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Noetix Bumi Shows Early Consumer Interest, Surpassing 500 Pre-Orders on JD.com
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Just days after its official reveal, the Noetix Bumi humanoid robot appears to be finding its first wave of customers. A pre-sale listing for the robot on Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com indicates that 523 units have been "booked" by consumers as of this writing.
This figure provides an early, albeit small, data point on consumer appetite for a product category that has yet to break into the mainstream. The Bumi, previously announced as the "world’s first high-performance humanoid robot" under ¥10,000, is listed at a pre-sale price of ¥9,998 (approx. $1,370).
NOETIX's Bumi has already received over 500 pre-orders on JD.com. Consumers are eager for humanoid robots. As long as they are given a product that impresses them.
what??? $1,403😳 Beijing NOETIX Robotics is releasing an affordable humanoid robot called Bumi. I don't know what people will do with it. But the price of a computer might attract people to try it.
A Short Wait for Early Adopters
The pre-order figures are notable, and the product page reveals a relatively short wait for these early buyers. The listing details a pre-order process where a deposit is paid by December 12, 2025, with final payments due in mid-January 2026.
Delivery for this "first batch" is scheduled to begin in March 2026, with a second batch following in April 2026.
A banner on the product page, translated from Chinese, also states, "CEO's Gratitude Feedback Urgently Increased Order Volume by 500 Units!" This suggests the initial sales velocity may have prompted Noetix to expand the size of the first pre-order run.
Testing the Consumer Waters
The Bumi, which stands 94 cm tall and weighs 12 kg, is aggressively priced to target a consumer and hobbyist market, rather than the research and R&D labs targeted by more expensive platforms from competitors like Unitree or Booster Robotics. Noetix has emphasized its open programming interface as a key feature for education and creative development.
While over 500 units is a modest number in the broader consumer electronics landscape, it represents a tangible market signal for a bipedal robot in this new, ultra-low-cost category. The key question remains whether the sub-$1,400 machine can deliver on its "high-performance" claims when it reaches consumers early next year.