StarBot Nova
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StarBot Nova is the first-generation humanoid service robot from StarBot, a Santa Barbara, California company that builds its robots in the USA. Launched in December 2025, it replaced the company's earlier biped testing with a stable wheeled base carrying a humanoid upper body with two 7-axis arms. It stands about 5 ft tall, weighs about 70 lb and drives on a differential-drive base that can turn on the spot. Depth cameras, an RGB camera and an IMU feed autonomous indoor navigation with real-time obstacle avoidance, and an on-device language model with a cloud fallback handles real-time conversation in English, Spanish and Italian, with a touchscreen for guests. Nova greets and guides customers, explains products and services, manages queues and has been piloted in restaurants, where it speaks with diners and helps take orders.
Quick Overview & Key Facts
StarBot Nova is a humanoid robot made by StarBot in United States, launched in 2025 and built for customer greeting and engagement, store navigation and guidance, and product and service explanation. Its estimated price is USD 15,000–30,000.
- Dimensions
- Approx. 5 ft (about 1.5 m) tall
- Weight
- Approx. 70 lb (about 32 kg)
- Mobility
- Wheeled base with differential drive
- Top speed
- 0.8–1.2 m/s
- Payload capacity
- Arm payload up to 2–3 kg
- Battery runtime
- Target up to 10–12 h, depending on configuration
- Charging time
- About 3 h
- Sensors
- Depth cameras (Intel RealSense class), RGB camera and IMU
- Operating environment
- Indoor commercial spaces such as restaurants, hospitality and retail
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Q1. What is StarBot Nova, and what problem is it designed to solve?
StarBot Nova is a wheeled humanoid service robot from StarBot in Santa Barbara, California. It has a human-like upper body with two arms on a driving base and is made to work with customers in indoor commercial spaces.
Q2. What are the main capabilities and key features of StarBot Nova?
It greets guests, guides them through a store or restaurant, explains products and services, manages queues, holds spoken conversations and can help take orders.
Q3. Who is StarBot Nova built for, and which industries can benefit from it?
It is aimed at restaurants, hotels, retail stores and similar service businesses that want to test automation in real operating conditions.
Q4. Is StarBot Nova a commercial product or still a research prototype?
It is offered as a commercial service robot, with pilot configurations arranged by project.
Q5. Is StarBot Nova currently available for purchase, and when is it expected to ship?
StarBot has not published a price. Final specifications and terms are confirmed in the purchase agreement, and buyers contact the company.
Q6. How does StarBot Nova actually work in real-world environments?
Cameras and sensors let it navigate indoor spaces and avoid obstacles, while an on-device language model with a cloud backup handles speech, and staff can monitor it from a dashboard.
Q7. When was StarBot Nova announced or officially launched?
StarBot launched it in December 2025 as the first generation of its humanoid service robots.
Q8. How is StarBot Nova different from other robots in the same category?
Unlike StarBot's walking research humanoid, Nova stays on wheels, which suits long shifts on flat floors and public spaces.
Q9. Does StarBot Nova require additional development or customization after purchase?
Each deployment is configured for its site, and the company says pilot setups are available by project and that multi-site plans follow pilot validation.
Q10. What is the future roadmap or planned upgrades for StarBot Nova?
StarBot has since added a research humanoid, an education robot and a foldable service robot to its line, and says final safety and compliance requirements are confirmed for each deployment.
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