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NEO vs K2 Bumblebee in 2026

Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.

Key differences

On DEPLOY's record, NEO has more verified real-world deployments (3 versus 1) than K2 Bumblebee as of 2026; DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

  • NEO has the lower recorded price.
  • NEO has more verified real-world deployments (3 vs 1).
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Three 1X NEO units shown side by side in light-gray, cream, and dark colorways, upper-body view.
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FRC team 1690 Orbit 2026 robot reveal - "KEPLER"
K2 BumblebeeView full model page →
Manufacturer1X TechnologiesKepler Robotics
Form factorhumanoidhumanoid
Maturitypilotpilot
Autonomy◐ not independently verified◐ not independently verified
Availabilitypreorder-openpreordershipping-nowshipping
Price$499/month subscription (manufacturer target) or $20,000 (manufacturer target) or $499/month subscription (actual sale price) or $20,000 (actual sale price)$34,000 (actual sale price)
Capability claims
  • Tidies a room (teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated-once)
  • Fetches items (teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated-once)
  • Does dishes (teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated-once)
  • Elderly assistance (teleoperated-assisted, claimed)
  • Watches a pet (teleoperated-assisted, claimed)
  • Prepares meals (teleoperated-assisted, claimed)
  • Picks and packs (claimed-only, claimed)
Brain—
Verified deployments31Kepler Robotics
Privacy practices11Face 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 file347

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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.

K2 Bumblebee

Kepler Robotics describes the K2 (Bumblebee) as commercially available and in mass production, priced at about $34,000 (RMB 248,000) per unit per the company's official announcement. Most volume is sold through enterprise framework agreements rather than individual retail. The price is verified from Kepler's own release.

Common questions

How do NEO and K2 Bumblebee differ?
On DEPLOY's record, NEO has more verified real-world deployments (3 versus 1) than K2 Bumblebee as of 2026; DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source. NEO has the lower recorded price. NEO has more verified real-world deployments (3 vs 1).
What is the difference between NEO and K2 Bumblebee?
NEO and K2 Bumblebee are both 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.
Which is cheaper, NEO or K2 Bumblebee?
NEO has the lower recorded price on the DEPLOY registry than K2 Bumblebee. Prices are sourced; see each record for whether the figure is a manufacturer target, an estimate, or an actual sale price.
Is NEO or K2 Bumblebee more autonomous?
On the DEPLOY registry, neither NEO nor K2 Bumblebee has capabilities independently verified as fully autonomous yet; their recorded capabilities are teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated, or vendor-claimed. See the table for each capability's verification status.
Which has more verified deployments, NEO or K2 Bumblebee?
NEO has more verified deployments (3) on the DEPLOY registry than K2 Bumblebee (1). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

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