China’s Deep Robotics has unveiled a humanoid robot called DR02, claiming it to be the world’s first “all-weather” humanoid. It carries an IP66 rating, meaning it is sealed against dust and can handle heavy rain, allowing it to operate in challenging external environments—something most humanoids avoid. DR02 stands about 175 cm tall (≈ 5 ft 9 in) and weighs around 65 kg, engineered to withstand temperatures from –20 °C up to 55 °C.
Beyond robustness, DR02 is built to be functional in real-world tasks. It walks at a normal speed of 1.5 m/s, can sprint up to 4 m/s when needed, climb slopes up to 20°, and carry loads of about 10 kg. Its modular parts allow for quick swaps of arms or legs to reduce downtime. On the computational side, it carries a 275 TOPS (trillion operations per second) processing unit and uses a suite of sensors—LiDAR, depth sensing, and wide-angle cameras—to perceive its environment, avoid obstacles, and plan movement in real time. The vision is for DR02 to be deployed across industrial inspection, security, and logistics roles, especially outdoors where traditional robots struggle.
