Buying guide
NEO vs Apollo vs Figure 03 in 2026
Comparing 3 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
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| Manufacturer | 1X Technologies | Apptronik | Figure AI |
| Form factor | humanoid | humanoid | humanoid |
| Maturity | pilot | commercial | commercial |
| Autonomy | ◐ not independently verified | ✓ 1 verified autonomous | ◐ not independently verified |
| Availability | preorder-openpreorder | internal-onlyenterprise | internal-onlyenterprise |
| Price | $499/month subscription (manufacturer target) or $20,000 (manufacturer target) or $499/month subscription (actual sale price) or $20,000 (actual sale price) | Not announced | Not announced |
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| Verified deployments | 3 | 4 | 2Figure AI, BMW Group |
| Privacy practices | 11Face blurring, Restricted zones, Session approval, data-retention, third-party-sharing, data-deletion-control, data-sale, capture-indicator, bystander-recording, training-data-use, on-device-processing | — | — |
| Sources on file | 34 | 36 | 27 |
Editorial summaries
NEO
1X is the only humanoid maker in this cohort betting on the consumer market at price-of-a-car scale, distinct from the enterprise-integration contracts that define Figure, Apptronik, and Agility. The hardware is verified: NEO is a bipedal humanoid shipping to early-adopter households, backed by a Hayward, California vertical-manufacturing facility, with the wheeled EVE archived as the prior product line. The open question is utility at scale: 1X describes home-task performance today as a mix of supervised autonomy on learned chores and remote-operator teleop on the rest, an honest framing that also signals how much of the daily-use envelope is still operator-assisted.
Apollo
Apptronik is positioning Apollo for enterprise logistics and manufacturing rather than consumer or research use. The named-operator pilots span three OEMs across automotive (Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Berlin), contract manufacturing (Jabil), and warehouse distribution (GXO); the Jabil deployment is dual-mode, with Jabil both manufacturing Apollo for Apptronik and operating it in their own facilities. Apptronik describes Apollo as production-ready for these contexts, but the verifiable scope is what customer publications confirm, not the breadth Apptronik claims. None of the deployments are yet at commercial scale; each is an integration pilot demonstrating fit at one site.
Figure 03
Figure 03 is the current-generation Figure humanoid, positioned by Figure for both home and commercial-integration use cases; the verified deployment record is currently single-operator at Catalyst Brands' Reno distribution facility, with no shipped home units on record. The BMW Spartanburg pilot, frequently cited as Figure's enterprise proof point, was Figure 02. That deployment concluded in November 2025 and does not transfer to Figure 03's verification record. Figure describes the platform as fully autonomous in the demonstrated tasks, a framing that DEPLOY tracks as a claim rather than an audit until third-party reproduction lands.
Common questions
- What is the difference between NEO, Apollo, and Figure 03?
- NEO, Apollo, and Figure 03 are all humanoid robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.
Recent coverage
- Humanoid Robots in 2026: What Is Actually DeployedFigure 03 · Technology.org · 2026-07-18
- EPFL’s 3D Printed Elastomer Resists Both Fracture and FatigueNEO · 3D Printing Industry · 2026-07-16
- NASA, Boeing’s Wisk Aero Make Self-Flying Aircraft BreakthroughNEO · Flying Magazine · 2026-07-15
- Private Capital Is Plugging State Spending Gap, Apollo's Zelter SaysApollo · Bloomberg Technology · 2026-07-14
- Ex-NASA boss points out small flaw in Moon landing plan: No landerApollo · The Register · 2026-07-08
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