Compare 3 humanoids
Generation Robots (Inria Flowers) Poppy Humanoid, Aldebaran NAO 6, NEURA Robotics MiPA compared on the things that decide a purchase: price, capability, what actually ships, and estimated costs to your destination.
Delivered price, head to head
Delivered estimates to United States for 2 of 3 machines. The remaining costs need confirmation.
Generation Robots (Inria Flowers)
Poppy Humanoid
$11,136
to $11,869 landed
Aldebaran
NAO 6
$11,186
to $11,919 landed
NEURA Robotics
MiPA
No delivered price
Delivery to United States is unconfirmed. Check with the seller before budgeting.
Delivered to United States: the import estimate (machine plus freight, Sales tax (0%), robot duty, and broker), or a seller in your own market where one lists the machine for less. Accessories excluded. Check configuration and request a seller quote on each robot's datasheet.
Some costs are unknown, so no overall lowest-cost machine can be identified.
About 10% on EU-origin since 24 Jul 2026: USTR's Section 301 forced-labor action applies a combination rate that tops the 2.5% MFN base up to a flat 10% on EU goods. Confirm the live rate before ordering. Under review; next checked 2026-10-30.
Compare the details
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| Specification |  Generation Robots (Inria Flowers) Poppy Humanoid |  Aldebaran NAO 6 |  NEURA Robotics MiPA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priced configuration | See seller configuration | See seller configuration | See seller configuration |
| Listed price | €9,971.52 | €10,020 | €9,999 |
| Class | Dev / demo | Education | Dev / demo |
| Who can buy | Consumer | Consumer | Consumer |
| Status | Preorder | Shipping now | Preorder |
| Capability rating | 2/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 |
| Maturity rating | 3/5 | 5/5 | 3/5 |
| Origin | European Union | European Union | European Union |
| Size class | Compact | Desktop | Wheeled base |
| Height | 84 cm / 2 ft 9 in | 58 cm / 1 ft 11 in | Not published |
| Footprint (W x D) | Not published | 28 x 31 cm | Not published |
| Weight | 3.5 kg | 5.5 kg | Not published |
| Degrees of freedom | 25 | 25 | Not published |
| Battery (listed) | Not published | 90 min | Not published |
| Payload (listed) | Not published | Not published | 5 kg |
| Hands | No hands, none offered | Grippers, not dexterous hands | Grippers, not dexterous hands |
| Out of the box | Nothing, until you build it: it arrives as a bag of servos, electronics and 3D-printed parts that you assemble over several hours. Once assembled and flashed with the provided SD image, it powers up as a live, torque-controlled 25-DOF humanoid you can pose, teach movements to by hand (compliant/record-and-replay), stream motor and camera data from, and script immediately from a browser via Python/Jupyter. It does not walk, balance, or grasp on its own. | The most polished no-code experience here: autonomous life mode, speech recognition in ~20 languages, face and object detection, walking, and drag-and-drop Choregraphe programming, all working day one. Proven in classrooms and therapy for over a decade. | Day one, after a short setup and calibration, MiPA navigates your home autonomously, detects and avoids people safely, understands multi-language voice commands, gestures and touch, and carries or fetches items from room to room. Higher-value chores like unloading the dishwasher, tidying, laundry sorting or health monitoring are shown at trade shows and delivered as Neuraverse apps, so what any given unit can actually do depends on which skills are published and installed, not just on the hardware. |
| Development access | Fully open source. Software is the Python pypot library plus the poppy-humanoid package, controlled interactively through Jupyter notebooks (the repo is ~83% Jupyter). Hardware is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, software GPL v3. Runs on an onboard Raspberry Pi 4 with a preflashed Poppy image; connects to Dynamixel motors via USB2AX/USB2Dynamixel. No official ROS support is advertised. The 'Poppy' name is a protected trademark requiring attribution. | NAOqi OS + Choregraphe with Python/C++/Java SDKs and a huge education ecosystem. Closed-source firmware, and the post-receivership update roadmap is uncertain. | None to use it as a voice-and-gesture home assistant. To make it genuinely useful for a specific chore you will likely rely on Neuraverse: MiPA is an open platform giving developers and integrators real-time data and APIs to build custom skills, which are then shared or sold in the ecosystem. Building your own skill needs real robotics and software engineering; most buyers will instead depend on the skills NEURA and third parties publish over time. |
| Best for | University robotics labs, developmental-AI researchers, and advanced STEM educators who want a fully open, hackable, Python-programmable humanoid platform to experiment on and are comfortable assembling and coding it themselves. | Educators and HRI researchers who want a proven, no-code, endlessly documented teaching humanoid. | European early adopters and care or home-service settings that want a safe, human-aware mobile helper for fetching, carrying and voice interaction, and are comfortable that the headline chores arrive later as downloadable skills. |
| Listing checked | 2026-09: sources for Generation Robots (Inria Flowers) Poppy Humanoid | 2026-10: sources for Aldebaran NAO 6 | 2026-09: sources for NEURA Robotics MiPA |
Listed prices may cover different configurations and tax terms. Use the delivered estimates above for your destination. Battery and payload figures are manufacturer specifications, not results from a shared test.
Poppy Humanoid
In the box
- 25 Robotis Dynamixel actuators (MX-28AT, 4x MX-64AT, 2x AX-12A)
- 3D-printed structural parts in white polyamide (in the 'with 3D parts' kit)
- Raspberry Pi 4 Model B board
- 16 GB preflashed SD card with the Poppy system image
- 4-port USB hub
- Miniature Raspberry Pi camera (head vision)
- 3.4-inch DSI display (800x480)
- Horns, bearings, screws, nuts and fasteners (M2/M2.5)
- SMPS2Dynamixel adapters and SMPS chargers
- USB2AX adapters and 3-pin cables
- Power cable with 12V-to-6V converter, Loctite, adhesive tape, magnets
Not included
- Assembly: it ships as an unassembled kit and takes roughly 7 hours to build (for an experienced builder)
- Autonomy or AI: no bipedal walking, no manipulation intelligence, no pretrained behaviors out of the box
- Functional hands: the arms end in simple fixed end-effectors, not actuated grippers
- Shoes/feet covers (kit is compatible with children's size 23 shoes, not supplied)
- Any locomotion capability: it is not a self-balancing walking robot; it is typically operated on a stand or seated
- Commercial support or warranty beyond the distributor's standard terms
NAO 6
In the box
- NAO V6 robot (58 cm, 25 DOF)
- Battery and charger
- Choregraphe suite + Monitor + SDK
- Warranty (2-year at Generation Robots)
Not included
- Long-term manufacturer support certainty (post-receivership)
- Aldebaran cloud services (ended 1 Oct 2026; the Maxtronics update restores the app store, updates and remote speech recognition)
- Any chore or work capability (it is a desktop education robot)
MiPA
In the box
- The MiPA robot on its wheeled mobile base
- Two fine-motor arms with sensitive gripper end-effectors
- Onboard sensor suite: force-torque, LiDAR, cameras, ultrasonic (touchless human detection)
- NEURON operating system with voice, gesture and touch control
- Neuraverse account and access to the open developer APIs and skill store
- Pre-configured core functionality usable after a short setup and calibration
Not included
- A confirmed delivery date (you are reserving, not receiving)
- Five-finger humanoid hands (MiPA ships with gripper arms, not fingered hands)
- Optional modular add-ons: extra grippers, projector module, additional sensors, custom tool mounts
- Fully autonomous chores out of the box (many household skills are apps that developers still have to build and publish in Neuraverse)
- Any US pricing, timeline, or certified support path
What the evidence tells you
- Highest capability rating
- MiPA: 3/5.
- Highest maturity rating
- NAO 6: 5/5.
- Lowest listed weight
- 2 of 3 values are available. A leader cannot be established.
Capability and maturity are editorial ratings based on specifications and sales availability. They do not measure reliability, autonomy, or performance on your task. Each datasheet shows the scoring factors.