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Mentra Live 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, Mentra Live has more verified real-world deployments (4 versus 1) than r1 as of 2026; DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

  • r1 has the lower recorded price.
  • Mentra Live has more verified real-world deployments (4 vs 1).
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ManufacturerMentraRabbit Inc
Form factorwearablewearable
Maturitycommercialcommercial
Autonomy——
Availabilityshipping-nowshippingshipping-nowshipping
Price$349 (actual sale price)$199 (actual sale price)
Capability claims——
Brain——
Verified deployments41Rabbit Inc
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
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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

How do Mentra Live and r1 differ?
On DEPLOY's record, Mentra Live has more verified real-world deployments (4 versus 1) than r1 as of 2026; DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source. r1 has the lower recorded price. Mentra Live has more verified real-world deployments (4 vs 1).
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?
Mentra Live has more verified deployments (4) on the DEPLOY registry than r1 (1). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

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