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T3 DEMOING BIPEDAL

Menlo Asimov 1Humanoid robot reality check: tier, verified deployments, price and evidence ledger

Menlo Research

Tier 3, Demoing. Demos and claims. No verified customer on record.
Dated events per month
APR 2026 · 1 events
Sep 2025Aug 2026
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$20,000 (kit)verified pricemaker's own order page menlo.ai/order lists the DIY kit at $20,000 with a $499 deposit and an estimated 20-hour build; an assembled option is available on request. Final price may vary by destination with tariffs and shipping. The $15,000 reported at the April 2026 launch was a target price and is superseded (checked 2026-10-05)
0deployment eventscustomer or independent source
0pilot eventsnamed-customer trials
2claim-only eventsthe maker's word, never moves a tier
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3 events, and what kind of thing each one was.

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DEMOstunts, stages, exhibitions
CLAIMthe maker's word, never moves a tier
2independentarms-length press and analysts
0customer-sidethe customer itself says so
1vendorthe maker or its PR channels

The Menlo Asimov 1 evidence ledger: every line has a date and a source.

3 arms-length events on file for the Menlo Asimov 1, newest first. Claims are listed and labeled; they never lift the tier.

Spec sheet (DOF, payload, battery, safety cert) ships with the August build, sourced from the maker's datasheet. Specs describe design intent; they never stand in for evidence.

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Evidence ledger · 3 events
3 of 3 events
  • CLAIMThe maker's own product page menlo.ai/asimov-1 lists the kit at 20,000 USD bought from Menlo Research, with a 499 USD deposit pre-order through Stripe and the caveat that the ... menlo.ai/asimov-1 · vendor
  • CLAIMeWeek reported the Asimov kit, marketed as the Here Be Dragons Edition, at a target price of 15,000 USD from Singapore-based Menlo Research, listing the structural frame, ... eweek.com · independent
  • DEMOMenlo Research launched Asimov 1, a 1.2 m, 35 kg full-body humanoid with 25+2 degrees of freedom, sold as an unassembled kit with an expected 100+ hours of build time, and ... humanoidsdaily.com · independent

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