Noetix Robotics · Humanoid · 2025
Hobbs W1 is a wheeled service humanoid from Beijing startup Noetix Robotics, pitched as a front-desk 'all-rounder' for reception, guidance and customer support. Its signature is a female-styled bionic head with 32 active (plus 8 passive) degrees of freedom that can reproduce over 200 human micro-expressions, with facial skin moulded from platinum silicone for lifelike texture. Beyond a pretty face, it carries two 5-DoF arms with dexterous 6-DoF hands for gestures, handovers and light tasks, an interactive chest screen, and a self-driving base using laser SLAM with 360 obstacle avoidance and infrared auto-recharging. Onboard compute pairs an Intel J1900 CPU with dual 6-TOPS NPUs for local emotion recognition and conversation. It debuted at the 2025 World Robot Conference in Beijing.
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View full interactive profile, comparisons & videos →| Category | Humanoid |
| Sub-type | Wheeled Bionic-Head Service Humanoid |
| Status | Active |
| Year | 2025 |
| Origin | China |
| Announced | December 2025 |
| Released | 2024 |
| Payload | 50 kg |
| Battery life | 240 min |
| AI model | Emotion recognition + natural multilingual conversation (intent recognition, semantic parsing, dialogue management); real-time mouth-shape generation; fully autonomous navigation |
| Actuator type | Wheeled mobile base + bionic expressive head (32 active + 8 passive DOF) + interactive chest screen; dual 5-DOF arms + 6-DOF dexterous hands; platinum-silicone 'wax-figure-level' skin |
| Navigation | Laser SLAM + 360 obstacle avoidance |
| Use cases | Reception, Guidance, Customer support, Hospitality, Retail, Corporate |
| Made in | China |