N° 1 · November 2026
What a humanoid costs
Contents
In this issue
- 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.