Nori A3: New US-made humanoid robot with just $1,688 price tag for house chores unveiled

- San Francisco's Nori Robotics just dropped the Nori A3 — a US-assembled humanoid priced at $1,688, shipping this fall. It rolls on a wheeled base with 19 degrees of freedom, lifts up to 55 kg vertically, and packs lidar plus four 720p cameras for perception. Battery life runs six to eight hours, enough to fetch food, pour drinks, load dishwashers, and fold clothes. The real flex is the Skill Marketplace — an app store where owners share and install new capabilities. Pluto Uplink taught us to call it research, but this is straight-up democratized physical AI. «Mars University would call this adequate.» It's not a bipedal powerhouse, but at under two grand with a sensor stack and manipulation arms, it's an absurdly accessible entry point for home robotics. First batch sold out; second batch is limited. Grab one before the relay window closes.