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r1 vs Rokid Glasses in 2026

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

Key differences

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

  • r1 has the lower recorded price.
  • r1 is at the pilot stage; Rokid Glasses at the commercial stage.
Attribute
ManufacturerRabbit IncRokid
Form factorwearablewearable
Maturitypilotcommercial
Autonomy
Availabilityshipping-nowshippingshipping-nowshipping
Price$199 (actual sale price)$299-$599 (actual sale price)
Capability claims
Brain
Verified deployments1Rabbit Inc1Rokid
Privacy practices10location-tracking, cloud-upload, data-retention, third-party-sharing, data-deletion-control, data-sale, location-tracking, data-sale, data-deletion-control, data-retention7cloud-upload, capture-indicator, data-sale, location-tracking, third-party-sharing, data-retention, data-deletion-control
Sources on file127

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Editorial summaries

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.

Rokid Glasses

Rokid Glasses are lightweight (49g) AI and AR glasses with a dual-eye Micro-LED display, 12MP camera, and a voice AI assistant that routes to GPT and Gemini, plus fast real-time translation across 89 online and 6 offline languages. They are about $599 internationally (2,499 RMB in China); a non-display, audio-only AI Glasses Style also exists at $299.

Rokid has delivered more than 200,000 display units (about 50,000 overseas), making it one of China's strongest verified-commercial AI wearables and the genuine-AI counterpart to Meta Ray-Ban's Western dominance.

Common questions

How do r1 and Rokid Glasses differ?
On DEPLOY's record, Rokid Glasses is further along: at the commercial stage versus r1 at the pilot stage, as of 2026. r1 has the lower recorded price. r1 is at the pilot stage; Rokid Glasses at the commercial stage.
What is the difference between r1 and Rokid Glasses?
r1 and Rokid Glasses 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, r1 or Rokid Glasses?
r1 has the lower recorded price on the DEPLOY registry than Rokid Glasses. 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, r1 or Rokid Glasses?
r1 and Rokid Glasses each have 1 verified deployment on the DEPLOY registry (confirmed at named sites with primary sources).

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