Shop a Humanoid · Part of The Humanoid Group
About Shop a Humanoid
Shop a Humanoid compares the humanoid robots on sale today, from research platforms to workplace and home models, with live prices and plain specifications. The Humanoid Group, which sells them, publishes the guide.
Sources we rely on
- ISO/CD 25785-1 Robotics — Safety requirements for dynamically stable industrial mobile robots — Part 1: Robots — International Organization for Standardization.
Draft safety standard for industrial robots that must actively balance, including legged humanoids. - Humanoid Robots: Vision and Reality (IFR position paper) — International Federation of Robotics.
IFR's view of where humanoid robots stand, the technology behind them and the sectors they are aimed at. - ISO 18646-5:2026 Robotics — Performance criteria and related test methods for service robots — Part 5: Locomotion for legged robots — International Organization for Standardization.
Test methods for measuring how legged robots walk, so humanoid platforms can be compared on equal terms. - Regulation (EU) 2023/988 on general product safety — EUR-Lex, Publications Office of the European Union.
EU safety rules for consumer products, including those sold online, which apply to many small and home robots. - ISO 13482:2014 Robots and robotic devices — Safety requirements for personal care robots — International Organization for Standardization.
Safety requirements for robots that work close to people, such as mobile servant robots; a revision is under way. - ISO 18646-3:2021 Robotics — Performance criteria and related test methods for service robots — Part 3: Manipulation — International Organization for Standardization.
Test methods for grasp size, grasp strength and slip resistance, useful when judging a robot's hands. - ISO/TS 15066:2016 Robots and robotic devices — Collaborative robots — International Organization for Standardization.
Specification for industrial robots that share space with workers, used alongside ISO 10218.