Shanghai Electric · industrial humanoid
Suyuan
Shanghai Electric's first self-developed industrial humanoid, 1.67 m and 50 kg with 38 degrees of freedom and lidar plus stereo vision, piloted at picking and moving mixed crates in warehouses. Payload is total cargo; a single arm lifts 2 kg. An updated bipedal Suyuan with 41 degrees of freedom and hot-swap batteries was shown at WAIC 2026.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 167 cmTaller than 54%
- Weight
- 50 kgHeavier than 34%
- Payload
- 10 kgCarries more than 41%
- Speed
- 5.0 km/hFaster than 48%
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A pilot use humanoid from Shanghai Electric.
Real-world use
No named pilot customers. Related deals: first-unit supply agreement with the National and Local Co-Built Humanoid Robotics Innovation Center (Qinglong project) and a cooperation memo with Fourier.
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Shanghai ElectricCompany · founded 2004 · Shanghai, ChinaPublic company (SSE: 601727; HKEX: 2727)
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Suyuan is taller than 54% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Suyuan is heavier than 34% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Suyuan is faster than 48% of the 122 other humanoids that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Suyuan carries more than 41% of the 132 other humanoids that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Suyuan has more joints than 65% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: battery, price.
What it has been shown doing
2 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 & sortpilot tests: identified, picked and relocated mixed-size crates · Jul 2025 · roboticsandautomationnews.com
- Runs on its owncrate handling described as autonomous · Jul 2025 · roboticsandautomationnews.com
Not shown yet:AssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineStairsTerrainGet upRunJumpCarryOn site
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
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 · 38 joints
- Actuators & motors
- 38 degrees of freedom (2025 model); 41 on the 2026 bipedal version. Motor type not published; Shanghai Electric's joint venture with Johnson Electric showed rotary, linear and finger joints, and the group makes a planetary roller screw, but neither is confirmed inside Suyuan.
- Hands
- Not described. Single arm lifts about 2 kg; total cargo up to 10 kg. The group also makes a DexHand dexterous hand, not confirmed for Suyuan.
- Sensors & vision
- LiDAR fused with binocular (stereo) vision for self-guided movement (2025). The 2026 version has multimodal vision sensors on the head and torso.
- Compute
- 275 TOPS on-device AI processor supporting LLM integration (2025 report); chip not named.
- Battery & power
- Not published for 2025 model; the 2026 bipedal version has a dual-battery hot-swap system.
- Materials & build
- Not published. 1.67 m, 50 kg.
- AI & software
- Computer vision and synchronised joint control for crate picking; LLM integration for task interpretation and adaptive handling (2025).
- Other details
- Walks about 5 km/h. Shanghai Electric reports 189 humanoid patent applications, 120 granted.
Named suppliers:Johnson Electric
Lineage
Every Shanghai Electric 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
- Pilot tests only; price not published.
- Where it is sold or used
- China (Shanghai Electric, Shanghai)
- Customers and pilots
- No named pilot customers. Related deals: first-unit supply agreement with the National and Local Co-Built Humanoid Robotics Innovation Center (Qinglong project) and a cooperation memo with Fourier.
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Bipedal Suyuan with 41 DoF shown at WAIC 2026
Shanghai Electric showed an updated bipedal Suyuan with hot-swap batteries next to its Tuoyuan and Mermaid wheeled humanoids.
Robotics & Automation News - Shanghai Electric debuts Suyuan at WAIC 2025
The group's first in-house industrial humanoid made its global debut and was shown sorting mixed crates in pilot tests.
Robotics & Automation News
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 useSuyuanShanghai Electric |  Figure 03Figure AISame jobs: logistics, industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  Codroid 02Estun Codroid (Nanjing Estun Codroid Technology)Same jobs: industrial, logistics · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  L7Robotera (Robot Era)Same jobs: logistics, industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2025-07-26 | 2025-10-09 | 2025-06-24 | 2025-07 |
| Status | Pilot use | Commercial | Pilot use | Commercial |
| Height | 167 cm | 173 cm | 170 cm | 171 cm |
| Weight | 50 kg | 61 kg | 70 kg | — |
| Joints | 38 | 60 | 31 | 55 |
| Speed | 5 km/h | 4.3 km/h | — | 14.4 km/h |
| Payload | 10 kg | 20 kg | 5 kg | 20 kg |
| Battery | — | 5 h | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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