Wandercraft · industrial humanoid
Calvin
Calvin-40
A walking industrial humanoid that Wandercraft built in about 40 days from parts of its self-balancing medical exoskeletons, with non-grasping hands and no human-like head. Renault says it can carry about 40 to 50 kg (50 kg used here as the maximum) and currently lifts two tyres at a time, about 30 kg.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- 50 kgCarries more than 95%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Wandercraft and Renault present it as the first humanoid robot developed by a European company to go into a carmaker's plants.
Real-world use
Being tested on tyre handling at Renault's Douai plant in 2026, with about ten units planned by end of 2026 and 350 in French and Spanish factories by end of 2027 (Renault, June 2026).
Timeline
- First shown
- 2025-06
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
WandercraftCompanyHow it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Calvin (Calvin-40) carries more than 95% of the 132 other humanoids that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
How much public attention Calvin (Calvin-40) 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.
- Hands
- simple
- Movement
- Walks on legs
From the maker
Calvin (Calvin-40) is the only humanoid from Wandercraft (with Renault Group) 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
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 | Calvin (Calvin-40)Wandercraft (with Renault Group) |  Figure 03Figure AISame job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots |  AtomDobot (Shenzhen Yuejiang Technology)Same job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useSuyuanShanghai ElectricSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2025-06 | 2025-10-09 | 2025-03-18 | 2025-07-26 |
| Status | Pilot use | Commercial | Commercial | Pilot use |
| Height | — | 173 cm | 153 cm | 167 cm |
| Weight | — | 61 kg | 62 kg | 50 kg |
| Joints | — | 60 | 28 | 38 |
| Speed | — | 4.3 km/h | 5.4 km/h | 5 km/h |
| Payload | 50 kg | 20 kg | — | 10 kg |
| Battery | — | 5 h | — | — |
| Price | — | — | $27,500 | — |
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