Overview
Nori Robotics is an American robotics company building affordable bimanual mobile robots for household and light industrial tasks. Founded by Antonio Li, the company's Nori L2 robot — priced at $1,288 — was billed as "the most capable robot under $1,288" and began shipping in July 2026.
The taller Grande model sells for $1,322. The company announced the Nori L3 on July 28, 2026, with preorders opening the following day. Nori robots are made in America and use a thin-client compute model with cloud-based inference.
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Key facts
Founder
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L2 price
L2 status
L3 status
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Robot type
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L2 height
L2 screen
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Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Nori L3
The Nori L3 is the successor to the Nori L2, announced on July 28, 2026, with preorders opening July 29. Positioned as making "human dexterity" cheaper. Details on pricing and specs are limited at announcement.
Current platform
Nori L2
The Nori L2 is a wheeled bimanual robot designed for household tasks like sweeping, loading dishwashers, and general chores. Standing ~100cm tall, it features two arms (similar to SO-100 open-source arms), a screen for telepresence, and a thin-client compute model with cloud-based inference. Priced at $1,288, it is one of the cheapest bimanual robots on the market. Made in America, shipping as of July 2026.
Current leadership (1)
- Antonio Li Foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Nori Robotics.
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- Record createdJul 28, 2026
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Sources (3)
- Nori Robotics: X (Twitter) profile · https://x.com/NoriRobotics · 2026-07-28
- Rise of the Cheap Robots: It Can Think! · https://itcanthink.substack.com/p/rise-of-the-cheap-robots · 2026-07-02
- Human dexterity just got a lot cheaper. Meet Nori L3 · https://x.com/NoriRobotics/status/2082183464695288027 · 2026-07-28
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Human dexterity just got a lot cheaper. Meet Nori L3. Preorders open tomorrow.
Nori Robotics announces the Nori L3 robot, with preorders opening July 29, 2026. Positioned as making human dexterity affordable.
Rise of the Cheap Robots — Nori L2, BracketBot 2.5, Weave Isaac 1
Analysis of sub-$10,000 robots including the Nori L2 at $1,288, founded by Antonio Li. Describes it as possibly the cheapest reasonably large bimanual robot, with SO-100 style…
Introducing Nori L2 — The most capable robot under $1,288. Made in America, shipping right now.
Nori Robotics launches the Nori L2, a wheeled bimanual robot at $1,288, made in America, shipping immediately.
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Video
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Nori (Reachy-mini from Hugging face / Pollen robotics) quick demo showing parent mode being triggered.
Dr. Francesco Nori from from the Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology), is one of the key contributors to the iCub robot developmen
Watch Gizmo the robot search for connection in Sparkleton. See how a small machine learns to experience friendship. This short film explores the life of Gizmo
This meeting brought together academic and industry presentations and researchers interested in all aspects of learning world models and foundational models for
*REUPLOAD* Automation in food handling brings unique challenges. Nori sheets are extremely delicate and create crumbs that can clog an adhesive gripper. In this