REASSESSED 2026.09.14

Leju Robot

Leju Kuavo 5

Name: Leju Kuavo 5
Brand: Leju Robot

One humanoid, two lower bodies: Kuavo 5 swaps legs for a wheeled base and hands for grippers, but Leju has published no price and no task results.

PriceNot listedNot tracked yet

Autonomy Ladder

Why Level II.

One five-rung scale, every category, from acting only on command to working unsupervised anywhere.

VGeneralized AutonomyAny task, any setting. No consumer robot has reached it.
IVEnvironmental AutonomyHandles new obstacles and re-plans in real time; rare in consumer products.
IIIConditional AutonomyFinishes whole jobs in familiar spaces; struggles at the edges.
To reach Level IIIMost sessions finish without intervention. Rescue is occasional, not routine.
IIAssisted AutonomyThis robot

Leju Kuavo 5 runs preset routines on its own, and the owner is its recovery system.
What it does on its own
- Comes as a bipedal Kuavo 5 or a wheeled Kuavo 5-W (Mike Kalil, Nov 2025).
- Arms take interchangeable five-fingered hands, grippers or claws (Mike Kalil).
- Payload cited at 20 kg overall and 10 kg for the two arms (Mike Kalil).
- Battery cited at more than 8 hours per charge (Mike Kalil).
- Demonstrated in vehicle assembly and quality-control work at Nio's EV factory (Mike Kalil).
Why this level
- Leju pairs Kuavo 5 with Huawei's Pangu model and shows it at Nio's factory, yet no source reviewed documents end-to-end task completion without human direction, and no control method is published for its demonstrations: Level II.
What holds it at Level II
- No price has been published (Mike Kalil).
- No delivery, customer contract or availability date is documented.
- No published task success rates or autonomy results.
- humanoid.guide lists it as a prototype not yet for sale.
- Leju's product page gives application areas but no specifications.
3 sources reviewed
IManual AutomationOne action on command; no independent operation.

How we assign a level →

Human Readiness

Pre-release.

One question: what does buying this robot today walk you into? The state is computed from the record, and recomputed daily.

Pre-releaseThis robot

Leju Kuavo 5 has not shipped to consumers, and a readiness rating is a claim about buying today.

Until consumer shipping starts, the Pre-Release Assessment carries the evaluation; the readiness clock starts at general availability.

On the record

3 sources reviewed
Pre-Release Assessment: 57/100 · Plausible

The scale, for reference

Ready NowAssessed, with a clean record on file. A successor may be shipping; the page says so when it is.
New to MarketOn sale under 90 days; the ownership record is still forming.
WaitA successor is announced and has not shipped; re-read the decision when it arrives.
Known IssuesDocumented problems stand on the record; read the case before buying.

How we assess readiness →

Pre-Release Assessment

How this projection was reached

57of 100

PlausibleAt or above 26% of the 85 robots we assess before release

SpeculativeConceptPlausiblePromisingReady

The hatched tail is unreachable by construction. A projection does not publish as a full mark, because the evidence that settles it does not exist yet: whether the thing ships and works in ordinary use. Those 10 points are what shipping has to earn.

The reading

Provisional classification. Launched in November 2025 as a modular humanoid with biped and wheeled versions, Kuavo 5 has a factory demonstration at Nio but no published price, delivery date or task results.

Still open

What Kuavo 5 costs and how it is sold
When the first units will be delivered, and to whom
What success rates it reached in the Nio factory demonstrations
Whether its demonstrations run autonomously or under teleoperation
Published height, weight and degrees of freedom for each variant
How long a hand or leg swap takes in practice

Three signals the number rests onweighted, then capped57What can be judged before anyone owns one.

Track Record35% of the assessment60

What this asks

Has this maker shipped what it demoed before, on schedule, with the promised capability?

What it rests on

Leju, spun out of Harbin Institute of Technology in 2016, has built earlier humanoid generations and the AELO education robot, and raised about $200 million pre-IPO (Mike Kalil); no delivered Kuavo 5 unit is documented.

Engineering35% of the assessment65

What this asks

Are the demonstrated capabilities achievable in shipping form, or do they need breakthroughs not in evidence?

What it rests on

A full-size humanoid is a familiar form; the new element is a modular body with swappable legs, wheeled base and end effectors (Mike Kalil).

Demo Match30% of the assessment45

What this asks

What has been shown to work, against what is claimed in marketing.

What it rests on

Demonstrated at Nio's EV factory on assembly and quality-control work (Mike Kalil), but no task results or success rates are published.

Published beside the numbernever averaged inWhat the maker has disclosed, not what has been judged.

Readinessnot in the number25

What this asks

Ship-date specificity, pricing transparency, distribution and regulatory status. Published beside the number; never averaged in.

Disclosurenot in the number35

What this asks

How much of the product is disclosed. Higher means fewer fundamental unknowns remain. Published beside the number; never averaged in.

middle half of the pre-release setits medianthis robot

Not a Robovations Scorethe two never convert into each other

This is a projection from pre-shipping signals, not a measurement. When the robot ships, the assessment is archived, a first Robovations Score is computed from the field record, and the change is logged on the tracker rather than appearing as a new number.

Read the pre-release method →

FIT CHECK

Will the Leju Kuavo 5 fit your scenario?

Describe your scenario using the controls. Each choice reads the spec sheet for you, flagging where the Leju Kuavo 5 is built for your space and where it isn’t.

Where it operates

Primary tasks

Supervision needs

Timeline

A classification of fit for the conditions you set, not a recommendation. Verdicts describe engineering design intent, not test results.

SPECIFICATION

The full spec sheet.

Manufacturer-published figures, measured against every humanoid robot we track.

Dimensions not publishedDimensional drawing

Key specificationsManufacturer-published

Where it lands · ranked across 59 humanoid robotsThis robotMedianTypical range

Runtime480min

60 min720 min

Above median

Position shows where the figure sits across the tracked category, not a quality judgment.

Official referencesProduct page

RECORD

How the assessment has moved.

Every announcement, release and reassessment behind the current classification.

Coming soon

Just launched

Active updates

Settled

Discontinued

Sep 2026 · AssessmentPre-Release Assessment revised 49 → 57
Aug 2026 · AssessmentPre-Release Assessment recorded at 49 of 100

Common questions

What people actually ask.

5 answered

OperationWhat is the difference between Kuavo 5 and Kuavo 5-W?

Kuavo 5 walks on two legs; Kuavo 5-W uses a wheeled lower body, per Leju’s November 2025 launch coverage.

OwnershipHow much does the Leju Kuavo 5 cost?

Leju has not published a price. humanoid.guide lists an estimate, but no Leju quote or sale channel exists.

OperationHow much can Kuavo 5 carry?

Launch coverage cites 20 kg for the overall system and 10 kg for the two arms.

OperationCan Kuavo 5 work a full shift on one charge?

Leju’s launch materials, as reported by Mike Kalil, cite a battery that runs for more than 8 hours per charge.

OperationWhere has Kuavo 5 been demonstrated?

At Nio’s EV factory, on vehicle assembly and quality-control tasks. No results from that work have been published.

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Leju Kuavo 5

Will the Leju Kuavo 5 fit your scenario?

The full spec sheet.

How the assessment has moved.

What people actually ask.

Other humanoid robots we have classified.

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Reference the Leju Kuavo 5 classification.

Three ways to keep going.

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