Faraday Future Launches $2,490 FF Nova Humanoid Robot

Faraday Future, the company best known for its electric cars, has launched two small humanoid robots with its affiliate FF EAI Robotics Ecosystem (FFR): the FF Nova, priced at $2,490 and aimed at developers and schools, and the FF Nova Mini, a $299 robot for teaching children about AI.

The companies call the FF Nova “America’s first humanoid robot priced below $2,500.” That is their own claim, and TSN has not tested either robot. The launch was announced in a joint press release on 15 October 2026.

FF Nova: what the companies say it does

“The FF Nova device is priced at $2,490, and the Developer Skills Package is priced at $390,” the release says. It describes Nova as an entry-level robot and “a Physical AI lab in a backpack.”

According to the companies:

Movement: “With 20 degrees of freedom across its body, Nova is a true bipedal humanoid” that can walk, turn, wave and get back up after being knocked over. It can also ride on a detachable base.
Sensors: LiDAR, wide-angle vision, depth sensing and a circular microphone array.
Software: a fully open software development kit, support for ROS 2 (a widely used robotics framework), over-the-air updates and a planned Skills Store.
Training: a reinforcement learning developer programme based on NVIDIA’s Isaac platform, where developers train skills in simulation and test them on the robot.

The release does not give battery life, height, payload or processor details.

Limited first release

Nova will be released in three phases. Phase One is invitation-only: “Phase One is limited to 100 units, and the first 20 will be delivered immediately,” the companies say. Applicants such as universities, labs and independent developers apply through FF’s developer platform. Phase Two opens to all developers and educational institutions, and Phase Three is the full consumer launch. No dates were given for the later phases.

FF Nova Mini for children

“The FF Nova Mini device is priced at $299, and the accompanying curriculum at $499,” the release says. The companies say the robot weighs less than one kilogram, can walk on two legs, stand up on its own and do a forward roll, and is designed for ages eight and up. The $499 course includes 16 live small-group classes over two months.

The company behind it

FFR, which was renamed from AIxCrypto Holdings with effect from 30 September, signed definitive agreements on 12 October to buy Faraday Future’s robotics business in an all-stock deal. The parties agreed a valuation of “approximately $200 million for FFAI’s robotics business and approximately $60 million for FFR.” FFR will issue shares at $2.246, about a 50% premium to its $1.50 closing price on 12 October. The deal has not closed. FFR says it has secured up to $10 million in a first round of private placement (PIPE) financing.

The companies say they aim for FFR to hold a “top-three” position in the industry over five years. That is an ambition, not a result.

The risks Faraday Future lists

Faraday Future’s own risk factors in the release are stark. They include its “ability to continue as a going concern” and its ability “to pay its outstanding obligations, which it currently lacks.” They also cite “the Company’s reliance on a single OEM for most of its robotics products” and “the Company’s reliance on Chinese OEMs for all of its robotics products,” as well as the possibility of US restrictions on imports of Chinese robotics products. In other words, the robots are made by outside manufacturers in China.

What’s still unknown

There are no independent tests of the robots, no full specifications and no dates for wider availability. It is not clear when the robotics deal will close.

What to watch

Watch for the first deliveries, independent reviews, the deal’s completion and any tariff or import changes affecting Chinese-made robots.

What this means

Cheap humanoids. Nova costs $2,490, but early units are invitation-only.
Claims, not tests. Specs and “America’s first” are the companies’ own claims.
Real risks. Faraday Future warns about going-concern doubt and reliance on Chinese manufacturers.