Feather Robotics sells a $29,990 humanoid platform, betting on anti-overengineering
darian314 · x · 2026-10-27
Feather Robotics sells its humanoid platform for $29,990—a notably low price point for the category. Co-founder and CPO Parsa Bakhtiari explains the pricing: most robotics companies over-design and rely on over-engineered five-axis CNC parts, while Feather cuts cost by deliberately simplifying the design.
The discussion is featured on the Robotics Stack podcast, useful for anyone tracking humanoid cost structures and hardware cost-down strategies.
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