Luwu Dynamics XGO-Mini2 / Mini2S price & specs

Luwu Dynamics (sold by Elecfreaks) XGO-Mini2 / Mini2S (1)

Luwu Dynamics (sold by Elecfreaks) XGO-Mini2 / Mini2S (2)

Luwu Dynamics (sold by Elecfreaks) XGO-Mini2 / Mini2S (3)

$1,099 – $1,599

AvailableEncoder servos4.5 kg·cmGripperBig brother of DOGZILLA-Lite

Weeks+Shipping: ~1–1.5 weeks.

LEARN MORE (Mini2S LiDAR, Luwu store) ↗

Overview

The heavy-duty version of the XGO-Lite2 / DOGZILLA-Lite chassis: 1.5 mm aluminum, silicone feet, and 4.5 kg·cm metal-case servos with magnetic encoders, real joint feedback, so walking is closed-loop and noticeably smoother, and it can do push-ups and stand on its hind legs. Same Pi CM, camera, screen and AI voice features as the Lite. It is purely a mechanical upgrade for 2× the price. Mini2 vs Mini2S: same legs and servos. The Mini2S adds a CM5, a turntable under the arm (16 joints) and, in its LiDAR edition, built-in lidar. Luwu pitches it as the ROS developer model with "stronger computing power and payload capacity" (no numbers published). For mapping and navigating rooms, the Mini2S LiDAR edition is the better choice, since Luwu sells no lidar add-on for the Mini2. Luwu's own store lists it at $1,099 as a pre-sale (October 2026), $500 below RobotShop. Luwu rates its 3800 mAh battery at up to about 2 hours of use. Its lidar model is not named (0.02–12 m, 360°). Luwu has no official mapping software for it yet, and its early-alpha ROS 2 image lists SLAM as planned. The wheel-footed XGO-Mini2SW Pro also has lidar.

Type: Quadruped robot · Desktop / hobby kits
Maker: Luwu Dynamics (sold by Elecfreaks)
Released: 2023
Price: $1,099 – $1,599
Status: Available
Best for: Ages 14+
Programming: Full SDK

Versions compared

	Mini2 (CM4)	Mini2 (CM5)	Mini2S LiDAR	Mini2SW Standard	Mini2SW Pro
Price and stock (October 2026)
Price	$849 (Elecfreaks)	$1,299 (Elecfreaks)	$1,099 (Luwu store), $1,599 (RobotShop)	$739–$839 Kickstarter, $1,299 list	$849–$949 Kickstarter, $1,499 list
Stock	Out of stock	In stock	Luwu pre-sale, ships within 10 days	Backers only, ships Nov 2026 (est.)	Backers only, ships Nov 2026 (est.)
Hardware
Raspberry Pi	CM4 4 GB	CM5 4 GB	CM5 4 GB	CM5 2 GB	CM5 4 GB
Built-in 360° lidar (up to 12 m)	–	–	●	–	●
Turntable under the arm (4-DOF arm)	–	–	●	●	●
Wheel on each foot, swaps back to plain feet with screws	–	–	–	●	●
Joints and motors	15	15	16	20 (4 wheels)	20 (4 wheels)
Weight	915 g	915 g	915 g	1,200 g	1,200 g
4.5 kg·cm magnetic-encoder servos, camera, screen face, mic, speaker, IMU	●	●	●	●	●

Luwu also lists a Mini2S standard edition without lidar, but its store sells only the LiDAR edition. No official lidar add-on is sold for the Mini2 or the Mini2SW Standard. Neither lidar model is named. Luwu gives 0.02–12 m for the Mini2S and 0.05–12 m ToF for the Mini2SW Pro. RobotShop's Mini2S page names a CM5 in its title but a CM4 chip (BCM2711) in its specs. The XGO-Ranger from the Mini2SW campaign is a separate two-wheeled model ($399–$529 on Kickstarter). Luwu store ↗ · Luwu Mini2S ↗ · Elecfreaks spec table ↗ · Mini2SW Kickstarter ↗

Price and shipping

Mini2S with LiDAR $1,099 from Luwu's own store (pre-sale) or $1,599 including tariffs at RobotShop US, restocking.

Shipping: ~1–1.5 weeks. The Elecfreaks CM5 kit ($1,299) shows Add to cart (October 14, 2026 check). It ships from Hong Kong, with 1–2 days handling plus DHL/FedEx 3–7 business days. Luwu's own store sells the Mini2S with LiDAR as a pre-sale that ships within 10 days. Policy ↗

Specifications

Category	Quadrupeds · Desktop / hobby kits
Released	2023
Country	China
Availability	Available
Sales	327 Kickstarter backers, $205,749 pledged (2023, estimate) Kickstarter ↗
Programmability	Full SDK
Built-in autonomy	Reactive · Responds to its surroundings without a map, such as avoiding obstacles or following a person
LLM support	Official LLM tools · Luwu advertises on-board large-model interactions and AI voice demos for the XGO-Mini2 family, run through its xgolib/Pi image. Luwu Dynamics XGO2 ↗
MuJoCo simulation	Sim-to-real kit · Luwu's open-source luwu_mjlab (Apache 2.0, built on mjlab and MuJoCo Warp) includes a Mini2S model with walking and self-righting tasks, shown working on the real robot, and exports trained policies to ONNX. The Mini2 shares its legs and servos, but the model is of the Mini2S. luwu_mjlab on GitHub ↗
NVIDIA Isaac simulation	None found · Nothing found.
Gazebo simulation	Community model · Community ROS 2 port of the XGO URDF, which says Gazebo does not fully work yet. sskorol/xgo_ros ↗
Best for	Ages 14+ (estimated)
Vision sensors	Camera, Lidar
Actuators	Smart servos (Dynamixel, Feetech…)
Audio	Speaker, Microphone
Compute type	Raspberry Pi
Compute	Mini2: Raspberry Pi CM4 4 GB (original) or CM5 4 GB (Elecfreaks kit). Mini2S: CM5 4 GB
Weight	915 g
Speed	Not published, ~0.25 m/s (est.), three speed levels tied to stance height
DOF	15 (12 legs + 3-DOF arm/gripper). Mini2S 16, adding a turntable under the arm
Sensors	Camera, 2" screen face, mic/speaker, IMU. Lidar built in on the Mini2S LiDAR edition. No official lidar add-on for the Mini2
SDK	Yes (xgolib Python, ROS, Luwu/Elecfreaks docs)

Common questions

How much does XGO-Mini2 / Mini2S cost?

XGO-Mini2 / Mini2S is listed at $1,099 – $1,599. Mini2S with LiDAR $1,099 from Luwu's own store (pre-sale) or $1,599 including tariffs at RobotShop US, restocking.

Can XGO-Mini2 / Mini2S be bought today?

Yes, it is on sale. Typical shipping time is ~1–1.5 weeks. The Elecfreaks CM5 kit ($1,299) shows Add to cart (October 14, 2026 check). It ships from Hong Kong, with 1–2 days handling plus DHL/FedEx 3–7 business days. Luwu's own store sells the Mini2S with LiDAR as a pre-sale that ships within 10 days.