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Notes on personal robots a person can buy, pre-order, or is being told they can.
30 Sep 2026
Flourish 1 is a $3,555 home robot. You can hold one today with a $1,555 deposit, refundable until it ships, Flourish says. Only 50 are on offer.
Flourish 1 now takes a $1,555 deposit to reserve one. The listed price is $3,555.
24 Sep 2026
CyboPal ONE is live on Kickstarter. $30 reserve too. Desktop robotic monitor — not a humanoid.
$30 refundable reserve, or back the live Kickstarter. Super Early Bird numbers disagree. We do not pick.
24 Sep 2026
Rhem is $5 to reserve today. It is a senior-care home robot, not a humanoid.
$5 due today. Locks an early price of $599. Kickstarter not live yet.
18 Sep 2026
Vibe A1 is for sale. Mini $799, A1 $1,499, Pro $1,999. Not a home butler.
Three Stripe launch prices. Research and education humanoid. You cannot take delivery today.
14 Sep 2026
Unitree G1+ is $15,000 on the list. You cannot put it in a cart today.
US $15,000 tax and shipping excluded. ¥95,000 tax-included in China. No cart yet.
14 Sep 2026
NEURA MiPA takes a reservation today. It is a home companion, not a humanoid.
Reservation €100 on the page, or €119 at checkout. €9,999 is their listed intro Home price.
14 Sep 2026
NEURA’s quadruped takes a reservation today. It is not a home butler.
Reservation €100 on the page, or €119 at checkout. Four-legged explorer. €50,000 is their estimate.
11 Sep 2026
NEURA 4NE1 takes a reservation today. Full price is still an estimate.
Reservation €100 on the page, or €119 at checkout. Estimated unit prices are not what you pay today.
11 Sep 2026
NEURA 4NE1 Mini takes a reservation today. It is the smaller one.
Same reservation as the full-size 4NE1. Smaller humanoid for classrooms, labs, and prototyping.
3 Sep 2026
AnAn’s panda robot is coming to Europe this month, priced at $1,000–$1,500
The company says $1,000–$1,500, with distributors in Germany and Belgium. No live checkout yet.
3 Sep 2026
Weave Isaac 0 is $250 to reserve. It folds laundry. It is not Isaac 1.
You can pay $250 today. Then $249 a month, or $3,999 and $49 a month. Not Isaac 1.
28 Aug 2026
Microduck is $399. You can add it to a cart today. It is 25 cm tall.
You can add it to a cart today for $399. It is 25 cm tall.
27 Aug 2026
SoftBank is in talks to buy most of 1X. About $6 billion. Not a signed deal.
Talks for a majority stake. Not a signed deal. NEO shop unchanged.
27 Aug 2026
OlloNi L1 is $6,999. You can add it to a cart today.
You can add the L1 to a cart today for $6,999. The S1 is sold out.
27 Aug 2026
Lumi is $39,990. You can reserve it today. It is a conversation robot, not a walking home butler.
Founder Edition $39,990. $200 refundable deposit. Conversation robot on a Unitree G1.
26 Aug 2026
Nori A3 is $1,688. You can order it today. It does not walk.
A wheeled robot with two arms. Not a walking home robot. $1,688, full price, no deposit.
25 Aug 2026
Optimus, Figure 03, and NEO: what you can actually buy
Tesla and Figure will not take your money today. 1X will.
25 Aug 2026
World Humanoid Robot Games 2026: what is happening in Beijing
The World Humanoid Robot Games are happening in Beijing this week, inside the Ice Ribbon.
25 Aug 2026
Last year they ran 21 seconds. This year they say 9.39.
In 2025 the winning 100 meters took 21.5 seconds. This year the organizer says 9.39.
25 Aug 2026
The shy robot, the wall crash, and a bowl of beans
The clip everyone sent around this week is not the 9.39.
25 Aug 2026
Can I buy a robot from the Beijing Games?
Short answer: not the one that just won.
21 Aug 2026
Zeroth M1 is on sale. Nobody we can name has received one.
You can put the Zeroth M1 in a cart today. You cannot take one home.