Flashbot Arm semi-humanoid service robot unveiled

FlashBot Arm, a cutting-edge Semi-Humanoid Embodied AI Service Robot designed especially for commercial service situations, has been formally unveiled [March 31, 2025] by Pudu Robotics – a world leader in the service robotics industry.

The FlashBot Arm, created by Pudu X-Lab, enhances the capabilities of the company’s flagship FlashBot by fusing sophisticated humanoid manipulation with clever delivery capabilities driven by state-of-the-art embodied AI. This integration represents a major advancement for semi-humanoid robots in commercial applications by enabling the robot to autonomously carry out a variety of duties in complicated contexts, such as hotels, office buildings, restaurants, retail stores, and healthcare facilities.

FlashBot Arm: Semi-Humanoid Embodied AI Service Robot

The FlashBot Arm has real-time perception, decision-making, and execution capabilities that allow it to build a closed-loop autonomous task system in dynamic environments, in contrast to typical robots with restricted mobility. For instance, typical robots’ ability to operate elevators for cross-floor deliveries may be hampered in hotel settings due to refurbishment restrictions or a lack of IoT networks. With its robotic arms and agile end-effector capabilities, FlashBot Arm transforms this process and achieves fully autonomous workflows from item pickup to elevator operation and precise delivery. Its large language model-powered interaction system also raises the bar for service quality to previously unheard-of levels.

Key Features and Innovations:

• Superior Manipulation Abilities

With its two liftable, seven-degree-of-freedom robotic arms, the FlashBot Arm can reach up to two metres in operation. With Pudu’s self-developed 11-degree-of-freedom dexterous hands, or PUDU DH11, the robot can perform a variety of finger manipulations with precision and versatility, including pressing buttons, grabbing objects, and moving objects. Because of its adaptability, the robot may easily switch between different duties without requiring expensive changes to already-existing infrastructure.

• Streamlined Delivery Operations

The FlashBot Arm greatly increases delivery efficiency because to its wheeled chassis, which is made for remarkable mobility. It creates precise three-dimensional maps, navigates on its own, and avoids obstacles in real time by leveraging VSLAM and laser SLAM technology. Its enclosed delivery compartment guarantees the secure transportation of goods, resulting in a comprehensive solution that streamlines operations and increases employee productivity.

• Embodied AI Decision-Making

FlashBot Arm uses sophisticated large language models to have natural conversations with humans, allowing for task planning and decision-making that is comparable to that of a human. In order to ensure effective and cooperative execution, the robot may rapidly assess and break down tasks when given a request while coordinating with other robots in the surrounding area.

• Whole-Body Control for Superior Performance

The movements of FlashBot Arm’s chassis, robotic arms, and dexterous hand can all be coordinated at the same time thanks to Pudu’s vast experience in robotic systems integration. With real-time feedback and optimization made possible by this whole-body control, the robot’s accuracy and job execution efficiency are improved, increasing its adaptability and responsiveness in demanding circumstances.

• Safety-First Design Features

The FlashBot Arm can dynamically detect its environment thanks to its array of high-precision sensors, which include RGBD cameras, LiDAR, panoramic cameras, and pressure-sensitive skin. It achieves precise force control and stops instantly when it encounters impediments when combined with sophisticated algorithms for dynamic motion planning, guaranteeing safety in human-robot interactions.

• Natural Multimodal Interaction

FlashBot Arm prioritises the user experience by providing a variety of interaction options, which makes it more approachable and intuitive. AI-powered voice commands, gestures, and facial expressions allow users to interact with the robot in a natural way. Its user-friendly design further increases user engagement and lowers obstacles to embodied AI technology’s advantages for the general population.

Pudu Robotics has achieved a significant milestone with the launch of the FlashBot Arm, which speeds up the commercialisation of humanoid embodied AI service robots. FlashBot Arm claims to improve product functionality and exhibit exceptional versatility in a range of applications with its robotic arms and embodied intelligence capabilities.

As a pioneer in the service robotics industry worldwide, Pudu Robotics is committed to using cutting-edge robot technology to raise human productivity and standards of life. Pudu Robotics focuses on the research and development, production, and marketing of service robots.

It is is the owner of more than 1,000 recognised patents globally that cover a broad variety of fundamental technologies. Numerous industries, including eating, retail, hospitality, healthcare, entertainment, education, and manufacturing, have embraced the company’s robots. With a presence in more than 60 countries and regions globally, Pudu Robotics has successfully shipped over 90,000 units to a range of markets to date.