Jueying Mini

Overview

The Deep Robotics Jueying Mini is a discontinued mid-size quadruped from Deep Robotics, a Hangzhou-based robotics manufacturer. It weighed 23 kg, carried 15 kg payload, and stood 500 mm at the hip, occupying a niche between the entry-level Jueying Lite and the heavy industrial Jueying X20 in Deep Robotics' product range. Deep Robotics has discontinued the Jueying Mini in favour of the updated Jueying Lite and Jueying X20, and it is no longer available new.

The Jueying Mini was designed for research groups and developers needing higher payload than the Jueying Lite could provide, without the cost and weight of the full industrial X20 platform. Its 15 kg payload capacity allowed mounting of substantial sensor and compute payloads, including LiDAR arrays, RGB-D cameras, and NVIDIA Jetson compute modules.

Key Specifications

• Degrees of freedom: 12
• Payload: 15 kg
• Platform weight: 23 kg
• Standing height: 500 mm
• IP rating: IP54
• Software: Deep Robotics SDK (ROS compatible, legacy support only)

Software support from Deep Robotics for discontinued models is limited to maintenance-level updates. No new feature development is expected for the Jueying Mini.

Use Cases

The Jueying Mini was used in research environments for autonomous inspection prototyping, multi-sensor platform development, and quadruped locomotion studies requiring heavier payload capacity. Its 15 kg payload was particularly useful for researchers mounting full sensor stacks including gas detectors, thermal cameras, and onboard GPU compute without needing a larger industrial platform.

Buying Used

The Jueying Mini rarely appears on international secondhand markets. If located, pricing would range from £6,000 to £12,000 depending on condition and sensor configuration. Before purchasing, confirm with Deep Robotics whether the unit's firmware version remains compatible with any available SDK updates, and assess whether the research use case genuinely requires this specific platform over current alternatives.

Alternatives to Consider

• Deep Robotics Lynx: The current mid-tier model from the same manufacturer, with active software support.
• Unitree Aliengo: Similar body weight and payload class with a more active international developer community, at $50,000.
• Boston Dynamics Spot: More mature inspection ecosystem at higher cost, suitable for production deployment rather than research prototyping.