Dobot Releases the World’s First Robot with Dexterous Manipulation and Bipedal Walking Capabilities

On March 11, 2025, Dobot launched the world’s first industrial-grade humanoid robot, Dobot Atom, which integrates the dual core capabilities of "dexterous manipulation + bipedal walking". This marks a significant breakthrough for embodied intelligence technology, moving from laboratory settings to real-world industrial environments. Standing at 1.53 meters tall and weighing 62 kilograms, the full-sized biomimetic robot has achieved revolutionary advancements in energy consumption control, operational precision, and environmental adaptability by simulating key physiological features from human evolutionary history.

As a robot designed specifically for working environments, the Dobot Atom development team drew dual inspirations from human evolution: its humanoid Anthropomorphic Walking System (AWS), utilizing human-like biomechanics and reinforcement learning algorithms, reduces walking energy consumption by 42% compared to traditional knee-bend models and boosts endurance to three times that of similar products.

This gait design not only allows the robot to turn easily in confined spaces but also replicates the critical leap in human evolution that optimized energy use and enabled the division of labor between hands and feet. At the same time, its 7-degree-of-freedom collaborative robotic arm, mimicking the human arm structure in 1:1 scale, is equipped with a Neuro-Driven Dexterity System (NDS) based on Transformer architecture. With high-frequency jitter suppression technology at 200Hz, it achieves industrial-grade repeatability with a positioning precision of ±0.05mm, comparable to the stability required to thread a needle from a distance of 1 meter.

In real-world testing, Dobot Atom has shown astonishing task generalization capabilities. It can perform fine tasks requiring temperature sensing, like pouring milk or toasting bread during breakfast preparation, and handle different types of components in an automotive factory’s material preparation stage, or sort hundreds of types of medicines in a chain pharmacy overnight.

Equipped with a humanoid binocular vision system and the synergy of its 28-degree-of-freedom upper limbs, the robot can autonomously determine how to use tools. It has mastered the use of more than 20 tools, including an electric screwdriver and a coffee latte art tank, to complete over 100 complex tasks. This adaptive feature is particularly suited for industrial scenarios with variable equipment positions and complex product specifications, such as flexible assembly stations on automotive production lines or beverage workstations requiring simultaneous operation of multiple coffee machines.

Dobot has achieved full-link independent innovation in core technologies, with all key components, including servos and harmonic reducers, and motion control algorithms being self-developed. The 41 degrees of freedom configured throughout Dobot Atom’s body form an integrated, biomimetic design. Its energy efficiency during bipedal walking is 1.7 times that of laboratory products, while the force control precision at the end effectors of its dual arms reaches 0.1 N, allowing stable handling of various objects from single pages to delicate electronic components. This performance breakthrough enables the robot to replace humans in repetitive, complex work scenarios, such as equipment maintenance in electronics manufacturing that requires bending over, or shelf access tasks in logistics warehouses that involve frequent turns.

Currently, the product is undergoing scene verification in industries like automotive manufacturing, 3C electronics, and chain restaurants. In testing at a new energy vehicle factory in Guangdong, a collaborative system of three Dobot Atom robots successfully replaced six workers on a traditional assembly line, keeping the production cycle error within 0.3 seconds.

Dobot plans to begin pilot production in mid-2025, with the first batch of products being deployed in scenarios requiring round-the-clock shifts, such as pharmaceutical storage and high-end equipment manufacturing. Industry analysts point out that this robot, which deeply integrates human physiological advantages with AI decision-making capabilities, may redefine the human-robot collaboration model in industrial automation. Its modular design architecture also reserves evolutionary space for future expansion into verticals such as agricultural harvesting and medical assistance.