What a humanoid costs
In issue 1
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- 02Editor's letterBlanks rather than guesses
- 04News · Where they standThe status of the 43 humanoids we trackChecked on 22 September 2026, robot by robot.
- 07FeatureWhat a humanoid costs: what the public prices sayOf 43 humanoid robots, 20 have a known price, and only 9 of those are listed by the maker. The rest goes through a quote, a lease or a statement. Checked on 22 September 2026.
- 11AnalysisPayload, runtime, degrees of freedom: what the spec sheets actually measureThree figures appear on almost every humanoid spec sheet. They carry the same name from one maker to the next, rarely the same definition.
- 13ReviewUnitree G1 or AgiBot X2: two 35 kg humanoids, sheet against sheetSame height, same weight, two prices listed on an official store. We have not had these robots in our hands yet: this comparison rests only on published figures.
- 15ColumnA promise does not go in a cellDelivery dates, future factories, future prices: what we print, and where.
An empty cell rather than an invented figure.
Every value printed in the magazine carries its source. When a maker does not publish a figure, we do not estimate it: the cell stays empty, and the text says so.
It is the method of the Compare Robots comparison site, applied to reporting, reviews and interviews. Our method
- Height
- 190 cm
- Weight
- 90 kg
- Payload
- 50 kg
- Runtime
- 240 min
- Walking speed
- Hand degrees of freedom
- Public price
not published by the maker
Source: bostondynamics.com · full sheet
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