Aelos is Leju Robotics' educational humanoid robot line — and the company's original product, first launched in 2016, years before the current humanoid boom. Aelos is a small desktop-scale programmable robot built for STEM education, university teaching, and robotics competitions such as RoboCup. It gained international fame in 2018 when Aelos robots performed in the "Beijing 8 Minutes" segment at the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
Price & Availability
Aelos is an education-market product — small, programmable, and far more affordable than full-size humanoids. It is sold to schools, universities, and competition teams. Pricing varies by model and configuration and sits in the consumer/education-electronics range (orders of magnitude below full-size humanoids), not the five- or six-figure bracket of industrial robots.
| Basis | Figure |
|---|---|
| Market | STEM education, universities, robotics competitions (RoboCup) |
| Pricing | Education-electronics range; model/configuration dependent |
| Availability | In production; long-established product line |
Full Specifications
| Spec | Value (reported) |
|---|---|
| Type | Small desktop-scale programmable educational humanoid |
| Height | ~30–40 cm |
| Degrees of freedom | ~17–22 |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth, Wi-Fi |
| Sensing | IMU sensors, depth cameras, modular grippers (configuration-dependent) |
| Programming | Scratch through C++ (graduated difficulty for education) |
| Use cases | K-12 and university STEM education, research, RoboCup competitions |
Model Breakdown
Aelos is Leju's educational robot family — the foundation product that established the company in 2016 and funded its later move into full-size humanoids. It is entirely distinct in purpose from Leju's Kuavo industrial humanoids: Aelos is a teaching and competition tool, not a labor robot.
Buyer's Guide: What to Know
Aelos is for education, not labor. It is a desktop-scale teaching robot — appropriate for classrooms, university courses, and competition teams.
The graduated programming path is a strength. Support from Scratch up to C++ makes Aelos usable across a wide range of student skill levels.
It is affordable and proven. As a long-established education product (and an Olympic-ceremony veteran), Aelos is a low-risk classroom choice.
It is not comparable to full-size humanoids. Don't evaluate Aelos against industrial robots — different category, different purpose.
Aelos vs Similar Robots
- Aelos vs Leju Kuavo: Same maker, opposite ends of the catalog — Aelos is the small educational robot; Kuavo is the full-size industrial humanoid.
- Aelos vs SoftBank/Aldebaran NAO: The closest comparison — both are small, programmable educational humanoids widely used in schools and RoboCup.
- Aelos vs UBTECH's education robots: Both serve the Chinese STEM-education market with small programmable humanoid kits.
Source: Leju Robotics
