Best AI-Powered Humanoid Robots for Hotels & Restaurants (2026)

Moya made its debut in Shanghai on February 4, 2026. It stands 1.65 m tall and weighs 32 kg, and its skin stays at 32 to 36 degrees Celsius, so it feels warm to touch. Micro-expressions such as smiling and winking add to the human look, and it walks at up to 3 km/h for about four hours. Each arm carries only 2 kg, so a hotel would use it as a greeter and companion for guests in senior resorts or long-stay care venues, not as a luggage carrier.

Ameca is a showpiece for hotels and restaurants, not a worker. It has no legs, weighs 62 kg and runs from a wall socket, so it needs a fixed spot such as a lobby or an event hall. Guests can ask it about the hotel or the city, and the Tritium robotOS lets operators change the AI behind its answers or switch languages for international visitors. It suits venues that want a talking point and cannot serve a table or carry luggage.

NEO Beta is the prototype version of 1X's home humanoid, and it appears here as a preview of where service robots may go. 1X trained it to open doors, fetch items and tidy up by combining demonstrations with reinforcement learning and data collected in real homes. Remote operators can supervise it, and software updates add skills over time. A hotel could one day use that to deliver small items or reset rooms. Today it remains a development platform, and the consumer NEO is the version 1X plans to sell.

Astribot's S1 fits hospitality because its August 2024 launch video showed it making waffles and serving tea, which is close to room-service and kitchen work. Stardust Intelligence had shown a prototype doing household chores at high speed that April. Two 7-degree-of-freedom arms reach a top effector speed of 10 m/s and carry 5 kg each, enough for trays and plates. A swappable battery keeps it going four to six hours, long enough for a lunch or dinner service. Stardust Intelligence makes it in Shenzhen.

AgiBot introduced the G2 on October 16, 2025 as an industrial wheeled humanoid. Its 7-degree-of-freedom arms carry 5 kg each, torque sensors give sub-millimeter accuracy, and two 3D LiDARs plus several cameras cover the surroundings. It weighs 185 kg, moves on an omnidirectional base at 1.5 m/s and runs about four hours. In hotels and restaurants it fits back-of-house jobs such as sorting stock, packing orders and showroom tours, where precision matters more than conversation. One operator can teleoperate more than one robot.

Sanctuary AI first tested its robots in service work, and retailers Mark's and SportChek were among its early customers. Phoenix itself, unveiled on May 16, 2023, is aimed at stocking, sorting and back-of-house jobs of the kind a hotel or restaurant kitchen also has. It walks at up to 5 km/h and runs about four hours per charge. Its hydraulic, touch-sensing hands are designed to handle many kinds of everyday objects, from linen to boxed supplies. Sanctuary says its latest version can learn a new task in under 24 hours, which suits a venue with changing jobs. Sanctuary offers it as labor as a service.

Sophia is the best-known robot on this list, and most guests recognize her. Hanson Robotics activated her on February 14, 2016, and in October 2017 she was granted Saudi Arabian citizenship at a conference in Riyadh. The United Nations Development Programme named her an Innovation Champion a month later, and she gained legs in 2018. Her 83 degrees of freedom include 36 in the head and neck, which give her expressive faces. A hotel would use her as a lobby ambassador at events, since she weighs 20 kg and carries only about 0.6 kg per arm.

Pepper is the most widely seen service humanoid in this list. SoftBank unveiled Pepper in Tokyo on June 5, 2014, and the first batch sold out in under a minute the next year. Sales in Europe passed 12,000 within three years. It weighs 28 kg, rolls at up to 3 km/h and has a chest tablet, 20 degrees of freedom and a battery that lasts up to 12 hours, so it can greet guests through a full day. Its chest tablet shows menus and maps.