Vanar Generation 1 gives India a ground-up humanoid build log

Vanar Robots has turned Generation 1 into a public build record for an Indian humanoid program. The company lists a 5-foot-9-inch robot, roughly 60-kilogram weight, 15-kilogram payload capacity, 38 degrees of freedom, and more than five hours of expected runtime, with the February 2026 build-log entry focused on manipulators and training after earlier milestones for foundation work, hardware tests, and initial locomotion.

The Mumbai company is aiming at structured industrial tasks before broad household work. Its public roadmap lists beta deployment in 2027, expected pricing from Rs. 20,000 per month, and industrial use as the first deployment type. That pricing language is unusually direct for an early humanoid program, but it should be read as a target until customers, contracts, and support terms are disclosed.

The company says major parts of Generation 1 are built in-house, including actuators, manipulators, structure, and core software. Its manipulator notes describe underactuated tendon fingers, a current prototype working load of 5 kilograms per finger, grip-state inference from motor current and positional behavior, and thumb opposition for precision grasps.

Vanar publishes its build progression and price targets. It has not yet established deployment performance.

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