The new unit price is $70,000 from Promobot. Lease and rental options are also available, typically starting at around $2,500 per month. Used units occasionally appear on secondary markets priced between $45,000 and $60,000 depending on condition and configuration.
The V4 can greet visitors, answer questions via speech recognition, display information on its 21.5-inch touchscreen, guide people through buildings using SLAM navigation, and perform arm gestures to attract attention. It supports face recognition for personalized interactions and can be programmed for custom behaviors via its open API.
Yes, the V4 is in production and available for purchase directly from Promobot. Global shipping is offered. Delivery lead times are typically 6–8 weeks after configuration confirmation.
The V4 ($70,000) has a full-body humanoid presence with two articulated arms, lidar-based navigation, and a larger 21.5-inch screen. Pepper ($20,000) has no arms, a smaller tablet, and wheeled base navigation without lidar, but Pepper offers more refined conversational AI and facial expressions. The V4 is better for physical greeter roles requiring gestures, while Pepper suits pure conversational interactions.
Height 157 cm, weight 70 kg, 6 degrees of freedom (3 per arm), 8-hour battery life, max speed 3.6 km/h, 21.5-inch Full HD touchscreen, lidar + stereo vision navigation, speech recognition and output, face recognition, and an Intel NUC i5 computer running Linux-based Promobot OS.
Promobot, a Russian robotics company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Perm, Russia. They specialize in service robots for retail, hospitality, and corporate sectors.
The battery provides 8 hours of continuous operation and charges in about 4 hours. The battery is internal and not hot-swappable, so the robot must dock during charging.