- Latest video highlights upgrades in mobility, manipulation and stability control
- Robot targets all-weather deployment in industrial environments
DEEP Robotics (云深处科技), a Hangzhou-based developer of quadrupedal and humanoid robots, released an upgraded demonstration video of its DR02 humanoid robot on June 1, showing expanded mobility and manipulation capabilities that push the system closer to real-world industrial deployment.
The footage shows the robot running across grassy slopes, stepping over factory thresholds, performing fine operations inside electrical control boxes and ending with front and back flips.
The company positions DR02 as an “industrial-grade all-weather humanoid robot,” and the latest demonstrations are intended to illustrate that positioning in practice.
Stepping over door thresholds
Outdoors, the robot maintained balance while running across uneven terrain, with a stable and continuous gait that contrasts with earlier-generation humanoid systems that often move cautiously or struggle in outdoor environments.
In factory settings, DR02 was shown stepping over industrial door thresholds, typically around 10 to 15 centimeters high — a common barrier for humanoid robots in deployment scenarios.
The robot crossed them in a natural gait without slowing or rerouting, suggesting improved potential for movement across production lines.
Fine motor skills
Beyond locomotion, the video also highlighted fine motor capabilities. DR02 performed precision tasks inside a real electrical distribution cabinet, including identifying switches, locating buttons and executing controlled presses.
The company said these functions are enabled by a full-stack “perception-decision-execution” system.
The robot uses a Nvidia Jetson AGX Orin 275-TOPS computing unit combined with lidar, depth cameras and wide-angle cameras to generate real-time centimeter-level environmental maps.
A key upgrade is its whole-body coordination system, which allows the robot’s torso to actively adjust balance during rapid movement, including turns and kicks, enabling stable operation while in motion.
Improved locomotion
At the end of the video, DR02 performs both front and back flips. The company said the movements are not intended as demonstrations for spectacle, but as indicators of the robot’s structural strength, joint impact resistance and recovery control algorithms.
In its earlier version, the DR02 already supports IP66-rated protection against dust and water and operates in temperatures ranging from minus 20 to 55 degrees Celsius. This allows it to function in rain, dust and extreme temperature conditions.
In the latest upgrade, its dual-arm payload capacity has been increased from 10 kilograms to 20 kilograms, while total carrying capacity rises from 20 kilograms to 30 kilograms, enabling heavier industrial handling tasks.
DEEP Robotics said the improvements are aimed at enabling humanoid robots to move from controlled demonstrations toward sustained use in real industrial environments.
