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Six Robot Prices, Zero Named Production Customers
Biped.News found six tracked humanoid or adjacent home-robot records with manufacturer-backed advertised prices—and no named production customer among them.
6 advertised prices. named production customers.
A visible price is evidence that a buyer can enter an order, preorder, or sales process. It is not evidence that the robot is performing useful work for a named production customer.
The priced cohort uses the same evidence policy as the Biped.News pricing guide: core humanoid and bipedal records plus Isaac 1 as an explicitly labeled wheeled home-robot benchmark.
What the six priced records actually prove
Advertised US-dollar entry price for the six source-verified records in the August 2, 2026 snapshot. Tax, shipping, support, integration, and configuration costs may be additional.
| Robot | Advertised price | Buyer access | Deployment evidence | Primary source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unitree R1Unitree Robotics | R1 Air from $4,900; R1 from $5,900 | Order path / developer platform | No named production customerConsumer and education launch; no named production customer in the canonical record. | Unitree R1 product pageVerified 2026-08-02 |
| Weave Isaac 1Weave Robotics | $7,999 or $449/month; refundable preorder deposit | Preorder / wheeled home-robot benchmark | No named production customerFirst California deliveries were planned for fall 2026; no named production customer. | Weave Isaac 1 preorder pageVerified 2026-08-02 |
| Unitree G1Unitree Robotics | $13,500 before tax and shipping | Order now / developer platform | No named production customerDeveloper and research sales are public, but the canonical record names no production customer. | Unitree G1 product pageVerified 2026-08-02 |
| 1X NEO1X Technologies | $20,000 Early Access or $499/month | Preorder / home early access | No named production customerEmployee-home and private early-access testing is not a named production-customer deployment. | 1X NEO order pageVerified 2026-08-02 |
| Unitree H2Unitree Robotics | $29,900 before tax and shipping | Order now / developer platform | No named production customerOfficial launch and demonstrations; no named production customer in the canonical record. | Unitree H2 product pageVerified 2026-08-02 |
| Unitree H1Unitree Robotics | $90,000 listed; configured price requires sales contact | Contact sales / developer and research platform | No named production customerResearch and commercial shipments are reported, but no production customer is named in the canonical record. | Unitree H1 official shopVerified 2026-08-02 |
Methodology
- 1. Start with the source-verified advertised-price table used by the Biped.News pricing guide on August 2, 2026.
- 2. Require a manufacturer product, order, or official shop page with a numerical US-dollar purchase price or ownership price. Subscription alternatives may be shown, but the chart uses the lowest advertised ownership or base purchase price.
- 3. Treat order paths, preorders, developer sales, employee tests, and anonymous research buyers as access evidence—not named production-customer evidence.
- 4. Count a named production customer only when a customer organization is publicly identified and the evidence describes useful work in an operating production environment. None of the six priced records met that threshold in this snapshot.
Limitations
- Advertised prices are not total cost of ownership. Tax, shipping, duties, hands, batteries, software, support, integration, supervision, maintenance, and safety validation may be additional.
- The six robots are not directly comparable in size, task scope, autonomy, support, or buyer type.
- Isaac 1 is a wheeled home robot included as an adjacent buyer benchmark and is not counted as a bipedal humanoid.
- Absence of a named production customer does not prove that no customer exists; it means the reviewed public evidence did not identify one.