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DIDEN 30
Photo: Diden Robotics (official image), from didenrobotics.com. Image policy
Pilot useSouth Korea

Diden Robotics · robot dog

DIDEN 30

A four-legged robot from a 2024 KAIST spin-off whose foot-shaped magnetic feet let it grip and climb steel walls and ceilings inside ships under construction, steering with 3D sensing and reinforcement-learned control. Reported size is about 96 x 46 x 49 cm and 45 kg; welding and painting upgrades were planned for 2026.

Price
—Not published
Height
—Not published
Weight
45 kgHeavier than 66%
Payload
—Not published
Speed
—Not published
Battery
—Not published
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Why it matters

A quadruped with switchable magnetic feet that walks on vertical steel walls and over ship-hull stiffeners.

Real-world use

Tested inside ship blocks with Samsung Heavy Industries, HD Hyundai Samho, Hanwha Ocean and HD Korea Shipbuilding (KAIST, Sept 2025).

Timeline

First shown
2025-09-30
Released
Not yet
KAIST announcement ahead of Humanoids 2025

Maker

Diden RoboticsCompany

How it stacks up

Against other robot dogs that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

  1. DIDEN 30Diden Robotics · 202545 kg
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  5. LYNX M20DEEP Robotics · 202533 kg
  6. D1 (Pro, Edu, Ultra, Max)AgiBot (Zhiyuan Robotics) · 202416 kg
  7. Gangbeng L1Genisom AI (ZSIBOT, 智身科技) · 202515 kg
  8. FX AegisFF EAI-Robotics (Faraday Future) · 202615 kg

DIDEN 30 is heavier than 66% of the 41 other robot dogs that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.

Weight 45 kg 0.3 kg130 kg #15 of 42 · heavier than 66%

Not published by the maker: height, speed, payload, joints, battery, price.

Public attention

How much public attention DIDEN 30 gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • No recent press stories listed yet

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

No component details published yet.

Movement
Walks on legs

From the maker

DIDEN 30 is the only machine from Diden Robotics in the atlas.

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found

Sources

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