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General Purpose & Humanoid Robots

30 listed
Humanoids from Figure, Tesla, Unitree, UBTECH, AgiBot and others, plus quadrupeds and research platforms, with honest notes on what you can actually buy.

Autonomous Vehicles & Robotaxis

19 listed
Waymo, Zoox, Apollo Go and other robotaxis, driverless trucks, sidewalk delivery robots, and the assisted-driving systems in today's cars.

Security & Personal Robots

26 listed
Patrol robots, inspection quadrupeds, drone-in-a-box systems and home monitoring robots. Civilian and defensive uses only.

Cleaning Robots

12 listed
2026 flagship robot vacuums and mops from Roborock, Ecovacs, Dreame and Narwal, and the commercial floor-cleaning robots used in malls and airports.

Industrial & Service Robots

14 listed
Robot arms and cobots from FANUC, ABB, KUKA and Universal Robots, warehouse robots, and the service robots used in restaurants and hotels.

Educational Robots

18 listed
From Bee-Bot and Ozobot for young children to LEGO, VEX and open-source arms like the SO-101 for learning robot AI.

Where Robots Actually Are in 2026

Humanoids have moved from stage demos to paid pilots, but mostly inside factories and warehouses. Figure's robots have worked shifts at BMW's Spartanburg plant, Agility's Digit moves totes for GXO and Schaeffler, and Boston Dynamics started building the production Atlas in 2026 for Hyundai and Google DeepMind. Volume is in China: AgiBot alone shipped more than 5,100 robots in 2025, and UBTECH delivered hundreds of battery-swapping Walker S2s to car and electronics plants.

For individuals the picture is narrower. You can buy a research humanoid such as the Unitree G1 or R1, or a robot dog such as the Unitree Go2, but a humanoid that does your housework is still a pre-order: 1X plans to deliver its NEO from late 2026, and early units lean on remote human operators for harder chores. Our humanoids actually shipping in 2026 article separates delivered robots from announcements.

On the road, robotaxis have become ordinary in a handful of places. Waymo handles more than half a million paid rides a week across US cities, Zoox started charging fares in Las Vegas in August 2026, and Baidu Apollo Go, Pony.ai and WeRide run large fleets in China and the Gulf. At home, the robot vacuum market is consolidating: iRobot, which created the category, was taken over by its Chinese manufacturer Picea in January 2026.

In-Depth Robot Profiles

Each profile has four pages, an overview, full specifications, a dated timeline and a history, with sources for every claim.

1X NEO

Consumer humanoid robot built in Hayward, California for home use

AgiBot A2

Service and industrial humanoid with a swappable 700 Wh pack and a buyable Lite model

AI Sapiens K0

ROBOTIS' open-source bipedal humanoid — the Dynamixel maker's research baseline for Physical AI

Ameca

The world's most expressive humanoid robot — 61 DoF, 27-DoF face, AI-integrated

ANYbotics ANYmal

Industrial quadruped robot for autonomous inspection in hazardous environments

Apptronik Apollo

General-purpose humanoid built for logistics, manufacturing, and industrial deployment

Honda ASIMO

Pioneering humanoid robot platform with advanced bipedal locomotion

Boston Dynamics Atlas

Advanced humanoid robot engineered for dynamic mobility and complex tasks

Boston Dynamics Stretch

Mobile warehouse robot — 7-DoF arm, 800 cases/hour, 8-hour battery

Toyota CUE

AI basketball-shooting humanoid and Guinness World Record holder

da Vinci Surgical System

The world's most widely deployed surgical robot — 6,700+ units across 67 countries, FDA approved since 2000

Agility Digit

Purpose-built bipedal humanoid robot for commercial logistics and warehouse automation

Figure AI

Commercial humanoid robots engineered for industrial deployment and manufacturing

HMND 01 Alpha

UK-built industrial humanoid — trialled live at a Siemens electronics factory

Kawasaki Kaleido

Eight generations of humanoid development from a Japanese industrial-robot pioneer

Knightscope K5

Autonomous civilian security robot for campuses, hospitals, and public spaces

Lightbot 0

90 cm research humanoid that learned parkour vaults from short human clips

Microduck

US$399 open-source robot duck trained in simulation, made famous by NVIDIA’s GTC keynote

Tesla Optimus

General-purpose humanoid robot built to perform everyday physical tasks

UniX AI Panther

World's first service humanoid robot for real household deployment

Sanctuary AI Phoenix

General-purpose humanoid robot with Carbon AI brain for enterprise task learning

Ring Always Home Cam

An indoor security drone that flies preset paths through your home

Hanson Robotics Sophia

Social humanoid robot built for conversation, expression, and human-robot interaction research

Boston Dynamics Spot

Commercial quadruped robot built for autonomous inspection and hazardous-environment work

Unitree B2

Industrial quadruped robot — IP67, stair-capable, 5+ hour endurance

Unitree G1

Compact bipedal humanoid built for research and education, from $13,500

Unitree Go2

Compact quadruped with 4D LiDAR, Jetson Orin compute and a sub-US$2,000 entry price

Unitree H1

Full-size electrically driven humanoid robot with dynamic locomotion

Unitree H2-X

Full-size “Kung Fu” guardian humanoid pitched for security and patrol, US$25,400

Unitree R1

Ultra-lightweight consumer humanoid — the first sold globally on AliExpress

UBTECH Walker S2

Industrial humanoid with a world-first self-swapping battery

XPENG IRON

Humanoid built on an EV supply chain, with 76 body joints and in-house AI silicon

More on Robots

How We List Robots

One product, one entry. Hardware revisions and sister models get their own entry, so specs and prices are not blurred together.

Status over hype. Each description says whether a robot is shipping, in pilots, on pre-order or research-only, and attributes claims such as "world first" to the maker.

Retired robots go to the museum. When a product is discontinued or replaced, it leaves the live directory and moves to the Robot Museum.

Civilian use only. Security listings cover patrol, inspection and bomb-disposal support. Weaponised or offensive military robots are not listed.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I actually buy a humanoid robot in 2026?

A few, yes. Research and hobby humanoids such as the Unitree G1 and R1 or the Booster K1 are sold openly, from roughly US$5,000 upwards. The 1X NEO home humanoid takes pre-orders at US$20,000 or US$499 a month, with first deliveries planned for late 2026. Industrial humanoids from Figure, Agility, Boston Dynamics and UBTECH are sold or leased to businesses, not consumers. Our Bots For Sale page compares prices.

Where can I ride in a robotaxi?

Waymo runs driverless rides in more than a dozen US cities, Zoox takes paid rides in Las Vegas, Tesla runs a Robotaxi service in parts of Texas and Florida, and Baidu Apollo Go, Pony.ai and WeRide operate in China and the Middle East. London pilots from Waymo, Wayve with Uber, and Baidu are planned or under way. See Autonomous Vehicles for details.

Why are some well-known robots missing from the directory?

Robots that are discontinued, or superseded by a newer model, move to the Robot Museum with a short history and a pointer to what replaced them. Robots built for offensive military use are not listed at all.

Are the prices on these pages exact?

Where a maker publishes a price we give it, with the date we checked. Many industrial and security robots are sold only on quote, and we say so rather than guess. Prices for Chinese robots are often lower at home than abroad.

How do I report an error?

Email aihumanlove@gmail.com with the page URL and what is wrong. We re-check the robot section regularly; it was last fully reviewed in October 2026.