Flagship Specs
Published operating specifications for the lead system.
Degrees of Freedom40
DroidUp
PrivateDroidUp builds biomimetic android robots with warm skin (32 to 36°C), camera eyes, and lifelike facial expressions. Their robot Moya is the first fully biomimetic embodied AI robot. Targeting healthcare, education, and commercial environments. ~$173K starting price.
Founded 2021~$14M raised
Humanoid Robots
Executive Summary
DroidUp is taking a biomimicry-first approach to humanoids rather than focusing only on industrial utility. Its story combines long-running work in biped control with a newer push into expressive androids like Moya, aimed at use cases where motion, appearance, and social interaction all matter.
Technical Profile
Platform maturity, autonomy stack, and flagship-system specifications in one view.
Latest Updates
All UpdatesMarch 2026Company MilestoneCorporate
Moya pushes DroidUp into high-biomimicry android territoryIn March 2026, DroidUp used TCT Asia to stage the public offline debut of Moya, which it described as the worlds first fully biomimetic embodied AI robot. The launch marked a clear expansion from general humanoid platforms into warm-skin, expressive android systems aimed at more social and customer-facing environments.
DroidUp team
About DroidUp
DroidUp is a Shanghai humanoid robotics company developing multimodal embodied AI systems and high-biomimicry android platforms. The company combines biped locomotion, tendon-driven actuation, and expressive humanoid faces for applications spanning research, education, service, industry, and elder care.
- 2021
DroidUp starts building general-purpose humanoid platforms in Shanghai
DroidUp traces its operating story to 2021, when the company began focusing on the R&D, production, and sale of general-purpose humanoid robots. On its official site, the company frames itself around multimodal AI and biomimetic robotics with deep technical accumulation in biped motion control and cross-modal task learning.
ShanghaiBiomimetic robotics - February 2026
DroidUp announces a near-RMB100M Pre-A+ round
In February 2026, DroidUp announced the completion of a near-RMB100 million Pre-A+ financing round led by Shanghai Pudong-backed funds and joined by additional financial and industrial investors. The company said the capital would support commercialization, new application scenarios, and broader humanoid product expansion.
Pre-A+Commercialization - March 2026
Moya pushes DroidUp into high-biomimicry android territory
In March 2026, DroidUp used TCT Asia to stage the public offline debut of Moya, which it described as the worlds first fully biomimetic embodied AI robot. The launch marked a clear expansion from general humanoid platforms into warm-skin, expressive android systems aimed at more social and customer-facing environments.
MoyaBiomimetic android