Home & personal robots — The Store Shelf

The gold standard of humanoid engineering, reborn electric. Its 360-degree joints move in ways humans cannot — and Hyundai factories get it first.

Best for: Watching where the engineering ceiling is — and where factory humanoids are headed.

Arguably the most capable hands in the business — processing hundreds of thousands of packages. Consumers can't buy it. Yet.

Best for: Businesses — and consumers watching where home capability will come from next.

The only humanoid actually living in houses today. Soft-body design, quiet, built for safety around kids and pets.

Best for: Households that want a robot around people, kids, and pets as early as possible.

The factory workhorse from China’s most established humanoid maker — famous for swapping its own battery to work around the clock.

Best for: Businesses evaluating proven factory humanoids with 24/7 ambitions.

The volume play. Tesla is converting car production lines to build it — if any robot hits mass-market pricing first, it's this one.

Best for: Buyers who want to bet on the biggest ecosystem and can wait for a consumer launch.

Built like a forklift with hands — swappable batteries, warehouse-first. A workhorse, not a roommate.

Best for: Warehouse and manufacturing operators — not home buyers.

The full-size humanoid you can actually buy. A world-class walking and running platform — bring your own application.

Best for: Labs, universities, and serious developers who want full-size hardware now.

China’s mass-production frontrunner — founded by a famed ex-Huawei prodigy, and already rolling humanoids off assembly lines in volume.

Best for: Watching the China production wave — and businesses sourcing at volume.

The hands specialist. Sanctuary bet everything on human-grade fingers and touch — the hardest problem, and the one that unlocks the most jobs.

Best for: Believers that dexterity — not walking — is what makes humanoids useful.

The care-focused humanoid. Born from a rehab-robotics company, GR-2 bets that the killer app is helping humans, not just lifting boxes.

Best for: Healthcare innovators and labs exploring robots that work with people, not around them.

The veteran. Longest real-world deployment record of any biped — proof this category works, even if it's not home-bound.

Best for: Logistics operators who value a proven track record over frontier specs.

China’s answer to Optimus — an EV maker converting its car-factory muscle into humanoids, starting on its own production lines.

Best for: Tracking whether the Tesla playbook works twice — this time from Guangzhou.

The price earthquake. A real, walking, flipping humanoid for the cost of a used car — aimed at developers, educators, and early adopters.

Best for: Developers, schools, and enthusiasts who want hands-on humanoid access at hobbyist prices.

The cheapest way to own a real humanoid right now. Smaller and more of a developer platform than a housekeeper — but it ships.

Best for: Tinkerers, developers, and early adopters who want hardware in hand now.