For the home

Humanoid robots for home in 2026

“Home robot” is the most abused label in this market — so here's the honest, complete picture. We swept US, Chinese, European, Korean and Japanese makers: what you can actually buy or reserve now, what's genuinely coming, the cheap platforms people keep in a home lab, and the famous ones that only demo chores in videos.

You can buy or reserve now (11)

Home and companion humanoids an individual can actually order or reserve today. We lead with the true walking bipeds (🦿 Walks) — the human-like ones that move on legs, e.g. 1X NEO, UBTech U1 and the cheapest walking humanoid Noetix Bumi (~$1,400) — then the wheeled and desktop ones (Realbotix, NEURA MiPA, Reachy Mini). Many still lean on a remote operator, several are China-domestic (US buyers need an importer), and a few — like Weave Isaac 0 — are stationary. Each card is tagged 🦿 Walks / ⊙ Wheeled / ▭ Desktop.

On the market🦿 Walks

Noetix Robotics

Be careful what “home robot” means in 2026.

Several “home” humanoids fold laundry or tidy up only with a remote human operator stepping in, many are sold only inside China, and announced ones aren't shipping. We label autonomy, region and teleoperation honestly on every robot.

How we review

Coming to the home (11)

Announced or in in-home pilots, with a credible home plan but no open order yet — walking bipeds like Cartwheel Yogi, UniX Panther and BYD, plus wheeled ones like LG CLOiD, Sunday Memo and GigaAI SeeLight S1. Worth watching, not buyable. Treat timelines as the maker's claim, not a promise.

Announced🦿 Walks

Galaxea AI

Galaxea Kengo

Honor Humanoid

Research / limited🦿 Walks

Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Kawasaki RHP Friends

LG CLOiD

Sunday Robotics Memo

Ant Robbyant R1

UniX AI Panther

Pilot programs⊙ Wheeled

Beyond Imagination

Beyond Imagination Beomni

Heightup to 1.8 m

Payload~16 kg per arm

~$150,000

HomeIndustrial

Enterprise inquiry⊙ Wheeled

Robot Era

Robot Era Q5

Height1.65 m

Payload10 kg per arm/hand

Inquiry

HomeResearch

Enterprise inquiry⊙ Wheeled

Spirit AI (Qianxun)

Spirit AI Moz1

Research / limited⊙ Wheeled

Haier

Haier HIVA Haiwa

Buyable now — but home-lab platforms, not housekeepers (7)

These you genuinely can buy as a private person, and people do keep them at home — but they're built for research, development and tinkering, not chores. Don't expect one to do your laundry; expect an SDK, a payload measured in single kilograms, and safety warnings.

On the market🦿 Walks

Unitree Robotics

Unitree R1

Unitree G1

Height1.32 m standing

Booster T1

Height1.18 m

Payload~0.5 kg per arm

$29,800 – $50,925

Research

On the market🦿 Walks

Dobot (Shenzhen Yuejiang)

Dobot Atom

Booster K1

On the market⊙ Wheeled

PAL Robotics

PAL Robotics ARI

Height1.65 m

Payload~0.5 kg per arm

$35,000 – $90,000

ResearchService

On the market🦿 Walks

AgiBot (Zhiyuan Robotics)

AgiBot Lingxi X2

Height~1.31 m

Payload~3 kg peak posture; ~1 kg over full range

$13,800 – $55,000

Research

Shown doing chores — but not a home product yet (6)

The famous ones — Fauna Sprout, Astribot S1, Figure 03, Tesla Optimus, Xiaomi CyberOne, BYD Humanoid — that show household scenarios in their reveals. They're real, impressive robots, but they go to market through enterprise pilots or research access, not retail to private buyers. Treat the home demos as a roadmap, not a product you can order.

Enterprise inquiry🦿 Walks