Humanoid Robot Specs Compared: Complete 2026 Data Breakdown

Why Raw Specs Don’t Tell the Whole Story — But They’re the Best Place to Start

With more than a dozen humanoid robots now commercially available, in deployment, or approaching production in 2026, the specification landscape has become genuinely complex. Price points range from $4,900 (Unitree R1) to over $250,000 (Agility Robotics Digit RaaS equivalent). Degrees of freedom span from 12 DoF (1X NEO arms and hands) to 200 total DoF (XPENG IRON). Payload capacity swings from near-zero for social robots to 40 kg (Fourier GR-1/GR-2). This breakdown cuts through the marketing noise to identify where specs translate into real-world operational advantage — and where the numbers are simply not yet disclosed.

Price Per Degree of Freedom: Measuring Mechanical Value

One of the most revealing derived metrics is price per degree of freedom — a proxy for how much mechanical dexterity you’re purchasing per dollar spent. Using available public data as of March 30, 2026, the spread is striking.

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  • Unitree G1: At $13,500 base with up to 43 DoF in full configuration, the G1 delivers approximately $314 per DoF — the most mechanically efficient purchase in the market.
  • Figure 03: Targeting below $20,000 at consumer scale with 44 full-body DoF, Figure 03 projects to roughly $455 per DoF — competitive if that price target holds at volume.
  • Tesla Optimus Gen 2: At a $20,000–$30,000 target with 28 total DoF, the cost per DoF ranges from $714 to $1,071 — significantly higher, though Tesla’s vertical integration suggests margin compression is possible.
  • Fourier GR-1: Priced at $150,000–$170,000 with 53 DoF (GR-2), the cost runs $2,830–$3,208 per DoF — reflecting enterprise-grade build quality, not consumer economics.
  • XPENG IRON: With an estimated $150,000 price and 82 active DoF, IRON reaches approximately $1,829 per active DoF — better value than Fourier at this tier, and its 200 total DoF figure is the highest published in the industry.

需要注意的是,DoF 数量本身并不能反映驱动质量、控制带宽或传感器集成情况。然而,对于在比较机械能力性价比的研究实验室和预算有限的企业买家来说,Unitree G1 呈现了一种与目前任何其他在售机器人完全不同的价值主张。

Payload-to-Price Ratio: Who Delivers Real Lifting Value

对于工业和物流应用,有效载荷与采购成本的比值是关键指标。数据显示,研究级平台与工作级平台之间存在明显的分化。

  • Fourier GR-1/GR-2: 40 kg payload at $150,000–$170,000 yields a payload-to-price ratio of approximately 0.24–0.27 kg per $1,000 spent — the strongest ratio among robots with disclosed payload and price.
  • Unitree H1/H1-2: 30 kg carry capacity at $90,000–$150,000 delivers 0.20–0.33 kg per $1,000 — competitive at the lower end of its price range.
  • Agility Robotics Digit: 16 kg carry at a $250,000 RaaS equivalent yields only 0.064 kg per $1,000 — 数据集中有效载荷性价比最低的。然而,Digit 的价值主张并非原始有效载荷,而是在结构化仓库环境中可靠自主处理货箱的能力,其现已接近通用市场规模化供应阶段,2026 年 5 月 1 日确认规模化上市。
  • Apptronik Apollo: 25 kg payload with enterprise contract pricing (undisclosed). If Apollo pricing is in the $150,000–$250,000 range, its ratio would sit between Fourier and Digit — pending confirmation.
  • 1X NEO: ~5 kg per arm at $20,000 yields roughly 0.25 kg per $1,000 — respectable for a consumer home platform, though the use case is task assistance, not load carrying.

Dexterity Leaders: Where Hand DoF Defines Capability

As humanoid robots move from structured pick-and-place operations toward unstructured manipulation, hand dexterity is becoming a genuine differentiator. The data here is particularly revealing.

Figure 03 leads the published field with 16 DoF per hand, which — if the sub-$20,000 price target is achieved — would represent an extraordinary dexterity-to-cost achievement. Tesla Optimus Gen 2 follows with 11 DoF per hand, and UBTECH Walker S1/S2 also publishes 11 DoF per hand with 7 DoF per arm. The AgiBot A2 Max at 67 total DoF 是已确认部署机器人中披露的全身灵巧性数量最高的。XPENG IRON 的 200 个 DoF 总数虽然纸面数据最大,但包含被动 DoF,尚未在独立部署数据中得到验证 — IRON 的大规模生产于 2026 年 1 月才启动。

关键的是,Boston Dynamics Atlas — 无论从演示的物理性能来看都是最具能力的机器人 — 并不公开披露 DoF 或有效载荷数据。其仅面向企业客户供货且 2026 年产能已全部预订(现代 Metaplant 于 2026 年 2 月部署,Google DeepMind 于 2026 年 4 月 1 日确认部署)的现状表明,Boston Dynamics 正在刻意管理需求,而非在公开规格表上参与竞争。

Best Value by Use Case: A Segmented View

Academic Research and Prototyping

Best value: Unitree G1 at $13,500. 凭借高达 43 个 DoF、确认 CES 2026 商业出货以及现已全球可用的机器人即服务模式,G1 以无需资本支出审批的价格为大学实验室和创新部门提供了一个具备操作能力的平台。Unitree R1 起价 $4,900 预购,可能最终会在这一细分市场取代 G1 — 但 R1 的有效载荷和 DoF 规格尚未公开确认。

Industrial Manufacturing and Logistics

Best value: Fourier GR-1/GR-2 for raw capability; Agility Digit for proven deployment reliability. Fourier 的 40 kg 有效载荷是数据集中确认的最高数据,在重载操作工作流程中值得关注。然而,Agility Digit 在真实仓库环境中的运营记录 — 现已扩展至 2026 年 5 月通用市场供应 — 提供了规格表无法体现的风险调整优势。对于有较长容错窗口的新建工业部署,XPENG IRON 的 82 个主动 DoF 及汽车工厂验证(自 2025 年 1 月起部署于 XPENG 广州工厂)以约 $150,000 的价格提供了第三个可信选择。

Consumer and Home Assistance

Best value: 1X NEO at $20,000 or $499/month. 作为 2026 年唯一开始真实消费者家庭配送的人形机器人,NEO 独占一个品类。其遥操作到自主学习模式在运营上诚实面对当前 AI 的局限性。Figure 03 的 20,000 美元以下消费目标在纸面上很有吸引力,但截至目前该机器人仍不可用 — 普通消费者没有确认的交付时间表。

High-Visibility and Enterprise Showcase

Best value: Boston Dynamics Atlas for organizations that can access it. 凭借自 2026 年 2 月起运营的现代 Metaplant 部署以及 2026 年 4 月 1 日激活的 Google DeepMind 合作,Atlas 携带着企业层面目前任何竞争对手都无法匹配的部署信誉。代价是可获得性 — 2026 年产能已全部预订,定价仍未公开,仅限六位数的企业级合同。

Where the Data Has Gaps — and Why That Matters

Analytical honesty requires acknowledging what is not known. Boston Dynamics Atlas, Apptronik Apollo, Sanctuary AI Phoenix, NEURA Robotics 4NE-1, and Ameca 均缺乏公开披露的 DoF 或有效载荷数据。这并非偶然 — 企业供应商经常隐瞒规格以防止直接商品化比较,并在合同谈判中保持定价灵活性。评估这些平台的买家应将未披露的规格视为谈判筹码,而非疏忽遗漏。

AgiBot A2/A2 Max 的定价同样未列出,XPENG IRON 的 $150,000 为行业估算,而非确认的厂商建议零售价。随着 IRON 确认的大规模量产启动日期 2026 年 4 月 1 日临近,预计将发布正式定价公告,这将实质性重塑高 DoF 企业级梯队的比较格局。

The Spec That Doesn’t Appear in Any Datasheet

Across this entire dataset, the single most consequential differentiator in 2026 is not DoF count, payload, or price — it is confirmed deployment at production scaleTesla Optimus Gen 2 自 2025 年 1 月起在上海超级工厂运营,并于 2026 年 3 月在上海 AWE 2026 展出,规模化量产目标为弗里蒙特工厂每年高达 100 万台。Figure AI 自 2025 年 2 月起扩大了其在宝马斯巴坦堡工厂的部署。这些运营时间产生的训练数据、故障模式知识和客户信任是任何规格都无法替代的。买家在做出采购决策时应将部署运营记录与公布规格同等重视。

Ready to run your own side-by-side comparison? Use the HumanoidApplications.com comparison tool to filter robots by payload, DoF, price, and availability — or browse the full robot directory for complete profiles on every platform referenced in this analysis. Deployment data for all robots mentioned is tracked in real time at our deployments tracker.