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PNDbotics Adam vs AgiBot A2: what does each actually do?

Both are full-size humanoids sold to businesses and labs. This page sets what each maker says the robot is for beside what its most-covered public run actually showed.

At a festival beside a long riverside path, PNDbotics Adam plays a gold keytar on stage next to a crew desk with a laptop and a red stop button, while the AgiBot A2 walks toward us down a long path marked out with cones.

This page checks

  1. Stated jobWhat each maker's own page says it is for
  2. The public runWhether the famous demo ran on its own
  3. Size and powerHeight, weight, runtime, joints
  4. PriceWhether a list price is published
PNDbotics Adam

PNDbotics

Adam

IIAssisted60Plausible
No US list price
Where to buy

Adam is a family of models; no maker price or store found

Demonstrates stair climbing and archery at WAIC 2026

AgiBot A2

AgiBot

A2

IIAssisted55Plausible
$100,000list
Where to buy

Maker page lists a sales email only; no price or store

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Full specifications12 figures on record · 4 differ
Figure
Adam
A2
List price
AdamNot on record
A2$100,000
Released
AdamNot on record
A2Aug 2024
Degrees of freedom
Adam25 joints
A240 joints
Payload
AdamNot on record
A233.1 lb
Weight
Adam132 lb
A2152.1 lb
Runtime
AdamNot on record
A2120 min
Charge time
AdamNot on record
A2120 min
Battery capacity
AdamNot on record
A2700 Wh
Navigation
AdamBipedal locomotion via 25 quasi-direct-drive force-controlled actuators; no independent source describes autonomous mapping, route planning, or self-docking. The platform's most independently scrutinized public demonstration was confirmed pre-programmed and human-monitored.
A2Onboard camera array with vision-based object detection and localization; IMU for balance and motion control
Connectivity
AdamNot on record
A2Wi-Fi
Size
Adam65.7 in tall
A222 × 14.2 × 66.5 in
The same on both
Battery type
AdamLi-ion
A2Li-ion

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What each one does

Stated job against the evidence

Adam's most-covered demo, a keytar set at a music festival, was pre-programmed and watched live by its makers. The A2's 66 mi walk was confirmed by a records body, with swapped batteries and autonomous navigation to set points. Neither maker prints a price.

PNDboticsAdam
AgiBotA2
1Job the maker statesFrom each maker's own pages
Adam

Research and testing

Wiki lists scientific research, industrial automation testing, medical assistance and service robotics. It does not name one task.

PNDbotics wiki
A2

Reception and guiding

Page lists marketing and customer service, exhibitions, supermarket guidance, front desk reception and business inquiries.

AgiBot product page
2Most-covered public runWhat it was and how it was controlled
AdamScripted, watched live

Keytar set

Played at a music festival. Hands-on coverage calls it pre-programmed and monitored live by a support team.

Hands-on report
A2Navigated on its own

66mi walked

66 mi (106 km) in three days, confirmed by a records body. Hot-swapped batteries; it moved on its own to set points.

News report, Nov 2025
3Degrees of freedomJoints it can drive
Adam

25–43by model

Lite 25, Standard 29, SP 41, Pro 43. Which model any demo used is often unstated.

PNDbotics wiki
A2

40DoF

Page prints "40 + Active DoF".

AgiBot product page
4HeightStanding
Adam

65.7in

Wiki lists 1.67 m (65.7 in) for all Adam models.

PNDbotics wiki
A2

66.5in

Page lists 66.5 in (169 cm).

AgiBot product page
5WeightThe robot with battery
Adam

132–139lb

Wiki lists 132 lb (60 kg, Lite) to 139 lb (63 kg, Pro).

PNDbotics wiki
A2

152lb

Page lists 152 lb (69 kg).

AgiBot product page
6RuntimeOn one battery
Adam

Not found

Wiki lists a 1,172 Wh battery but no runtime.

Searched maker site and wiki
A2

2hours

Page lists a 700 Wh battery and says it supports battery swapping.

AgiBot product page
7List pricePublished by the maker
Adam

Not found

No price on the maker pages opened. Resellers list several tiers; none was checked against the maker.

Searched maker site and wiki
A2

Not found

Page gives a sales email and no price.

Searched maker product page

Same on both: two-legged, full-size humanoids that the makers sell to businesses and labs, with no household task named on either maker’s page.

At the festival's welcome booth the AgiBot A2 stands beside the counter and points a visitor to the gold you-are-here pin on the site map.

Everything else

Where they land among 69 humanoid robots

Only the measures on which these two differ. The bar is the whole category; the block is the typical middle half; the tick is the median.

HeightStanding, with head
Adam

65.7 in
A2

66.5 in

34.7typical 65–68.9 · median 66.986.6
WeightWith battery
Adam

132 lb
A2

152.1 lb

26.5typical 104–165 · median 143661.4

Sources

Where every figure comes from

  • PNDbotics Adam · wiki.pndbotics.com humanoid robot and operations pages; New Atlas hands-on report on the keytar performance
  • AgiBot A2 · agibot.com A2 product page; heise online report on the 106 km walk, Nov 2025

Specifications were read from each maker's own pages on 2 Oct 2026. The two public runs come from news and hands-on reports, because the makers' pages do not describe how they were controlled.

Questions

What readers ask

Was the Adam keytar performance autonomous?

No. Hands-on coverage describes the set as pre-programmed and monitored live by a support team at the festival. No source opened shows how the separate archery demo was controlled.

How far has the AgiBot A2 walked?

66 mi (106 km) in three days, from Suzhou to Shanghai, confirmed by a records body. Batteries were hot-swapped during the walk, and the robot navigated to set points on its own.

Can either robot be bought as a consumer product?

Neither maker page opened shows a consumer store or a price. The AgiBot page gives a sales email. PNDbotics sells several Adam models, so a quote depends on which one.

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What readers ask about this comparison.

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