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Find a robot near you, pick your dates and pay through Stripe. The owner gets your details straight away, contacts you to plan the hand-over, then brings the robot, sets it up and collects it afterwards.

They walk, wave, pose for photos, dance and run built-in routines, driven from a remote or an app. Some models talk. They are not built to carry heavy things or serve food, and custom tasks need a developer edition and someone to program it. Each listing says what that robot does.

No. Many owners include a trained operator who runs the robot for you on the day; look for "Trained operator" on the listing. Otherwise the owner shows you the controls at hand-over, which takes about ten minutes.

Exactly the owner's rate for your dates, shown before you pay, with no booking fee on top. Weekly and two-week rates are applied automatically when they work out cheaper. Delivery, an operator or set-up are included where the listing says so.

From one day up to 90 days. Some owners set a minimum, such as two days for trade shows; the listing tells you.

By card, Apple Pay or Google Pay through Stripe. Your dates are held for you while you pay, and you get a confirmation by email.

Use the cancel link in your booking confirmation. More than 7 days before your start date, you get a full refund. Between 3 and 7 days, half back. Within 3 days, no refund. Refunds go back to your card automatically, and if the owner cancels you always get everything back.

Tell us within 24 hours of the hand-over, with photos. If the robot doesn't arrive or isn't what the listing showed, you get a full refund.

Yes, with sensible care. Give the robot clear space while it moves, keep children back during routines, and follow the owner's or operator's instructions. Every robot has a stop control, and the operator keeps it in hand.

Owners deliver within their area, and many travel further by arrangement. Mention your venue when you book, and the owner will confirm.

Anyone who owns a humanoid or other robot in one of the countries Botlo covers. You need to pass Stripe's ID and bank check, and the robot is reviewed before it goes live.

Stripe checks your identity and bank account when you set up payouts. For the robot, you add its serial number and a photo of it beside a piece of paper with your personal Botlo code written on it. We check both, usually within a day. Robots bought from PALBOT skip the photo: they're matched to the original order.

Botlo keeps 15% of each booking, and that is all. Renters pay exactly the price you set. There are no listing fees and no monthly costs.

On the day each rental starts, your 85% is sent to your Stripe account automatically and paid to your bank on Stripe's schedule, usually within two working days. Botlo holds the payment until then, so a renter who cancels early is refunded without touching your money.

That's up to you. Tick what you include, such as an operator, delivery, set-up, a spare battery or a branded outfit, and price your rates to match. Listings with an operator tend to get booked more for events.

Set a minimum number of days, and pause your listing whenever the robot is busy or away. Booked dates are blocked automatically.

Renters agree to cover damage caused by misuse, as set out in the rental terms. Photograph the robot at hand-over and collection so its condition is on record, and we recommend you insure it for commercial hire.

Yes. Sign in with your PALBOT order number and the email you ordered with. Your robots appear ready to list, with photos and specs filled in, and they skip the verification photo.