Buying guide
Apollo RT6 vs Zoox Robotaxi in 2026
Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
| Attribute | No image on file | No image on file |
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| Manufacturer | Baidu | Zoox |
| Form factor | av | av |
| Maturity | commercial | pilot |
| Availability | internal-onlyenterprise | internal-onlyenterprise |
| Price | Not announced | Not announced |
| Capability claims | — | — |
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| Verified deployments | 6 | 3 |
| Privacy practices | 8capture-indicator, location-tracking, location-tracking, third-party-sharing, data-retention, training-data-use, data-deletion-control, third-party-sharing | 2third-party-sharing, training-data-use |
| Sources on file | 37 | 25 |
Editorial summaries
Apollo RT6
Baidu's Apollo RT6 is the company's sixth-generation autonomous robotaxi: a purpose-built battery-electric vehicle (a cross between an SUV and a minivan, with a detachable steering wheel) on Baidu's Apollo Galaxy / Xinghe self-driving platform, powering the Apollo Go fully-driverless commercial ride-hailing service across Chinese cities and some international markets. There is no consumer price: it is a robotaxi service vehicle, not sold to consumers. Baidu manufactures it without relying on a third-party automaker at roughly 204,600 RMB (about $28,600) per vehicle, about half the cost of the prior generation: a verified per-vehicle build cost (from Baidu's disclosures), not a consumer price. It is one of the Chinese commercial-at-scale anchors of the robotaxi cluster.
Zoox Robotaxi
Zoox's robotaxi (Zoox is an Amazon subsidiary) is a purpose-built, bidirectional autonomous vehicle built from the ground up with no steering wheel or pedals and carriage-style seating. There is no consumer price: it is a ride service, not a vehicle sold to consumers. The verified-vs-claimed nuance on its maturity: Zoox operates free public demonstration rides in San Francisco (SoMa) and Las Vegas (the Strip) and runs a separate fleet of retrofitted Toyota Highlanders (with human safety operators) for testing, but it is at pilot maturity: the public rides are free demonstrations, not yet an approved, launched, paid commercial service. It is the purpose-built-pilot point of the robotaxi spectrum, distinct from Waymo's verified-commercial service.
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