Pudu Robotics, China · service robot
BellaBot by Pudu Robotics (China) is a service robot; the index lists it at $13,000–$16,000 as of 2026-09, status: for sale.
US resellers list BellaBot at around $15,900, with the upgraded BellaBot Pro at about $16,000; street-price estimates for base configurations start near $13,000. RaaS leases run from roughly $335/month on 36-month terms through US integrators. Final pricing is quote-based and varies with tray configuration and support package.
Verified as of 2026-09 · how we verify prices
Computed from this index: medians across the service robot models that publish each figure. No estimates — the medians move as the data does. 24 models
| Metric | This model | Class median | vs median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price, mid of range | $14,500 | $20,375 | ×0.71 |
| Payload | 40 kg | 20 kg | ×2 |
| Weight | 55 kg | 49 kg | ×1.12 |
| Height | 129 cm | 123 cm | ×1.05 |
| Speed | 1.2 m/s | 1.2 m/s | ×1 |
| Battery life | 13 h | 8 h | ×1.63 |
| Price per kg of payload | $363 | $861 | ×0.42 |
BellaBot against its closest rivals in this class — Western and Chinese alternatives side by side, by price and key specs.
| Model | Maker | Price (USD) | Payload | DoF | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BellaBot | Pudu Robotics (China) | $13,000–$16,000 | 40 kg | — | For sale |
| Servi Plus | Bear Robotics (USA) | $13,990 | 40 kg | — | For sale |
| LG CLOi ServeBot | LG Electronics (South Korea) | $17,900 | 30 kg | — | For sale |
| Pudu KettyBot Pro | Pudu Robotics (China) | $13,995–$14,000 | 10 kg | — | For sale |
A model estimate built from our verified price data and industry rules of thumb. Not a vendor offer: exact numbers come with a factory quote.
| Cost item | Estimate (USD) |
|---|---|
| Hardware (index price) | $13,000–$16,000 |
| Delivery & import | +5–12% · $650–$1,920 |
| Commissioning & integration | +10–25% · $1,300–$4,000 |
| Maintenance & support, per year | 5–10% · $650–$1,600 |
| Indicative 3-year TCO | $16,900–$26,720 |
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No verified owner reviews yet. We publish only reviews from people who can show they own the robot, and we summarise — never rewrite — published third-party tests.
The owner says he brought BellaBot in as a response to rising labour costs and difficulty finding reliable long-term staff, and views it as augmenting rather than replacing people - taking over repetitive, physically demanding runs. He has not cut headcount and frames adoption as a competitive necessity.
The owner says the robot's main value is taking the physical strain of carrying roughly 100 plates a day off servers' arms, while his son notes guests find it entertaining and welcoming. The article's consultant frames it as replacing a roughly $4,500/month runner with a roughly $1,200/month lease.
Owners describe BellaBot as an autonomous trolley that never calls in sick, costs about EUR 8,000 per unit and takes roughly a day to map, but still needs humans to load and unload plates. The critic finds it engaging at first, then tiresome - the repeated singing becomes an earworm - and questions whether it is a real labour-saver or mostly social-media fodder.
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