ChinaProduction target
XPENG IRON
XPENG
One of the clearest signs that softer, more human-presenting robots are moving toward production. Initial jobs are planned in shops and industrial settings rather than private care.
- Route to market
- Commercial service first
- Home relevance
- High long-term
- Face and form
- Human-like proportions, soft outer skin and head display
- Hands
- 22 degrees of freedom per hand
- Availability
- XPENG targets formal mass production by the end of 2026 and retail-guide work from Q1 2027; no UK consumer sale announced.
- Published price
- Not published
Why it matters for careIts appearance, hands and conversational design are relevant to future companionship and household assistance, but current production plans do not amount to a care product.
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Checked 22 July 2026
ChinaCommercial deployment
AGIBOT A3
AGIBOT
A 173 cm, 55 kg humanoid intended for guided services, exhibitions, education and other public-facing work, with UK commercial activity already under way.
- Route to market
- Public-facing service and development
- Home relevance
- Medium
- Face and form
- Stylised human-shaped head with a more natural overall silhouette
- Hands
- Manipulation platform; configuration varies
- Availability
- European debut held in London in June 2026. AGIBOT announced a UK Robot-as-a-Service model and publishes overseas after-sales terms.
- Published price
- Quote / RaaS
Why it matters for careLong battery claims, interaction features and a less industrial appearance make it worth watching, though its announced use cases are commercial rather than personal care.
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Checked 22 July 2026
ChinaCommercial production
AGIBOT A2
AGIBOT
A mature service-humanoid platform from a company now producing robots at commercial scale.
- Route to market
- Service, research and commercial deployment
- Home relevance
- Medium
- Face and form
- Digital face and human-scale body
- Hands
- Configurable manipulation hardware
- Availability
- AGIBOT states that its general robots are in commercial mass production; overseas sales and support documentation cover A2 models.
- Published price
- Quote
Why it matters for careMore relevant as evidence of manufacturing scale and service deployment than as a product an older person can order for home use.
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Checked 22 July 2026
ChinaPre-sale
Unitree R1
Unitree Robotics
A relatively inexpensive humanoid explicitly described as an intelligent companion, though current buyers should expect a development platform rather than a finished domestic carer.
- Route to market
- Consumer, education and development
- Home relevance
- Medium
- Face and form
- Compact synthetic head without a human skin face
- Hands
- Options and development configurations vary
- Availability
- Listed by Unitree for UK ordering on pre-sale, from US$4,900 before delivery, duty and configuration costs.
- Published price
- From US$4,900
Why it matters for carePrice and weight matter. Useful household autonomy, safety certification and support will matter much more than dance videos.
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Checked 22 July 2026
ChinaAvailable to order
Unitree G1
Unitree Robotics
One of the most accessible full humanoid development platforms, widely used for research and demonstrations.
- Route to market
- Research, education and development
- Home relevance
- Low to medium
- Face and form
- Clearly mechanical head and body
- Hands
- Dexterous-hand options available
- Availability
- Listed by Unitree for UK ordering from US$13,500, with configurations and shipping costs varying.
- Published price
- From US$13,500
Why it matters for careImportant as affordable hardware for training future skills. It is not presented as a safe, supported home-care appliance.
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Checked 22 July 2026
ChinaMass production
UBTECH Walker S2
UBTECH Robotics
A production industrial humanoid with autonomous battery swapping and continuous-operation ambitions.
- Route to market
- Industrial manufacturing
- Home relevance
- Low now
- Face and form
- Mechanical industrial design
- Hands
- Dual-arm manipulation; 15 kg payload claims
- Availability
- UBTECH reports mass production and delivery. Sales are enterprise-led rather than consumer retail.
- Published price
- Quote
Why it matters for careIt demonstrates the manufacturing, power management and whole-body control that later domestic robots will need, but it is designed for factories.
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Checked 22 July 2026
ChinaDevelopment / demos
PUDU D9
Pudu Robotics
A full-size humanoid from a company with extensive commercial service-robot experience. Demonstrations include navigation and cleaning-related tasks.
- Route to market
- Commercial service and embodied-AI development
- Home relevance
- Medium
- Face and form
- Clearly synthetic head
- Hands
- DH11 tactile dexterous hands
- Availability
- Product page accepts demo enquiries. Pudu says some promotional capabilities may not be included in customer versions.
- Published price
- Quote
Why it matters for carePudu's route from delivery and cleaning robots into humanoids is commercially credible. Household care suitability remains unproven.
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Checked 22 July 2026
ChinaLaunched
DOBOT Atom
DOBOT Robotics
DOBOT's first full-size humanoid, backed by a company that already sells large numbers of collaborative robot arms.
- Route to market
- Industry and embodied-AI development
- Home relevance
- Low to medium
- Face and form
- Clearly mechanical with a compact head
- Hands
- Dexterous manipulation is a central design aim
- Availability
- Official product and enquiry route; consumer UK retail availability is not stated.
- Published price
- Quote
Why it matters for careThe company's manipulation experience is relevant because useful care robots will need reliable hands, not merely persuasive cheekbones.
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Checked 22 July 2026
ChinaOrder enquiry
LimX Luna
LimX Dynamics
A newer interactive humanoid that places more emphasis on social presentation than many factory-first machines.
- Route to market
- Interactive service and development
- Home relevance
- Medium
- Face and form
- Friendly stylised face and full-size interactive form
- Hands
- Interactive humanoid configuration
- Availability
- Launched in May 2026 with an official order-consultation route; price and UK support are not public.
- Published price
- Quote
Why it matters for careIts appearance and interaction focus are closer to the direction a domestic companion may take, while practical household capability needs independent demonstration.
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Checked 22 July 2026
ChinaAvailable by enquiry
LimX Oli
LimX Dynamics
A configurable full-size humanoid platform with published specifications, developer tools and several hand options.
- Route to market
- Research, education and development
- Home relevance
- Low to medium
- Face and form
- Clearly synthetic platform
- Hands
- Gripper and five-finger options
- Availability
- Official specifications and order consultation are available; price is not public.
- Published price
- Quote
Why it matters for careA useful marker of how quickly capable research hardware is becoming orderable. It is not a packaged care service.
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Checked 22 July 2026
Norway / United StatesEarly-access orders
1X NEO
1X Technologies
The clearest current attempt to sell a humanoid specifically for household chores and conversation rather than factory work.
- Route to market
- Home robotics
- Home relevance
- Very high
- Face and form
- Soft fabric-covered body and non-human digital face
- Hands
- 22 degrees of freedom per hand stated
- Availability
- US deliveries are scheduled for 2026. Early access is US$20,000 or a later US$499 monthly subscription; expansion beyond the US is planned from 2027.
- Published price
- US$20,000 or US$499/month
Why it matters for carePotentially important for later-life support, but early autonomy is limited and difficult tasks may involve scheduled remote human supervision, with obvious privacy implications.
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Checked 22 July 2026
United StatesScaling internal fleet
Figure 03
Figure AI
A home-focused humanoid backed by unusually strong demonstrations of multi-stage kitchen, bedroom and living-room tasks.
- Route to market
- Home and general-purpose work
- Home relevance
- Very high
- Face and form
- Softened non-human head and home-oriented body
- Hands
- Dexterous manipulation
- Availability
- Figure reports producing more than 350 third-generation robots and increasing factory throughput, but does not offer a public consumer purchase route.
- Published price
- Not published
Why it matters for careAmong the most relevant platforms for future practical home help. Demonstrations and fleet production still do not establish consumer availability or care-grade reliability.
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Checked 22 July 2026
United StatesTraining and customer pilots
Apptronik Apollo 2
Apptronik
A mass-manufacturable humanoid now gathering large amounts of real-world work data in industrial settings.
- Route to market
- Industrial work
- Home relevance
- Low now
- Face and form
- Friendly non-human face and clear status displays
- Hands
- General manipulation platform
- Availability
- Enterprise pilots and training fleets; no consumer sale announced.
- Published price
- Quote
Why it matters for careIts intentionally approachable design and safety emphasis are relevant to future home robots, while present deployment remains industrial.
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Checked 22 July 2026