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Humanoid Robots for Sale: What You Can Actually Buy and What It Costs
Humanoid robots for sale in 2026 with listed prices: Unitree R1 and G1, Booster K1 and T1, 1X NEO preorders, and which makers only sell on contract.
by the HardwareMap editors4 min read
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Humanoid robots for sale at a public price are, as of October 2026, mostly small research and developer machines from China, led by Unitree. Of the 9 humanoid makers in the HardwareMap index at REV 26.09, only Unitree lists prices on its own store; 1X takes paid preorders. This page lists what can be bought, at what price, by whom. It sits under humanoid robot companies.
Humanoid robots for sale today, with prices
Listed prices only, checked on the source on 3 October 2026. Every price moves with configuration, region, tariffs and currency, so treat each as a range to confirm with the seller. Adult-product and toy variants are excluded from this page.
Booster Robotics is not an index entry; it is included because its robots are sold at listed prices through resellers. Unitree's larger H-series humanoids and every EDU configuration are priced on request.
Humanoid makers in the index, and how each sells
Three ways of selling show up across the table.
A listed price. Unitree Robotics (Hangzhou) is the only index entry that sells humanoids off a public price list, the same way it sells its Go2 quadrupeds. Individuals can buy, but the robots ship as platforms: you program the behavior.
A consumer preorder. 1X Technologies (Palo Alto) opened NEO orders in October 2025 for delivery in US homes during 2026. It opened a factory in Hayward, California in spring 2026; as of May 2026 its robots were going to internal testing and home trials before customer delivery (The Next Web, 1 May 2026). Until units are confirmed in customer homes, treat the delivery date as a claim.
A contract or a service fee. Agility Robotics places Digit with logistics customers under multi-year robots-as-a-service agreements, starting with GXO in 2024 (Agility). Figure AI, Apptronik, UBTECH Robotics, Fourier Intelligence, Neura Robotics and Sanctuary AI sell to companies through pilots and supply deals, with no public price. You cannot add one to a cart.
What the listed price of a humanoid robot includes
A low headline price usually buys the base configuration.
- Hands. Base models often ship with simple grippers or none. Dexterous hands are an option or a separate SKU.
- Developer access. Unitree's EDU versions add secondary development support and, for the R1 EDU, a 12-month warranty against 6 to 8 months on the cheaper versions. They are priced on request.
- Compute and sensors. Higher tiers add onboard compute for running your own models, and more cameras or lidar.
- Getting it to you. Freight, import duty and VAT are extra, and duty on Chinese-made robots varies by country and changes with trade policy.
- Service. Ask who repairs it, where spare actuators come from, and how long the maker supports the software.
For a research lab, the robot is usually the cheap part. Engineering time to make it do a useful task is the expensive part.
Industrial humanoid robots are rented, not bought
The full-size machines built for factories and warehouses are not for sale in the usual sense. Agility's GXO agreement is a robots-as-a-service contract, where the customer pays for the robot's work and the maker keeps responsibility for uptime. Pilots with carmakers, announced by Figure, Apptronik and UBTECH, are commercial trials, not purchases at a list price. If you run a warehouse or plant, the way in is a pilot conversation with the maker, not a price page.
Who should buy a humanoid robot today
The buyers who get value from a humanoid in 2026 fall into three groups.
- University and corporate research labs. A sub-$20,000 humanoid is cheap next to a research salary. Labs use them to train locomotion and manipulation policies, run reinforcement learning experiments, and test models in the physical world. This is most of Unitree's and Booster's humanoid demand.
- Developers building software for humanoids. Teams writing control stacks, teleoperation tools or AI models need a body to test on. A listed-price robot with an open SDK is the fastest way to get one.
- Operators with one repetitive task. A warehouse or plant with a specific job, such as moving totes, should talk to the makers that run pilots rather than buy a research platform and integrate it alone.
Who should wait: households expecting a robot that does chores unsupervised. The only home humanoid on order is NEO, which 1X says will handle basic tasks on its own and use remote human operators for harder ones. That model has not yet been tested in customer homes at scale. For the newest launches and price changes, follow the humanoid robots changelog.
What humanoid robots cost to make
Retail prices hint at the bill of materials but do not reveal it. Actuators, gearboxes, batteries and compute dominate the cost of a humanoid, and Chinese makers source most of those near their factories, which is a large part of why their prices are lower. See Chinese humanoid robots for that supply chain, the humanoid robot market note for where funding is going, and our bill of materials example for how to cost a robot of your own.
Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest humanoid robot for sale?
As of October 2026, the lowest listed price from a maker in the HardwareMap index belongs to Unitree's R1 AIR, a 20-joint version of its small R1 humanoid, sold on Unitree's own site. Booster Robotics' K1 is listed by a European reseller in a similar bracket. The table on this page gives each price with its source and date; all exclude shipping, import duties and taxes.
Can I buy a humanoid robot for my home?
Not one that does chores yet, with one pending exception. 1X opened orders for NEO, a home humanoid, in October 2025, for outright purchase or a monthly subscription, with US deliveries scheduled for 2026. As of its May 2026 factory opening, units were going to internal testing before customer delivery. Unitree's R1 and G1 can be bought by individuals but are developer platforms.
How much does an industrial humanoid robot cost?
Most industrial humanoid makers, including Agility Robotics, Figure AI and Apptronik, do not publish a price. They sell through pilots and multi-year contracts, often as a service billed monthly or by the hour, so the buyer pays for work done and uptime rather than the machine. Contract terms are private, so any per-unit figure you read is an estimate.
Why are Chinese humanoid robots so much cheaper?
Chinese makers source motors, reducers, batteries and sensors from a dense domestic supply chain and build at higher volume, which lowers the bill of materials. Unitree already sold quadrupeds at volume before it sold humanoids. The listed prices are also for smaller, lower-payload robots than the full-size industrial machines most Western companies are building.
What should I check before buying a humanoid robot?
Check what the listed price includes: hands, sensors, compute and software access often cost extra, and developer or education versions are priced on request. Check the warranty length, where service and spare parts come from, import duties into your country, and whether the robot's software can be programmed by you or only through the maker's apps.
HardwareMap tracks every humanoid maker in the index, whether it sells from a store or on contract. Open each datasheet in the table above for hub, stage, raise and status.
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