D7 by Pudu Robotics vs AgiBot A2 Lite

D7 and AgiBot A2 Lite are almost the same height but built in completely different ways. D7 is a 165 cm, 45 kg semi-humanoid on a wheeled base, with 30 degrees of freedom, or 50 with dexterous hands, all in its arms and upper body. AgiBot A2 Lite is a 169 cm, 63 kg biped with 23 degrees of freedom (five in each arm, six in each leg and one in the head) and soft prosthetic hands. D7 spends its joints on precise manipulation, while A2 Lite spends them on walking and expressive movement.

D7 rolls on a 360° omnidirectional chassis at up to 2 m/s and handles slopes of up to 10°. AgiBot A2 Lite walks at up to 0.8 m/s, or 0.6 m/s or less in daily use, and handles steps of up to 20 mm and slopes of up to 8%. D7 is more than twice as fast and copes with steeper ramps. A2 Lite's walking gait is part of its appeal as a performer, not a way of covering ground quickly.

Pudu has not published a sensor list for D7, though its autonomous navigation and lift riding depend on onboard perception. AgiBot lists perception as not supported on the A2 Lite, so it has no camera-based vision package. A2 Lite cannot find or recognise objects on its own. D7 is the only one of the two built to work autonomously around a building.

Pudu splits D7's intelligence into a planning layer that sets strategy and a control layer that reacts to sensors in real time, and says its skills improve with data. AgiBot A2 Lite has no perception or speech AI at all; it plays routines from an action library, and an optional VR teleoperation kit records new moves. D7 makes decisions as it works. A2 Lite replays choreographed movements.

D7's battery of more than 1 kWh gives over eight hours of continuous work. AgiBot A2 Lite's hot-swappable 14.4 Ah battery lasts about 1.5 hours of walking or 4 hours 35 minutes standing, and recharges in 2 hours. D7 can work a full day on one charge. A2 Lite relies on battery swaps to keep shows going.

Pudu designed D7 for service spaces and industrial sites, where it can ride lifts, carry items and sort goods. AgiBot markets the A2 Lite for entertainment, cultural and commercial shows, with routines such as handshakes, tai chi, Peking opera and optional dances. These robots answer different needs entirely. Choose D7 for all-day service, lift operation and sorting on flat floors, or A2 Lite for scripted performances and entertainment.

Each of D7's arms lifts 10 kg. Each A2 Lite arm is rated for 1.5 kg, and AgiBot says light-duty item handling is not supported. That is a difference of more than six times per arm. D7 is a working robot for moving goods, while A2 Lite's hands are for gestures and light props.

Pudu runs D7 on its own embodied-AI system, which pairs high-level planning with low-level control. AgiBot A2 Lite is deployed through AgiBot's AIMMASTER client, with optional group-control software that times several robots together and a skill-pack shop for new routines. AgiBot's software is designed for staging shows. Pudu's is designed for autonomous service work.