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FlashBot Arm

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About FlashBot Arm

FlashBot Arm combines an autonomous mobile delivery chassis with two arms and dexterous hands for interaction with objects and building infrastructure. RGB-D cameras, lidar, panoramic cameras and pressure-sensitive skin supply environmental and contact information. Force control and collision response support manipulation around customers and staff.

The robot can press elevator buttons, swipe access cards, open doors and handle delivered items as part of a multi-floor service workflow. It navigates, coordinates with other Pudu robots and returns to charge autonomously. Pudu X-Lab developed the platform for hotels, offices and commercial buildings requiring delivery plus physical interaction with existing environments.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Operating environments: Hotels and commercial-service buildings, Commercial-service buildings
  • Navigation and obstacle avoidance

    Claimed - 2025-03-31 - Visual and laser SLAM support navigation and obstacle avoidance, while a closed compartment carries delivered items.

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  • Navigation and obstacle avoidance

    Claimed - Navigate mapped routes and avoid obstacles during delivery. - environment: Hotels and commercial-service buildings

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  • Force-controlled manipulation

    Claimed - 2025-03-31 - RGB-D and panoramic cameras, LiDAR and pressure-sensitive skin support perception and force-controlled interaction.

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  • Doors and articulated objects

    Claimed - Press elevator buttons, swipe access cards and open doors with its dual hands. - environment: Commercial-service buildings

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  • Cargo delivery

    Claimed - Pick up and deliver items across floors in intended commercial-service workflows. - environment: Hotels and commercial-service buildings

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Observed use

Exact-product configurations are shown without inferring supply, purchase, customer status, standard fit, deployment or partnership.

  • DH11

    Reference Design - Mounted - Physical - FlashBot Arm is specified with PUDU DH11 dexterous hands for precise service and object-manipulation tasks.

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Resources

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Timeline

  • Pudu Robotics introduces FlashBot Arm for commercial services

    2025-03-31 - Product Launch - Two seven-axis arms and PUDU DH11 hands provide an operating reach of up to two metres. Visual and laser SLAM support navigation and obstacle avoidance, while a closed compartment carries delivered items. RGB-D and panoramic cameras, LiDAR and pressure-sensitive skin support perception and force-controlled interaction.

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Context

Market context

FlashBot Arm adds manipulation to Pudu Robotics delivery robot platform, enabling physical interaction alongside point-to-point transport in hospitality.

  • Target environment: Hotels, offices, restaurants and indoor commercial environments.
  • Workflow context: Item delivery combined with light manipulation, object pickup and placement in hospitality and service workflows.
  • Customer context: Hospitality operators and commercial venues seeking delivery robots with basic manipulation capability.
  • Deployment model: Commercial product extending Pudu proven delivery robot platform.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercially available mobile manipulator from a leading delivery robot manufacturer.
  • Adoption constraints: Adds manipulation to a delivery platform but still limited compared to purpose-built manipulators.
  • Market position: Bridges the gap between delivery robots and full mobile manipulators by adding manipulation to a proven delivery base.
  • Adjacent products: PUDU T150, delivery robots, mobile manipulators

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