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Mini Pi Plus

Name: HighTorque Robotics Mini Pi Plus
Brand: HighTorque Robotics

Developer / demo platformConsumer availableShipping now

A 68 cm, 22-DOF open-source humanoid from Guangzhou with legs, 4-DOF arms and a 2-motor head but no grasping hands, aimed at walking, RL research, teaching and RoboCup. Base $6,000, Pro $8,000, bought from the maker's own store.

$6,000

Verified last month

Price and specifications: Base (RK3588)

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Delivered to United States: from ~$8,733(~€7,780)

About 40% on China-origin collected today: the 2.5% MFN base, 25% Section 301 List 1, and the 12.5% Section 301 forced-labor duty effective 24 Jul 2026 with no expiry. It began the same morning the 10% Section 122 surcharge lapsed, so the total rose from about 37.5% rather than falling to 27.5%. Confirm the live rate before ordering.

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What is in the crate

7 included|4 not included

Hands

No hands, none offered

The manual describes 22 DOF as the 'gripper-free' version and 26 DOF as the gripper version; the store lists 22 DOF, so it is the gripper-free one. That version has 4-DOF arms ending in 'ball-hand' tips. Body: 6-DOF legs, 4-DOF arms and a 2-motor head. HighTorque's public 'pi_plus_24dof' URDF shows a 24-DOF model (5-joint arms, 2-joint head) with no finger joints. The manual also mentions a customized claw and chest-shell version, not sold on the store.

In the crate

Complete robot (22-DOF configuration, Base or Pro) Battery and charging chamber, charging head and Type-C charging cable Control handle (remote controller) USB-to-CANFD debugging board and zero-position bracket Tool kit: 4 hex Allen wrenches, screwdriver, 2 XT30 wires, spare screws Rolling luggage-style carry case and user manual Intel RealSense D435i camera (Pro version only)

You still have to add

A depth camera on the Base version (the D435i comes only with Pro; the ZED Mini used at RoboCup is an optional extra) A confirmed ship date or lead time (none is published) Warranty beyond 1 year (the 3-year term is for RoboCup team orders); the store page states no warranty A ready-made RL or sim-to-real pipeline: training code is on GitHub and you run it on your own GPU computer

Day onePer the store and the maker page.

Reality check

The maker's store takes orders, but no stock count or lead time is published and the maker's pages give 65 to 75 cm and 10 to 15 kg for the same name, so get the configuration and ship date in writing before you pay.

Can you get one, and what will it cost?

A planning estimate with machine, freight, duty, and tax shown separately.

Configuration: Base (RK3588)

Yes, with work

Yes, with work: importable into United States.

US authorization: We found no public FCC ID for this model. Since 28 July 2026 a foreign-made robot can be sold into the US only under an FCC authorization from before that date, so ask the seller for its FCC ID, or its Supplier's Declaration of Conformity dated before 28 July 2026, before you pay. Every humanoid you can still buy in the US

No hands, none offered

Spare batteries and other accessories are excluded. Confirm compatibility and pricing with the seller.

Machinebase: $6,000
Freightcourier parcel: $317 - $535
Import duty40%: $2,400
Sales tax0%: 0
Customs clearancecarrier fee: $17 - $67
Import estimate to United States: $8,733 - $9,002

Converted from euros at 1.1225 USD per euro (ECB reference rate, 2 October 2026): €7,780 - €8,020 in euros.

Reseller alternative: AiFitLab (opens in a new tab) lists the Base (RK3588) at $12,100. Confirm destination delivery, duty, and included equipment before comparing this listing with the estimate above.

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~$8,733 - $9,002

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Where to buy

Catalog checked 2026-10

Individuals and companies can inquire. Confirm the configuration, stock, and delivery with the seller.

The store has a normal cart and PayPal checkout and lists the United States and every EU member state in its country selector. The 'Buy Now' buttons on hightorquerobotics.com lead to a sales inquiry form that asks for company name and job title.

Price notes: HighTorque store (USD): Base (RK3588) $6,000.00, Pro (Jetson Orin NX + D435i Camera) $8,000.00 (4 Nov 2026; $5,500 and $7,500 on 17 Oct). The page does not say whether tax is included and shows no shipping cost (the cart marks the item as taxable; shipping rates appear only after an address is entered). The page data also carries a stale compare-at price of $3,500 that is below the selling price, so it is not a discount. HighTorque's RoboCup 2026 offer for registered teams only: Mini Pi+ Pro $6,750 for 1 unit, $12,750 for 2, $30,000 for 5, with a 3-year warranty. Reseller AiFitLab lists Mini Pi plus at $12,100 and Mini Pi plus Pro at $16,410. The maker's own launch video ends on 'From $5,500'.

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HighTorque (direct store) (opens in a new tab)
International seller
Base (RK3588)
Orders accepted; confirm dispatch · Checked 2026-11-04
Maker's own store, USD prices. Add to cart is live; no stock count, ship date or lead time is published. Shipping and taxes are not shown before checkout.
$6,000
Listed purchase price
HighTorque (direct store) (opens in a new tab)
International seller
Pro (Jetson Orin NX + D435i Camera)(not the configuration priced above)
Orders accepted; confirm dispatch · Checked 2026-11-04
Same product page, second version. Adds an NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX and an Intel RealSense D435i depth camera (15.6 kg).
$8,000
Listed purchase price
AiFitLab (opens in a new tab)
International seller
Base (RK3588)
Orders accepted; confirm dispatch · Checked 2026-10-17
Third-party listing at more than double the maker's price, with no stock count shown. The page says it selects the most cost-effective carrier 'from China for each destination country'. Not a US or EU stockist.
$12,100
Listed purchase price
AiFitLab (opens in a new tab)
International seller
Pro (Jetson Orin NX + D435i Camera)(not the configuration priced above)
Orders accepted; confirm dispatch · Checked 2026-10-17
Same listing, Pro version.
$16,410
Listed purchase price

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How the Mini Pi Plus rates

Editorial ratings based on listed specifications and sales availability. They do not measure task performance, autonomy, or reliability.

Class: Developer / demo platformA platform for demonstrations or robotics development. SDK access and supported tasks depend on the exact configuration.
CapabilityHardware specification indicators: 2/5; Baseline: any humanoid+1
Degrees of freedom: 22 DOF+1
Dexterity: no hands, none offered0
Scale: 68 cm tall0
MaturitySales availability indicators: 5/5; How it sells: shipping now+4
Buyer access: individual ordering route+1

Key specifications

Height

68 cm

Width

n/a

Depth

n/a

Weight

15.4 kg

Degrees of freedom

Battery

~60 min

Payload

n/a

Top speed

1.1 m/s

Understand before you buy

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HighTorque Robotics: Private: its shares do not trade on any exchange.

HighTorque (Guangzhou Gaoqing Power Technology Co., Ltd., founded 2022 per its World Robot Conference listing) is not on any exchange I could check. I found no disclosed funding round or listing step, so its investors are unconfirmed.

Size to scale

Drawn next to a 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) person. Every robot on the site uses this same reference, so you can trust the comparison at a glance.

Mini Pi Plus: 68 cm / 2 ft 3 in, 15.4 kg

About the Mini Pi Plusbackground, hardware and buying reality

Mini Pi Plus is HighTorque's small humanoid, listed at 68 cm and 15.4 kg (Base) or 15.6 kg (Pro) with 22 DOF, 21 Nm peak joint torque, a 21.6 V 4,500 mAh battery, about 60 minutes of running time and 1.1 m/s top speed. Base uses a Rockchip RK3588 computer; Pro uses a Jetson Orin NX plus a RealSense D435i. HighTorque (Guangzhou HighTorque Electromechanical Technology Co., Ltd., Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China) says it has nearly 200 staff and sells motors, arms and robots. The maker reports that Mini Pi+ Pro won the Humanoid League Small Division at RoboCup German Open 2026 and that it is a RoboCup League Partner. Its own pages disagree on size, weight and DOF, so check the exact configuration before ordering.

What it does on day onewith zero programming

Per the store and the maker page: predefined motions (dance, kung fu, football), voice interaction through an 8-array microphone and speaker, a built-in AMP walking algorithm with preloaded motions, and operation with the supplied control handle. HighTorque shows it walking, kicking and doing back flips in its own videos.

Best for: University labs and RoboCup-style teams that want an open, ROS-compatible small humanoid for walking, RL and sim-to-real work and do not need it to pick things up.

Documented uses

Robotics R&D Teaching / education Demo / showpiece

The store and maker page document an SDK, ROS and Isaac Lab/MuJoCo workflows with open GitHub code, list university labs and STEM education, and ship dance and football motions.

No hands in the 22-DOF edition, so no manipulation. Competition results are the maker's own posts, and the maker's specs differ between pages.

Source reviewed 2026-10-17

Assessment from published documentation, not an independent performance test. Applies to the configuration described above.

What it takes to developskills, gear, and SDK access

Linux, Python or C++ and ROS skills. The manual ships ros-noetic on Ubuntu 20.04 (ARM). For reinforcement learning you need a separate GPU computer to train in Isaac Lab or MuJoCo, then deploy to the robot's own computer (RK3588 or Jetson Orin NX); HighTorque has a repository for converting ONNX policies to RKNN and TensorRT. Pro adds vision and SLAM work with the D435i.

SDK access: Store: 'SDK interface and ROS1 support'. The maker's Mini Pi page adds a Python and C++ SDK, ROS 1 and 2 with API docs, NVIDIA Isaac Lab, MuJoCo and Isaac Gym compatibility, and published URDF and STEP files. GitHub (HighTorque-Robotics) hosts livelybot_hardware_sdk, HT_Robot_URDF, Mini-Pi-Plus_BeyondMimic (MIT, 184 stars), Mini-Pi-Plus_PBHC (MIT), Mini-Pi-Plus_AMP, RoboCup_Workspace and sim2real inference code (ROS 1 and ROS 2); the Mini Pi Plus repositories were last pushed between Feb and Aug 2026 (the AMP repository on 13 Aug 2026), and several carry no license file. The maker page's own detailed spec table is mostly blank.

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