DroidUp (Shanghai Zhuoyide Robot Co.) · research humanoid
Walker 2
Xingzhe 2
A light, tendon-driven biped from Shanghai that weighs just 32 kg at 170 cm tall and is built for endurance; Its spec sheet gives a 9 km/h top pace, although the overview text says 3 m/s
- Price
- —sold through JD.com from mid-2025; price on enquiry
- Height
- 170 cmTaller than 59%
- Weight
- 32 kgHeavier than 17%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- 9.0 km/hFaster than 88%
- Battery
- 6 hRuns longer than 68%
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Why it matters
Finished the world's first humanoid half marathon in Beijing in April 2025, taking third place.
Real-world use
Put on sale on JD.com in mid-2025 and shown at trade fairs and schools during 2025.
Timeline
- Released
- 2025-06-30
Maker
DroidUp (Shanghai Zhuoyide Robot Co.)Company · founded 2023 · Shanghai, ChinaNearly 100 million yuan Pre-A+ round (February 2026) led by Pudong Leading Area Investment Center and Zhangjiang Science and Technology VC.
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Walker 2 (Xingzhe 2) is taller than 59% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Walker 2 (Xingzhe 2) is heavier than 17% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Walker 2 (Xingzhe 2) is faster than 88% of the 122 other humanoids that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Walker 2 (Xingzhe 2) has more joints than 45% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Walker 2 (Xingzhe 2) runs longer than 68% of the 119 other humanoids that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: payload, price.
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for Walker 2 (Xingzhe 2) and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
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
- 3 news stories 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.
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 30 joints
- Actuators & motors
- Bionic tendon drive with distributed motors and dynamically adjustable joint stiffness; 30 DoF. Maker claims about 25% lower energy use than rivals.
- Hands
- Arms carry 5 kg each (40 kg total payload quoted).
- Sensors & vision
- Six groups of vision sensors (depth, infrared and colour) and an 8-microphone array.
- Compute
- 6 TOPS of edge compute on board plus 200 TOPS in the cloud (chip not named).
- Battery & power
- Up to 6 hours of dynamic running time (capacity not published).
- AI & software
- Motion control combining model-predictive control and reinforcement learning; autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance; a voice library of over a million entries.
- Other details
- 170 cm and 32 kg; climbs 30-degree slopes and 15 cm steps; spec sheet gives 9 km/h top speed while the overview cites 3 m/s.
Lineage
Every DroidUp (Shanghai Zhuoyide Robotics) humanoid in order.
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not publishedsold through JD.com from mid-2025; price on enquiry
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Sold through a JD.com store from mid-2025; price on enquiry
- Where it is sold or used
- Shanghai, China (Zhangjiang Robot Valley)
News
The latest 3, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- DroidUp closes Pre-A+ round of nearly RMB 100 million
DroidUp said industrial investors joined a Pre-A+ round of close to RMB 100 million to commercialise its tendon-driven robots.
DroidUp - Walker 3 launched at WAIC 2025
DroidUp unveiled the next-generation Walker 3 and announced partnerships with Huawei Ascend and ZTE at WAIC 2025 in Shanghai.
DroidUp - Walker 2 goes on sale on JD.com
DroidUp listed Walker 2 on JD.com and reported its third-place finish and endurance in the April 2025 Beijing humanoid half marathon.
DroidUp
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 | Walker 2 (Xingzhe 2)DroidUp (Shanghai Zhuoyide Robotics) |  CASBOT 02CASBOT (Beijing Zhongke Huiling Robot Technology)Same jobs: retail, entertainment · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  LimX LunaLimX DynamicsSame jobs: entertainment, retail · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  Navigator 2 (NAVIAI 2)Zhejiang Humanoid Robot Innovation CenterSame job: retail · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2024-07 | 2025-06-16 | 2026-05-26 | 2024-08 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Pilot use |
| Height | 170 cm | 163 cm | 160 cm | 165 cm |
| Weight | 32 kg | 50 kg | — | 60 kg |
| Joints | 30 | 37 | 27 | — |
| Speed | 9 km/h | 3.6 km/h | — | 5.4 km/h |
| Payload | — | 1.5 kg | — | — |
| Battery | 6 h | 1.5 h | 4 h | — |
| Price | — | $45,800 | $43,000 | — |
Sources
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