Robots
Humanoid robots
The human shape is already for sale. The autonomy still needs verifying.
Updated July 2026
Related robots
Logistics humanoid
Agility Digit
History’s first humanoid with an actual job.
Industrial humanoid with in-house AI
Figure 03
The humanoid measured in cars built, not in views.
Ultralight humanoid
Unitree R1
The first humanoid you can carry under your arm, costing less than plenty of bicycles.
Consumer & development humanoid
Unitree G1
The world's best-selling humanoid, and the fine print nobody reads.
General-purpose humanoid
Tesla Optimus
The most famous humanoid in the world, and the one that best explains why y8y exists.
Home humanoid
1X Neo
The first humanoid you can buy for your home. Inside, for now, there is a person.
Use cases
Factories and warehouses
The category's first real job: Digit moves totes for GXO paid per task and Figure worked car bodies with BMW. Semi-structured environments, repetitive tasks and contracts that force accountability.
The home
The most coveted and hardest frontier. The 1X Neo is already sold for homes, with unusual honesty: its complex chores are performed today by a remote operator while autonomy trains on that same data.
Research and development
The Unitree G1 turned the humanoid into affordable lab equipment: a real platform for the price of a used car, bought by universities and AI companies to train what comes next.
They all have a human shape. What actually varies is who decides inside.
The six verified humanoids, at a glance
Every humanoid in this house has a page with a verdict, sources and a price. The Agility Digit is the laborer: bird legs inspired by the cassowary and a GXO contract where it gets paid per tote moved. The Figure 03 is the aspiring general brain: its Helix VLA model decides its movements and it has already assembled car bodies with BMW. The Unitree G1 is the people's platform: $16,000, folds to suitcase size, and democratized research. The Tesla Optimus is the most famous and the most teleoperated at its starring moments, as its page documents. And the 1X Neo is the first you can put in your living room, with a remote human still inside. The newest addition is the Unitree R1: 25 kilos, real cartwheels and $5,900, the lowest price the category has ever seen.
To choose among them with a buyer's eye, our humanoid comparison puts them side by side with a table, prices and verdicts. To understand where each judgment comes from, the full framework is in teleoperated vs. autonomous.
How to read a humanoid: three questions before believing the video
First: who decides? A humanoid can walk with genuine autonomy and simultaneously converse teleoperated at its launch party; the label changes per task, not per robot. Second: what does it really cost? Only two of the five publish a price ($16,000 and $20,000); the rest is negotiated by contract, and distrusting keynote prices is house policy. Third: where does it already work? A named contract (GXO, BMW) is worth more than any viral demo, because a paying customer audits what a spectator applauds.
The technical vocabulary for asking these questions precisely lives in the glossary: degrees of freedom measure its dexterity, the actuator explains whether it can work near people, and the VLA model is the brain they all promise. The difference between humanoid and android, by the way, is one of purpose: humanoid is functional human shape; android is human likeness meant to pass as a person. We cover the former.
Frequently asked
How much does a humanoid robot cost?
The three with public prices are the Unitree R1 (from $4,900-5,900, a light platform), the Unitree G1 (from $16,000, research-oriented) and the 1X Neo ($20,000 or $499 a month, for the home). Industrial ones like Digit or Figure publish no price: they are contracted as a service or by agreement.
Can you already buy a humanoid robot?
Yes. The Unitree G1 has been on sale since 2024 to anyone who pays, and the 1X Neo opened home reservations in 2025 with deliveries from 2026. What you cannot buy yet is the general autonomy the videos promise: that remains under construction, task by task.
Are humanoid robots truly autonomous?
It depends on the robot and the task. Walking, balancing and navigating are already genuine autonomy in the five we cover; complex manipulation and conversation usually have an operator or a script behind them. That is why every y8y page carries an evidence-based verdict: four of the current six are REAL, two are TELEOPERATED.
What is the difference between a humanoid and an android?
A humanoid has a functional human shape (legs, arms, torso) to work in people's spaces, without trying to look like a person. An android pursues realistic human likeness: skin, face, gestures. The robots working in factories and homes today are humanoids; androids remain mostly exhibition pieces.
What household chores can a humanoid robot already do?
Autonomously and reliably, very few: the most requested chores (folding and washing laundry, emptying the dishwasher, cleaning bathrooms, cooking) are still performed via teleoperation or in rehearsed demos. The impressive videos tend to show tidy homes and trained routines; a real home, with toys, pets and clutter, remains the category's pending exam.
When will humanoid robots do household chores?
Nobody honestly knows: the industry's own estimates range from a few years to several decades. What is verifiable today is that home humanoids are already sold with the complex chores handled by remote human operators, and autonomy is being trained on that data. Our recommendation: buy for what they do today, not for the promised date.