PUDU D7 Named Honoree in IFA Innovation Awards for Best in IFA Next & Emerging Technologies

The recognition highlights PUDU D7's ability to combine mobile navigation, dexterous manipulation and intelligent sensing to perform a range of tasks in real-world industrial and commercial environments. The IFA Innovation Awards recognize outstanding innovations across the global technology landscape.

Entries are evaluated by an independent international jury based on criteria including technology and functionality, innovation and originality, and the potential to create tangible value for users and the market. The recognition places PUDU D7 among emerging technologies demonstrating new possibilities for the future.

What Happened

PUDU D7 is designed for industrial, warehouse, retail and hospitality environments, where it can move through human-oriented spaces and perform tasks that require both mobility and dexterous manipulation. In industrial and warehouse settings, D7 can handle materials, pick items from shelves, replenish.

• With a payload capacity of up to 20 kg (44.1 pounds) and an operating height of up to 2 meters (6.6 feet), it can work with a range of storage systems and materials.

• IFA 2026 marks the first time PUDU D7 is being showcased in Europe.

• To date, Pudu Robotics has shipped over 130,000 robots to customers across 85+ countries and regions.

Key Details

In retail, D7 can support shelf replenishment, item handling and store organization, moving products between storage areas and shelves and helping maintain product displays. In hotels and hospitality, PUDU D7 can take on the role of an intelligent front-desk host, welcoming guests.

• Pudu Robotics, leader mondial de la robotique de service commerciale, a lancé la gamme PUDU GT, un nouveau portefeuille de robots tondeuses à usage...

• Built on its One Brain, Multiple Embodiments architecture, Pudu offers robots for service delivery, commercial cleaning, industrial delivery, and general embodied AI applications across hospitality, retail, healthcare, manufacturing, education, public services, and more.

• According to Frost & Sullivan's latest market report, Pudu Robotics ranks No.

Why It Matters

Its semi-humanoid form and dual-arm capabilities allow it to combine practical service tasks with natural human-robot interaction, bringing a more personable and engaging presence to the guest experience. PUDU D7 combines a dual-arm manipulation system, tactile sensing and a 360-degree perception system.

• Pudu Robotics is a global leader in commercial service robotics and the industry's first company to offer a full portfolio spanning specialized, semi-humanoid, and humanoid robots.

• Pudu Robotics will continue working with customers and partners worldwide to explore new applications for embodied intelligence and bring increasingly capable robots into real-world environments.

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