Buy now
Unitree G1Ships to civilians. About $13,500–$16,000. Developer machine. Walks. Not a butler.
Special desk · Consumer robots · Updated Sept 30, 2026
ROBOTS OF DAWN
Home. Driveway. The machines that want the spare bedroom. Optimus, Cybercab, NEO, Figure, Unitree, and the people building them.
Named for Isaac Asimov’s 1983 novel. A Whatfinger News desk. Not affiliated with the Asimov estate or any robot maker.
Pre-order
1X NEOHome humanoid. About $20,000 or $499 a month. Company target: late 2026 delivery.
Factory only
Optimus · FigureTesla keeps Optimus inside the plant. Figure bills BMW by the hour. No garage sticker.
START WITH ELON
Founder page
Elon Musk
Tesla. Optimus and Cybercab. Quotes, three videos, then X.
Open ElonCan you buy it
Not yet
Factory only. He has pointed at late 2027 for public sales. $20k–$30k at scale is the number he repeats.
THE TEN
One page each. Face, three videos, their quotes, then X.
01
Elon Musk
Tesla
Optimus Gen 3 · Cybercab
Factory only
02
Brett Adcock
Figure AI
Figure 03 / 04
BMW hours
03
Bernt Børnich
1X Technologies
NEO
Pre-order
04
Wang Xingxing
Unitree
G1 · H1 · H2
Ships today
05
Marc Raibert
Boston Dynamics
Electric Atlas · Spot
Hyundai plant
06
Jeff Cardenas
Apptronik
Apollo 2 → 3
Mercedes pilot
07
Peggy Johnson
Agility Robotics
Digit
Amazon / GXO
08
He Xiaopeng
XPENG
IRON
Stores first
09
David Reger
NEURA Robotics
4NE-1 · MiPA
Europe home lane
10
Zhou Jian
UBTECH
Walker S2
Listed volume
THE LOT
Consumer machines only. No warehouse arm unless it wants the kitchen.
Humanoids
Optimus, Figure, NEO, Unitree, Atlas, Apollo, IRON, 4NE-1. Sites and 2026–2027 plans.
Driveway
Cybercab versus Waymo, Zoox, Apollo Go, Pony.ai, WeRide.
Robots You Can Buy Now
Amazon aisle. Vacuums, mowers, pool bots, Unitree. Our tag on every link.
The Laws
Asimov first. Then CPSC, NHTSA, FCC, privacy.
X DESK
By them first. About them second. Full feeds live on each founder page.