HT Robotics' ~$5k Mini Pi humanoid faces price pressure from $399 MiniDuck
philfung · x · 2026-09-03
At the World Humanoid Robot Games, HT Robotics' Mini Pi humanoid bots drew a pricing debate: at roughly $5,000, they're hard to justify against the $399 MiniDuck — a rare role reversal where a Western company is price-pressuring an Eastern one.
The catch: actuator quality differs significantly between the two, though whether that quality is actually needed remains debatable.
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