Overview
Founded by Mobileye's Amnon Shashua with Shai Shalev-Shwartz and Lior Wolf, Mentee unveiled MenteeBot in April 2024 as a humanoid that takes spoken instructions, maps rooms and carries boxes up to ~25 kg. Mobileye agreed to acquire Mentee in January 2026 for about $900 million, and the company now operates as Mentee by Mobileye. First customer proof-of-concept deployments were planned for 2026, with series production targeted for 2028.
- Type
- Biped robot · Full-size humanoids
- Maker
- Mentee Robotics (Israel)
- Released
- 2024
- Price
- Not for sale
- Status
- Not for sale (research)
- Best for
- Professionals & labs
- Programming
- No programmability
Price and shipping
Shipping: Not available. Not for sale. Customer proof-of-concept pilots only. Series production targeted for 2028.
Specifications
| Category | Bipeds · Full-size humanoids |
|---|---|
| Released | 2024 |
| Country | Israel |
| Availability | Not for sale (research) |
| Programmability | No programmability |
| Built-in autonomy | Task-level · Carries out multi-step jobs on its own, such as inspections, deliveries or chores |
| LLM support | LLM plans actions · Uses LLMs to understand spoken instructions and plan multi-step navigation and grasping tasks. The Robot Report ↗ |
| Best for | Professionals & labs |
| Vision sensors | Camera |
| Actuators | Brushless / direct-drive motors |
| Audio | Microphone |
| Compute type | Proprietary / undisclosed |
| Balance type | RL walking |
| Height | ~175 cm |
| Weight | ~70 kg |
| Compute | Not published |
| Speed | ~1.5 m/s |
| DOF | Not published |
| Sensors | Head cameras for NeRF-style 3D mapping, microphones |
| Balance | Sim-to-real reinforcement learning for walking, turning and carrying loads. |
| SDK | None public |
Common questions
How much does MenteeBot cost?
Not for sale.
Can MenteeBot be bought today?
No. It was never sold to the public.
Who makes MenteeBot?
MenteeBot is made by Mentee Robotics (Israel). It came out in 2024.
Can MenteeBot be programmed?
No programmability.
Does MenteeBot have AI chat or LLM support?
LLM plans actions. Uses LLMs to understand spoken instructions and plan multi-step navigation and grasping tasks.
Ratings & reviews
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