Zhejiang Humanoid Robot Innovation Center · general-purpose humanoid
Navigator 2
NAVIAI 2
A 1.65 m, 60 kg biped from the Ningbo innovation centre backed by the city government and a Zhejiang University team, with 7-DoF arms and dexterous hands. It walks on concrete and asphalt at up to 1.5 m/s and was later joined by the NAVIAI i3.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 165 cmTaller than 49%
- Weight
- 60 kgHeavier than 47%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- 5.4 km/hFaster than 53%
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A pilot use humanoid from Zhejiang Humanoid Robot Innovation Center.
Real-world use
By 2025 it was working in smart-retail and factory pilots (sorting goods, applying coatings), and in January 2026 it staffed a robot-run retail store in Ningbo.
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Zhejiang Humanoid Robot Innovation CenterGovernment lab · Ningbo, Zhejiang, ChinaSupcon and Ningbo Yunyi invested nearly RMB 15 million in January 2024 and planned over RMB 350 million more in August 2024; valuation above RMB…
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Navigator 2 (NAVIAI 2) is taller than 49% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Navigator 2 (NAVIAI 2) is heavier than 47% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Navigator 2 (NAVIAI 2) is faster than 53% of the 122 other humanoids that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: payload, joints, 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 & sortruns a retail capsule store in Ningbo: finds ordered items on shelves and delivers them to the pickup area · Jan 2026 · ningbo.chinadaily.com.cn
- Works on siteserving real shoppers in a Ningbo retail store (described as a first exploration) · Jan 2026 · ningbo.chinadaily.com.cn
Not shown yet:AssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineStairsTerrainGet upRunJumpCarryAutonomous
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
- Actuators & motors
- Joint speed up to 150 degrees per second; 0.1 mm repeat positioning accuracy (center figures).
- Hands
- 6-DoF dexterous hands with 10 N fingertip force, able to drive screws and carry objects; 5 kg payload per arm.
- Compute
- GPU-based on-board AI compute of 275 TOPS.
- AI & software
- Whole-body stable walking, whole-body imitation learning (human motion mapped to the robot via simulation), embodied navigation and high-precision control; later NAVIAI models share the center's SPIRE world-model and embodied-model stack.
- Other details
- 1.65 m and 60 kg; walks on concrete and asphalt at up to 1.5 m/s. Released in August 2024, about five months after Navigator 1 (1.5 m, 50 kg).
Lineage
Every Zhejiang Humanoid Robot Innovation Center humanoid in order.
Watch Navigator 2 (NAVIAI 2)
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
- Built
- Small-batch production at the center's Haishu factory in Ningbo; mass production of hundreds of units was slated to start by April 2025 (China Daily)
- Where it is sold or used
- Haishu district, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
- Customers and pilots
- Pilots with Ningbo firms in appliance-part assembly and sorting, home kitchens and showroom guidance; no named buyers
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- NAVIAI 2 walks the streets of Ningbo
China Daily reported the biped walking near Ningbo Railway Station and a new Haishu factory preparing to make hundreds of units.
China Daily - Zhejiang innovation center details Navigator 2
Chao News gave Navigator 2's 275 TOPS compute and 6-DoF hands and said Supcon planned to invest over RMB 350 million in the center.
Phoenix News (Chao 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 | Navigator 2 (NAVIAI 2)Zhejiang Humanoid Robot Innovation Center |  AtomDobot (Shenzhen Yuejiang Technology)Same jobs: industrial, retail · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  Phoenix (6th generation)Sanctuary AISame jobs: retail, industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  Jingchu-1Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Ding Han team) / Hubei Jingchu Humanoid Robot Co.Same jobs: industrial, retail · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2024-08 | 2025-03-18 | 2023-05-16 | 2025-02-05 |
| Status | Pilot use | Commercial | Pilot use | Commercial |
| Height | 165 cm | 153 cm | 170 cm | 170 cm |
| Weight | 60 kg | 62 kg | 70 kg | 65 kg |
| Joints | — | 28 | — | — |
| Speed | 5.4 km/h | 5.4 km/h | 4.8 km/h | — |
| Payload | — | — | 25 kg | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | $27,500 | — | — |
Sources
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