Lootah Robotics Opens Dubai Showroom Selling Humanoid Robots for Up to AED3 Million

The site, near the Dubai International Financial Centre, opened on Friday, November 6, with 28 robots on the floor. Founder Yousif Al Lootah told The National that three more units were due on Saturday and another 16 the following week, with further stock held in offices and a warehouse above the showroom.

The opening takes humanoid robots out of conference halls and government pilots and puts them on sale at list prices. It will also show how much private and corporate demand sits behind Dubai's Robotics and Automation Programme. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, launched the programme in 2022 with targets of 200,000 robots across the emirate by 2032 and a 9% robotics contribution to Dubai's GDP.

The range covers robots for cleaning homes, skyscraper facades, streets and warehouses, alongside machines for reception, hospitality and customer service, according to Emirates 24|7. Tbreak reported that some of the reception robots are multilingual and can greet visitors and serve coffee. The company also offers inspection robots, oil dump robots and a fire and safety systems robot aimed at construction and oil and gas companies. None of the reports named the manufacturers behind the machines.

Al Lootah compared his price list to the car market. "Some robots are the cost of a sports car, others a luxury car, and some an economical car," he told The National. Rentals start below AED5,000 and run into the hundreds of thousands of dirhams, the newspaper reported. The company plans to sell to some customers and rent to others, and it had already sold humanoid robots to private buyers before the showroom opened.

He said the hardware alone is not the product. "We need the programming, we need the operation, the maintenance for it," he said. Lootah Robotics includes those services with its sales.

Al Lootah also addressed concerns about jobs. "Some people are afraid that they're going to take the jobs of the people," he said, adding that robots would enhance human work rather than replace it. He tied the business directly to the government target: "Dubai has a vision to reach 200,000 robots by 2032, and we are a part of making that happen." He told The National he expected the emirate to pass that number by then.

The opening was a public event. Five humanoid robots gave presentations, danced and played football with children from the company's robotics academy, and The National said more than 4,000 people watched the livestream.

The UAE's federal leadership has set out similar ambitions for robotics. Faisal Al Bannai, adviser to the UAE President and Secretary General of the Advanced Technology Research Council, said at AI Everything 2026 that the country could become the largest deployer of autonomous vehicles and advanced robotics outside China within a year.

For now, Lootah Robotics imports its robots. The company plans to expand its range and explore manufacturing in the UAE, Emirates 24|7 reported, but it has not set a timetable for local production.