Where it works
Sold mainly to research groups, universities and developers. Public demonstrations focus on whole-body balance and dynamic movement.
The research-platform segment is where most humanoid units actually ship today. Buyers are university labs, corporate R&D groups and developers who need a body to run controllers on, and they value open interfaces and repairability far above throughput. A machine sold into that segment is judged on how well it survives being experimented with, which is a different specification from surviving a night shift.
Listed price for the configuration on humanoid.guide. Vendor listings for other configurations differ.
What it means to own one
Buying one is straightforward. Earning from one is not, because no rental market exists for research humanoids yet. That gap between purchasable and rentable is the whole distinction between a capable robot and a productive one.
At 45,000 dollars the T2 sits between a delivery van and a small production machine, which puts it within reach of a single buyer rather than a procurement committee. What it lacks is the other half of the equation: a customer who pays by the hour. Until an operator can place these units against service contracts, the purchase is an expense with a research return rather than an asset with a yield.