{ "as_of": "2026-08-31", "note": "Canonical snapshot of /humanoid-race. Generated by scripts/humanoid-race/rebuild.py. Editable source: CURATED in build_race.py + robot_rosters.json + strings_zh.json.", "kpi_leaders": [ { "n": 1, "title": "Cheapest humanoid", "winner": "Unitree R1, $5,900", "basis": "On sale with a public order channel. Runner-up: EngineAI PM01 ($13,700)." }, { "n": 2, "title": "Furthest deployed", "winner": "Agility (Digit) & Figure, stage 3", "basis": "The only makers with third-party-corroborated arm's-length PAID work. Runner-up (volume): Unitree / AgiBot on sale." }, { "n": 3, "title": "Most verified customers", "winner": "Agility Robotics", "basis": "All named and independently reported: GXO, Schaeffler, Toyota MMC, Mercado Libre. Runner-up: AgiBot." }, { "n": 4, "title": "Most units in field", "winner": "AgiBot, 8,400 to 9,700 (1H 2026)", "basis": "#1 on two independent 1H-2026 rankings: Smart Analytics Global at ~44% of 19,100 units shipped worldwide, Counterpoint Research at ~43% of more than 22,000. Both counts include wheeled models. Runner-up: Unitree." } ], "tiers": { "leaders": [ "Agility Robotics", "Figure AI", "Unitree", "AgiBot" ], "contenders": [ "Boston Dynamics", "Apptronik", "1X", "UBTech", "NEURA" ], "watchlist": [ "Tesla", "XPeng", "Fourier", "Kepler", "Sanctuary", "Booster + EngineAI" ] }, "companies": [ { "k": "Agility Robotics", "match": "Agility Robotics", "flag": "πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ", "country": "USA", "owner": "", "tier": "leaders", "flagship": "Digit", "price": "~$250k / RaaS", "pflag": true, "stage": 3, "cust": [ [ "GXO Logistics", "paid" ], [ "Schaeffler", "paid" ], [ "Toyota MMC", "paid" ], [ "Mercado Libre", "committed" ] ], "cnote": "The most third-party-verified paid deployments of any maker. Amazon is an investor with completed pilots, not counted as a paying customer.", "units": "~75–100", "ubasis": "third-party (range 40–150)", "funding": "Going public via ~$2.5B SPAC; $300M+ backlog", "flags": [ "Purchase price ~$250k vs ~$150k also cited; RaaS ~$30/hr is vendor-stated", "CEO's ~1,000 figure is booked backlog, not field units" ] }, { "k": "Figure AI", "match": "Figure AI, Inc.", "flag": "πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ", "country": "USA", "owner": "", "tier": "leaders", "flagship": "Figure 03", "price": "$20k target", "pflag": true, "stage": 3, "cust": [ [ "BMW (Figure 02)", "paid" ], [ "BMW (Figure 03)", "demonstration" ], [ "Catalyst Brands", "committed" ] ], "cnote": "Unambiguous PAID work is the retired Figure 02 (90,000+ sheet-metal parts across 30,000+ BMW X3 vehicles). BMW frames Figure 03 as a demonstration; the paid-contract claim is Figure's, not BMW's. Catalyst Brands is one signed-and-ramping agreement (its portfolio brands are not separate customers).", "units": "~350", "ubasis": "vendor-claimed (no third-party check)", "funding": "~$1.75B raised Β· $39B valuation", "flags": [ "Figure 03 paid-vs-demonstration status disputed", "350 units is vendor-claimed; count at customer sites undisclosed" ] }, { "k": "Unitree", "match": "Unitree Robotics", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³", "country": "China", "owner": "", "tier": "leaders", "flagship": "G1 / R1", "price": "R1 $5,900 Β· G1 $13,500", "pflag": false, "stage": 4, "cust": [ [ "Japan Airlines (via GMO)", "pilot / teleop" ], [ "UC San Diego", "research / teleop" ] ], "cnote": "Openly on sale with the lowest entry prices in the field. But the marquee 'autonomous' demos (kung-fu, factory) are documented as teleoperation or imitation-learning; no autonomous paid production is verified.", "units": "5,900 to 7,000+ shipped (1H 2026)", "ubasis": "third-party, two houses: Smart Analytics Global 5,900 (#2, ~31%) and Counterpoint Research 7,000+ (#2, ~31%), both Aug 2026; the 5,500 full-year-2025 figure is vendor / IPO prospectus", "funding": "Listed on the STAR Market 19 Aug 2026, the first humanoid maker publicly traded in mainland China: priced at Β₯150.80, opened at Β₯1,100 (+629%) and closed the first day at Β₯845 (+460%), a close-of-day market value of about Β₯342B (~$51B); the IPO raised Β₯6.10B (~$905M) for ~10% of enlarged capital (40.45M shares); profitable: FY2025 revenue Β₯1.71B, net profit Β₯288M", "flags": [ "Units are shipped, not deployed-in-service", "First-day valuations quoted in the press differ by moment: the widely cited ~$66B is the opening peak (~Β₯445B), the close was ~$51B (~Β₯342B)", "Listing raised capital, not verified deployments: no customer, price or availability KPI moved with it" ] }, { "k": "AgiBot", "match": "AgiBot", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³", "country": "China", "owner": "", "tier": "leaders", "flagship": "A2 / Lingxi", "price": "~$13,800", "pflag": true, "stage": 4, "cust": [ [ "Fulin Precision", "paid (~100 units)" ], [ "Longcheer", "deployment / related-party" ], [ "China Mobile", "procurement tender" ] ], "cnote": "#1 on every independent shipment ranking published so far: Omdia's for 2025 (~5,168 units, ~39% share), and for the first half of 2026 both Smart Analytics Global (8,400 units, ~44% of a 19,100-unit world market) and Counterpoint Research (9,700 units, ~43% of a market above 22,000), the half in which it passed Unitree. The two houses disagree on the absolute counts by roughly a sixth while agreeing on the order and the shares. Fulin Precision is genuine paid work; Longcheer is a shareholder (related party) and China Mobile is a tender, not yet paid deployment.", "units": "8,400 to 9,700 shipped (1H 2026)", "ubasis": "third-party, two houses: Smart Analytics Global 8,400 (#1, ~44% of 19,100) and Counterpoint Research 9,700 (#1, ~43% of 22,000+), both Aug 2026; Omdia ~5,168 for full-year 2025; 15,000 'off the line' is vendor production", "funding": "~$2.09B valuation", "flags": [ "15,000 figure is units produced, not deployed", "Some 'customers' are related-party or promotional", "Both 1H-2026 counts include wheeled G-series models alongside bipedal ones, wider than this board's scope" ] }, { "k": "Boston Dynamics", "match": "Boston Dynamics", "flag": "πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ", "country": "USA", "owner": "Hyundai-owned πŸ‡°πŸ‡·", "tier": "contenders", "flagship": "Atlas (electric)", "price": "No public price (<~$320k target)", "pflag": true, "stage": 2, "cust": [ [ "Hyundai Metaplant", "committed 2028" ], [ "Google DeepMind", "committed 2026" ] ], "cnote": "Strongest specs and Made-in-USA production, but the fleets are still committed, not operational. Hyundai's own July-2026 statement puts Atlas on the floor at its Georgia Metaplant from 2028, and the '25,000 Atlas' figure is an internal Hyundai plan, not an order. In July 2026 Hyundai moved to buy out SoftBank's remaining stake, and its Korean union struck over Atlas, the first auto-plant stoppage tied to humanoid deployment.", "units": "Undisclosed", "ubasis": "n/a", "funding": "n/a: Hyundai subsidiary; SoftBank's last ~10% bought for ~$325M (Jul 2026)", "flags": [ "CES 2026 stage demo was teleoperated", "Availability corrected down: committed, not yet running", "Korean union strike (Jul 2026): no Atlas without a prior labour agreement" ] }, { "k": "Apptronik", "match": "Apptronik, Inc.", "flag": "πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ", "country": "USA", "owner": "", "tier": "contenders", "flagship": "Apollo 2", "price": "$50k target", "pflag": true, "stage": 2, "cust": [ [ "Mercedes-Benz", "pilot" ], [ "GXO", "early POC" ] ], "cnote": "Real pilots at Mercedes-Benz and GXO. Google DeepMind is an AI technology partner (not a deployment customer) and Jabil is a contract-manufacturer/validation site. Neither counts as a paying deployment. Apptronik is explicit that the current Apollo 2 (June 2026, bipedal and wheeled-base configurations) is a data-collection and training platform, not the product it sells: the first commercial machine is the still-unreleased Apollo 3.", "units": "Undisclosed", "ubasis": "vendor", "funding": "~$935M raised Β· $5B valuation", "flags": [ "No published deployment KPIs", "$50k is a target, not a sale price", "Current Apollo 2 is a data platform; Apollo 3 is the stated first commercial product" ] }, { "k": "1X", "match": "1X Technologies", "flag": "πŸ‡³πŸ‡΄", "country": "Norway", "owner": "US-operating", "tier": "contenders", "flagship": "NEO", "price": "$20k (or $499/mo)", "pflag": false, "stage": 4, "cust": [ [ "Consumer / home", "preorders" ] ], "cnote": "On sale to consumers, but NEO relies on remote human teleoperators ('Expert Mode', a person viewing inside the home) for complex tasks: a real privacy controversy, and not effectively autonomous today.", "units": "Undisclosed (first units ~May 2026)", "ubasis": "vendor; 10,000 is refundable-preorder backlog", "funding": "~$137M+ raised", "flags": [ "'10,000' is preorder backlog, not sales/deliveries", "Teleoperation-dependent for complex tasks" ] }, { "k": "UBTech", "match": "UBTech Robotics", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³", "country": "China", "owner": "HK-listed", "tier": "contenders", "flagship": "Walker S2", "price": "~$? (est.)", "pflag": true, "stage": 3, "cust": [ [ "Automaker lines (BYD, Foxconn, FAW…)", "claimed orders" ], [ "Zeekr / NIO", "prior-gen pilots" ] ], "cnote": "The best-documented unit figures of any maker on this board, and now half-yearly: its 1H-2026 interim results (28 Aug 2026) book 921 full-size humanoids sold, up 1,946.7% year on year, on RMB 590M (~$81M) of full-size humanoid revenue, up 1,445%. Group revenue doubled to RMB 1.27B and the net loss narrowed to RMB 311M, so this is growth without profit. Read the 921 against the 1,079 of all 2025 as six months against twelve, not as a fall. What is still unverified is who is using them: Zeekr/NIO were pilots of earlier Walker S models, the automaker figures are order backlog rather than realized paid revenue, and the group remains loss-making. A rival publicly alleged one 2025 marching video was CGI.", "units": "921 full-size sold (1H 2026)", "ubasis": "issuer-disclosed: 1H-2026 interim results (28 Aug 2026), up 1,946.7% year on year; the audited FY2025 figure was 1,079 across twelve months; Counterpoint independently ranks UBTech 4th at ~1,000 units for the same half; sold, not deployed-in-service", "funding": "~$1.34B raised Β· $5.67B valuation; loss-making", "flags": [ "Order backlog β‰  paid revenue", "CGI-authenticity allegation on a 2025 demo", "Units are sold, not confirmed in service; company still loss-making", "The headline 16,123 humanoids sold in 1H 2026 counts small consumer and education models; only the 921 full-size machines fall inside this board's scope" ] }, { "k": "NEURA", "match": "NEURA Robotics", "flag": "πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ", "country": "Germany", "owner": "", "tier": "contenders", "flagship": "4NE-1", "price": "€98k (~$105k) pre-order", "pflag": false, "stage": 2, "cust": [ [ "NVIDIA / Qualcomm / Bosch / Schaeffler", "investors, not customers" ], [ "BITZER", "warehouse POC" ] ], "cnote": "Europe's best-capitalized program, but the customer list conflates investors with buyers: NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Bosch and Schaeffler are backers/partners. The only real 4NE-1 field activity is a BITZER pick-task proof-of-concept; first industrial units ship late 2026.", "units": "Zero verified deliveries", "ubasis": "n/a: pre-delivery", "funding": "~$1.66B raised Β· $7B valuation", "flags": [ "'Customers' are mostly investors/partners", "Stage-4 commercial posture, but zero deployed units" ] }, { "k": "Tesla", "match": "Tesla, Inc.", "flag": "πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ", "country": "USA", "owner": "", "tier": "watchlist", "flagship": "Optimus Gen 3", "price": "$20–30k target", "pflag": true, "stage": 1, "cust": [], "cnote": "Despite its resources, Optimus is still in the R&D phase (Musk, Q4-2025 call): a few hundred units inside Tesla's own factory for data collection, doing no 'useful work,' with no external customers. Tesla's own Q2-2026 shareholder update (22 Jul) still had the first Optimus lines being installed at Fremont, with output 'anticipated later this year'. The late-July/August start Musk gave in April has passed unmet, and Tesla has never published an Optimus production count. Consumer availability is late-2027 at earliest.", "units": "~1,000 internal (non-productive)", "ubasis": "third-party estimate; not sold/deployed", "funding": "Internal (self-funded by Tesla)", "flags": [ "Marquee demos (2024 bartending, 2025 fall) were teleoperated", "Gen 3 specs unreleased; not in production yet", "April's 'late July/August 2026' production start passed unmet; no unit count ever published" ] }, { "k": "XPeng", "match": "XPeng", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³", "country": "China", "owner": "", "tier": "watchlist", "flagship": "Next-Gen IRON", "price": "None disclosed (~'car price' aspiration)", "pflag": true, "stage": 1, "cust": [ [ "Baosteel", "announced partnership" ] ], "cnote": "IRON walks in XPeng's own factories; the Nov-2025 'human-in-a-suit' rumor was rebutted by cutting a unit open on stage. But there are no paid external deployments (Baosteel is an announced ecosystem partnership) and a >1,000 units/month figure is a 2026 capacity target, not units in the field. Its 110,000 mΒ² Guangzhou base has now entered small-batch trial production, and XPeng has put a date on first commercial use: IRON as a showroom sales assistant in China in Q1 2027, overseas later that year. Those are its own stores, not a customer's floor. On 24 August 2026 the robotics business raised its first outside capital, over $900M at more than $6.3B post-money. That is capital, not deployment: no customer, price, availability or unit figure moved with it.", "units": "None deployed (capacity target only)", "ubasis": "n/a", "funding": "XPeng Inc. (NYSE: XPEV); on 24 Aug 2026 the robotics business raised its first outside capital, over $900M at a post-money valuation above $6.3B, led by IDG Capital with Gaorong Ventures participating and Tencent and Alibaba as strategic investors, described as the largest single private round yet in China's embodied-AI sector; the unit is being carved out into a standalone subsidiary", "flags": [ "Teleop-vs-autonomy at debut unverified", "Trial production only; mass production planned end-2026", "First deployment is XPeng's own showrooms (Q1 2027), not an external customer", "The $900M round raised capital, not verified deployments: no customer, price, availability or unit KPI moved with it" ] }, { "k": "Fourier", "match": "Fourier Intelligence", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³", "country": "China", "owner": "", "tier": "watchlist", "flagship": "GR-3", "price": "~$80,000", "pflag": false, "stage": 4, "cust": [ [ "SAIC-GM", "demo" ], [ "ETH ZΓΌrich / CMU", "research" ] ], "cnote": "On sale, with a rehab-robotics heritage, but humanoid deployments are thin: SAIC-GM was a demo and the university relationships are research platforms. Do not confuse Fourier's '2,000+ medical institutions' (its exoskeleton business) with humanoid deployments.", "units": "~100 GR-1 (2023 production)", "ubasis": "vendor-claimed", "funding": "~$246M raised", "flags": [ "Customers are demo/research, not paid labor", "Medical-device numbers β‰  humanoid deployments" ] }, { "k": "Kepler", "match": "Shanghai Kepler Robotics", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³", "country": "China", "owner": "51% Hangzhou Kelin", "tier": "watchlist", "flagship": "Forerunner K2 'Bumblebee'", "price": "~$34,000", "pflag": false, "stage": 4, "cust": [ [ "SAIC-GM", "~2-robot pilot" ], [ "Chunmi", "related-party" ] ], "cnote": "On sale, but disclosed financials undercut the backlog story: 2025 revenue was only ~$638k against a ~$67M net loss. Chunmi shares a founder with Kepler (related party), and a widely-cited SAIC-GM battery-line humanoid was actually AgiBot's, not Kepler's.", "units": "Undisclosed", "ubasis": "unknown", "funding": "51% acquired by Hangzhou Kelin (~$106M valuation)", "flags": [ "Backlog claims contradicted by disclosed financials", "Deeply loss-making; related-party 'customer'" ] }, { "k": "Sanctuary", "match": "Sanctuary AI", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦", "country": "Canada", "owner": "", "tier": "watchlist", "flagship": "Phoenix", "price": "No reliable price", "pflag": true, "stage": 2, "cust": [ [ "Canadian Tire (Mark's)", "deployment / teleop" ], [ "Magna", "partnership + investment" ] ], "cnote": "Dexterity-focused (hydraulic hands), but in June 2026 it pivoted away from selling whole humanoids toward its Carbon control software. Microsoft is an Azure/AI partner and investor, not a deployment customer. The one real deployment (Canadian Tire) was fully teleoperated.", "units": "Undisclosed", "ubasis": "vendor", "funding": "~$140M raised", "flags": [ "Pivoted away from selling whole humanoids (2026)", "Only deployment was teleoperated" ] }, { "k": "Booster + EngineAI", "match": "Booster Robotics", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³", "country": "China", "owner": "two makers", "tier": "watchlist", "flagship": "EngineAI T800 / Booster T1", "price": "$13,700+", "pflag": false, "stage": 4, "cust": [ [ "University / research teams", "buyers" ], [ "RoboCup Federation", "MOU" ] ], "cnote": "Two low-cost makers grouped: on sale, popular with research and RoboCup teams. Impressive stunts (EngineAI's front flip), but buyers are labs, not industrial deployers; the 'RoboCup Federation' relationship is an MOU.", "units": "~700 (vendor, late-2025)", "ubasis": "vendor-claimed (stale)", "funding": "EngineAI ~$200M Series B Β· ~$1.5B valuation", "flags": [ "Buyers are research teams, not industrial deployments", "Unit figure vendor-claimed and stale" ] } ], "robots": [ { "name": "G1", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "A compact, affordable humanoid robot aimed at researchers, developers and education.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": 13500, "price_status": "disclosed", "availability_stage": 4, "height_cm": 132, "weight_kg": 35, "hand_dof": 7, "notable": "Ships in configs from $13,500 base to ~$73,900 EDU Ultimate with 43 DOF and Dex3-1 three-finger hands (7 DOF each).", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://shop.unitree.com/products/unitree-g1", "company": "Unitree", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "R1", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "An ultra-lightweight, low-cost full-size humanoid robot aimed at universities, hobbyists and early consumer adopters.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": 5900, "price_status": "disclosed", "availability_stage": 4, "height_cm": 121, "weight_kg": 25, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "Launched July 2025 at 39,999 RMB (~$5,900); 26 joints, runs Unitree's UnifoLM multimodal model onboard, demos cartwheels and handstands.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3319637/chinas-unitree-debuts-us5900-humanoid-robot-race-make-cheaper-products", "company": "Unitree", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "H2", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "Unitree's full-size second-generation flagship humanoid successor to the H1, built for agile locomotion and manipulation.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": 29900, "price_status": "disclosed", "availability_stage": 4, "height_cm": 182, "weight_kg": 70, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "Unveiled Oct 2025 at $29,900 (ships with dummy hands, 5-finger optional); 31 DOF, 972 Wh battery ~3h runtime, aircraft-grade aluminum/titanium chassis.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://shop.unitree.com/products/unitree-h2", "company": "Unitree", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "Yuanzheng A2", "aka": "Expedition A2 / AgiBot A2", "name_meaning": "Yuanzheng (远征) means 'Expedition / long march' in Chinese; A2 = second-generation Expedition-series humanoid", "definition": "A full-size bipedal interactive service humanoid built for reception, retail guidance, exhibitions and customer-facing marketing work.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": -1, "price_status": "none", "availability_stage": 4, "height_cm": 169, "weight_kg": 69, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "Official specs: 169 cm, 69 kg, 40+ active DOF, 700 Wh swappable battery, ~2 h runtime (vendor-claimed); the cheaper A2 Lite variant has a disclosed ~$44,560 price while the full A2 is enterprise-quote only.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://www.agibot.com/products/A2", "company": "AgiBot", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "Digit", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "A bipedal, human-sized warehouse robot built to move totes and packages and perform repetitive material-handling tasks alongside people.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": 250000, "price_status": "estimate", "availability_stage": 3, "height_cm": 175, "weight_kg": 65, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "First humanoid deployed under a commercial Robots-as-a-Service deal (GXO), moving 100,000+ totes at an Atlanta-area warehouse; Agility quotes RaaS around $30/hr.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/digit-deployed-at-gxo-in-historic-humanoid-raas-agreement", "company": "Agility Robotics", "country": "USA", "flag": "πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ" }, { "name": "Figure 03", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "A third-generation general-purpose bipedal humanoid robot designed for both home and commercial work such as logistics and manipulation tasks.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": 20000, "price_status": "target", "availability_stage": 3, "height_cm": 173, "weight_kg": 60, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "Custom tactile fingertip sensors detect forces as small as 3 grams (vendor-claimed); began production logistics work at BMW's Spartanburg plant June 2026.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://www.figure.ai/news/introducing-figure-03", "company": "Figure AI", "country": "USA", "flag": "πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ" }, { "name": "Lingxi X2", "aka": "AgiBot X2", "name_meaning": "Lingxi (η΅ηŠ€) = intuitive/telepathic rapport (idiom εΏƒζœ‰η΅ηŠ€); X2 is the second-generation compact Lingxi humanoid", "definition": "A compact, soft-skinned bipedal humanoid for education, entertainment, research and light human-facing service interaction.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": 13800, "price_status": "estimate", "availability_stage": 3, "height_cm": 131, "weight_kg": 33.8, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "Demonstrated walking, running, dancing and riding a bicycle; ~131 cm, 33.8 kg, 28 DOF, driven by a VLM silicon-photonic multimodal model (unveiled 11 Mar 2025); ~$13,800 figure is an est. from a reported ~RMB 100,000 entry config, not an official price.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://technode.com/2025/03/11/agibot-unveils-lingxi-x2-an-advanced-humanoid-robot-with-multimodal-intelligence/", "company": "AgiBot", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "Superman", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "An experimental bipedal platform Unitree built to push highly dynamic locomotion, running and jumping, rather than to sell.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": -1, "price_status": "none", "availability_stage": 1, "height_cm": -1, "weight_kg": -1, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "Revealed 17 Aug 2026. Unitree claims a 12.66 m/s top speed and a 2 m standing jump, both from its own demonstration video with no disclosed test protocol and no independent measurement. Carries no hands or grippers; Unitree calls it an experimental platform, not a commercial product, and it may have been built for the World Humanoid Robot Games.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://technode.com/2026/08/18/unitree-says-its-new-humanoid-reaches-12-66-m-s-and-jumps-2-meters/", "company": "Unitree", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "H2 Plus", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "An NVIDIA Isaac GR00T reference humanoid robot built as a standardized platform for academic embodied-AI research.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "upcoming", "price_usd": 100000, "price_status": "disclosed", "availability_stage": 1, "height_cm": 182, "weight_kg": 68, "hand_dof": 22, "notable": "Announced June 1 2026 as NVIDIA's reference humanoid; 31 body DOF plus dual tactile five-finger hands (44 DOF) for 75 total; adopted by Stanford, ETH Zurich, UC San Diego, Ai2. Available October 2026.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://theaiinsider.tech/2026/06/01/unitree-announces-h2-plus-an-nvidia-powered-humanoid-robot-for-academic-research/", "company": "Unitree", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "H1", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "A full-size bipedal humanoid robot built for high-speed locomotion and mobility research.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "superseded", "price_usd": 90000, "price_status": "estimate", "availability_stage": 4, "height_cm": 180, "weight_kg": 47, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "Holds a humanoid walking-speed record of ~3.3 m/s; 19 DOF, quote-only sales via enterprise channel.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://shop.unitree.com/products/unitree-h1", "company": "Unitree", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "H1-2", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "An upgraded second-iteration H1 humanoid with more dexterous 7-DOF arms and dual ankle joints for manipulation research.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "superseded", "price_usd": 128900, "price_status": "estimate", "availability_stage": 4, "height_cm": 178, "weight_kg": 70, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "27 DOF with 6-DOF legs (dual ankle) and 7-DOF arms, 220 NΒ·m waist joint, 360Β° 3D LiDAR; ~10 kg manipulation payload.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://humanoid.guide/product/h1-2/", "company": "Unitree", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "Lingxi X1", "aka": "AgiBot X1", "name_meaning": "Lingxi (η΅ηŠ€) evokes the idiom εΏƒζœ‰η΅ηŠ€: an intuitive, telepathic mutual understanding (from a mythical rhino-horn believed to connect two minds)", "definition": "An open-source, full-body bipedal humanoid reference platform released for developers and researchers to build on.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "superseded", "price_usd": -1, "price_status": "none", "availability_stage": 4, "height_cm": 133, "weight_kg": 44, "hand_dof": 10, "notable": "AgiBot published full blueprints, BOM and control code (AimRT platform) as open source; ~133 cm, 44 kg (54 kg with shell), 25+ DOF plus 10-DOF OmniPicker hands (vendor-claimed).", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://humanoid.guide/product/agibot-x1/", "company": "AgiBot", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "Figure 02", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "A second-generation general-purpose bipedal humanoid robot built for commercial and industrial deployment such as automotive manufacturing.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "superseded", "price_usd": -1, "price_status": "none", "availability_stage": 3, "height_cm": 168, "weight_kg": 70, "hand_dof": 16, "notable": "16-DoF five-fingered hands and dual NVIDIA GPUs; deployed for paid work on BMW production lines (vendor-claimed specs).", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://humanoid.guide/product/figure-02/", "company": "Figure AI", "country": "USA", "flag": "πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ" }, { "name": "Figure 01", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "Figure's first-generation general-purpose bipedal humanoid robot used to demonstrate autonomous manipulation and locomotion.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "superseded", "price_usd": -1, "price_status": "none", "availability_stage": 1, "height_cm": 168, "weight_kg": 60, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "First-gen prototype demonstrated autonomous tasks like making coffee in 2023; retired to legacy status after Figure 02 launched.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://robotsguide.com/robots/figure", "company": "Figure AI", "country": "USA", "flag": "πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ" }, { "name": "NEO", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "A soft, lightweight bipedal home humanoid robot designed to autonomously perform household chores and act as a conversational AI companion.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": 20000, "price_status": "disclosed", "availability_stage": 4, "height_cm": 168, "weight_kg": 30, "hand_dof": 22, "notable": "Consumer unit launched Oct 28 2025 at $20,000 (or $499/mo) with public order page and $200 deposit; vendor claims 22-DoF hands and a soft 3D-lattice polymer body, delivery late 2026.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://www.1x.tech/neo", "company": "1X", "country": "Norway", "flag": "πŸ‡³πŸ‡΄" }, { "name": "Atlas", "aka": "Electric Atlas", "name_meaning": "Named after the Titan Atlas of Greek mythology, condemned to hold up the sky", "definition": "A fully electric, general-purpose bipedal humanoid robot built for heavy industrial and manufacturing tasks.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": 320000, "price_status": "target", "availability_stage": 3, "height_cm": 190, "weight_kg": 90, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "Vendor-claimed 56 DOF with 360-degree rotating joints; production version launched at CES Jan 2026 with 2026 fleets committed to Hyundai and Google DeepMind; no official public price (reported plan to price below ~$320k).", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://bostondynamics.com/products/atlas/", "company": "Boston Dynamics", "country": "USA", "flag": "πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ" }, { "name": "Walker S2", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "An industrial humanoid robot designed for factory and logistics work that can autonomously swap its own battery to run continuously.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": 90000, "price_status": "estimate", "availability_stage": 3, "height_cm": 176, "weight_kg": 73, "hand_dof": 11, "notable": "First humanoid with autonomous hot-swap battery system (swaps in under 3 minutes); entered mass production November 2025. Price estimates range widely ($90k-$180k), no single disclosed public price.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://www.ubtrobot.com/en/humanoid/products/walker-s2", "company": "UBTech", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "4NE1", "aka": "4NE-1 Gen 3.5", "name_meaning": "Reads phonetically as \"for anyone\" (4-N-E-1); commonly cited as the intended meaning, not officially confirmed by NEURA", "definition": "A ~180 cm cognitive bipedal humanoid robot designed for industrial and domestic labor, styled by Studio F.A. Porsche and running NVIDIA-based AI on the Neuraverse fleet-learning platform.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": 105000, "price_status": "disclosed", "availability_stage": 3, "height_cm": 180, "weight_kg": 80, "hand_dof": 16, "notable": "Vendor-claimed 100 kg lift capacity, 16-DoF hands, and Neuraverse fleet learning; reservable at EUR 98,000 (~$105,000) for 1-19 units, dropping to EUR 60,000 (~$65,000) at fleet scale; first industrial units ship late 2026.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://neura-robotics.com/products/4ne1/", "company": "NEURA", "country": "Germany", "flag": "πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ" }, { "name": "4NE1 Mini", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "Reads phonetically as \"for anyone\" (4-N-E-1); \"Mini\" denotes the compact form factor", "definition": "A compact ~132 cm bipedal humanoid built on the same cognitive AI and perception stack as the full 4NE1, aimed at research, education, entertainment, and light commercial use.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": 21500, "price_status": "disclosed", "availability_stage": 3, "height_cm": 132, "weight_kg": 36, "hand_dof": 12, "notable": "Unveiled at CES 2026; vendor-claimed 3 kg payload and multi-language voice interaction; base Standard priced at EUR 19,999 (~$21,500) and Pro (12-DoF hands) at EUR 29,999 (~$34,800), shipping spring 2026.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://neura-robotics.com/product/4ne1-mini-reservation/", "company": "NEURA", "country": "Germany", "flag": "πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ" }, { "name": "Apollo 2", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "The current second-generation Apollo humanoid, offered in bipedal and wheeled-base configurations, used to perform real work and collect large-scale training data across customer sites.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": 50000, "price_status": "target", "availability_stage": 2, "height_cm": -1, "weight_kg": -1, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "Unveiled June 30, 2026 alongside Apptronik's ~90,000 sq ft Robot Park data-collection facility; feeds data to Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics models and is deployed in bipedal and wheeled-base forms for logistics, manufacturing and retail tasks.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://www.therobotreport.com/apptronik-unveils-apollo-2-flagship-data-collection-training-facility/", "company": "Apptronik", "country": "USA", "flag": "πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ" }, { "name": "Apollo 3", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "Apptronik's announced next-generation Apollo, positioned as its first mature commercial product for high-volume paid deployment in bipedal and wheeled configurations.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "upcoming", "price_usd": 80000, "price_status": "target", "availability_stage": 1, "height_cm": -1, "weight_kg": -1, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "Teased for a ~2027 release as the 'first true product' beyond the Apollo 2 prototype; CEO targets ~$80,000/year (luxury-car price) at high volume and expects $1B in orders starting 2027 (vendor claim).", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2026/06/30/apptronik-announces-robot-park-a-90000-square-foot-humanoid-data-factory-teases-new-robot/", "company": "Apptronik", "country": "USA", "flag": "πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ" }, { "name": "Walker S1", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "A 41-DOF industrial humanoid robot built for multi-task manufacturing scenarios such as automotive assembly assistance.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "superseded", "price_usd": -1, "price_status": "none", "availability_stage": 3, "height_cm": 172, "weight_kg": 76, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "Deployed in paid factory trials at automakers (e.g. BYD, Zeekr, Foxconn lines); lifts up to 15 kg per arm (vendor-claimed). No public price disclosed.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://www.ubtrobot.com/en/humanoid/products/walker-s1", "company": "UBTech", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "Apollo", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "A commercial general-purpose bipedal humanoid robot built for industrial and logistics work such as material handling in warehouses and factories.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "superseded", "price_usd": 50000, "price_status": "target", "availability_stage": 2, "height_cm": 173, "weight_kg": 72.5, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "First-generation Apollo (unveiled Aug 2023) ran commercial pilots on the factory floor at Mercedes-Benz plants in Germany and Hungary; vendor-cited ~25 kg payload and 4-hour swappable battery.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://humanoid.guide/product/apollo/", "company": "Apptronik", "country": "USA", "flag": "πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ" }, { "name": "Walker S", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "UBTech's first industrial-focused humanoid robot for multi-task factory scenarios, predecessor of the Walker S1.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "superseded", "price_usd": -1, "price_status": "none", "availability_stage": 2, "height_cm": 170, "weight_kg": 77, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "41 servo joints with force feedback and multi-modal sensor fusion; each arm rated to carry 15 kg (vendor-claimed). No public price disclosed.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://www.ubtrobot.com/en/humanoid/products/walker-s", "company": "UBTech", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "Walker X", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "A commercial/service-oriented bipedal humanoid robot for human-robot interaction, object manipulation and demonstrations.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "superseded", "price_usd": 150000, "price_status": "estimate", "availability_stage": 2, "height_cm": 130, "weight_kg": 63, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "Unveiled 2021 with U-SLAM navigation and improved hand-eye coordination; can carry 3 kg in each hand (vendor-claimed). ~$150k is a third-party estimate.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://www.ubtrobot.com/en/humanoid/products/walker-x", "company": "UBTech", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "Atlas", "aka": "HD Atlas", "name_meaning": "Named after the Titan Atlas of Greek mythology, condemned to hold up the sky", "definition": "A hydraulically actuated bipedal research humanoid built for dynamic mobility and search-and-rescue R&D, retired in 2024.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "superseded", "price_usd": -1, "price_status": "none", "availability_stage": 1, "height_cm": 150, "weight_kg": 85, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "DARPA-funded research platform with 28 DOF famous for parkour and dancing demos; retired April 16, 2024 and never sold commercially.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://spectrum.ieee.org/boston-dynamics-atlas-retires", "company": "Boston Dynamics", "country": "USA", "flag": "πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ" }, { "name": "NEO Gamma", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "'Gamma' denotes the third development generation after NEO Alpha and Beta", "definition": "The 2025 research/development generation of 1X's home humanoid used to demonstrate whole-body control and in-home autonomy before the consumer NEO.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "superseded", "price_usd": -1, "price_status": "none", "availability_stage": 1, "height_cm": 168, "weight_kg": 30, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "Unveiled Feb 2025 with a knit fabric suit (Shima Seiki machine), tendon-driven joints, and a 100Hz RL whole-body controller; vendor claims 10x more reliable and 10 dB quieter than predecessors.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://www.1x.tech/discover/introducing-neo-gamma", "company": "1X", "country": "Norway", "flag": "πŸ‡³πŸ‡΄" }, { "name": "4NE1 Gen 3", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "Reads phonetically as \"for anyone\" (4-N-E-1); commonly cited, not officially confirmed by NEURA", "definition": "The third-generation 4NE1 humanoid premiered at Automatica 2025 in Munich, introducing Studio F.A. Porsche styling and higher-dexterity hands.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "superseded", "price_usd": -1, "price_status": "none", "availability_stage": 1, "height_cm": 180, "weight_kg": 80, "hand_dof": 16, "notable": "World premiere at Automatica 2025 with Studio F.A. Porsche (Porsche 911 design house) styling and a hand upgrade from a prior 6-DoF design to 16-DoF; now superseded by the on-sale Gen 3.5.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://www.robotics247.com/article/automatica-2025-neura-robotics-unveils-3rd-generation-4ne1-humanoid", "company": "NEURA", "country": "Germany", "flag": "πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ" }, { "name": "GR-3", "aka": "Care-bot", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "A full-size bipedal humanoid companion robot designed for emotional interaction, social companionship and human-centered care service in homes, nursing homes and rehabilitation centers.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": 80000, "price_status": "disclosed", "availability_stage": 4, "height_cm": 165, "weight_kg": 71, "hand_dof": 12, "notable": "Fourier's first care-focused humanoid: soft-touch automotive-grade shell with 31 pressure sensors, 55 total DoF and a 3-hour battery (vendor-claimed); reseller list price ~$80k while China B2B pricing is reported ~$27,500.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://humanoid.guide/product/fourier-gr-3/", "company": "Fourier", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "Forerunner K2 Bumblebee", "aka": "Bumblebee", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "The mass-production commercial version of the K2 humanoid, a hybrid roller-screw/rotary-actuator bipedal robot for industrial logistics, manufacturing, and service tasks.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": 34000, "price_status": "disclosed", "availability_stage": 4, "height_cm": 175, "weight_kg": 75, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "Entered mass production Sept 2025 with thousands of pre-orders; completed the industry's first 8-hour nonstop bipedal-humanoid livestream at WAIC 2025; base price RMB 248,000 (~$34,000).", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/09/26/kepler-begins-mass-production-of-hybrid-architecture-humanoid-robot/94916/", "company": "Kepler", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "Booster T1", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "A lightweight developer-focused bipedal humanoid built for research and robot-soccer competition.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": 29800, "price_status": "disclosed", "availability_stage": 4, "height_cm": 118, "weight_kg": 30, "hand_dof": 6, "notable": "RoboCup 2025 AdultSize champion platform; 23 DOF base (up to 41 with dexterous hands), NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin at 200 TOPS (vendor-claimed).", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://www.booster.tech/booster-t1/", "company": "Booster + EngineAI", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "EngineAI PM01", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "An open-source, agile full-body humanoid aimed at education, research and commercial developers.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": 13700, "price_status": "disclosed", "availability_stage": 4, "height_cm": 138, "weight_kg": 40, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "Claimed world's first humanoid to perform a front flip; 320-degree waist rotation and ~23-24 DOF (vendor-claimed).", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://robohorizon.com/en-us/news/2025/05/engineais-pm01-humanoid-robot-debuts-at-just-13700/", "company": "Booster + EngineAI", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "EngineAI SE01", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "A full-size general-purpose humanoid with a bio-inspired neural-network gait for industrial and service use.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": 20000, "price_status": "disclosed", "availability_stage": 4, "height_cm": 170, "weight_kg": 55, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "32 DOF full-size platform with 360-degree LiDAR and Intel RealSense; early-bird price 88,000 RMB rising to 188,000 RMB (~$26,000) (vendor-claimed).", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://humanoid.guide/product/se01/", "company": "Booster + EngineAI", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "EngineAI T800", "aka": "", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "A heavy-duty full-size universal humanoid designed for high-torque industrial work at mass-production scale.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": 25000, "price_status": "disclosed", "availability_stage": 4, "height_cm": 173, "weight_kg": -1, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "Debuted at CES 2026; mass delivery began May 2026 from Shenzhen base (one unit per 15 min claimed); 29 DOF, up to 450 Nm peak joint torque; priced 180,000 RMB; name echoes the Terminator T-800.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/engineai-launches-shenzhen-intelligent-manufacturing-base-as-first-batch-of-t800-humanoid-robots-roll-off-the-production-line-to-begin-mass-delivery-302785384.html", "company": "Booster + EngineAI", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "N1", "aka": "Nexus-01", "name_meaning": "First model ('01') of Fourier's Nexus open-source ecosystem", "definition": "A compact, fully open-source bipedal humanoid research platform whose bill of materials, blueprints, assembly guide and control software are publicly released for developers.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "current", "price_usd": -1, "price_status": "none", "availability_stage": 3, "height_cm": 130, "weight_kg": 38, "hand_dof": -1, "notable": "Launched April 11, 2025 as the world's first fully open-source humanoid (complete hardware/software released on GitHub); 23 DoF, up to 3.5 m/s, FSA 2.0 actuators (vendor-claimed).", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/fourier-intelligence-launches-n1-humanoid-robot-with-open-source-strategy", "company": "Fourier", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "Next-Gen IRON", "aka": "IRON (2025 generation)", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "XPeng's second-generation, human-sized bipedal humanoid robot designed for commercial service and industrial work, driven by an in-house Vision-Language-Action AI brain.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "upcoming", "price_usd": 150000, "price_status": "estimate", "availability_stage": 2, "height_cm": 178, "weight_kg": 70, "hand_dof": 22, "notable": "Vendor-claimed first humanoid to run on an all-solid-state battery, with 82 total DoF, 22-DoF hands, and three Turing AI chips (2,250 TOPS); CEO aspires to eventual pricing 'similar to car prices' (target, no figure disclosed); ~$150k figure is a third-party estimate.", "coined": false, "source_url": "https://cnevpost.com/2025/11/05/xpeng-unveils-next-gen-iron-humanoid-robot/", "company": "XPeng", "country": "China", "flag": "πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³" }, { "name": "Optimus Gen 3", "aka": "Tesla Bot", "name_meaning": "", "definition": "Tesla's production-intent third-generation general-purpose humanoid robot, redesigned around highly dexterous human-like hands for commercial deployment.", "form_factor": "bipedal", "is_humanoid": true, "lifecycle": "upcoming", "price_usd": 25000, "price_status": "target", "availability_stage": 1, "height_cm": -1, "weight_kg": -1, "hand_dof": 22, "notable": "Vendor-claimed 22 DoF per hand with all actuators moved into the forearm (biomimetic tendon-drive) and tactile fingertip sensors; 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