Market intelligence

The robot price index

The VMX baseline: where humanoid, robot-dog, and home-robot prices stand as of August 2026, computed only from verified official-channel prices — 33 priced models across 104 tracked. Month-over-month trend lines start accruing from this baseline; we chart real history, never synthetic curves.

Humanoid robots

$26,106median new price (12 priced)

$34,860average new price

$2,499cheapest new — Zeroth Robotics M1

$114,101most expensive — NEURA Robotics 4NE-1

Robot dogs (quadrupeds)

$1,708median new price (9 priced)

$10,722average new price

$289cheapest new — Petoi Bittle

$80,000most expensive — Pudu Robotics D5

Home & service robots

$1,650median new price (12 priced)

$5,745average new price

$800cheapest new — SwitchBot S20

$29,950most expensive — Hello Robot Stretch 4

Modeled first-year depreciation across priced, buyable models averages ≈40%/yr — a tier-based placeholder model (methodology), not observed resale data. It converts to a market-backed figure as the tracker logs real prices.

Until the trend lines land, the value layer lives on each model page — current price, depreciation curve, and residual estimate. Start from the lowest-depreciation ranking, the best value under $10k, or the lease & residual calculator.