OS3 · home humanoid
HALE 1.0
A semi-humanoid from a 2025 San Francisco startup (Y Combinator Summer 2026): two arms and a camera head on a telescoping torso over an omnidirectional wheeled base, with 22 degrees of freedom on in-house actuators. Its first job is autonomous towel folding in hotels; each arm is rated about 4 kg nominal payload (9 lb) per the company.
- Price
- $14,995Cheaper than 67%
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A pilot use humanoid from OS3.
Real-world use
OS3 says HALE 1.0 is folding towels in hotel laundries (deployments in California, Michigan and Texas, hotels not named) with shipments of developer units starting fall 2026.
Timeline
- Released
- 2026
Maker
OS3CompanyHow it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
HALE 1.0 has more joints than 17% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
HALE 1.0 costs less than 67% of the 85 other humanoids that publish a price. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, payload, battery.
Public attention
A hidden gem: a recent robot with full published specs that gets little attention so far.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Hands
- simple
- Movement
- Wheeled base · 22 joints
From the maker
HALE 1.0 is the only humanoid from OS3 in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- $14,995Developer unit $14,995 to buy or $1,800/month to lease ($99 refundable deposit); business units from just under $10,000 in private beta; hospitality work sold from $2.50/hour (company figures)
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
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 | HALE 1.0OS3 |  FeatherFeather RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar price |  Quanta X2X Square RobotSame jobs: home, industrial · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  SyntroWorkFarSame job: industrial · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2026-07 | 2026-09-24 | 2025-08-08 | 2024-08 |
| Status | Pilot use | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | — | 180 cm | 164 cm | 170 cm |
| Weight | — | 105 kg | — | 108 kg |
| Joints | 22 | 23 | 62 | 45 |
| Speed | — | 4.7 km/h | 3.6 km/h | — |
| Payload | — | 6.8 kg | 12 kg | 20 kg |
| Battery | — | 10 h | — | 10 h |
| Price | $14,995 | $29,990 | — | $10,000 |
Sources
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