WorkFar · industrial humanoid
Syntro
A wheeled upper-body humanoid with a head, waist, two arms and 12-DoF hands on a three-wheel omnidirectional base. It is mainly teleoperated by a remote worker in VR with haptic gloves, helped by onboard AI.
- Price
- $10,000Cheaper than 74%
- Height
- 170 cmTaller than 59%
- Weight
- 108 kgHeavier than 86%
- Payload
- 20 kgCarries more than 72%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- 10 hRuns longer than 91%
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Why it matters
Syntro is on the market today.
Real-world use
Aimed at logistics and manufacturing businesses; none named
Maker
WorkFarCompanyHow it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Syntro is taller than 59% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Syntro is heavier than 86% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Syntro carries more than 72% of the 132 other humanoids that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Syntro has more joints than 83% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Syntro runs longer than 91% of the 119 other humanoids that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Syntro costs less than 74% of the 85 other humanoids that publish a price. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed.
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for Syntro and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
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
- 1 news story 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 · 45 joints
- Actuators & motors
- Maxon motors with Harmonic Drive gearing; 45 DoF in total (head 2, arms 4 each, wrists 3 each, hands 12 each, waist 2, wheels 3).
- Hands
- Two 12-DoF hands; whole-robot payload 20 kg (44 lb).
- Sensors & vision
- 2D lidar, cameras with computer vision, microphones.
- Compute
- Intel Core i5 multi-core computer running custom Linux with ROS 2.
- Battery & power
- Swappable 1.2 kWh batteries giving 6-10 hours per charge.
- Materials & build
- Aluminium, stainless and carbon steel, brass, acetal and carbon-fibre filament.
- AI & software
- Mainly teleoperated: the remote worker uses a VR headset with AR overlays and eye tracking, haptic/force-feedback gloves, suit and pedals; onboard AI handles grasp planning, vision and inverse kinematics (shared autonomy).
- Other details
- 1.7 m tall, 108 kg, on a three-omni-wheel base. Packages range from Base to Telepresence/Intelligent; lead times of 6-12 months. WorkFar also offers monthly leasing of human-robot teams.
Named suppliers:ROS (Open Robotics)IntelHarmonic Drivemaxon
From the maker
Syntro is the only humanoid from WorkFar in the atlas.
Watch Syntro
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- $10,000From about $10,000 ($9,999.99) up to $59,999.99 depending on configuration (WorkFar).
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Orderable from US$9,999.99 to US$59,999.99 by package; units shipped not published
- Where it is sold or used
- Made in the USA at Advantage Plastics, Louisville, Kentucky (per WorkFar)
- Customers and pilots
- Aimed at logistics and manufacturing businesses; none named
News
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- WorkFar launches teleoperated Syntro
WorkFar introduced Syntro as a remotely operated humanoid that it leases monthly to logistics and manufacturing firms.
Robotics Tomorrow
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 | SyntroWorkFar |  Galbot G1Galbot (Galaxy General Robot)Same jobs: logistics, industrial · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |  AGIBOT A2-W (Yuanzheng A2-W)AgiBot (Zhiyuan Robotics)Same jobs: industrial, logistics · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useSpaceo ProMuks RoboticsSame jobs: industrial, logistics · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size |
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| First shown | 2024-08 | 2024 | 2024-08 | 2025-03-06 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Pilot use |
| Height | 170 cm | 173 cm | 163 cm | 210 cm |
| Weight | 108 kg | 85 kg | 230 kg | 60 kg |
| Joints | 45 | 25 | 22 | 20 |
| Speed | — | — | — | 5.4 km/h |
| Payload | 20 kg | 15 kg | 10 kg | 5 kg |
| Battery | 10 h | 10 h | 5 h | 4 h |
| Price | $10,000 | — | — | — |
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