Guides
Start here: what humanoid robots are, what they cost, where they are being used and how to judge the claims.
Topics
- What Is a Humanoid Robot?What counts as a humanoid robot, what the best documented ones have done at work, and how to tell a demonstration from a deployment.
- What Is Physical AI?Physical AI turns camera and touch data into robot motion. How Figure's Helix, NVIDIA GR00T and Gemini Robotics work, and what their makers have shown.
- How Much Does a Humanoid Robot Cost in 2026?Published humanoid robot prices in 2026, from $4,900 for a Unitree R1 to €98,000 for a NEURA 4NE1, plus subscriptions, warranties and hidden costs.
- Which Humanoid Robots Can You Actually Buy in 2026?Humanoid robots you can order in 2026, by route: listed price, quote, reservation or enterprise program. Unitree, 1X NEO, NEURA 4NE1, Ameca, Digit and Atlas.
- Humanoid Robots in ManufacturingWhere humanoids work in car plants in 2026: Figure at BMW, Atlas at Hyundai, Apollo at Mercedes-Benz. Tasks, hours, and what the makers have not published.
- Humanoid Robots in Healthcare and Elder CareHospital humanoid trials in 2026 cover errands and wayfinding, not patient care. What Tsukuba and Taichung tested, and what to ask before a pilot.
- Humanoid Robots in Logistics and WarehousesWhat humanoids do in warehouses in 2026: Digit's 100,000 totes at GXO, Figure's parcel sorting, Apollo at GXO. Contracts, speeds and open questions.
- Humanoid Robots for the HomeHome humanoids in late 2026: 1X NEO preorders at $20,000 or $499 a month, Figure 03's home test results, remote operators and the privacy questions.
In depth
- The Best Humanoid Robots of 2026The strongest humanoid robots of 2026 by job: warehouse, factory, research, home and events. Picks based on documented work and published specs.
- Chinese Humanoid Robot CompaniesChina's humanoid makers in 2026: Unitree's IPO, UBTECH's 1,079 robots sold, AgiBot's 10,000th unit, plus Galbot, Fourier, EngineAI and Booster.
- Can You Actually Buy a Humanoid Robot in 2026?Yes, an individual can buy a humanoid robot in 2026, from $4,900. What each one does once it arrives, what a deposit buys, and the questions to ask first.
- Humanoid Robot Stocks: What Is Actually Listed in 2026Which humanoid robot makers trade publicly in 2026: Agility (AGLT), Unitree (688836), UBTECH (9880.HK) and Tesla. What filings show, and why Figure is not one.
- Open-Source Humanoid Robots and PlatformsWhat is actually open in humanoid robotics in 2026: Unitree's BSD-licensed SDK, NVIDIA GR00T N1.7 weights, and what Figure and Google keep closed.
- How Humanoid Robots LearnHow humanoid robots learn tasks in 2026: teleoperation, human video and simulation, with the hours of data and success rates companies have published.
- Lower-Cost Humanoid Robots: What to CompareThe lowest published humanoid robot prices in 2026, from the Unitree R1 AIR at $4,900 to the G1 at $13,500, and what each base model leaves out.