Leju Kuavo
Kuavo is the humanoid line of Leju Robotics, a Shenzhen company in the Huawei ecosystem. Kuavo 4.0 was released with open-source components in December 2024.
Leju Robotics press imageWe have not sat down with this one. The score below is computed from the data we hold, and the facts on this page are sourced. Treat the score as a starting point, not a recommendation.
How the score is built
Capability is what the machine physically does. Value compares it with others at a similar price, not with the whole market. Buyability asks whether you can really order one. Ecosystem is the software and community around it. Proof is what it has done in the field, which is where most humanoids score badly and should.
What people buy instead.
- Status
- Commercial
- Category
- general purpose
- First revealed
- December 2023
- Form
- bipedal
- Height
- n/a
- Weight
- n/a
- Payload
- n/a
- Degrees of freedom
- n/a
- Battery
- n/a
- Runtime
- n/a
- Walking speed
- n/a
- Actuation
- electric
- Units deployed (est.)
- not disclosed
- Teleoperation
- partial
Where it stands
Kuavo 4.0 (December 2024) and 4 Pro (2025) sold to research, education and industrial pilot customers; partly open source.
What stands out
- Huawei ecosystem partner
- Finished the 2025 Beijing humanoid half marathon
Autonomy, observed
Finished the Beijing humanoid half marathon in April 2025; factory logistics pilots in Shenzhen.
Hands, sensors, brain
- Hands: dexterous hands
- AI stack: Huawei Pangu models via OpenHarmony
Price and volume
No verified public price.
Open source
Kuavo open-source edition released 2024; full product is proprietary.
Index position
In the Humanoid Index, which ranks on shipped reality rather than value for money, Leju Kuavo sits at #22 of 107 with 46 points: deployment 14/50, autonomy 18/30, availability 14/20. See that method.
Where Leju Kuavo works.
| Customer | Site | Sector | Task | Since | Status | Units | Autonomy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAIC Group | BAIC plant (location not disclosed), China | automotive | Factory training for handling and inspection tasks | 2025 | unclear | n/d | mixed |
How a humanoid robot works: actuators, compute, sensors and the model
Of 182 humanoids on record, 178 say what moves the joints and 43 say what computer is inside. The further a layer sits from the metal, the less the maker tells you about it.
Humanoid races, games and fights: what the competitions proved
Our record holds 11 competition events from 1997 to 2025 and 17 machines tied to them. Six can be ordered, three at a public price, and 13 of the 17 carry a teleoperation flag of yes or partial.
Open-source humanoids: what you can actually build
24 of the 182 humanoids on record call themselves open source. 15 publish hardware files and software, 3 name a licence, 12 can be ordered, and none of the four on preorder has any autonomy evidence yet.
Why hands are the hardest part of a humanoid
Of 182 humanoids on record, 96 describe their hands and 13 publish a degrees-of-freedom figure for them. The word dexterous appears 21 times and comes with a number once.
Sources
- 01Leju Robotics official siteLeju Robotics
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