HumanoidsGeneral-purpose humanoid
MenteeBot
by Mentee Robotics (owned by Mobileye)
MenteeBot is a humanoid robot from Israeli start-up Mentee Robotics, aimed first at warehouses and factories and later at homes. Car-tech company Mobileye bought Mentee in 2026. TechCrunch, 17 Apr 2024
- Evidence
- No customer evidence yet
- Human help
- None reported
- Last milestone
- 6 Jan 2026
01Can I get it?
Not yet
- Where it works today
- Not stated in our sources.
- Published price
- No published price in our sources.
- Human help
- Mobileye says the first customer trial robots are meant to work on their own, without remote control by a person. SiliconANGLE, 6 Jan 2026
02Track record
What has actually happened
Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.
Funding
Mentee had raised $17 million at the time of the unveiling.
TechCrunch, 17 Apr 2024Company-reported
03Promised vs delivered
What the maker said, and when
Dated targets the maker set in public, against what has happened since.
- Said17 April 2024
Production-ready prototype in early 2025
Mentee said it expected a production-ready prototype toward the start of 2025. TechCrunch, 17 Apr 2024
Still pendingWe found no source confirming a production-ready prototype was released in early 2025.
- Said6 Jan 2026
First customer trial robots in 2026
Mobileye said the first on-site trial deployments with customers were expected in 2026. SiliconANGLE, 6 Jan 2026
Still pendingMobileye's July 2026 results did not mention any MenteeBot deployments.
- Said6 Jan 2026
Series production in 2028
Mobileye said series production and sales of MenteeBot are targeted for 2028. SiliconANGLE, 6 Jan 2026
Still pending
04Safety and incidents
What has gone wrong
No crashes, recalls or regulator reports in our sources. That is not proof none happened; we add them when a regulator or trusted outlet reports one.
How we placed it
The rule, not an opinion
Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.
- 5
Regulator-cleared or mass market
A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.
- 4
Paying customers
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
- 3
Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
- 2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
- 1
Demo onlyThis robot
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.
No pre-order, pilot, paying customer or clearance is on record yet.
What we couldn't confirm. No named customer, deployment or price was found. The exact closing date of the Mobileye deal was not confirmed (it was expected in Q1 2026).
Sources
- 01TechCrunch, 17 Apr 2024
- 02SiliconANGLE, 6 Jan 2026
- 03Mobileye Q2 2026 results, Form 8-K exhibit (SEC), 23 July 2026
Cite this page
Robotics Verdict. “MenteeBot (Mentee Robotics (owned by Mobileye)): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/mentee-menteebot. Checked 19 October 2026.