Key specs
- Maker and country
- Walden Robotics, US (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
- Status (26 Oct 2026)
- In production use at a Toyota plant in North America since February 2026; sold to businesses only
- Locomotion
- Wheels (humanoid upper body on a wheeled or fixed base)
- Shifts
- One robot works eight-hour shifts at the Toyota plant (The Next Web)
- Tasks
- Loading car parts, cleaning machines, kitting parts
Our verdict
Walden is the most interesting newcomer of 2026. By skipping legs it gets robots onto a real production line sooner. Businesses can enquire through its "Hire a robot" page; there is no consumer product.
What we like
- Already doing production work, not just demos
- Wheels make it easier to meet existing factory safety rules
- $300 million raised at a $1.1 billion valuation, with Toyota, Nvidia, Boeing and Samsung Ventures backing
What to know
- No public specs or price
- No legs, so no stairs
- Very new: launched from stealth on 15 July 2026
How it compares
| Spec | Walden Robotics | 1X NEO | Unitree G1 | Figure 03 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | See latest price | $20,000 Early Access or $499 per month | from $13,500 (Unitree, excl. tax and shipping); EDU versions by quote | See latest price |
| Maker and country | Walden Robotics, US (Cambridge, Massachusetts) | 1X Technologies, US and Norway | Unitree, China (Hangzhou) | Figure AI, US |
| Status (26 Oct 2026) | In production use at a Toyota plant in North America since February 2026; sold to businesses only | Pre-order, US only. 1X says US deliveries start in 2026; no independently confirmed customer deliveries found as of early October 2026 | Shipping worldwide, including UK retail stock | Built at Figure's BotQ factory; working with partners such as BMW. No public sale |
| Locomotion | Wheels (humanoid upper body on a wheeled or fixed base) | Legs | - | Legs, top speed 1.2 m/s (Figure) |
| Shifts | One robot works eight-hour shifts at the Toyota plant (The Next Web) | - | - | - |
| Tasks | Loading car parts, cleaning machines, kitting parts | - | - | - |
| Category | - | Humanoid home robot | - | - |
| Status | - | US pre-order; 1X says deliveries start 2026, none independently confirmed as of early October 2026 | Shipping | Partners and internal use only; no public price or pre-order (Oct 2026) |
| Height | - | 5 ft 6 in | 132 cm | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) (Figure) |
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