Nori Robotics · United States · Wheeled base
A3
A $1,688 wheeled two-armed robot assembled in San Francisco, with a display head on a column that rises from 69 to 145 cm and 7-joint arms carrying 1.5 kg each. You teach it by teleoperated demonstrations that Nori's cloud turns into policies. Paid in full for a second batch shipping fall 2026, to 60 countries including the EU.
$1,688
Verified this monthDelivered to United States: from ~$1,733(~€1,544)
What is in the crate
4 included|4 not included
Grippers, not dexterous hands
Each arm ends in a servo-driven two-finger claw with soft TPU fingers on an open connector, so you can design your own end effector. Grip force is estimated from the servo's current; there is no force sensor. Payload is 1.5 kg per arm at 55 cm reach.
In the crate
Reality check
At $1,688 it is the cheapest wheeled two-armed robot in this catalog, but you pay in full up front to a five-person startup with no terms, warranty or refund policy published, for a batch with no ship date, and its own docs say it cannot yet perceive objects on its own.
Can you get one, and what will it cost?
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Spare batteries and other accessories are excluded. Confirm compatibility and pricing with the seller.
- Machinebase
- $1,688
- Freightlocal delivery
- $45 - $168
- Import duty0%
- 0
- Sales tax0%
- 0
- Customs clearance
- 0
- Estimated total to United States
- $1,733 - $1,857
Converted from euros at 1.1225 USD per euro (ECB reference rate, 2 October 2026): €1,544 - €1,654 in euros.
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Lowest delivered price
~$1,733 - $1,857
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Open the import referenceWhere to buy
Catalog checked 2026-10
Individuals and companies can inquire. Confirm the configuration, stock, and delivery with the seller.
Anyone with a card: checkout asks for a name, email and address, with no business or research check. A separate developer beta application exists for researchers and engineering teams. Checkout accepts shipping addresses in 60 countries, including the US, Canada, the UK, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, India and every EU country except Cyprus, but not Australia.
Price notes: $1,688, full price paid at order ('Full price, no deposit'), for a limited second batch of 100 units that the checkout calls 'Batch 2 shipping Fall 2026' and 'Fully refundable'. Checkout added no tax or shipping line for a San Francisco or a Berlin address (read 22 Oct 2026); Nori's beta form says international buyers are the importer of record and pay duties and customs. No terms, warranty or refund policy page is published.
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United States
Preorder; confirm delivery date · Checked 2026-10-22
Full $1,688 by card through Stripe for the 'Batch 2' run of 100 units, 'ships fall 2026' with no date; the checkout says 'Fully refundable' with no window or policy. Ships to 60 countries; duties are the buyer's outside the US.
$1,688
Listed purchase price
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How the A3 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: 19 DOF+0.5
- Dexterity: grippers, not dexterous hands+0.25
- Scale: 145 cm tall+0.5
Key specifications
Height
145 cm
Width
45 cm
Depth
45 cm
Weight
20.4 kg
Degrees of freedom
19
Battery
~360 min
Payload
1.5 kg
Top speed
n/a
Understand before you buy
Market activity
Full tracker- Nori Robotics opens orders for the $1,688 Nori A3, a two-armed robot assembled in San FranciscoLaunch
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.
A3: 145 cm / 4 ft 9 in, 20.4 kg
Footprint: 45 cm wide x 45 cm deep
About the A3background, hardware and buying reality
The A3 comes from Nori Robotics, a five-person Y Combinator (Summer 2026) startup founded by Antonio Sitong Li, which opened orders on 18 August 2026. It weighs 20.4 kg on a 45 x 45 cm base, has 19 actuated joints (7 plus a gripper per arm, the lift and two drive wheels; the head is fixed), Feetech serial-bus servos, a Raspberry Pi 5 for control and safety, four cameras and a lidar. Nori's docs and its hardware paper say A3 units have shipped since 21 July 2026, while its store sells a 100-unit second batch for 'fall 2026'; the store sold an earlier, different robot (the L2, $1,288, Batch 1 of 100) at the same address in June and July, and no buyer has posted an A3 yet. Nori's paper says its figures describe the design, not measured performance.
What it does on day onewith zero programming
Per Nori's docs, you pair it to a Nori account, then drive it by keyboard in a browser, in VR or from code, record demonstrations of a task, have Nori's cloud train a policy on them, and run that policy from your own computer over the network. The YC profile says it handles 'basic tasks out of the box', but the docs say on-robot perception is not working yet, so expect teleoperation and teaching before anything runs alone.
Best for: Developers, students and tinkerers who want the cheapest two-armed mobile manipulator for imitation-learning and home-task experiments, and are comfortable teaching it by teleoperation and running policies from their own computer.
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