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RoboParty

RoboParty RP1

Name: RoboParty RP1
Brand: RoboParty

A fully open-source bipedal humanoid, built on RoboParty's own Romomo actuators, that recovered its balance live on stage when IROS 2026 visitors pushed and kicked it.

PriceNo list priceRetail price not tracked

Autonomy Ladder

Why Level II.

One five-rung scale, every category, from acting only on command to working unsupervised anywhere.

VGeneralized AutonomyAny task, any setting. No consumer robot has reached it.
IVEnvironmental AutonomyCopes with everyday clutter and frees itself, shown by independent testing.
IIIConditional AutonomyFinishes whole jobs in familiar spaces; struggles at the edges.
To reach Level IIIMost sessions finish without intervention. Rescue is occasional, not routine.
IIAssisted AutonomyThis robot

RoboParty RP1 runs preset routines on its own, and the owner is its recovery system.
Why this level
- At IROS 2026, RP1 recovered balance on its own against pushes and kicks using RoboParty's real-time motion-control system rather than teleoperation or a scripted routine, which is an autonomous locomotion demonstration.
- No independent source has reported RP1 completing an end-to-end task without teleoperation, so the documented behavior supports Level II, not higher.
What holds it at Level II
- Demonstrated only under controlled, supervised trade-show conditions in a single disturbance-recovery routine; no independent testing of broader autonomous task performance has been published.
3 sources reviewed
IManual AutomationOne action on command; no independent operation.

How we assign a level →

Behind the classification

Sources we reviewed.

Pre-Release3 sources reviewed

Classified from pre-release material; figures will firm up once units ship and are independently tested.

Sources reviewed

Manufacturer documentation1 sourceReviewed

RoboParty's own IROS 2026 press release naming RP1's specs, target users and release plans

RP1 launch press releasePR Newswire

Press & video reviews2 sourcesReviewed

Independent trade-press coverage of the IROS 2026 disturbance-recovery demo and RoboParty's open-source plans

Also monitored, nothing listed yet

Longitudinal signalPending

No field history exists yet; RP1 has not shipped to anyone outside RoboParty's own IROS 2026 demonstration.

How we evaluate evidence →

Human Readiness

Pre-release.

One question: what does buying this robot today walk you into? The state is computed from the record, and recomputed daily.

Pre-releaseThis robot

RoboParty RP1 has not shipped to consumers, and a readiness rating is a claim about buying today.

Until consumer shipping starts, the Pre-Release Assessment carries the evaluation; the readiness clock starts at general availability.

On the record

3 sources reviewed
Pre-Release Assessment: 70/100 · Plausible

The scale, for reference

Ready NowAssessed, with a clean record on file. A successor may be shipping; the page says so when it is.
New to MarketOn sale under 90 days; the ownership record is still forming.
WaitA successor is announced and has not shipped; re-read the decision when it arrives.
Known IssuesDocumented problems stand on the record; read the case before buying.

How we assess readiness →

Pre-Release Assessment

How this projection was reached

70of 100

PlausibleAt or above 60% of the 95 robots we assess before release

SpeculativeConceptPlausiblePromisingReady

The hatched tail is unreachable by construction. A projection does not publish as a full mark, because the evidence that settles it does not exist yet: whether the thing ships and works in ordinary use. Those 10 points are what shipping has to earn.

The reading

Open-source bipedal platform with a live disturbance-recovery demo and no shipped units. RoboParty's actuators and RL framework are unproven beyond the IROS stage. Provisional classification pending shipping evidence and published specs.

Still open

Exact height, weight, degrees of freedom and payload capacity, none of which RoboParty has published
Price per unit, and whether RP1 ships as a kit, a finished robot, or licensed designs
Whether manipulation and task-completion claims hold up outside the single balance-recovery demo
What "mass production" in Q4 2026 means for researchers outside RoboParty's existing developer community
What safety testing or certification is applied before units reach outside labs
How the UFO reinforcement-learning framework performs on tasks beyond disturbance recovery

Three signals the number rests onweighted, then capped70What can be judged before anyone owns one.

Track Recordleft outNot judged

What this asks

Has this maker shipped what it demoed before, on schedule, with the promised capability?

What it rests on

RoboParty was founded in 2025 and RP1 is its first full hardware platform; RPO (Jan 2026) was an open-source software/design release, not a shipped or sold unit, so there is no prior shipment to assess.

Engineering54% of the assessment68

What this asks

Are the demonstrated capabilities achievable in shipping form, or do they need breakthroughs not in evidence?

What it rests on

A familiar bipedal form factor with a novel actuator and training subsystem: at IROS 2026 RP1 showed live disturbance recovery via its own Romomo actuators and real-time control system, run by RoboParty's UFO unsupervised-RL framework (Interesting Engineering, Oct 2026).

Demo Match46% of the assessment72

What this asks

What has been shown to work, against what is claimed in marketing.

What it rests on

The public demo showed balance recovery under pushes and kicks; RoboParty's broader "full-stack" claims covering manipulation (via the RP Hand) and whole-body task autonomy were announced but not demonstrated publicly at IROS.

35% of the assessment has no source outside the maker and is left out; the number rests on what remains.

Published beside the numbernever averaged inWhat the maker has disclosed, not what has been judged.

Readinessnot in the number42

What this asks

Ship-date specificity, pricing transparency, distribution and regulatory status. Published beside the number; never averaged in.

Disclosurenot in the number32

What this asks

How much of the product is disclosed. Higher means fewer fundamental unknowns remain. Published beside the number; never averaged in.

middle half of the pre-release setits medianthis robot

Not a Robovations Scorethe two never convert into each other

This is a projection from pre-shipping signals, not a measurement. When the robot ships, the assessment is archived, a first Robovations Score is computed from the field record, and the change is logged on the tracker rather than appearing as a new number.

Read the pre-release method →

FIT CHECK

Will the RoboParty RP1 fit your scenario?

Describe your scenario using the controls. Each choice reads the spec sheet for you, flagging where the RoboParty RP1 is built for your space and where it isn’t.

Where it operates

Primary tasks

Supervision needs

Timeline

A classification of fit for the conditions you set, not a recommendation. Verdicts describe engineering design intent, not test results.

SPECIFICATION

The full spec sheet.

Manufacturer-published figures, measured against every humanoid robot we track.

Dimensions not publishedDimensional drawing

Key specificationsManufacturer-published

Official referencesManufacturer site

Common questions

What people actually ask.

5 answered

OperationCan an individual buy a RoboParty RP1 today?

No. RoboParty has not announced a price, a retail channel, or a confirmed ship date; it has named a Q4 2026 mass-production target aimed at its research and developer community.

OperationWhat did RP1 actually demonstrate at IROS 2026?

A live “Kick Me” display where visitors pushed or kicked the robot and it adjusted posture and recovered balance using its own real-time motion-control system, rather than a pre-scripted routine.

OperationHow is RP1 different from RoboParty's earlier RPO project?

RPO (ROBOTO ORIGIN), open-sourced in January 2026, established the bipedal body design. RP1 integrates that body with RoboParty’s own Romomo actuators, the RP Hand, and a unified control and training stack into one higher-performance platform.

OperationWhat is the peak joint torque RoboParty has published for RP1?

Up to 160 N·m. RoboParty has not published height, weight, degrees of freedom, or payload figures for RP1.

OperationIs RP1's software stack actually open source yet?

Partially. RoboParty says it will progressively open the motion-control system, simulation environment, SDKs and training tools; mechanical designs and the core actuator modules are the parts open so far.

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RoboParty RP1

Will the RoboParty RP1 fit your scenario?

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What people actually ask.

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Reference the RoboParty RP1 classification.

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