Every robot, what it really costs, and which one fits you

October 2026

1. 10-13
   Customers Robonaut 2 (R2) · NASA Johnson Space Center and General Motors

   New customer details for Robonaut 2 (R2)

   International Space Station (NASA); publicly displayed at the Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Center in October 2024 (NASA FY2025 Agency Financial Report).

2. 10-12
   Price G1 · Unitree Robotics

   G1 price: $16,000 → $13,500

   Current list price of the base G1 on Unitree’s own store (checked 12 October 2026); the G1 Pro is listed at $21,500. It launched at $16,000 in May 2024. Shipping and import duties are extra.

3. 10-12
   Price PM01 · EngineAI (Zhongqing Robotics)

   PM01 price: $12,000 → $26,500

   Listed at ¥188,000 on EngineAI’s own purchase page (checked 12 October 2026), about $26,500. A launch offer of ¥88,000 ended on 31 March 2025.

4. 10-12
   Price Vega · Dexmate

   Vega price: $89,999 → $75,000

   Vega 1 Pro at $75,000 on Dexmate’s own shop, labelled 2026 promotional pricing (checked 12 October 2026); hands or grippers cost extra. The earlier pre-order price was $89,999.

5. 10-11
   New in the atlas ZTE Xingzai (中兴星仔) · ZTE Corporation

   Added: ZTE Xingzai (中兴星仔) (ZTE Corporation)

   The telecom maker ZTE's full-size service humanoid, 1.6 m and just over 30 kg, built on a lightweight tendon-cable drive with a flexible lattice skin and built-in obstacle avoidance for reception and

6. 10-11
   New in the atlas Wu and Kong · Zhejiang University (Xiong Rong's team)

   Added: Wu and Kong (Zhejiang University (Xiong Rong's team))

   Two identical 1.6 m, 55 kg biped humanoids with 30 powered joints (seven per arm), named after the Monkey King Sun Wukong. Cameras in their eyes took 120 images a second to predict the ball's landing

1. 1Unitree RoboticsChina · 38% of this view5,500
2. 2AgiBot (Zhiyuan Robotics)China · 36% of this view5,168
3. 3UBTECH RoboticsChina · 8% of this view1,079
4. 4Booster RoboticsChina · 7% of this view1,000
5. 5Noetix RoboticsChina · 7% of this view1,000
6. 6Leju RoboticsChina · 4% of this view577

Company figures or analyst estimates for 2025; see each maker for the source. Makers without a published figure are left out.

95% of humanoids shipped in 2025 were made by Chinese companies (IDC).

• IDC H1 2026of about 25,000 shipped · Source
  • AgiBot (Zhiyuan Robotics) 35% 8,600
  • Others
• Smart Analytics Global H1 2026of about 19,100 shipped · Source
  • AgiBot (Zhiyuan Robotics) 44% 8,400
  • Unitree Robotics 31% 5,900
  • Others
• Omdia 2025of about 13,000 shipped · Source
  • AgiBot (Zhiyuan Robotics) 39% 5,168
  • Unitree Robotics 32% 4,200
  • UBTECH Robotics ≈7.7% 1,000
  • Others
• IDC 2025of about 18,000 shipped · Source
  • AgiBot (Zhiyuan Robotics) ≈27.8% 5,000
  • Unitree Robotics ≈27.8% 5,000
  • Leju Robotics ≈5.6% 1,000
  • Booster Robotics ≈5.6% 1,000
  • Noetix Robotics ≈5.6% 1,000
  • Others

Analysts count differently (some include small humanoids, some count by where robots are sold), so their totals disagree. ≈ means we worked out the share from the analyst's unit count.

Log scale: each line is ten times the one below. Prices are as published by makers and converted to US dollars at the time.

Tallest 306 of 523 robots publish this figure

1. 1ElektroWestinghouse Electric Corporation · 1939213 cm
2. 2Spaceo ProMuks Robotics · 2025210 cm
3. 3CASBOT W1CASBOT (Beijing Zhongke Huiling Robot Technology) · 2025210 cm
4. 4RH5DFKI Robotics Innovation Center · 2021200 cm
5. 5HeliosROKAE Robotics · 2025200 cm
6. 6P1Honda · 1996192 cm
7. 7Rollin' JustinGerman Aerospace Center (DLR) · 2008191 cm
8. 8Agile JustinGerman Aerospace Center (DLR) · 2012191 cm
9. 9Surena IIIUniversity of Tehran, Center for Advanced Systems and Technologies (CAST) · 2015190 cm
10. 10NadiaFlorida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) with Boardwalk Robotics · 2023190 cm

Bars are drawn to scale against the highest published figure. Maker-reported, not independent tests. Robots without a published figure are left out rather than guessed. Little Sophia is left out: A 36 cm toy-sized companion robot, so it is not compared with full-size humanoids.

1. China166
2. Japan100
3. United States87
4. Germany34
5. South Korea29
6. United Kingdom12
7. Spain10
8. Italy10
9. France9
10. India7
11. Singapore6
12. Russia6
13. Vietnam5
14. Turkey5
15. Canada5
16. Iran4
17. Norway4
18. Australia3
19. Hong Kong3
20. Israel3
21. Mexico2
22. Poland2
23. Saudi Arabia2
24. Taiwan2
25. Netherlands1
26. Denmark1
27. Switzerland1
28. Malaysia1
29. Nigeria1
30. Sweden1
31. Czech Republic1

• Robot dogs82Newest: Lynx S10 (DEEP Robotics)
• Military & security70Newest: Zmiy Droid 12.7 (DevDroid)
• Legged & novel47Newest: Qiji X1 (DaxAI Robotics)
• Working & field robots313Newest: PUDU GT3 (Pudu Robotics)
• See them all512All machines

• Robotaxis61Newest: Wayve AI Driver robotaxi on Uber (Wayve)
• Buses & shuttles51Newest: Autonomous e-JEST (Karsan)
• Trucks29Newest: Aurora Driver second-generation truck (Aurora Innovation)
• Delivery pods28Newest: JD Logistics L4 autonomous van (JD Logistics)
• Research pioneers20Newest: Delphi automated driving car (Delphi Automotive)
• Ports & shipyards17Newest: Embotech / Terberg automated electric terminal tractor (Terberg)
• Mining15Newest: XCMG ZNK95 "Huaneng Ruichi" driverless electric mining truck (XCMG)
• Boats & ships25Newest: Simskala ferry Virtual Cable Ferry system (Zeabuz for the Government of Aland)
• Underwater13Newest: Ghost Shark (Anduril Australia)
• Air taxis7Newest: VT35 (EHang)
• Cargo aircraft7Newest: J208 autonomous Cessna Caravan (Joby Aviation)
• Delivery drones11Newest: M-Drone 4L Winch (Meituan)
• Military aircraft8Newest: YFQ-44A Fury (Anduril Industries)
• See them all292All vehicles

1. IFR (International Federation of Robotics)Full-size humanoids sold for industrial and professional service use only; excludes consumer and military.7,000IDN Financials, reporting IFR
2. OmdiaAll humanoid shipments worldwide; AgiBot 5,168 and Unitree 4,200 lead.13,318South China Morning Post, reporting Omdia
3. IDCBroader definition of humanoid shipments; estimate.18,000Jiemian, reporting IDC
4. Unitree (company figure)Humanoids delivered to customers by one company in 2025.5,500Jiemian, reporting Unitree

For scale: the IFR counted about 34 million consumer robots and 250,000 professional service robots sold in the same period. Company figures are self-reported.

1. 2026-10-11
   XPeng gives a European timetable for IRON: second half of 2027

   At a Paris event before the motor show, XPeng's CEO showed a plan with IRON mass production in late 2026, first deliveries in early 2027 and a European rollout in the second half of 2027; countries and price were not given.

   IRON (next generation) · EV (eletric-vehicles.com)
2. 2026-10-09
   Boston Dynamics explains Atlas's new four-finger hand

   Boston Dynamics' redesigned Atlas hand drops the little finger and uses 13 identical, directly driven actuators, and the company says it was designed for mass production and for training in simulation.

   Atlas (product version) · The Robot Report
3. 2026-10-09
   BYD humanoid design shows up in a Chinese patent filing

   China's patent office published an 'embodied AI robot' design from BYD on 9 October 2026 that looks much like its Xiao Di humanoid, though BYD has not said whether it is the production version.

   Xiao Di (小迪) · CarNewsChina
4. 2026-10-06
   Agility holds analyst and investor day

   Agility livestreamed an investor day ahead of its planned listing.

   Digit (2023 commercial version) · Agility Robotics
5. 2026-10-05
   Charm Care invests in Donut Robotics

   Nursing-home operator Charm Care agreed to invest ¥300 million in Donut Robotics, which has trialled cinnamon 1 in a Charm Care home since July.

   cinnamon 1 · Robotics & Automation News
6. 2026-10-02
   Galbot prices ET1 from 79,000 yuan

   Humanoids Daily reported three ET1 versions at 79,000, 139,000 and 179,000 yuan, differing in compute and hands.

   ET1 · Humanoids Daily
7. 2026-10-01
   Safety partnership with FORT Robotics

   Agility and FORT Robotics announced work on humanoid safety.

   Digit (2023 commercial version) · Agility Robotics
8. 2026-10-01
   Agility and FORT team up on Digit 5 safety

   FORT Robotics supplies an e-stop pendant sled and co-developed an off-robot safety bridge for Digit 5.

   Digit 5 · Agility Robotics

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2. CommercialFeather Robotics · 2026FeatherFrom $29,990No skills shown in public yet
3. PrototypeAgility Robotics · 2026Digit 5Price not publishedNot for sale yetNo skills shown in public yet
4. PrototypeKeigan Inc. · 2026KeiganGPRPrice not publishedNot for sale yetNo skills shown in public yet
5. PrototypeEmplifAI consortium · 2026OpenShellPrice not publishedNot for sale yetNo skills shown in public yet
6. PrototypeHatsuMuv Corp. · 2026Type 08 Mobiloid08式 モビルロイドPrice not publishedNot for sale yetNo skills shown in public yet
7. Prototypeugo Inc. · 2026ugo NovaPrice not publishedNot for sale yetNo skills shown in public yet
8. Hidden gemPilot useAutoLife Robotics · 2026AutoLife S3Xiaozhi S3Price not publishedNot for sale yetNo skills shown in public yet