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Bee vs r1 in 2026

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

Key differences

On DEPLOY's record, Bee is further along: at the commercial stage versus r1 at the pilot stage, as of 2026.

  • Bee has the lower recorded price.
  • Bee is at the commercial stage; r1 at the pilot stage.
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ManufacturerBeeRabbit Inc
Form factorwearablewearable
Maturitycommercialpilot
Autonomy——
Availabilityshipping-nowshippingshipping-nowshipping
Price$50 or $19/month subscription (actual sale price)$199 (actual sale price)
Capability claims——
Brain——
Verified deployments1Bee1Rabbit Inc
Privacy practices13data-retention, cloud-upload, data-deletion-control, training-data-use, location-tracking, biometric-storage, capture-indicator, third-party-sharing, data-sale, biometric-storage, data-sale, data-deletion-control, data-retention10location-tracking, cloud-upload, data-retention, third-party-sharing, data-deletion-control, data-sale, location-tracking, data-sale, data-deletion-control, data-retention
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Editorial summaries

Bee

The Bee Pioneer is available for purchase directly from Bee's website, ships within 1 business day, but currently only within the United States with no international shipping. The Bee Pioneer is priced at $49.99 USD as a one-time purchase, as listed on Bee's official product page.

r1

The Rabbit r1 is a $199 pocket AI companion device, unveiled at CES in January 2024 and still shipping into 2026, with no subscription. Its editorial throughline is the gap between demo and product: the launch demonstration of a Large Action Model (LAM) completing agentic tasks outran what the shipping product has consistently delivered.

Rabbit has shipped software updates since launch, but consistent agentic task completion is not verified. DEPLOY classifies its maturity as pilot.

Common questions

How do Bee and r1 differ?
On DEPLOY's record, Bee is further along: at the commercial stage versus r1 at the pilot stage, as of 2026. Bee has the lower recorded price. Bee is at the commercial stage; r1 at the pilot stage.
What is the difference between Bee and r1?
Bee and r1 are both wearable 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, Bee or r1?
Bee has the lower recorded price on the DEPLOY registry than r1. Prices are sourced; see each record for whether the figure is a manufacturer target, an estimate, or an actual sale price.
Which has more verified deployments, Bee or r1?
Bee and r1 each have 1 verified deployment on the DEPLOY registry (confirmed at named sites with primary sources).

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