What is the difference between Mentra Live and r1?

Mentra Live 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, Mentra Live or r1?

r1 has the lower recorded price on the DEPLOY registry than Mentra Live. 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, Mentra Live or r1?

r1 has more verified deployments (1) on the DEPLOY registry than Mentra Live (0). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

Buying guide

Mentra Live vs r1 in 2026

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

Key differences

r1 has the lower recorded price.
r1 has more verified real-world deployments (1 vs 0).
Mentra Live is at the commercial stage; r1 at the pilot stage.

Attribute	No image on file Mentra Live View full model page →	No image on file r1 View full model page →
Manufacturer	Mentra	Rabbit Inc
Form factor	wearable	wearable
Maturity	commercial	pilot
Autonomy	—	—
Availability	shipping-nowshipping	shipping-nowshipping
Price	$349 (actual sale price)	$199 (actual sale price)
Capability claims	—	—
Brain	—	—
Verified deployments	0	1Santa Monica
Privacy practices	—	10location-tracking, cloud-upload, data-retention, third-party-sharing, data-deletion-control, data-sale, location-tracking, data-sale, data-deletion-control, data-retention
Sources on file	1	12

Editorial summaries

Mentra Live

Mentra Live smart glasses are available for purchase directly from mentraglass.com and are shipping now; Batch 1 sold out and Batch 2 is on sale, limited to 1,000 units per batch. Mentra Live is priced at $349 USD as listed on the manufacturer's website; prescription lens add-on is $99 USD.

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

What is the difference between Mentra Live and r1?: Mentra Live 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, Mentra Live or r1?: r1 has the lower recorded price on the DEPLOY registry than Mentra Live. 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, Mentra Live or r1?: r1 has more verified deployments (1) on the DEPLOY registry than Mentra Live (0). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

Recent coverage

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