Humanoid Makers

Buying advice

Separate shipping humanoids from roadmap models

Check each listing's status before you build a shortlist. Apptronik Apollo appears here as a pre-order and Tesla Optimus Gen 2 as announced, while most other makers show their humanoids as available. For a pre-order, get the delivery window in writing, along with what happens to your deposit if it slips and whether the unit you receive will match the one you saw demonstrated. For an available model, ask how many units the maker can actually ship in your timeframe and whether early buyers received the same hardware revision. Looking at the listings in October 2026, the Robosen Optimus Prime opened the price range at around $700 and the Sanctuary AI Phoenix closed it at around $300,000, and seven more needed a quote.

Ask how each maker handles unfinished standards

Safety rules written specifically for robots that balance themselves are still being drafted. ISO lists ISO/CD 25785-1, covering industrial mobile robots with actively controlled stability on legs or wheels, at committee draft stage, and an IEEE Robotics and Automation Society study group is mapping where existing standards leave gaps for humanoids. Until those documents settle, ask each maker which published standards its risk assessment relies on, what the robot does when it loses balance near a person, and whether it will update hardware or software once the new requirements are final. A maker that answers with test reports and named assessors will be easier to defend to your safety team.

Check where each humanoid is built

The humanoid makers on this page are spread across several countries, and the factory location shapes your landed cost and lead time as much as the list price does. Ask where final assembly happens, which entity exports the robot, what tariff classification it ships under and how its lithium battery pack is packed and documented for transport. Confirm that the robot that arrives is configured for your power supply, language and network rules. IEEE Spectrum, reporting on humanoids starting work in warehouses, named manufacturing scale alongside software and service as one of the industry's open problems, so ask what checks each robot passes at the factory and whether you can witness an acceptance test before it ships.

What to look for

• Published deployments or pilots, not just demo videos
• Support, spares and service coverage in your country
• Whether the price is listed or quoted, and what the quote includes

Common questions

Which humanoid makers sell to businesses today?

Several makers now ship workplace and research humanoids, while others are still in pilots. Each listing shows whether a price is published or quoted, so you can see who is selling now.

Can I buy humanoids from more than one maker in one order?

Yes. The Humanoid Group can quote robots from several makers together, with delivery and import duties included in one landed quote.

Sources and further reading

• ISO/CD 25785-1 Safety requirements for dynamically stable industrial mobile robots — International Organization for Standardization.
  Draft ISO safety requirements for industrial mobile robots that balance actively, on legs or wheels.
• Study Group on Humanoid Robots — IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
  Describes the IEEE effort to find gaps in standards for humanoid safety and performance.
• Humanoid Robots Are Getting to Work — IEEE Spectrum.
  Reporting on humanoids moving from labs into warehouse pilots, and the service hurdles still ahead.