$173,000 – $216,000¥1.2M – ¥1.5M for the first batch of 50 units, about $173,000 – $216,000 converted. Price, batch size and a limited presale planned for Q4 2026 come from launch reports (IT之家, Sohu, Jan 30 2026). DroidUp's own site lists no price and no order page, and no opened presale was found in the October 2026 check. Dated by the Jan 30, 2026 unveiling at DroidUp's Zhangjiang Robot Valley headquarters.
Announced onlyRL walkingWarm silicone skinLifelike faceTendon-drivenTalks with an LLM¥1.2M+
Not releasedShipping: Not yet on sale. DroidUp has said a limited presale of 50 units would open in Q4 2026, but no order page or opened presale was found in the October 2026 check. Sales so far appear to be business deals in China handled through DroidUp's sales team ([email protected]). DroidUp contact ↗
Overview
Moya is a life-size female android from Shanghai startup DroidUp, unveiled in January 2026 and billed as the first "fully biomimetic" robot. Its silicone skin is heated to 32–36 °C, cameras sit behind the eyes, and the face produces more than 60 micro-expressions while it holds eye contact and chats through DroidUp's own LLM. Unlike most full-size humanoids it uses tendon-cable drive with the motors packed into the hips, so the limbs are light and the whole robot weighs only about 30–32 kg, wrapped in 3D-printed lattice padding. So far it works as a greeter and stage host (WAIC 2026, a Shanghai lingerie flagship store), and the catch is a price above $170,000 with no published walking speed, battery life or SDK.
Specifications
| Category | Bipeds · Full-size humanoids |
|---|---|
| Released | 2026 |
| Country | China |
| Availability | Announced only |
| Sales | DroidUp says it holds commercial orders in the thousands of units (company-wide, not Moya only) and expects more than 10,000 for 2026–2027 (July 2026, estimate) DroidUp (official WeChat), WAIC 2026 mass-production signing ↗ |
| Programmability | No programmability |
| Built-in autonomy | Navigates · Goes to places on its own, such as mapped rooms, waypoints or its charging dock |
| LLM support | Built-in LLM chat · Runs DroidUp's own large language model inside its DroidSoul interaction system, with multi-turn dialogue, scene memory, emotion recognition and proactive greetings. DroidUp (official WeChat), Moya at Gujin flagship store ↗ |
| MuJoCo simulation | None found · Nothing found. No developer SDK or robot model has been published. |
| NVIDIA Isaac simulation | None found · Nothing found. |
| Gazebo simulation | None found · Nothing found. |
| Best for | Ages 18+ (estimated) |
| Vision sensors | Camera |
| Actuators | Mixed |
| Audio | Speaker, Microphone |
| Compute type | Unknown |
| Balance type | RL walking |
| Height | 1.65 m |
| Weight | About 32 kg at launch (DroidUp's later materials say 30 kg) |
| Compute | Not published (DroidUp describes an on-device edge "cerebellum" engine plus its DroidSoul system) |
| Speed | Not published |
| DOF | Launch figures were 25 drive units in the head plus 16 body joints. DroidUp later quoted 25 head + 30 body DoF (March 2026) and more than 100 DoF overall, with 40 simulated facial muscles (June 2026). |
| Sensors | Cameras behind the eyes, 3D navigation with obstacle avoidance, pressure sensors, and (from Aug 2026) a capacitive full-body e-skin suit from Hanwei with 0.1 N sensitivity at 500 Hz |
| Balance | Walks on two legs with tendon-cable drive, with motors grouped at the hips pulling the limbs through high-strength tendons. DroidUp claims its gait is 92% similar to a human's. The control method is not published for Moya, though DroidUp's Xingzhe 2 walker uses MPC plus reinforcement learning. |
| SDK | Not published |
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- Image 1: source (official DroidUp news image, Moya standing at DroidUp's Zhangjiang showroom; file https://www.droidup.com/uploads/upload/images/20260629/9695f2efbad6469a8491f77b80cb0700.jpg)
- Image 2: source (official DroidUp news image, Moya as greeter at the Gujin flagship store, Sept 2026; file https://www.droidup.com/uploads/upload/images/20260920/e01f5a496bd777e8a9be097c730379d1.jpg)
- Image 3: source (official DroidUp news image, Moya at TCT Asia 2026; file https://www.droidup.com/uploads/upload/images/20260319/aa258ca33979d88d8ff1dd1fe7d7dde9.jpg)