Robotera (Robot Era) · retail humanoid
Q5
A slim wheeled humanoid with 44 degrees of freedom, aimed at service work such as greeting visitors. At CES 2026 it handed out gifts and squatted down to pick things up.
- 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
A prototype humanoid from Robotera (Robot Era).
Real-world use
Aimed at healthcare, retail, tourism, education and research; Robotera reports over 600 robots delivered company-wide (not Q5-specific)
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Robotera (Robot Era)Company · founded 2023 · Beijing, ChinaSeries A about 500 million yuan (July 2025, CDH and Haier Capital); Series A+ nearly 1 billion yuan (Nov 2025, Geely Capital); 1 billion yuan…
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Q5 has more joints than 81% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, payload, battery, price.
What it has been shown doing
1 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.
- Pick & sortat CES 2026 handed out gifts and squatted to pick up objects (maker press release) · Jan 2026 · technode.global
Not shown yet:AssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineStairsTerrainGet upRunJumpCarryOn siteAutonomous
Public attention
How much public attention Q5 gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 2 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
- Wheeled base · 44 joints
- Actuators & motors
- Backdrivable, force-controlled joints; 7-DoF arms with 1380 mm reach, able to reach the floor and over 2 m high.
- Hands
- Robotera XHAND Lite dexterous hands with 11 DoF; 10 kg payload per arm (Interesting Engineering).
- Sensors & vision
- Fused LiDAR and stereo vision for autonomous navigation.
- Materials & build
- 1650 mm tall, 70 kg; footprint 582 x 519 mm; wheeled base; 44 DoF in total.
- AI & software
- Full-body teleoperation through gloves and VR; AI dialogue.
Lineage
Every Robotera (Robot Era) humanoid in order.
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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
- Where it is sold or used
- Beijing, China
- Customers and pilots
- Aimed at healthcare, retail, tourism, education and research; Robotera reports over 600 robots delivered company-wide (not Q5-specific)
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Q5 hands out gifts at CES 2026
Robotera's CES lineup included the 44-DoF wheeled Q5 alongside the L7 biped and XHAND1.
TNGlobal (PR Newswire) - Robotera unveils slim-waisted Q5
Interesting Engineering reports the 1650 mm, 70 kg Q5 with 11-DoF hands and VR teleoperation.
Interesting Engineering
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 | Q5Robotera (Robot Era) |  HMND 01 (wheeled Alpha)Humanoid (SKL Robotics Ltd)Same job: retail · Both on wheels · Both in development |  NAMI (NAMY)NeuromekaSame job: retail · Both on wheels · Both in development |  FlashBot ArmPudu RoboticsSame job: retail · Both on wheels · Both in development |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2025-06-30 | 2025-02-12 | 2025-09-30 | 2025-03-31 |
| Status | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype |
| Height | — | 175 cm | 177 cm | 144 cm |
| Weight | — | 70 kg | — | — |
| Joints | 44 | — | 21 | — |
| Speed | — | 5.4 km/h | 3.6 km/h | — |
| Payload | — | 15 kg | 5 kg | 15 kg |
| Battery | — | 4 h | 8 h | 8 h |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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