Navigator 2
General-purpose humanoid robot by NAVIAI
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Navigator 2 (NAVIAI-i2) is a general-purpose bipedal humanoid robot developed by China's Zhejiang Humanoid Robot Innovation Center. It is built for anthropomorphic walking and dexterous, high-precision manipulation, and the maker describes it as China's first humanoid robot able to manipulate tools at sub-millimetre working accuracy. It is aimed at industrial, guidance, and retail applications with multimodal perception and natural human-robot interaction.
Released: 2024
- Price
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- Height
- 165 cm (numeric_value 1650 in canonical mm) Third-party
- Weight
- 60 kg Third-party
- Payload
- 5 kg Third-party
- Degrees of freedom
- 41 Press
- Battery
- 2 hours Third-party
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- Spec sources
- 2 linked
- Verification
- Verified Jul 10, 2026 · every displayed spec is source-checked
- Availability
- Announced
- Last verified
- Jul 10, 2026
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Overview
Navigator 2, branded NAVIAI-i2, is a general-purpose humanoid robot from the Zhejiang Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, a Chinese embodied-intelligence company founded around the research team of Professor Xiong Rong. It is the second generation in the maker's Navigator (领航者) line, following Navigator 1, and was presented in 2024.
The robot combines full-body anthropomorphic walking with a precision manipulation arm, and the maker positions it as China's first humanoid robot able to operate tools at sub-millimetre working accuracy. It uses multimodal perception to interact naturally with people and to navigate and operate in dynamic environments.
Navigator 2 is targeted at practical deployments such as industrial assembly, guidance and reception, and retail, reflecting the center's stated goal of moving general-purpose humanoids toward real-world productivity.
Key Features
- Full-body anthropomorphic, human-mapped walking with large-stride upright gait
- High-precision manipulation arm capable of sub-millimetre tool operation
- Multimodal perception combining vision, depth, force-torque, and touch sensing for natural human-robot interaction
- Self-developed, full-stack design by the Zhejiang Humanoid Robot Innovation Center
Specifications
Mechanics
| Degrees of Freedom | 41 |
| Locomotion | Bipedal |
Performance
| Max Speed | 1.67 m/s |
| Payload Capacity | 5 kg |
Physical
| Weight | 60 kg |
| Height | 165 cm (numeric_value 1650 in canonical mm) |
Power
| Battery Life | 2 hours |
Sensing
| Sensors | Surround-view cameras, depth sensors, force/torque sensors, touch sensors |
Compare with similar robots
| Navigator 2 | Unitree H2 | TORA-ONE | THEMIS V2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | On request | On request | On request | On request |
| Height | 165 cm (numeric_value 1650 in canonical mm) | 180 cm | 146-186 cm (foldable/adjustable) | 1.6 m |
| Weight | 60 kg | 70 kg | — | 37.5 kg |
| Payload | 5 kg | 21 kg | 5 kg per arm (rated) | 15 kg |
| Reach | — | — | — | — |
| Max speed | 1.67 m/s | — | 0.6 m/s | 2.78 m/s |
| Degrees of freedom | 41 | 31 | 47 | 40 |
| Battery | 2 hours | — | 8 hours | 3 hours |
Evidence & changelog
Sources
- Haishu District government news - tranche-8 verification · Haishu District government news — cites Sensors, Locomotion, Battery Life, Max Speed, Payload Capacity, Weight, Height
- Chinese tech press (1ai.net; corroborated by humanoid.press, aibase) - tranche-8 verification · Chinese tech press (1ai.net; corroborated by humanoid.press, aibase) — cites Degrees of Freedom
Record changelog
- Height: 165 cm → 165 cm (numeric_value 1650 in canonical mm) · Jul 10, 2026
tranche-8 verification (corrected): CM-AS-MM DEFECT: value '165 cm' is correct (1.65 m confirmed) but numeric_value=165 is stored against canonical_unit=mm. Must be 1650. Core height_mm 1650 is alread
Manufacturer
Government-backed center developing the Navigator bipedal humanoid series.
- Headquarters
- Hangzhou, China
- Founded
- 2024
- Website
- Not disclosed
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