The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Nori Robotics: 2 models, 4 deployments across 3 regions. 3 sources back the record.
CategoryHumanoids
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.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 4 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Founder
HQ
L2 price
L2 status
L3 status
Manufacturingsee manufacturing →
Robot type
Compute model
Arms
Tasks
L2 height
L2 screen
Data & sources
Web sources
3
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Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Nori L3
The Nori L3 is an affordable bimanual humanoid robot priced under $2,000 with 20 DOF (7+1 DOF per arm) and 1.5 kg payload per arm. Designed for homes and light industrial tasks, it can be taught new tasks through VR demonstration. Pre-orders opened July 29, 2026. Built by Nori Robotics, a YC Summer 2026 company founded by Columbia University researcher Antonio Sitong Li.
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.
Nori Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map4 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Nori Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalNori L2 at United States (multiple hotel chains) →United States · verified Jun 2024
- operationalNori L2 at Canada, USA →North America · verified Jun 2024
- operationalNori L2 at United Kingdom, Europe →Western Europe · verified Jun 2024
- operationalNori L2 at Germany, Europe →Western Europe · verified Jun 2024
View the full Nori Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Antonio Li Foundersecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Antonio Licofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Nori Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Nori Robotics4 deployments
Recent coverage
Nori Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 28, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Nori L2 at United States (multiple hotel chains)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Nori L2 at Canada, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Nori L2 at United Kingdom, Europe
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Nori L2 at Germany, Europe
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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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Nori Robotics.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Nori Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/nori-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/nori-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/13569303-182b-423a-b01d-5b5c2a7ea3be
- Revision history: /companies/nori-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- Ecovacs Robotics19 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
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
Heat Index
Serious50/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Nori Robotics draws attention at the 78th percentile but verifies reality at the 68th percentile among humanoids. Hype Gap +9.8, 42nd widest among humanoids.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 4 verified deployments. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 12, 2026