload | 20 kg | 10 kg |
| Battery | — | 3.1 h |
| Price | — | $100,000 |
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