The cheapest humanoid robots you can actually buy
This ranking only includes robots with a verified public price and genuine availability (status on sale / mass production). Prices are for the base configuration, excluding tax and shipping.
Sorting criterion: Price, lowest first (USD)
- 1 Unitree R1 On sale
CN · 2025
$5,900 (¥39,999) — the cheapest full humanoid on the market. 27 kg, 26 joints, and it does cartwheels. Source: Unitree, July 2025.
- 2 EngineAI SA02 On sale
CN · 2025
From $5,300 (¥38,500). A social robot aimed at younger users, 125 cm, with a built-in LLM. Source: EngineAI / TechNode 2025.
- 3 Noetix N2 On sale
CN · 2025
From roughly $5,500 (¥39,900). Finished second in the first humanoid half-marathon in Beijing. Source: Noetix Robotics 2025.
- 4 EngineAI PM01 On sale
CN · 2024
About $12,000 (¥88,000; some sources say $13,700). Dual-chip Intel N97 plus NVIDIA Jetson Orin. Source: The Robot Report 2025.
- 5 Unitree G1 On sale
CN · 2024
From $16,000 for the base version, with lower promotional prices in Unitree's own store. EDU variants climb to $73,900. Source: Unitree / The Robot Report.
- 6 Booster T1 On sale
CN · 2025
About $33,949 through a distributor. Winner of RoboCup 2025 AdultSize, 30 kg, an open-source research platform. Source: botinfo.ai 2025.
- 7 LimX Oli On sale
CN · 2025
From roughly $46,600 (the Oli EDU version sells for around $59,800). A genuine full-size humanoid for research and teaching. Source: RobotShop / Robots International.
- 8 Unitree H1 On sale
CN · 2023
Around $90,000 (the H1-2 variant up to $150,000). One of the most affordable full-size humanoids, and quick at 3.3 m/s. Source: Unitree / Robozaps 2026.