Humanoid robot guides

Chinese humanoid robots vs American ones: China holds about 85% of the market by units at far lower prices, while US makers lead on funding and top ratings.

Robot hands compared: DoF, tendon vs linkage drives, tactile sensors and prices for Optimus, Figure 03, NEO, Unitree Dex5-1, Shadow ($127k) and Inspire hands.

Only 23 of 58 current humanoid robots have a public list price. Median: $26,993. China supplies 17 of the 23. Our November 2026 humanoid robot price index.

Optimus Gen 3 (V3) has not been unveiled as of November 2026. Tesla confirms a 22-DoF hand design and Fremont production. Release date, specs and rumors.

How much is a Tesla robot? Optimus has no list price. Musk's target is $20,000-$30,000, and Tesla plans outside deliveries around the end of 2027.

What is a humanoid robot? A plain definition, the parts inside (actuators, hands, sensors, AI models), how they are controlled and what they do today.

The humanoid robots with the strongest public evidence of real capability, ranked by Humanoid Arena rating, with specs, prices and caveats.

Every humanoid robot with a public price, sorted from cheapest to most expensive, with configuration notes and where each one is sold.

Home and household humanoid robots, their prices, availability and how much of the housework is actually proven in public evidence.

Humanoid research platforms for labs and universities: prices, SDK access, degrees of freedom and where to buy them.

Humanoid robots built for factories and warehouses, with public deployment evidence, payload, runtime and current commercial status.

Humanoid robots from Chinese makers such as Unitree, UBTECH, AgiBot and others, with prices, specs and availability outside China.

Humanoid robots from US companies, including Tesla Optimus, Figure, Agility Digit and Apptronik Apollo, with evidence, specs and status.

Humanoid robots you can buy or pre-order right now, with list prices, configurations and official stores and resellers.

Humanoid robots sorted by standing height from official spec sheets, from full-size industrial robots down to compact research platforms.

Humanoid robots sorted by published payload capacity, with the caveat that makers measure payload in different ways.

How long humanoid robots run on one charge, according to official specs, sorted from longest to shortest runtime.

Humanoid robots sorted by published degrees of freedom, with hand details where makers disclose them.