Humanoids & legged robots · Price guide
Humanoid Robot Prices in 2026: What Each One Costs, and What You Actually Get
List prices run from about $5,000 to over $100,000, and many of the numbers in headlines are targets, not prices. Here is what each model costs, how it's sold, and what the sticker leaves out.
The short answer: a humanoid robot you can actually order today costs somewhere between about $5,000 and $100,000, depending on size and what it comes with. The bigger names in the news, including Tesla’s Optimus and Figure’s robots, don’t have a price you can pay. What gets reported for them are targets.
That gap matters more than the number itself. A $5,900 research humanoid and a robot doing a shift on a production line are different products that happen to share a body shape.
Humanoid robot prices, model by model
Prices below are list prices or reported figures as of October 2026. Sources disagree on several of them, and prices change often, so treat this as a snapshot.
| Robot | Maker | Price | Status | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Unitree | From $4,900 on Unitree’s own store. US dealers list it higher | Shipping | Small research and hobby humanoid |
| G1 | Unitree | $13,500 on Unitree’s own store. Dealers list it around $18,000, and the G1 Pro around $29,000 | Shipping | Compact humanoid for labs and developers |
| H2 | Unitree | Listed at about $30,000 to $41,000, depending on the seller, and not always orderable | Listed | Full-size humanoid |
| Feather | Feather Robotics | $29,990 (promotional, listed at $32,990) | Shipping to developers | Wheeled two-armed robot with an SDK |
| NEO | 1X | $20,000, or $499 a month | Preorder. First US home deliveries planned for late 2026 | Household humanoid |
| Optimus | Tesla | No price. Elon Musk has cited a $20,000 to $30,000 target | Not for sale | Tested on Tesla’s own production lines. No outside customers |
| Figure 03 | Figure AI | No price. A consumer target under $20,000 has been reported | Not for sale | Industrial deals (BMW) |
| Digit | Agility Robotics | No public price | Leased to businesses as a service. GXO signed the first multi-year deal in 2024 | Warehouse and logistics humanoid |
| Atlas | Boston Dynamics | Not for sale | Hyundai plans factory deployment from 2028 | Industrial humanoid |
Tesla Optimus price
Tesla hasn’t published a price, opened preorders, or started a waitlist. The figure people quote, $20,000 to $30,000, is Elon Musk’s stated target for when production reaches scale. It isn’t a price anyone has paid. Treat any article that lists “the Optimus price” as a forecast.
Figure 03 price
Figure doesn’t sell robots to individuals. Its business deals are reported as service contracts, with one widely cited report putting its BMW arrangement at roughly $25 per robot operating hour. Neither BMW nor Figure has confirmed that figure. A per-hour rate for one task at one flagship customer doesn’t tell you what you’d pay, because early contracts are often priced to win the account.
How much does a humanoid robot cost to actually use?
The sticker is the smallest part of the bill for a business. Four things change the real number:
- Platform vs. product. Most robots under $30,000 are sold as development platforms. You get hardware and a software kit. Someone still has to program it to do your job. The cheaper the robot, the more likely the buyer is a lab.
- Integration. In conventional industrial automation, the robot arm is often only 40 to 50 percent of what a working cell costs. Grippers, safety equipment, fixtures and programming make up the rest. There’s no reason to expect humanoids to be cheaper to integrate. The early evidence suggests the opposite.
- Uptime. A robot that works 20 hours a day isn’t the same as one that works 12. Ask what availability the vendor will commit to, and whether that number includes faults and recoveries or only charging.
- Safety and certification. There’s no finished safety standard yet for legged robots that balance themselves. The ISO standard covering them (ISO 25785-1) is still a committee draft as of October 2026. Your safety team will want to know how the vendor handles that gap.
Three ways humanoids are being sold
- Buy outright. Unitree sells through its online store. You own the robot and everything that goes wrong with it.
- Subscription. 1X offers NEO for $499 a month alongside the $20,000 purchase price.
- Robots-as-a-service, billed by the hour or the month. This is how most industrial humanoid deals are reported to work. It moves the capital risk to the vendor, but read the contract for what happens to your bill when the robot is down.
Why the average humanoid costs about $30,000
IDC estimated that close to 25,000 humanoids shipped worldwide in the first half of 2026, in a market worth more than $740 million. That works out to about $29,600 per robot. That’s the price range of low-cost research platforms, not production machines, and it matches what the shipment data shows: most humanoids being bought today are bought to experiment with.
What to ask before you buy one
- What specific task will it do, and would a purpose-built robot do that task better?
- Is the price for a finished product or a development platform?
- What uptime will the vendor commit to in writing, and how is it measured?
- Who integrates it, and what does that cost?
- Which safety standards does it meet, and how does the vendor handle the ones that don’t exist yet?
Prices change frequently. We update this page quarterly. Last checked: October 20, 2026.