Which humanoid robots can you actually get for your home today?

Two have reached buyers, two take orders, and seven are still announcements. Here’s how to read the labels.

As of October 28, 2026.

Three labels that mean very different things

Press releases make every home robot sound close. In my registry I sort them by one test: what an ordinary buyer could actually do today. Each status needs two independent sources ¹.

• Delivering: people outside the company have received units.
• Preorders open: you can put money down now. The delivery date is still a promise.
• Announced: the maker has shown the robot and says it’s for the home. You can’t order it.

Of the eleven models I track, two are delivering, two take preorders and seven are announced ¹. “Announced” can mean years. LG, for example, says its CLOiD will leave the lab for real-world testing around 2027 and will set a launch date based on the results ¹⁰.

The two that have reached buyers

UBTech began delivering its UWORLD U1 on September 16, 2026 ². The first names on the list were Shanghai Yongda Group, Beijing Boshi Group and South Korea’s Galaxy Robot Park, all businesses, and the first units were giving tours and greeting visitors rather than living with a family. UBTech reported more than 13,361 orders, but its CFO said only about 1,500 to 2,000 can be delivered this year ³.

Noetix’s Bumi, a child-sized humanoid about 94 cm tall for education and companionship, went on limited presale in China through WeChat and JD.com ⁴. At the AWE expo on March 12, 2026, its founder formally delivered it into users’ hands ⁵. Noetix hasn’t said how many it has delivered ¹.

The two you can reserve

1X takes a fully refundable $200 deposit for NEO and says US deliveries start in 2026 ⁶. In April it said it had sold out its first year of production, more than 10,000 units, in five days, and that the first robots off the line were going to internal home testing ⁷.

Chery’s robotics arm, AiMOGA, opened worldwide preorders for Mobo, a 0.9-meter family companion ⁸, after an October 21 launch, without disclosing a price or a delivery schedule ⁹.

Before you put money down

• Is the deposit refundable, in writing? NEO’s is ⁶. Ask every other maker the same thing.
• Who has actually received one? So far, the named U1 recipients are companies ³.
• Is it sold for the home? Unitree’s R1 is in stock from $4,900, but its store page never mentions household use ¹¹.
• Can it legally reach you? On July 28, 2026, the FCC added foreign-produced advanced robotic devices to its Covered List ¹². According to the law firm Sidley, that covers humanoids and consumer robots, and bars new models from US import or sale without a Conditional Approval ¹³.
• What if the company folds? In November 2025 K-Scale Labs canceled every K-Bot preorder and refunded deposits after it couldn’t find a lead investor ¹⁴.
• How well does it work in a home it has never seen? In September 2026, Figure reported that its best system succeeded in 56% of trials across 30 unseen homes, and wrote that general humanoid robotics is not solved ¹⁵.

None of this means waiting forever. It means knowing which of the three labels you’re looking at, and asking what happens to your money and your home if the promise slips.