Noetix Robotics · social humanoid
Hobbs W1
A full-size wheeled reception humanoid with a lifelike silicone face that Noetix says can show over 200 micro-expressions (32 active face joints). It has 5-DoF arms with 6-DoF hands, cameras in the eyes and chest, and a touchscreen, and is pitched at hotels, shops, offices and schools. Noetix also sells the Hobbs head as a separate bust.
- Price
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- Height
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- Weight
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- Payload
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- Speed
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- Battery
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Why it matters
Hobbs W1 is on the market today.
Real-world use
Pitched at hotels, retail, schools and offices; no named customers
Timeline
- Released
- 2025-12
Maker
Noetix RoboticsCompany · founded 2023 · Beijing, ChinaAbout 300 million yuan pre-B (Oct 2025, led by Vertex Ventures) and 200 million yuan pre-B+ (Nov 2025)
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for Hobbs W1 and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
Public attention
How much public attention Hobbs W1 gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 3 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- Actuators & motors
- Electric joints; Noetix lists 5-DoF arms. The face uses 32 active and 8 passive degrees of freedom for expressions, per Noetix as reported by Mike Kalil.
- Hands
- 6-DoF dexterous hands for gestures, handing over items and light tasks.
- Sensors & vision
- Two RGB cameras in the eyes and a third camera in the chest; autonomous indoor mapping and navigation.
- Materials & build
- Lifelike skin-toned bionic head on a metallic silver body styled with a long skirt silhouette; wheeled full-size base.
- AI & software
- Emotion recognition, natural conversation and real-time information sync, per Noetix; fully autonomous reception and guidance navigation.
- Other details
- Hobbs is a customisable platform also sold as an android bust. Noetix used the Hobbs platform to build a robot replica of actress Cai Ming for the 2026 CCTV Spring Festival Gala. Interactive touchscreen on the chest.
Lineage
Every Noetix Robotics humanoid in order.
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not publishedprice not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Not disclosed; no Hobbs W1 price or orders published in sources opened
- Where it is sold or used
- Beijing, China (maker HQ)
- Customers and pilots
- Pitched at hotels, retail, schools and offices; no named customers
News
The latest 3, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Hobbs platform used for Spring Festival Gala android
Mike Kalil reports Noetix built a lifelike replica of actress Cai Ming on its Hobbs platform for the 2026 gala.
Mike Kalil - Noetix unveils Hobbs W1 amid funding wave
SCMP (via Yahoo) reports Noetix's most humanlike robot so far, launched after raising nearly 500 million yuan in two months.
South China Morning Post (Yahoo Tech) - Hobbs W1 receptionist revealed
Noetix presents Hobbs W1 as an all-round service robot with 6-DoF hands, 5-DoF arms and autonomous navigation.
Interesting Engineering
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Hobbs W1Noetix Robotics |  D1ZEALS (Omakase Robotics division)Same jobs: social, retail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Spaceo M1Muks RoboticsSame jobs: social, retail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  AutoLife S3 (Xiaozhi S3)AutoLife Robotics (智动未来)Same jobs: retail, social · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2025-12 | 2026-08-05 | 2026-02 | 2026-09-04 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Pilot use | Pilot use |
| Height | — | 159 cm | 163 cm | 168 cm |
| Weight | — | 110 kg | 45 kg | 78 kg |
| Joints | — | 21 | 12 | 36 |
| Speed | — | 3.6 km/h | 5.4 km/h | — |
| Payload | — | 5 kg | — | 5 kg |
| Battery | — | 8 h | 8 h | 8 h |
| Price | — | $33,000 | — | — |
Sources
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