Pudu HolaBot

What it's for

The Pudu HolaBot is the largest delivery robot from Pudu Robotics: four trays with a combined capacity of 120 liters, a payload of up to 60 kg, a height of 122.6 cm and a weight of 60 kg. The body has an IPX5 rating, so it can be washed with water. The pager function lets you summon the robot remotely or assign it a task, and voice activation works on the wake phrase "Hola Hola", picked up by a six-element omnidirectional microphone array. Speed is adjustable from 0.5 to 1.2 m/s, and the swappable battery gives 10 to 24 hours of operation with 4.5 hours of charging.

Uses listed for the model: food delivery and a concierge function for hotel guests. In practice that means large restaurants, hotels with several floors, conference rooms, catering and events. See hotels, restaurants and events. With this capacity the robot replaces not one but several waiter trips, and you can read more about the market in “Service Robots in Restaurants and Hotels”.

Who it's for

Worth considering for: larger venues and hotels with a lot to carry and plenty of space, ballrooms and catering back-of-house areas where sealing and washability matter, and sites that want to summon the robot with a pager instead of waiting for a waiter.

Probably not for: small cafés, where a robot over 120 cm tall and weighing 60 kg will simply be too big, and pricier than the PuduBot 2. For venues that need a robot to entertain guests or advertise, the Pudu KettyBot Pro will work better. For sites whose passages are narrower than the robot, check the dimensions before buying.

Deployments

We know the robot is offered by the Polish distributor rkserwis.com, and that in Australia the price is listed by uitrobotics.com. We have no reliable information about specific hotels or restaurants that use it, so we don't invent any. In the service-robot category, see service robots, where we have gathered the models available in Poland, and the article “Service Robots in Restaurants and Hotels”.

The PuduBot 2 is the logical alternative within the same brand: 40 kg payload against the HolaBot's 60 kg, so the HolaBot has about 1.5 times the capacity, but the PuduBot 2 costs 42,927 PLN (≈ EUR 9,840) in Poland instead of 55,500 PLN (≈ EUR 12,720). The Keenon DinerBot T8 (27,133 PLN (≈ EUR 6,220)) offers a much lower price; Keenon's models are more widespread in Polish food service, but the HolaBot wins on tray capacity and water resistance. The LG CLOi ServeBot (69,384 PLN (≈ EUR 15,900)) is a pricier option with a well-known brand behind it. The Bear Robotics Servi at 38,723.24 PLN (≈ EUR 8,870) is a simpler robot for smaller dining rooms. If you need something for heavy back-of-house transport rather than for guests, look at the Pudu T300 with a 300 kg payload.

Pudu Robotics was founded in 2016 in Shenzhen, and the HolaBot is one of the later units in its family of delivery robots, alongside the Pudu BellaBot and the PuduBot 2. What sets it apart is scale: it is the largest delivery robot in the range. The launch date is not confirmed, so we don't give one. The company later broadened its range with the humanoid Pudu D9 (unveiled in December 2024) and the industrial Pudu T300.