Humanoid price snapshot, October 2026: median entry price is $21,800, and China sets the floor
No single launch dominated the last two days, so here is where the Robot Price Index stands in early October 2026. The numbers below come from our own dataset, using each model’s lowest published price and only models that are for sale or open for pre-order.
The headline numbers
- 33 humanoids qualify: 25 are shipping now, 8 are pre-order only.
- The median starting price is $21,800.
- 5 models start under $10,000, 21 start at or below $25,000, and 4 start at $80,000 or more.
China sets the floor. 25 of the 33 are Chinese-made, with a median entry price of about $20,500. The cheapest are the Unitree R1 (from $4,150) and the Booster K1 ($5,999), both small-format machines. The 8 non-Chinese models have a median of roughly $31,500, a gap of about 50%.
Western entries are pre-orders. The cheapest Western options, Weave Isaac 1 (from $7,999) and 1X NEO ($20,000), are both pre-order rather than shipping stock. Among the shipping humanoids in our index, the Chinese price floor is much lower.
Where the real money is. The step from “$5,000 desk-sized” to “$20,000 full-size with hands” is the one that matters. The Astribot T1 at $18,000 and the Unitree G1 at $13,500 are the entry points for a human-scale body. Anything with the strength and dexterity for real work — the Unitree H2 at $29,900 and up — starts higher, and the top of the range runs to $100,000 or more.
Caveats. “From” prices are base configurations. Several models list ranges that stretch to five or six figures once you add hands, compute or support, and we show those ranges on each model page. Pre-order is not delivery. Models without a public price, such as enterprise-only humanoids, are excluded entirely rather than guessed at.
For the full ranking see the humanoid price guide and humanoids you can order under $25,000.