By the What Robot? team ยท Last checked: 6 November 2026

Commercial robots: buyer's guides

Robots for restaurants, hotels, offices, shops, warehouses and factories. For most businesses the first decision isn't which robot but whether to rent or buy, so we cover that too.

White BellaBot serving robot with a cat-face screen and black trays, standing in a restaurant
Photo: Oleg Yunakov / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Hospitality

Restaurant & hotel service robots

Serving, plate-clearing and room-service robots, with published UK rental and purchase prices.

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Agility Robotics' Digit humanoid in teal and black, upper body
Image: Agility Robotics
Finance

Rent vs buy (Robots-as-a-Service)

When a monthly robot subscription beats buying outright, with real published figures.

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Close-up of Figure 03's head and knitted body cover
Image: Figure AI
Humanoids at work

Humanoids for business

Agility Digit, Figure, Tesla Optimus and Unitree: who sells to businesses, and on what terms.

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Cleaning

Commercial cleaning robots

Twelve scrubber and vacuum robots from Avidbots, Tennant, Pudu, Gausium, Keenon and LionsBot, with UK prices and hire costs.

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Delivery

Delivery robots

Indoor and pavement delivery robots.

Coming soon
Warehouse

Warehouse & logistics robots

Autonomous mobile robots and picking systems.

Coming soon
Manufacturing

Cobots & robot arms

Collaborative arms for small manufacturers.

Coming soon