Who's actually building the robots, what they make, and whether you can get one in the UK. Plenty of companies post clever videos; far fewer sell anything you can buy. Here are the makers that matter, from the big American names to the Chinese firms that ship most of the world's humanoids and the British companies punching above their weight. Prices are in the currency the maker uses unless we've found a UK price.
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Makes: Optimus V3
Tesla's humanoid robot. Early production has started on its Fremont lines in California, but the robots are used inside Tesla for now, and Elon Musk says deliveries to outside companies will come around the end of 2027.
Not on sale in the UKNo price yet; Musk's long-term target is $20,000–30,000 once production is at scale.
Our coverage: Tesla Optimus hub · Optimus production starts in Fremont · Tesla and SpaceX merger talk
Official site: tesla.com ↗
Makes: Figure 03
A 5ft 8in humanoid run by Figure's own Helix AI. Since June a Figure 03 has been sequencing parts at BMW's Spartanburg plant in South Carolina. Its home demos are company videos nobody independent has verified.
Not on sale in the UKBusiness partners only, with no public price, shop or waiting list.
Our coverage: Humanoid prices and availability · How Britain compares
Official site: figure.ai ↗
Makes: Atlas and Spot
Atlas has some of the strongest hardware of any humanoid, but it is still learning at Hyundai's Georgia plant, with real production work from 2028. Spot, the four-legged robot dog, is already at work, including on UK building sites.
Business onlyAtlas isn't for sale: every 2026 unit goes to Hyundai and Google DeepMind. Spot is sold to companies; one UK customer put it at about $70,000, plus around $22,000 a year for support.
Our coverage: Spot on a UK building site · Humanoid prices and availability
Official site: bostondynamics.com ↗
Makes: Digit
The humanoid with the best real-world record: more than 65,000 working hours at nine customer sites, including GXO, Schaeffler and Toyota. It does one narrow job, moving plastic totes. Digit 5, with a battery from Cambridge firm Nyobolt, reaches early customers in 2027.
Business onlyNo UK deployment yet. $8,500 a month to lease (plus about $25,000 to set up), or about $200,000 to buy.
Our coverage: Digit 5's British battery · What humanoids can and can't do · Humanoid prices and availability
Official site: agilityrobotics.com ↗
Makes: R1, G1 and H2
Superb at movement: the dancing, flipping and kung-fu videos are real. As workers they're limited, with one to three hours of battery, and most go to universities, labs and entertainment. The cheapest walking humanoids you can buy in Britain.
On sale in the UKThrough UK resellers: R1 Air £4,799.99 on pre-order (Scan), G1 from £16,568 (RoboSavvy), H2 about £30,000–£32,400 (Scan). Prices checked 20 October 2026, including VAT.
Our coverage: UK prices and where to buy · The H2-X 'guardian' video
Official site: unitree.com ↗
Makes: NEO
The only humanoid genuinely sold as a home robot. It's light at 30kg and quiet, but for chores it hasn't learned, a remote 1X employee steers it through a VR headset. No delivery to a paying customer had been publicly confirmed by mid-October.
Not yet in the UKUS pre-orders only, at $20,000 or $499 a month; 1X says other markets will follow from 2027.
Our coverage: NEO's '10,000 orders' explained · Humanoid prices and availability
Official site: 1x.tech ↗
Makes: Apollo
Refreshingly open that Apollo 2 is a data-collection robot, trained partly by teleoperation. Fleets work in pilots at partners including Mercedes-Benz, GXO and Google DeepMind. The first proper commercial model, Apollo 3, is due in 2027.
Not on sale in the UKPilots only, with no public price.
Our coverage: Humanoid prices and availability
Official site: apptronik.com ↗
Makes: Walker S2
Works in car and electronics factories for customers including Foxconn, BYD and Geely. Its party trick is genuinely useful: it swaps its own battery in about three minutes, so it can work round the clock. The 1,000th Walker S2 came off the line in June.
Business onlyBy quote. No list price; UBTech's results imply roughly $95,000 a robot.
Our coverage: Humanoid prices and availability · How Britain compares
Official site: ubtrobot.com ↗
Makes: HMND 01
Britain's most direct entry in the humanoid race, founded in London in 2024. HMND 01 comes in a wheeled version for moving boxes and totes and a two-legged one. Schaeffler has signed a binding deal to deploy a four-digit number of the wheeled robots by 2032, starting in Germany, and Bosch will build them.
Not yet in the UKPilots and business deals only, with no public price.
Our coverage: Britain's humanoid race
Official site: thehumanoid.ai ↗
Makes: Shadow Dexterous Hand and DEX-EE
Has made robot hands for universities and AI labs for nearly three decades. The Shadow Hand remains one of the most human-like on sale, and DEX-EE was developed with Google DeepMind. Shadow doesn't build whole humanoids; it supplies the part many makers still struggle with.
Business onlySold to labs and industry, with rental options added in July. No public price.
Our coverage: Britain's humanoid race · History of robotics timeline
Official site: shadowrobot.com ↗
Makes: Ameca
Ameca is probably the most recognisable robot face in the world, a fixture at conferences and museums including the National Robotarium in Edinburgh. It's a communication and research robot: it doesn't walk and isn't sold for physical work. The company restructured as a US business in 2024 but still lists Falmouth as its headquarters.
Business onlySold and hired out to organisations, with no public price.
Our coverage: Britain's humanoid race · Humanoid prices and availability
Official site: engineeredarts.com ↗Everything here comes from our own reporting and the sources listed in each story. UK prices were checked with UK retailers on 20 October 2026 and include VAT; other prices are in the currency the maker uses. Where a maker hasn't published a price, we say so rather than guess. Photos are the makers' own unless stated, credited on each image.
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