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Robots

A complete, programmable machine that moves, manipulates or positions things — sorted by its body, never by who buys it or what it is used for.

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What it is

A robot, in this guide, is a programmed, actuated mechanism with some autonomy that moves, manipulates or positions — the ISO 8373 definition — sold as a whole machine you can program. Parts sold separately are Components, the other root.

Every robot sits in one of ten branches, and the body, and in two cases how it is sold (Kit, Mobile manipulator), decides which: how it moves, whether it has an arm, whether it has a human-shaped torso. Who buys it and what it does never decide the branch; those are the segment and application attributes.

The types

  • Arm — fixed-base manipulator; five children by joint geometry.
  • Humanoid — torso, two arms and head in human proportion; on legs, wheels or a mount.
  • Legged robot — walks on legs, not humanoid: quadrupeds, bipeds, hexapods.
  • Ground robot — wheels or tracks; no legs, no built-in arm.
  • Mobile manipulator — wheeled or tracked base plus arm, sold together.
  • Aerial robot — flies: multirotor, fixed-wing or hybrid VTOL.
  • Aquatic robot — on or under water: ROV, AUV or surface vessel.
  • Wearable robot — powered exoskeletons.
  • Stationary robot — fixed base, no arm, no locomotion: desktop and social robots.
  • Kit — modular parts with no fixed body plan; builds into a programmable robot.

What to compare

Attribute Why it matters In this catalogue
segment Hobby, education, research, professional or consumer — who it is sold to professional (49), research (41), education (37), consumer (21), hobby (14)
application What the maker says it does; filter on this, it is never a category research-platform (45), education (31), handling (23), entertainment (16), machine-tending (12), assembly (11), inspection-maintenance (10), domestic-cleaning (8), general-purpose (7), warehouse-logistics (7), hospitality-retail (5), security (5), search-rescue (4), care-assistance (4), companionship (4), inspection-qc (3), palletizing (3), lawn-garden (3), delivery (3), pool (2), welding (2), agriculture (1), rehabilitation (1), surgery (1), transport (1), professional-cleaning (1)
autonomy Teleoperated, assisted or fully autonomous autonomous (24), semi-autonomous (19), teleoperated (18), assisted (5)
sdk Whether you can program it yourself, and in what proprietary (25), python (23), ros2 (20), ros1 (15), cpp (12), other (1)
mass Shipping, lifting and where it can go 0.249 kg (DJI Mini 4 Pro) – 1300 kg (Boston Dynamics Stretch)
battery_runtime Mobile robots only; fixed arms run on mains 60 min (AgileX Robotics LIMO) – 960 min (Boston Dynamics Stretch)

Price picture (observed 2026-10-28)

  • Professional / industrial: USD 1,399 (QYSEA FIFISH V-EVO) to USD 243,275 (UBTECH Walker S2).
  • Research: USD 179 (Seeed Studio LeKiwi Kit (12V Version)) to USD 90,000 (Unitree H1 / H1-2).
  • Education, hobby & consumer: USD 150 (Makeblock mBot2) to USD 20,000 (1X Technologies NEO).
  • On quotation: ABB Robotics IRB 360 FlexPicker, AGIBOT G1, Agility Robotics Digit, ANYbotics ANYmal, Astribot S1, Boston Dynamics Spot, Boston Dynamics Stretch, DEEP Robotics Lite3, Dobot Magician, Dobot Magician E6, EksoNR, ENGINEAI PM01, Epson T6-B All-in-One SCARA Robot, FANUC CRX-10iA, Fourier GR-3, Franka Research 3, Galbot G1, Geek+ P800R, HaiPick A42, Intuitive da Vinci 5, JAKA Zu 7, LimX TRON 1, Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) MiR250, Skydio X10, Starship delivery robot, Techman Robot TM AI Cobot S Series, Universal Robots UR20, Universal Robots UR5e.
  • Priced only in other currencies: CHASING M2 PRO (AUD), Sphero RVR+ (AUD).

Prices are the latest observation per product, in the seller's currency; see each record's offers for history and VAT notes.

In the catalogue

Professional / industrial: ABB Robotics GoFa CRB 15000 · ABB Robotics IRB 360 FlexPicker · AGIBOT A2 · AGIBOT G1 · AgileX Robotics PiPER · Agility Robotics Digit (announced) · ANYbotics ANYmal · Astribot S1 · AUBO i5 · BlueROV2 · Boston Dynamics Spot · Boston Dynamics Stretch · CHASING M2 PRO · Clearpath Robotics Husky A300 · DEEP Robotics X30 · DJI Agras T50 · DJI Matrice 4 Series · DJI Mavic 4 Pro · DOBOT CR5A · DOBOT M1 Pro · DOBOT MG400 · Doosan Robotics H2515 · EksoNR · Elite Robots CS66 · Epson T6-B All-in-One SCARA Robot · FAIRINO FR5 · FANUC CRX-10iA · Fourier GR-3 · Galbot G1 · Geek+ P800R · HaiPick A42 · Intuitive da Vinci 5 · JAKA Zu 7 · KEENON Robotics DINERBOT T10 · KUKA LBR iisy · LimX Oli · Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) MiR250 · PUDU CC1 · Pudu Robotics BellaBot · QYSEA FIFISH V-EVO · RealMan Robotics RM65-B · Skydio X10 · Starship delivery robot (other) · Techman Robot TM AI Cobot S Series · UBTECH Walker S2 · Unitree B2 · Unitree Go2-W · Universal Robots UR20 · Universal Robots UR5e
Research: AgileX Robotics LIMO · AgileX Robotics SCOUT 2.0 · Booster T1 (discontinued) · Booster T2 · Clearpath Robotics TurtleBot 4 · DEEP Robotics Lite3 · Elephant Robotics myCobot 280 · Elephant Robotics myCobot 320 · ENGINEAI PM01 · Franka Research 3 · Hello Robot Stretch 3 · Kinova Gen3 · LimX TRON 1 · Luwu Dynamics XGO-mini2S · MangDang Mini Pupper 2 · Petoi Bittle X · ROBOTIS OpenMANIPULATOR-X · Seeed Studio LeKiwi Kit (12V Version) · Seeed Studio reBot Arm B601 · Seeed Studio SO-ARM101 · Trossen Robotics WidowX AI · Unitree G1 · Unitree Go2 · Unitree H1 / H1-2 · Unitree H2 · Unitree Z1 · WowRobo XLeRobot
Education, hobby & consumer: 1X Technologies NEO (preorder) · Aiper Scuba X1 · Beatbot AquaSense 2 Pro (discontinued) · DJI Mini 4 Pro · Dnsys X1 · Dobot Magician · Dobot Magician E6 · Dreame X50 Ultra · ECOVACS DEEBOT X8 PRO OMNI · Husqvarna Automower 430X NERA (discontinued) · Hypershell X Series · iRobot Roomba Plus 505 Combo robot + AutoWash dock · KEYi Tech Loona · LEGO Education SPIKE Prime Set (45678) · Living.ai EMO · Luwu Dynamics XGO-lite3 · Makeblock mBot2 · MAMMOTION LUBA 2 AWD (discontinued) · Narwal Freo Z Ultra · Roborock Saros 10R · Roborock Saros Z70 · Segway Navimow X3 Series · Sphero RVR+ · Xiaomi CyberDog 2 (other)

Edge cases

  • Arm sold with its own mobile base (Stretch): mobile manipulator.
  • Legs under a humanoid torso: humanoid — the torso wins.
  • Base and arm bought separately: two entries, linked by compatible_with.
  • Grippers, hands, lidars, servos: components, even from a robot maker.

Related

Arm (30) · Humanoid (15) · Legged robot (13) · Ground robot (23) · Mobile manipulator (5) · Aerial robot (5) · Aquatic robot (5) · Wearable robot (3) · Stationary robot (0) · Kit (1) · Component

Rule of membership

Sold as a complete, programmable robot. Parts sold separately are components (cp).

Category rb in the whatrobot taxonomy.