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Honor Lightning (D1)

Specs, price & availability · verified Oct 2026

Honor Lightning (D1) is a 169 cm, 45 kg biped from Honor Device Co., Ltd. (China), prototype with no published price.

Price: Not disclosed
Height: 169 cm
Weight: 45 kg

Last verified Oct 10, 2026

Listed in:Human-like robots

Price & availability

Honor Device Co., Ltd. has not published a price

Prototype

Current dataset status: Prototype.

Product overview

About Honor Lightning (D1)

HONOR Robotics D1 is a full-size running humanoid from the Chinese consumer-electronics company Honor. Press coverage widely calls it 'Lightning', while Honor's own event page identifies the model as D1 and credits it with the Best Design Award at the 2026 Beijing E-Town humanoid half-marathon.

Associated Press reports that the autonomous D1 won the 21.1 km race on 19 April 2026 in 50:26. A remote-controlled Honor robot crossed the line earlier at 48:19 but received a 20 percent time penalty under the event's scoring rules. ASEAN Records confirms that D1 later completed a 10 km public-road course in Malaysia and marched in the country's National Day parade.

Honor has published no full specification sheet, price or sales date for the D1. Press reports give a height of about 169 cm, a mass of about 45 kg and peak joint torque up to 400 N·m. Honor's event page confirms none of these figures. An unverified catalogue also lists 25 degrees of freedom, so this page does not use that figure. The D1 remains a working prototype whose public appearances have been demonstrations and competitions.

“Equipped with autonomous perception and navigation, and an in-house high-dynamic motion system, it excels at high-speed movement and tough terrain traversal.”
— Honor Device Co., Ltd. · HONOR Robot event page ↗

Capabilities

Key features

Autonomous half-marathon run

Press reports say the D1 finished the Beijing E-Town half-marathon in 50:26 without remote control. A remote-controlled Honor robot finished earlier, at 48:19. [2][1]

Best Design Award

Honor's official event page credits the D1 with the Best Design Award at the 2026 half-marathon. [1]

Autonomous perception

Honor says the D1 combines autonomous perception and navigation with an in-house high-dynamic motion system. [1]

Dual-battery hot-swap

NE Time reports a dual-battery design with batteries swapped while the robot stands. It changed one battery during the half-marathon. [6]

Hardware profile

Specifications

Official — stated by the manufacturer or organizerReported — stated by a credible third partyEstimated — derived or approximate

Body

Height: 169 cmReported — stated by a credible third party[3][4][5][6]Press reports (Futura-Sciences, NE Time) and catalogues; Honor has not published dimensions
Weight: 45 kgReported — stated by a credible third party[8]Approximately 45 kg per Beijing News; Honor has not published a specification sheet

Mobility

Peak joint torque: 400 N·mReported — stated by a credible third party[5][6]Peak torque, joint not specified; China Daily figure via Futura-Sciences and NE Time. An unverified catalogue lists 600 N·m

Power

Swappable battery: YesReported — stated by a credible third party[6]Dual-battery design; batteries swapped while standing (NE Time)

Compute & Sensing

Sensors: Upper and lower LiDAR sets (including Hesai JT128), Orbbec Gemini 330 stereo 3D camera, Satellite-positioning antennaReported — stated by a credible third party[6]Race-configuration hardware reported by NE Time; Honor has not published a sensor list

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Body

Total DoF: Not published

Mobility

Maximum speed: Not published
Actuation: Not published

Power

Battery: Not published
Runtime: Not published
Charge time: Not published

Hands & Manipulation

DoF per hand: Not published
Payload: Not published
Hand / end effector: Not published

Compute & Sensing

Onboard compute: Not published
AI stack: Not published

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