India's Humanoid Robots in 2026: Every One, Compared

Ask most people to name a humanoid robot and you'll hear Optimus, Atlas or something from Unitree. Ask them to name an Indian one and the answer is usually silence, or Vyommitra if they follow ISRO.

That's starting to change. India doesn't have a Tesla-scale humanoid program, and nobody here is shipping thousands of units. But there are now at least eight Indian humanoid projects with a real paper trail, from a Reliance-backed warehouse robot to a half-humanoid that is supposed to fly to orbit before India's astronauts do.

I went through each one and kept to a simple rule: only what I can verify as of November 2026. Here's where they stand.

The short version

Robot	Maker	City	Status	What it's for
Elixis-W	Addverb	Noida	Pilot deployments	Warehouse picking and sorting
Elixis	Addverb	Noida	Prototype	Logistics and factory work
Tara Gen-1	iHub Robotics	Kochi	In production	Reception, healthcare, banking
PR-DUO	Perceptyne	Hyderabad	Pilot deployments	Factory assembly
Vyommitra	ISRO	Bengaluru	Delayed	Gaganyaan test flight
Atom 01	General Autonomy	Bengaluru	Prototype	Low-cost walking humanoid
R&DE(E) humanoid	DRDO	Pune	Prototype	Military: mines and explosives
Manav	A-SET	New Delhi	Prototype	Education and research

None of them has a public price yet. If you see a rupee figure for any of these online, treat it with suspicion until the company publishes it.

The ones doing real work

Addverb Elixis-W is the closest thing India has to a commercial humanoid. It's a two-armed robot on a wheeled base, built for picking, sorting and moving goods in warehouses, and Addverb calls it India's first homegrown wheeled humanoid. It was shown publicly at the AI Impact Summit in February 2026. Addverb isn't a garage startup either: it's backed by Reliance, already runs automation in hundreds of facilities, and was reported in June to be raising more than $100 million to push into humanoids and four-legged robots.

iHub Robotics Tara Gen-1, from Kochi, is the one you're most likely to have actually seen. It's a semi-humanoid service robot, a torso, head and arms on a mobile base, used at reception desks, in hospitals and in banks, and it comes in three versions: Greet, Learn and Care. It has been shipping since 2024, which makes it the most proven Indian humanoid by a distance, even if it's not the kind that walks.

Perceptyne PR-DUO, from Hyderabad, is a dual-arm, semi-humanoid robot designed to slot into existing factory workstations, where it handles electronics and automotive assembly. Perceptyne builds most of the stack in-house, down to the actuators, and raised about ₹30 crore in 2026. It's in pilot use with manufacturers, not yet a catalogue product.

The one going to space

Vyommitra is ISRO's legless "half-humanoid." It's built to ride on Gaganyaan G1, the first uncrewed test flight of India's human spaceflight program, where it will monitor the cabin and work the control panels the way an astronaut would. The flight has slipped several times. ISRO began fitting Vyommitra into the crew module in April 2026, and in June the ISRO chairman said G1 was expected in the last quarter of 2026. Until it actually launches, I'm keeping its status at Delayed.

The early-stage bets

General Autonomy Atom 01 comes from a Bengaluru startup started by ShareChat's co-founders. Atom 01 is a low-cost walking prototype the company calls India's first life-sized walking humanoid. General Autonomy raised about ₹32 crore in May 2026 at a valuation of about ₹280 crore, but it says it isn't earning revenue yet and that the road to market is long.

DRDO's humanoid is being developed by the Research & Development Establishment (Engineers) in Pune for dangerous frontline work, such as handling mines and explosives while a soldier controls it from a safe distance. It doesn't have a public name or timeline.

A-SET Manav is a small 3D-printed humanoid for schools and research labs. It's older and simpler than the rest, but it was promoted as India's first 3D-printed humanoid, and it's a good example of where a lot of Indian robotics education started.

So, can you buy an Indian humanoid?

Not off the shelf, not yet. Tara is the only one with a clear sales history, and that's through direct deals with businesses, not a price list. Elixis-W and PR-DUO are in pilots, so a large company could likely arrange a trial. Everything else is a prototype or a government program.

Compare that with China, where you can order a Unitree G1 for about $13,500 from the company's own website, and the gap is obvious. But the direction is clear: in 2026 alone, Indian humanoid startups raised money, showed robots at national summits and got them into real factories and warehouses. A year ago, most of this list didn't exist.

I'll keep every robot here updated as things change. If you're building a humanoid in India and it isn't on this list, write to support@humanoidvs.com and tell us about it.