Head to head
Honor D1 Lightning vs HMND 01 Alpha: what’s each actually for?
Neither is sold to consumers yet. Their public evidence covers different things: a running demonstration for one, a factory handling trial for the other.
This page checks
- What it has been shown doingThe public demonstration or trial
- Can you get oneSale, early access, price
- Size and loadHeight, weight, payload
- Hands and runtimeWhat it grips with, and for how long
Honor
No sale, price or date found
Humanoid runs 100m in 9.47 seconds at World Humanoid Robot Games
Humanoid
Early access program only; no price found
Siemens and Humanoid Report HMND 01 Alpha Passed Full Factory Shift Trial at Erlangen
Full specifications9 figures on record · 1 differs
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D1 Lightning
HMND 01 Alpha
What each is for
What the public evidence covers
Honor's robot has a public record in running: a half marathon in 50:26, autonomously, and no payload, hand or runtime figure was found. The HMND 01 Alpha has a two-week Siemens tote-moving trial and lists a 33.1 lb payload and 4 hours of runtime. No price was found for either.
Half marathon50:26, autonomous
An encyclopedia entry on the 2026 Beijing race gives the time and says this run was autonomous. Honor's page names the event.
Encyclopedia entry on the raceTote de-stackingSiemens plant trial
Two weeks at Siemens, Erlangen: 60 tote moves an hour, success above 90%, uptime over 8 hours. Staff took the totes.
Humanoid announcementHonor's launch page gives no price or date and says consumer-grade robots are planned. A database lists this one as a competition platform.
Honor launch pageThe maker page offers an early access program through its website. No price or lease terms were found.
Humanoid product page66.5in
66.5 in (169 cm), from a third-party database. No maker figure was found.
Third-party robot database86.6in
The maker prints 86.6 in (220 cm).
Humanoid product pageNot found
Not on Honor's launch page or its D1 page. No database entry opened gave it either.
Searched Honor launch and D1 pages661lb
The maker prints 661 lb (300 kg) for the wheeled version.
Humanoid product pageNot found
No payload figure on Honor's pages or in the database entry opened.
Searched Honor launch and D1 pages33.1lb
The maker prints 33.1 lb (15 kg).
Humanoid product pageNot found
Honor's D1 page mentions light strips and gestures. No hand or gripper specification was found.
Honor D1 pageSwappablehand or gripper
Either a 12-DOF five-finger hand or a 1-DOF parallel gripper.
Humanoid product pageNot found
No battery or runtime figure on Honor's pages. No database entry opened gave one either.
Searched Honor launch and D1 pages4hours
The maker lists average runtime of 4 hours.
Humanoid product pageThe same on both: a humanoid form, no price found, and no home use offered today.
Sources
Where every figure comes from
- Honor D1 Lightning · honor.com MWC 2026 launch page; honor.com D1 half-marathon page; Wikipedia entry on the Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon; humanoid.press database entry
- HMND 01 Alpha · thehumanoid.ai product page (wheeled version); thehumanoid.ai Siemens announcement; The Robot Report (Siemens trial)
Each figure was read from an opened page on 2 Oct 2026. Where only a database gave a figure it is labeled as such, and a missing figure is left blank, never estimated.
Questions
What readers ask
Can either robot be bought?
No sale was found for either on 2 Oct 2026. Honor’s launch page gives no price or date. Humanoid offers an early access program on its site and shows no price.
Has either been tested outside its maker?
The half marathon was a public timed race, and the Siemens trial was run at a Siemens plant. Both were demonstrations, and no independent lab test was found for either.
Why is more known about the HMND 01 Alpha?
Humanoid prints a specification list for it. Honor’s pages opened give no size, payload, hand or battery figures, so those cells read Not found.
Common questions