Questions · before you book
Everything clients ask before they book.
The questions that come up in almost every call, answered plainly. If yours is not here, write to us and you have an answer within 24 hours.
Booking and price
How much does it cost to hire a humanoid robot for an event in Monaco?
MONTARI, the event humanoid, starts at €2,000 per day with an operator. NOVA, the developer humanoid, starts at €3,000 per day with an operator. Both are multi-day rates and exclude VAT. Single days, custom scripts, travel and staging are quoted on top. Give us the date, the venue and roughly how long you want the robot working the room and you have a firm price within 24 hours.
How far in advance should we book a robot in Monaco?
Three to four weeks is comfortable for a standard booking, because it leaves time to write the script, print your branding and check the venue. For Grand Prix week, the Monaco Yacht Show and the December gala season, book months ahead. The fleet is small and those weeks fill first. We do take last-minute bookings when a robot and an operator are free.
Can we hire the robot for just a few hours?
The unit we sell is a day, not an hour, because the robot, the operator and the setup travel to you regardless of how long the show lasts. Most clients use two or three blocks of about forty minutes across an evening rather than one continuous stretch, and that fits inside a single day booking at no extra cost.
Can we hire more than one robot at the same event?
Yes, and it reads very differently. Two humanoids working opposite ends of a room, or one meeting guests on the arrivals carpet while the other holds the stage, gives you two content moments instead of one. Each robot needs its own operator, so the quote reflects that.
How do we pay and when is the balance due?
You sign a quote, pay a deposit to hold the date, and settle the balance after the event on thirty day terms. We invoice from Monaco and accept bank transfer. Purchase order numbers and supplier onboarding forms are no problem, just send them over early so they do not hold up the date.
Do you work outside Monaco?
Regularly. Nice, Cannes, Antibes, Saint-Tropez, Menton, Villefranche-sur-Mer and Èze are all normal working territory, and we go further by arrangement. Travel is shown as its own line on the quote rather than folded into the day rate.
On the day
What happens on the day of the event?
We arrive well before your guests, usually two hours, and unpack in a back-of-house space. The operator walks the route, checks the floor, the lighting and the doorways, loads the script and runs a short rehearsal. The robot then works the room in planned blocks. At the end we pack it away discreetly while your guests are still with you.
How long can the robot perform before the battery runs out?
About two hours of active show on one battery. The operator swaps batteries on site, so a full evening is a question of planning blocks rather than the robot running out. Between blocks the robot rests out of sight, which also keeps it a surprise each time it reappears.
How much space does the robot need?
A flat, dry, firm surface of roughly three by three metres to work in, plus a clear route from the back-of-house area to that space. Marble, polished concrete, hardwood, decking and short carpet are all fine. We also need a small area out of sight for batteries and the flight cases.
Can the robot work outdoors, on a terrace or on a yacht?
Outdoors is fine on a dry, level, solid surface, which covers most terraces, decks and marquee floors along the harbour. Rain stops the robot, so an outdoor booking needs a covered fallback. On a yacht we survey the deck and the gangway first, because the passerelle and any threshold decide whether the robot can get aboard at all.
Does the robot speak to guests, and in which languages?
It speaks English and French, and can switch between them in the same appearance. That matters in Monaco, where a room often holds both. The lines are written with you in advance, whether that is a welcome, the brand message or reading out the winner's name.
What do you need from the venue?
A power socket near the holding area, a back-of-house room or screened corner, and a contact who can let us in early. Tell us in advance about steps, thresholds, lifts, cable runs and any floor the venue does not want touched. We check all of it before doors open rather than discovering it in front of your guests.
Safety and limits
Is a humanoid robot safe around guests?
Yes, when it is operated, and ours always is. An operator stays with the robot for the whole booking, steers it, keeps a working distance from people and stops it instantly if anyone moves too close. The robot never performs unattended. We also agree a route in advance so it is never walking blind into a crowd.
Can guests touch the robot or take photographs with it?
Photographs, absolutely, that is the point of it. Guests stand alongside, the robot poses and the operator holds it steady. Touching is at the operator's discretion and usually means a handshake or a high five, on the operator's cue. What we avoid is a crowd pressing in from all sides, which is why the operator manages the space around it.
What can the robot not do?
It does not lift heavy loads, does not carry trays of drinks, does not climb stairs as a routine and does not work in rain or on loose gravel. It does not replace your staff and it never works unsupervised. It is a show and a content machine, and being clear about that is how we keep the day free of disappointment.
Are you insured, and what if something goes wrong?
We carry public liability cover for the robot and the operator, and we send the certificate to your venue or production office on request. If the robot develops a fault during a booking, the operator stops it, tells your event manager straight away and we agree the next step with you rather than improvising in front of guests.
Is the robot noisy, and will it disturb a speech or a dinner?
The joints make an audible whirr when it walks, closer to a camera rig than machinery. In a room with music it disappears. During a speech or a seated dinner service we simply do not have it moving, which is one reason the running order is agreed with your production team before the day.
Branding and software
Can we put our logo on the robot?
Yes. The wordmark on the chest is a printed decal and we replace it with yours, and panels can carry your colours. Send us vector artwork about a week before the event. The result looks like your robot for the evening, not a hire unit with a sticker on it.
Can the robot say exactly what we want it to say?
It can. You give us the lines, or a brief and we draft them, and we load them before the day. Typical uses are a welcome at the door, a thirty second brand message on the hour, announcing a winner and a closing line. We keep spoken blocks short, because a robot that talks too long stops being a spectacle.
Can the robot answer questions from our visitors?
That is the AI assistant build. The robot listens, understands and answers, knows your product catalogue or your venue, works in English and French, and hands over to a human when it does not know the answer. It is a separate project from the hire, scoped and quoted on its own.
Can you programme custom behaviour for our brand?
Our engineers write custom motion sequences, voice, remote control, show control and integrations using ROS 2 and the Unitree SDK, in Python and C++. That covers a branded dance, a product reveal, a lighting cue the robot triggers, or a gesture that belongs only to your campaign. Custom work is quoted per project.
Can we film the robot and use the footage in our campaign?
Yes. You own the footage shot at your event and you are free to use it commercially. We only ask that you do not present the robot as your own autonomous product or as unattended, since it is operated. If you want stills and clips of your branded robot for press, tell us in advance and we plan a quiet window for the photographer.
Tell us what the room should remember.
Send us the date, the venue and what you want people talking about afterwards. We answer within 24 hours with a plan and a price.