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The price disruptor. A full humanoid for less than a used car — the reason 'can you actually buy one?' finally has a yes.
Unitree pushing the floor even lower — a sub-$6K humanoid aimed at developers and classrooms.
The most ambitious and best-funded humanoid program on Earth. V3 production is slated for summer 2026; consumer sales still promised, not delivered.
The OG humanoid, all grown up. The CES 2026 production version dropped the backflips for a job — an 'order-of-magnitude simpler' electric Atlas built to work. Hyundai aims for 30,000 units a year.
Best-funded startup in robotics history. After a 10-month Figure 02 pilot that helped build 30,000+ BMW X3s, the 03 is scaling into paid factory work.
Already on the clock. Digit is one of the few humanoids doing paid work at scale — and Agility just planted a 60,000 sq ft training facility next door to Tesla in Fremont.
Austin's own humanoid, born at UT's Human Centered Robotics Lab. Designed to be approachable — and to actually earn its keep on a warehouse floor.
OpenAI-backed and built for the living room, not the factory. Soft, quiet, human-proportioned — the first serious swing at a domestic humanoid.
Betting the whole game on hands. Phoenix's dexterous manipulation is among the best in the field.
The household robot most people already own a version of — and the top of the line. Vacuums, mops, and cleans up after itself.
The name that made 'robot' a household word. The Combo line adds mopping to the classic Roomba.
A pressurized roller mop that actually scrubs, not just wipes — one of the strongest mop-first vacuums.
Twin AI cameras and a genuinely smart dock — a rising challenger to the vacuum establishment.
The lawn robot that ditched the buried boundary wire. Set a virtual boundary and let it run.
Camera-guided mowing that follows the grass line — no wires, no beacons.
A five-in-one pool robot that cleans the floor, walls, waterline and surface on one charge.
Sticks to the glass and does the chore nobody likes. A cordless base means it roams pane to pane.
The living-room companion robots the big electronics makers keep teasing — home-hub, pet-cam and assistant in one rolling body.
A genuinely charming desk companion — expressive, playful, and a friendly on-ramp to living with a robot.
Amazon's first fully autonomous warehouse robot — the quiet workhorse behind next-day delivery.
The picker's robot partner — a fleet-scale AMR that has moved billions of units in warehouses.
The cobot that mainstreamed collaborative automation. A safe arm any small shop can bolt to a bench.
The four-legged robot you can actually buy — from a $1,600 hobby Go2 to the load-hauling industrial B2.
Tackling one of construction's most repetitive jobs. Fresh funding is bringing autonomous bricklaying to the US.
Not replacing workers — building autonomous machines to plug the construction labor gap.
Autonomy already earning its keep in the field — a driverless tractor you summon from your phone.
Weeding without chemicals — computer vision spots the weed, a laser does the rest.
The most-flown delivery drone network on Earth — from blood in Rwanda to burritos in Texas.
Alphabet's last-mile drone — coffee, medicine, or a phone charger on your lawn in minutes.
The robot that already changed medicine. The da Vinci 5 brings force feedback to millions of procedures.
Where a lot of roboticists actually start. Build it, code it, break it, learn.
The $75 gateway drug to robotics. Solder, code, and watch it come alive.
A top-ranked 2026 flagship that can literally lift itself over thresholds to reach sunken rooms.
Dreame’s newest range-topper — among the highest-rated robot vacuums money can buy in 2026.
Anker’s premium line — a rolling mop and a sleek all-in-one station.
Shark’s mainstream 2-in-1 — dependable cleaning at a friendlier price.
The one that hooks into your plumbing — never fill or empty a water tank again.
Flagship features — extending mop, omni dock — at a mid-tier price.
The off-road pickup of robot mowers — all-wheel drive, RTK precision, serious slopes.
Mows and can sweep up leaves and clippings — a two-in-one yard robot.
The name that defined robotic mowing — quiet, reliable, weatherproof.
A well-priced wire-free challenger with camera-assisted navigation.
The perennial best-seller — a dependable in-ground pool robot with app control.
2026’s top overall pool robot — triple motors and gyro-guided coverage.
Cordless freedom — climbs walls and skims the waterline on a charge.
Strong navigation and runtime — thorough coverage without the cord.
The self-cleaning litter box people rave about — genuinely hands-off pet care.
Sticks to the glass and does the chore nobody likes — with a safety tether.
A tiny robot that scours your grill while you relax — oddly delightful.
A charming palm-sized desk buddy that reacts, chats, and has real personality.
A kid-focused companion robot — conversation, games and learning in one.
Tiny but mighty — learn coding by drawing color codes it can read.
The programmable robot ball — code it, race it, learn with it.
The pocket-money entry into robotics coding — genuinely fun.
A pint-sized open-source robot dog you build and program yourself.
The best all-round starter robot kit — assemble it, then code it in Scratch or Python.
Three robots in one box — a tank, a self-balancer, and a racer.
An affordable, Wi-Fi-connected upgrade to the classic mBot.
DJI’s competition-bred STEM robot — FPV driving plus serious coding and AI lessons.
The classroom-and-competition standard — snap-build robots and code them.
A budget-friendly build-your-own robots kit that punches above its price.
A real desktop robotic arm — draw, grip, and learn industrial automation at home.
With Unitree, AgiBot drives China’s roughly 80% share of humanoid shipments.
An EV automaker’s humanoid — built to work its own production lines first.
A capable research-grade humanoid from a rehab-robotics pioneer.
One of the most factory-tested humanoids — and it can hot-swap its own battery.
Germany’s bid for a cognitive humanoid built around safe human collaboration.
The famous yellow robot dog — an inspection workhorse in plants and job sites.
A box-moving specialist built to unload trailers all day.
A friendly collaborative arm from one of the big four industrial-robot makers.
FANUC’s easy-to-teach cobot line — reliability from the industry heavyweight.
The little sidewalk cooler-on-wheels bringing dinner the last mile.
Millions of autonomous deliveries done — a campus staple.
A driverless delivery pod built for goods, not passengers.
A hospital helper robot that runs supply errands so nurses can nurse.
The robotic arm behind a huge share of robot-assisted knee and hip replacements.
A small autonomous field hand that weeds and hauls between the rows.
| Robot | Maker | Type | Status | Price | Can do |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unitree G1 | Unitree | Humanoid | BUY NOW | $16K | walk & run, recover from falls, navigate autonomously |
| Unitree R1 | Unitree | Humanoid | BUY NOW | $5.9K | walk, gesture, run developer demos |
| Tesla Optimus (Gen 3) | Tesla | Humanoid | NOT YET FOR SALE | TBA | walk, handle delicate objects, sort & carry factory parts |
| Boston Dynamics Atlas | Boston Dynamics (Hyundai) | Humanoid | ENTERPRISE | Contact | lift heavy loads, material handling, order fulfillment |
| Figure 03 | Figure AI | Humanoid | ENTERPRISE | Contact | logistics sequencing, part loading, natural-language task understanding |
| Agility Robotics Digit | Agility Robotics | Humanoid | ENTERPRISE | Contact | move totes, warehouse material handling, bulk logistics |
| Apptronik Apollo | Apptronik | Humanoid | ENTERPRISE | Contact | warehouse material handling, case & tote moving, friendly human interaction |
| 1X NEO | 1X Technologies | Humanoid | COMING SOON | TBA | fold laundry, load dishwasher, tidy rooms |
| Sanctuary AI Phoenix | Sanctuary AI | Humanoid | ENTERPRISE | Contact | fine manipulation, pick & place, teleop-to-autonomy training |
| Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra | Roborock | Household | BUY NOW | $1.8K | vacuum, mop, auto-empty |
| iRobot Roomba Combo j9+ | iRobot | Household | BUY NOW | $899 | vacuum, mop, auto-empty |
| Ecovacs Deebot X8 Pro Omni | Ecovacs | Household | BUY NOW | $1.2K | vacuum, roller-mop, auto-clean station |
| Narwal Freo Z Ultra | Narwal | Household | BUY NOW | $1.5K | vacuum, mop, hot-wash mop pads |
| Segway Navimow | Segway | Household | BUY NOW | $1.3K | mow lawn autonomously, map yard, return to dock & recharge |
| Worx Landroid Vision | Worx | Household | BUY NOW | $1.1K | mow autonomously, avoid obstacles & pets, handle slopes |
| Beatbot AquaSense Pro | Beatbot | Household | BUY NOW | $1.5K | scrub pool floor & walls, skim surface, clarify water |
| Ecovacs Winbot W2 Omni | Ecovacs | Household | BUY NOW | $599 | clean windows, clean glass doors & mirrors, auto-spray solution |
| LG / Samsung Home Companion Bot | LG (Q9) & Samsung (Ballie) | Household | COMING SOON | TBA | patrol home, control smart home, project video |
| Loona Smart Petbot | KEYi Tech | Household | BUY NOW | $449 | express emotion, follow & interact, voice chat |
| Amazon Proteus | Amazon Robotics | Industrial | ENTERPRISE | Contact | move carts autonomously, navigate open floor with humans, haul heavy loads |
| Locus Robotics AMR | Locus Robotics | Industrial | ENTERPRISE | Contact | guide pickers, carry totes, optimize pick paths |
| Universal Robots UR Cobots | Universal Robots | Industrial | ENTERPRISE | $35K | pick & place, machine tending, welding |
| Unitree B2 / Go2 (Robot Dog) | Unitree | Industrial | BUY NOW | $1.6K | walk rough terrain, inspect facilities, carry payloads |
| Monumental Bricklaying Robot | Monumental | Industrial | COMING SOON | TBA | lay bricks autonomously, work on active build sites |
| Bedrock Robotics Autonomous Equipment | Bedrock Robotics | Industrial | COMING SOON | TBA | automate earthmoving, run construction equipment autonomously |
| John Deere Autonomous Tractor | John Deere | Agricultural | ENTERPRISE | Contact | till & plant autonomously, run day & night, operate via app |
| Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder | Carbon Robotics | Agricultural | ENTERPRISE | Contact | identify weeds, kill weeds with lasers, skip crops |
| Zipline Delivery Drone | Zipline | Delivery | ENTERPRISE | Contact | deliver medical supplies, deliver retail orders, precision drop |
| Wing Delivery Drone (Alphabet) | Wing (Alphabet) | Delivery | ENTERPRISE | Contact | deliver small packages, autonomous last-mile flight |
| Intuitive da Vinci 5 | Intuitive Surgical | Medical | ENTERPRISE | Contact | minimally invasive surgery, sub-millimeter precision, tremor filtering |
| LEGO Education SPIKE Prime | LEGO Education | Education | BUY NOW | $330 | build custom robots, teach coding, run sensor projects |
| ELEGOO / Arduino Robot Car Kit | ELEGOO | Education | BUY NOW | $75 | follow lines, avoid obstacles, teach embedded coding |
| Dreame X50 Ultra | Dreame | Household | BUY NOW | $1.7K | vacuum, mop, self-empty |
| Dreame X60 Ultra | Dreame | Household | BUY NOW | $1.9K | vacuum, mop, self-empty |
| Eufy Omni S1 Pro | Eufy (Anker) | Household | BUY NOW | $1.5K | vacuum, roller-mop, self-empty |
| Shark PowerDetect 2-in-1 | Shark | Household | BUY NOW | $999 | vacuum, mop, self-empty |
| SwitchBot S10 | SwitchBot | Household | BUY NOW | $1.2K | vacuum, mop, auto water refill |
| Yeedi M12 Pro+ | Yeedi | Household | BUY NOW | $699 | vacuum, mop, self-empty |
| Mammotion Luba 3 AWD | Mammotion | Household | BUY NOW | $3K | mow autonomously, handle steep slopes, map yard |
| Mammotion Yuka | Mammotion | Household | BUY NOW | $1.6K | mow, sweep clippings, map yard |
| Husqvarna Automower 430X | Husqvarna | Household | BUY NOW | $2.5K | mow autonomously, handle slopes, GPS theft tracking |
| Sunseeker X3 Plus | Sunseeker | Household | BUY NOW | $1.3K | mow, avoid obstacles, no boundary wire |
| Dolphin Nautilus CC Plus | Maytronics | Household | BUY NOW | $799 | scrub floor & walls, clean waterline, app control |
| Dolphin Sigma | Maytronics | Household | BUY NOW | $1.5K | scrub floor, walls & waterline, gyro navigation, app control |
| Aiper Scuba S1 | Aiper | Household | BUY NOW | $899 | scrub floor & walls, waterline, cordless |
| Mammotion Spino E1 | Mammotion | Household | BUY NOW | $1.1K | scrub floor & walls, smart nav, long runtime |
| Litter-Robot 4 | Whisker | Household | BUY NOW | $699 | auto-sift waste, track cat weight & health, app alerts |
| HOBOT-2S | Hobot | Household | BUY NOW | $299 | clean windows, clean glass & mirrors, auto-spray |
| Grillbot Automatic Grill Cleaner | Grillbot | Household | BUY NOW | $130 | scrub grill grates, timer control |
| EMO Desktop Pet | Living.ai | Household | BUY NOW | $299 | express emotion, voice chat, react to touch |
| Miko 3 | Miko | Household | BUY NOW | $249 | converse with kids, teach & play, move around |
| Ozobot Evo | Ozobot | Education | BUY NOW | $109 | follow color codes, avoid obstacles, teach coding |
| Sphero BOLT | Sphero | Education | BUY NOW | $150 | roll & navigate, light up, teach coding |
| Sphero Mini | Sphero | Education | BUY NOW | $65 | roll, play games, teach coding |
| Petoi Bittle X | Petoi | Education | BUY NOW | $349 | walk & trot, tricks, open-source coding |
| Makeblock mBot2 | Makeblock | Education | BUY NOW | $130 | drive, sense & react, teach Scratch/Python |
| Makeblock mBot Ranger 3-in-1 | Makeblock | Education | BUY NOW | $180 | build 3 robots, self-balance, teach coding |
| Makeblock mBot Neo | Makeblock | Education | BUY NOW | $70 | drive, line follow, teach coding |
| DJI RoboMaster S1 | DJI | Education | BUY NOW | $549 | drive & aim, FPV vision, teach coding & AI |
| VEX IQ Education Kit | VEX Robotics | Education | BUY NOW | $250 | build robots, compete, teach engineering |
| Thames & Kosmos Robotics Workshop | Thames & Kosmos | Education | BUY NOW | $70 | build robots, program behaviors, teach STEM |
| Dobot Magician Lite | Dobot | Education | BUY NOW | $1.3K | pick & place, draw & write, teach automation |
| AgiBot A2 | AgiBot (Zhiyuan) | Humanoid | ENTERPRISE | Contact | walk, manipulate, factory tasks |
| XPeng Iron | XPeng | Humanoid | COMING SOON | TBA | walk, human-like hands, factory work |
| Fourier GR-2 | Fourier | Humanoid | ENTERPRISE | Contact | walk, manipulate, research platform |
| UBTech Walker S2 | UBTech | Humanoid | ENTERPRISE | Contact | walk, swap own battery, factory tasks |
| Neura 4NE-1 | Neura Robotics | Humanoid | ENTERPRISE | Contact | walk, cognitive manipulation, safe human interaction |
| Boston Dynamics Spot | Boston Dynamics | Industrial | ENTERPRISE | Contact | walk rough terrain, inspect sites, carry sensors |
| Boston Dynamics Stretch | Boston Dynamics | Industrial | ENTERPRISE | Contact | unload trucks, move boxes, case handling |
| ABB GoFa Cobot | ABB | Industrial | ENTERPRISE | Contact | pick & place, machine tending, assembly |
| FANUC CRX Cobot | FANUC | Industrial | ENTERPRISE | Contact | pick & place, welding, palletizing |
| Serve Robotics Delivery Robot | Serve Robotics | Delivery | ENTERPRISE | Contact | carry food orders, navigate sidewalks, autonomous last-mile |
| Starship Delivery Robot | Starship Technologies | Delivery | ENTERPRISE | Contact | deliver groceries & food, cross streets, autonomous |
| Nuro | Nuro | Delivery | ENTERPRISE | Contact | road delivery, no human occupant, autonomous |
| Diligent Moxi | Diligent Robotics | Medical | ENTERPRISE | Contact | fetch & deliver supplies, run errands, free up nurses |
| Stryker Mako | Stryker | Medical | ENTERPRISE | Contact | assist joint replacement, sub-mm precision, surgeon-guided |
| Naïo Oz Weeding Robot | Naïo Technologies | Agricultural | ENTERPRISE | Contact | weed rows, carry tools, autonomous field work |
Specs compiled from public 2026 reporting and company statements. Independent and not affiliated with the companies covered.