Hiwonder Tonybot
Tonybot is Hiwonder's entry-level Arduino humanoid kit, expandable with dot-matrix displays, buzzers and ultrasonic sensors. The cheapest functional build-it-yourself humanoid from an established supplier.
We have not sat down with this one. The score below is computed from the data we hold, and the facts on this page are sourced. Treat the score as a starting point, not a recommendation.
How the score is built
Capability is what the machine physically does. Value compares it with others at a similar price, not with the whole market. Buyability asks whether you can really order one. Ecosystem is the software and community around it. Proof is what it has done in the field, which is where most humanoids score badly and should.
Similar money, different machine.
- Status
- Commercial
- Category
- education
- First revealed
- n/a
- Form
- bipedal
- Height
- n/a
- Weight
- n/a
- Payload
- n/a
- Degrees of freedom
- n/a
- Battery
- n/a
- Runtime
- n/a
- Walking speed
- n/a
- Actuation
- n/a
- Units deployed (est.)
- not disclosed
- Teleoperation
- unknown
What stands out
- $459 entry kit
- Arduino-based, fully expandable
Hands, sensors, brain
- Compute: Arduino-compatible controller
Price and volume
Arduino-based learning kit, expandable with sensors.
Index position
In the Humanoid Index, which ranks on shipped reality rather than value for money, Hiwonder Tonybot sits at #54 of 107 with 36 points: deployment 14/50, autonomy 2/30, availability 20/20. See that method.
Other robots by Hiwonder.
Sources
- 015 best affordable humanoid robotsKeyi Robot · 2026-07-01
Price sources
- 015 best affordable humanoid robotsKeyi Robot · 2026-07-01
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