How Much Does a Humanoid Robot Cost, and Can You Buy One?

Yes, a member of the public can order a humanoid robot in October 2026. List prices start at $4,900. Unitree, a Chinese manufacturer, lists humanoid models from $4,900 to $90,000. California-based 1X takes deposits on a $20,000 home robot. Larger machines aimed at factories and warehouses, such as Agility's Digit, are offered to businesses as a service. Tesla does not yet sell Optimus to outside customers.

Humanoid robot prices in 2026

List prices as checked on October 6, 2026:

• Unitree R1: $4,900 for the R1 Air and $5,900 for the standard version, before tax and shipping. It stands about 1.2 meters tall.
• Unitree G1: from $13,500. About 1.3 meters tall and 35 kilograms, with roughly two hours of battery life.
• Unitree H2: $29,900 for a 180-centimeter robot.
• Unitree H1: listed at $90,000, with a note to contact the company for the real price.
• 1X NEO: $20,000 to own or $499 a month, with a $200 refundable deposit.
• Agility Digit 5: to be offered as a service for roughly $8,500 a month. That is an illustrative estimate from an Agility securities filing reported by IEEE Spectrum.
• Tesla Optimus: not sold to outside customers, and there is no list price.

Unitree's prices exclude extras. Its G1 store page says shipping costs $300 to $1,200 and that buyers are responsible for customs duties and taxes. The robot was listed as backordered when checked.

Can you buy a humanoid robot for your home?

You can, but what arrives is not a finished household helper.

Unitree's lower-priced robots come with caveats. The base G1 does not support what Unitree calls secondary development, meaning custom programming. That requires the EDU edition, which is priced through the sales team. Unitree's product page says some functions shown are still being developed. It tells users to keep a safe distance from the robot. It also advises individual buyers to understand its limitations before purchasing.

1X markets NEO specifically for chores. Engadget reported on the plan when orders opened in October 2025. It said NEO would ship able to do basic things on its own, such as opening doors, fetching items and switching lights. A 1X teleoperator would take over for harder jobs at times the owner schedules, Engadget reported. The company said people can be blurred in the operator's view and that owners can set no-go zones. Its chief executive acknowledged that teleoperators would do much of the work at first. In an April 2026 update, 1X said its factory in Hayward, California, can build up to 10,000 robots a year. It said early units were going to its own team first. It also said some customers would receive theirs in 2026 and others later.

Why do humanoid robot prices vary so much?

Industrial machines are built for heavier work, and the hardware is only part of the bill. IEEE Spectrum reports that Digit 5 is a 1.8-meter machine that Agility says can lift 23 kilograms. It reports that the robot is likely to cost $150,000 to $200,000 in parts at launch. It also reports that the company's filing projects that figure will fall below $50,000 at a production volume of 10,000 units a year. Agility's chief technology officer told TechCrunch in February 2026 that the cost of deployment can far exceed the price of the robot itself.

At the other end, Stanford's 2026 AI Index notes that Chinese vendors such as Unitree have pushed prices down while raising production volumes. Figures reported around Unitree's stock market listing indicate the company is profitable at those prices. Its humanoid shipments topped 5,500 units in 2025, Hong Kong broadcaster RTHK reported. Caixin reported 2025 revenue of 1.69 billion yuan and profit of 278 million yuan. It also reported a gross margin of 62.9% on humanoids in the first nine months of that year. The company raised 6.1 billion yuan, about $905 million, in a Shanghai listing in August 2026, according to Caixin.

When will Tesla Optimus go on sale?

Not before the second half of 2027, on the latest reported timeline. Electrek reported in August 2026 that Tesla said outside sales could begin as early as the second half of 2027. Electrek was citing a JPMorgan analyst note on a meeting with Tesla. Earlier targets have slipped. In July 2024 chief executive Elon Musk said he hoped for high production for other companies in 2026, TechCrunch reported at the time. On price, Electrek reported that Musk told Tesla's October 2024 robotaxi event the robot would cost roughly $20,000 to $30,000 in the long term. That is a target and not an offer. Citing a report by The Information, Electrek said in September 2026 that Tesla intends to lease Optimus to a short list of companies instead of selling it.

The bottom line

The sticker price is only part of the cost. Shipping, import duties, the software edition, support and, for home robots, reliance on remote operators all shape what a buyer actually gets. Prices at the low end are real and published. What those robots can do unaided is less settled. Delivery dates for home models remain company targets until units arrive.