The Humanoid Report · Nov 2026
Which humanoids are real?
Not a catalogue of every announcement, but a judgement: what you can buy, what actually works at customers, and what only promises. Every entry sourced and dated.
The state of play
What the research shows
robots reviewed
24 of them in the Core: purchasable or proven at work.
17buyable in Europe
Almost every robot you can freely buy comes from China.
72named deployments
BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Schaeffler, Rossmann, Renault and more.
Tesla Optimus
Tesla's humanoid: production line started in Fremont in October 2026, but no sales, no price, no verified useful work at scale.
buyable in the US
Atlas, Figure and Digit cannot be bought — only leased or contracted.
7missed promises
out of 64 dated announcements we track.
Core
The robots that matter
Can be bought, or works at named customers.
Boston Dynamics Atlas
Production electric Atlas: fully allocated to Hyundai and Google DeepMind in 2026, no public price.
1X NEO
The only home humanoid with open pre-orders in the US; teleoperation by 1X staff is part of the product.
Tesla Optimus
Tesla's humanoid: production line started in Fremont in October 2026, but no sales, no price, no verified useful work at scale.
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Third-generation Figure humanoid, built in volume at BotQ, available to commercial customers only.
Unitree G1
Compact 130 cm humanoid, the most widely sold small research biped, with dealers in Germany and the US.
Unitree H2
182 cm, 70 kg full-size research humanoid; USD 29,900 list, EUR 54,000 at a French-run EU dealer.
Agility Digit
Tote-moving biped in paid warehouse and factory programmes; Digit 5 deliveries start 2027.
Apptronik Apollo
Austin humanoid backed by Google and Mercedes; Apollo 2 is a development platform, Apollo 3 the planned product.
UBTECH Walker S2
176 cm industrial humanoid with 3-minute autonomous battery swap; named pilots at Rossmann and Airbus.
Unitree R1
123 cm entry-level humanoid priced from USD 4,900, sold in Germany from EUR 9,996.
AgiBot G2
Wheeled dual-arm humanoid upper body for factory work, with a named electronics-line customer.
Galbot G1
Wheeled dual-arm mobile manipulator for pharmacies, stores and warehouses, sold to businesses in China and Japan.
Video
See them move
One video per robot, uncut footage first. Nothing loads until you click.
Boston Dynamics
1X
Tesla
Figure
Unitree Robotics
Unitree Robotics
Agility
Apptronik
UBTECH Robotics
Unitree Robotics
Deployments
Who's actually working where
- Schaeffler
- AGCO
- Hyundai Motor GroupRobotics Metaplant Application Center, RMAC
- BMW Group
- abc Inc.
- BMW Group
- SF Express
- Catalyst BrandsJCPenney, Aeropostale, Brooks Brothers
Promises
Promised — and delivered?
“20,000 Optimus robots per week by the end of 2027.”
Elon Musk · Oct 2026 · Due Dec 2027
“Digit deployments at GXO Statesville (NC) and Lebanon (TN) start early 2027.”
Agility Robotics / GXO · Oct 2026 · Due Mar 2027
“SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI closes in Q4 2026 (about 2026-11-04).”
Agility Robotics · Oct 2026 · Due Dec 2026
“First customer deliveries in H1 2027, European rollout in H2 2027”
He Xiaopeng · Oct 2026 · Due Dec 2027
“1,000 to 2,000 compact humanoids produced in 2027; ONE SN available early 2027”
Zhaopeng Chen (CEO, to Reuters) · Oct 2026 · Due Dec 2027
“Deliver Echo pre-orders (initial run of 250 units: 225 tabletop, 25 full body) in the second half of 2027”
Realbotix · Oct 2026 · Due Dec 2027
Changelog
What changed lately
Boston Dynamics Atlas — KED Global reports Boston Dynamics has finalised a Korean-led Atlas supplier line-up (Hyundai Mobis) and asked suppliers to prepare for purchase orders covering 10,000 units.
Realbotix Echo — Echo line opens for pre-order from USD 11,950 with delivery in 2H 2027.
Agility Digit — Commercial update: GXO expansion, three unnamed manufacturing customers, AGCO pilot, pipeline of 30+ prospects.
Agile ONE — Compact ONE SN unveiled at Nvidia GTC Berlin; 1,000 to 2,000 compact units targeted for 2027.
1X NEO — Startup Fortune reports early-access shipments but notes no independently verified delivery outside 1X's early-access programme.
Apptronik Apollo — Google DeepMind reports Gemini 4 Argon video-to-sim-to-real transfer to Apollo (single outlet, company-described).