Robot that cooks: what is on sale, what is coming, what failed

The robot that cooks you can actually buy in 2026 is a countertop machine, not a humanoid. Posha sells for about $1,500 and cooks one pot meals after you chop and load the ingredients. Nosh One is a $1,499 Kickstarter robot due in 2026. Moley's robotic kitchens cost six figures, and no home humanoid cooks on its own yet.

Researched by Riley Hart · updated Oct 23, 2026 · How we research

Short answer

As of October 2026, the cooking robot you can buy and receive in the US is Posha, a countertop machine that sold for $1,500 at launch ($1,750 list) and cooks one pot meals on its own once you prep and load ingredients. Nosh One ($1,499 on Kickstarter, $2,000 planned retail) is promised for 2026. Thermomix TM7 ($1,699) is a guided cooker, not a robot. Moley's robotic kitchen was listed at about $335,000 with arms in 2020. No humanoid, including the 1X NEO, cooks meals by itself for owners today.

Product	Price	Status (Oct 2026)	What it really does	Your part
Posha	$1,500 launch price, $1,750 list; optional Posha Circle $14.95/mo	On sale from Posha's US store (checked October 2026)	Induction pan, stirring arm, auto dispensers for ingredients, spices, oil and water; a camera watches the food	Chop, weigh and load ingredients; clean the pot and containers
Nosh One	$1,499 Kickstarter; $2,000 planned retail	Kickstarter funded; delivery promised for 2026 in the US and Canada	Countertop robot; 500+ recipes; about 45 minutes for a one pot meal (maker claim)	Prep ingredients into a tray and load spices
Thermomix TM7	$1,699	On sale in the US since fall 2025	Weighs, chops, heats and stirs in one bowl with guided recipes	Add each ingredient when the screen tells you
Moley X-AiR	Not published in the US	London showroom; no confirmed home install	One robot arm cooks from a recipe database	Pre-prepared ingredients
Moley robotic kitchen	£248,000 (about $335,000) with arms	Put on sale December 2020	Two arms in a full luxury kitchen (maker claim)	Not independently reviewed in a home
1X NEO	$20,000 or $499/mo	Preorder; no customer delivery date announced	Steak demo in 2024 was teleoperated; launch release lists no cooking chore	A remote operator for unknown tasks
Samsung Bot Chef	Never priced	CES 2020 demo only	Two robot arms shown at CES	Never sold

Prices and status from maker pages and press sources listed below, checked October 2026. Cooking times and abilities are maker claims unless a reviewer is named.

Robots in this guide: price and status

Humanoids · 1X NEO Best for Early adopters who want the first legged home humanoid and are comfortable with remote operators in their home $20,000 Check price →Full profile

Humanoids · Weave Robotics Isaac 1 Best for California households that mainly want laundry pickup, folding and daily tidying $7,999 Check price →Full profile

Humanoids · Figure Figure 03 Best for Readers tracking which big player reaches homes first No price yet Full profile

On sale now: Posha

Posha is a countertop cooking robot from a San Francisco company that used to be called Nymble. It has an 1,800 watt induction cooktop, a robotic stirring arm with swappable spatulas, motorized containers that drop in your prepped ingredients, a spice tray with refillable pods, and oil and water dispensers. A camera uses AI to check color and texture while it cooks.

Posha's own page showed $1,500 next to a $1,750 list price when checked in October 2026, and the machine is sold from its US store. In August 2026, Posha said its optional Posha Circle plan costs $14.95 a month or $139.95 a year, and that 50 recipes and a manual Co-Pilot mode work without it.

The limits are real. You still chop and weigh everything, and it only makes one pot meals, so no seared steak. Posha says it needs an internet connection to start a cook, and it takes up a lot of counter space.

Coming in 2026: Nosh One

Nosh showed its robot chef at CES 2026. TechCrunch reported on January 6, 2026 that you prep ingredients into a fridge tray, slide the tray in, add spices and liquids, and about 45 minutes later get a single pot meal. Nosh says it has more than 500 recipes.

New Atlas lists it at 20.6 by 16.7 by 22.2 inches and 57 pounds, with eight spice containers, five ingredient slots and a 4 liter ceramic pan. Kickstarter pledges started at $1,499 against a planned $2,000 retail price. GizmoCrowd reported $828,843 pledged by 704 backers in March 2026. The estimated delivery was June 2026, and TechCrunch later said shipments were expected in summer 2026. We found no public report of backers receiving units as of October 23, 2026, so treat the date as a promise.

Does Thermomix count as a cooking robot?

Not really. Thermomix TM7 is a powerful all in one appliance that weighs, chops, steams, heats and stirs in one bowl. It launched in the US on September 2, 2025 for $1,699, with deliveries from October 1, 2025. Its Cookidoo app has more than 100,000 guided recipes.

The difference is who adds the food. With Thermomix, the screen walks you through each step and you add each ingredient yourself. Posha and Nosh load ingredients for you from containers. If you want hands off cooking, Thermomix is a guided cooker. If you want a proven, widely sold kitchen machine, it is the safer buy.

Robotic kitchens: Moley

Moley Robotics, based in London, builds robot arms into luxury kitchens. In December 2020, The Spoon reported Moley's robotic kitchen went on sale at £248,000, about $335,000, with arms, or £128,000 without. Moley has also shown a cheaper single arm version called X-AiR. Its kitchens use pre-prepared ingredients and follow recorded recipes.

Moley first promised a consumer kitchen much earlier. A Harvard Business School case write up said it was priced at $15,000 and promised to customers in 2018. That never happened at that price. We found no independent report of a Moley kitchen cooking daily in a customer's home.

Humanoids that claim cooking

No home humanoid cooks meals for owners on its own as of October 2026.

1X's most famous cooking clip was teleoperated. In November 2024, 1X posted NEO Beta cooking steak with YouTube chef Nick DiGiovanni. 1X said the video was done with teleoperation through its VR app, and the Inquirer reported NEO needed help turning on the burner and knocked over olive oil. 1X's October 2025 launch release for the $20,000 NEO lists laundry, tidying, fetching items and opening doors, and mentions only that NEO can recognize ingredients and suggest dishes. It does not claim NEO cooks.

Figure has shown its Figure 03 clearing dishes and loading a dishwasher, but we found no Figure claim that it cooks meals. Figure has no price or order page. Weave's Isaac 1 routines are laundry and tidying, not cooking. The Spoon summed it up in March 2026: humanoids are coming, but near term kitchen robots will likely be countertop appliances.

What failed or never shipped

Samsung showed Bot Chef, a pair of robot arms, at CES 2020. TechCrunch could not get Samsung to say how much of the demo was autonomous and called Samsung's robots "all flash and little productizing." Samsung gave no price or date, and we found no sign Bot Chef ever went on sale.

Commercial food robots have struggled too. Karakuri, a UK maker of automated fry lines and meal assembly, announced it was shutting down on June 20, 2023 after failing to raise money. Picnic, a Seattle pizza robot startup that raised about $50 million, began winding down in May 2026, GeekWire reported. Moley's $15,000 home kitchen promise is the clearest home example of a price and date that slipped.

How to judge a cooking robot

Ask who chops. Posha, Nosh One and Moley all need prepped ingredients.
Ask what it can cook. Posha and Nosh make one pot meals, not seared or grilled food.
Ask how long a meal takes. Nosh says about 45 minutes. A countertop machine can still be slower than cooking it yourself.
Check the subscription. Posha Circle is $14.95 a month after a 90 day trial; Nosh bundled its plan for Kickstarter backers.
Check internet needs. Posha cannot start a cook offline.
Ask what happens if the startup closes. Will the machine still cook without the company's servers? Get the answer in writing.
Treat crowdfunding as a preorder with risk, not a purchase.

Who should buy now and who should wait

Buy Posha now if you cook one pot dinners often, have counter space, and like the idea of prepping once and walking away. Budget about $1,500 plus an optional $14.95 a month. Buy a Thermomix if you want a proven machine and do not mind adding ingredients yourself.

Wait if you want a robot that cooks from raw groceries, or a humanoid that cooks dinner. Nobody sells that yet. Back Nosh One only with money you can afford to wait on. For other chores, see our guides to robots that fold laundry and robots that do dishes.

Questions people ask

Is there a robot that cooks for you?

Yes, on your countertop. Posha cooks one pot meals on its own after you prep and load ingredients. It sold for $1,500 at launch with a $1,750 list price, as of October 2026.

How much does a cooking robot cost?

Countertop cooking robots run about $1,500 to $2,000: Posha is about $1,500 and Nosh One is $1,499 on Kickstarter with a $2,000 planned retail price. Moley's robotic arm kitchens were listed at about $335,000 with arms in 2020.

Can the 1X NEO cook?

Not on its own today. Its 2024 steak cooking video was teleoperated by a 1X employee, and 1X's NEO launch release does not list cooking as a chore.

Is Thermomix a robot?

Not in the hands off sense. The $1,699 Thermomix TM7 weighs, chops, heats and stirs, but you add each ingredient when the screen tells you.

When does Nosh One ship?

Nosh promised delivery in 2026 to the US and Canada, first estimating June and later summer. We found no public report of deliveries as of October 23, 2026.

How much is the Moley robot kitchen?

The Spoon reported £248,000, about $335,000, with arms in 2020, or £128,000 without the arms. Moley has not published a current US price.