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Tonybot

Name: Hiwonder Tonybot
Brand: Hiwonder
Price: 519.99 USD

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A 38 cm, 1.8 kg aluminium biped for learning to code, with 17 joints and an ESP32 controller. It is programmed in Arduino, Scratch or Python. The three kits start at $519.99.

$519.99

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Price and specifications: Standard kit

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Delivered to United States: from ~$817(~€728)

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

4 included|5 not included

Hands

No hands, none offered

Humanoid with arms and legs but no grippers or fingers listed.

In the crate

Tonybot humanoid robot (aluminium alloy body, 17 DOF) 11.1V 2000mAh lithium battery Servo controller and ESP32 expansion board Per Hiwonder's docs, voice and vision modules are optional extras: the advanced kit adds the ESP32-S3 vision module, the Ultimate kit adds the large-AI-model module (check the packing list)

You still have to add

The AI vision module (ESP32-S3 camera) in the standard kit The WonderEcho voice module in the standard kit The large AI model module (Ultimate kit only) A usable cloud AI service without your own setup (the Ultimate kit's AI model access terms are not stated) Raspberry Pi or Jetson compute

Day oneWalks, turns, dances and does gymnastics from pre-programmed action groups, controlled by Bluetooth app or PC software.

Reality check

The $519.99 kit has no camera or microphone modules and no grippers; vision and voice cost more.

Can you get one, and what will it cost?

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Configuration: Standard kit

Yes, with work

Yes, with work: importable into United States.

No hands, none offered

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

Machinebase: $520
Freightcourier parcel: $73 - $122
Import duty40%: $208
Sales tax0%: 0
Customs clearancecarrier fee: $17 - $67
Import estimate to United States: $817 - $917

Converted from euros at 1.1225 USD per euro (ECB reference rate, 2 October 2026): €728 - €817 in euros.

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~$817 - $917

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Where to buy

Catalog checked 2026-11

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

Hiwonder's web store sells to consumers worldwide-style checkout (US storefront, USD). It also recruits distributors for schools.

Price notes: Hiwonder store, USD: Tonybot standard kit $519.99, advanced kit $584.99, Ultimate kit $649.99. Shipping and tax not included in the figures; the store says 'FREE shipping for amount more than $499' in its header. Another seller (Amazon.co.jp, LewanSoul JP, about JPY 75,000) was reported to the researcher, I did not verify it.

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$519.99 standard, $584.99 advanced, $649.99 Ultimate. USD storefront, free shipping banner over $499, shipping to a country is calculated at checkout.
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How the Tonybot rates

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

Class: Hobby kitAn entry-level kit or small robot for experimentation. Assembly, software access, and capabilities vary.
CapabilityHardware specification indicators: 2/5; Baseline: any humanoid+1
Degrees of freedom: 17 DOF+0.5
Dexterity: no hands, none offered0
Scale: 38.3 cm tall0
MaturitySales availability indicators: 5/5; How it sells: shipping now+4
Buyer access: individual ordering route+1

Key specifications

Height

38.3 cm

Width

19 cm

Depth

10.5 cm

Weight

1.8 kg

Degrees of freedom

Battery

n/a

Payload

n/a

Top speed

n/a

Understand before you buy

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Hiwonder: Private: its shares do not trade on any exchange.

Privately held Shenzhen educational-robot maker (Shenzhen Hiwonder Technology Co., Ltd., registered 2015). The only financing on record is the May 2018 angel round, and we found no listing, IPO filing or later round.

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.

Tonybot: 38.3 cm / 1 ft 3 in, 1.8 kg

Footprint: 19 cm wide x 10.5 cm deep

About the Tonybotbackground, hardware and buying reality

Tonybot is Hiwonder's educational humanoid. It has 17 DOF (the docs page says 16 servos), LX-824HV 11.1 V bus servos, a servo controller plus an ESP32 expansion board, an 11.1 V 2000 mAh battery and an aluminium alloy body. It is controlled by Bluetooth or PC software. The standard kit is the bare robot with ultrasonic sensing; the advanced kit adds the ESP32-S3 vision and WonderEcho voice modules; the Ultimate kit adds a large-AI-model module with camera and LCD. Hiwonder also sells a Raspberry Pi based humanoid, TonyPi Pro, for vision work. The Arduino claim is true for programming, but the robot runs on an ESP32, not an Arduino Nano.

What it does on day onewith zero programming

Walks, turns, dances and does gymnastics from pre-programmed action groups, controlled by Bluetooth app or PC software. Ultrasonic distance sensing, accelerometer fall recovery and touch sensing as documented. Voice and vision need the advanced or Ultimate kit.

Best for: A student, teacher or hobbyist who wants a low-cost humanoid for learning servo control and light AI with Arduino, Scratch or Python.

Documented uses

Teaching / education Learn and tinker

Hiwonder describes the robot as 'designed for educational purposes' with Arduino, Scratch and Python tutorials, full source code and a public wiki.

No grippers, no ROS, and vision, voice and AI features need the higher kits.

Source reviewed 2026-11-03

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

What it takes to developskills, gear, and SDK access

Arduino IDE (C/C++) with an ESP32 controller, Scratch blocks, or Python. A PC for the graphical action-group editor. Basic coding skill for anything beyond the preset actions.

SDK access: Hiwonder says full source code, schematics and video guides are public at wiki.hiwonder.com/projects/Tonybot. Arduino, Scratch and Python are supported. No ROS documented. Control chip is an ESP32 with a separate bus-servo controller, with LX-824HV high-voltage bus servos.

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