Companies building robots
93 organisationsBest-funded pure-play humanoid startup; ended its OpenAI partnership in 2025 to run its own in-house Helix vision-language-action model.
Hyundai-owned pioneer of dynamic legged robots; the all-electric fifth-generation Atlas is purpose-built for Hyundai factory work.
Munich robotics unicorn known for force-sensitive robotic arms, backed by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Xiaomi; launched its first humanoid, Agile ONE, in November 2025.
Beijing-based embodied-AI startup incubated by Tsinghua University's Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, founded by Chen Jianyu. Develops full-stack (hardware + AI) high-performance humanoid robots and its proprietary ERA-42 end-to-end model; reached a ~RMB 10 billion (~$1.45B) valuation in 2026 after raising ~$350M across two strategic rounds.
OpenAI-backed maker of NEO, a soft tendon-driven home humanoid sold to consumers but today reliant on remote human teleoperation for most chores.
Wind- and solar-powered uncrewed surface vessels running 90–100 day missions without a support ship.
EV maker applying its automotive AI and in-house Turing chips to the Iron humanoid, targeting mass production by the end of 2026.
Leading Chinese quadruped-robot maker (Jueying/X30 series) that expanded into bipedal humanoids in 2024, now pursuing a mainland IPO.
Quadruped-turned-humanoid maker famous for radically low prices; the G1 is the first capable full-body bipedal humanoid available below ~$20,000.
Cat MineStar Command for hauling ran 690 autonomous trucks at end-2024 and has moved over 9.5 billion tonnes autonomously.
FrontRunner AHS pioneered commercial autonomous haulage and remains the largest such fleet by tonnage moved.
HKEX-listed firm whose Walker S series leads automotive-factory humanoid deployments and pioneered autonomous self-battery-swapping for 24/7 operation.
Founded by former Microsoft/OPPO/XPeng executive Eric Guo; raised nearly $736M, becoming one of China's newest robotics unicorns as of mid-2026.
Austin-based humanoid company whose Apollo robot is powered by Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics models and piloted with Mercedes-Benz and GXO.
The world's largest industrial-robot maker by installed base; the M-2000iA series tops the payload class at 2.3 tonnes.
Founded by David Reger in 2019 near Stuttgart, NEURA Robotics builds 'cognitive' robots combining AI, sensing and dexterity. It raised a Series B in Jan 2025 and a landmark Series C of up to $1.4B in June 2026 (backed by Tether, Amazon, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Bosch) at a ~$7B valuation, making it one of Europe's most valuable robotics companies. Its flagship 4NE-1 humanoid runs on the company's Neuraverse shared-learning platform.
UCLA RoMeLa spin-off making proprietary BEAR proprioceptive actuators and the THEMIS line of agile research humanoids.
EV and energy giant developing the Optimus humanoid as a mass-market general-purpose robot, leveraging its FSD autonomy stack and in-house AI silicon.
Early mover in China's humanoid space making the Kuavo series of full-size general-purpose humanoids; backed early by Tencent and Songhe Capital.
Second-generation autonomy kit (16 cameras, 360° perception) retrofits the 9RX tractor for driverless tillage.
Embodied-AI company whose wheeled-base G1 manipulator runs autonomous retail stores across 30+ Chinese cities; raised at a $3B valuation in 2025.
Robotics division of Hexagon AB (Nasdaq Stockholm-listed Swedish measurement-technology group), operationally led out of Zurich; built AEON with NVIDIA, Microsoft and Swiss actuator maker maxon.
Created the consumer robot-vacuum market with Roomba; still the reference brand in domestic robotics.
State-backed Beijing humanoid robotics innovation center founded November 2023, developer of the Tiangong (Tien Kung) full-size electric humanoid family and the Hui Si Kai Wu (Wise KaiWu) embodied-AI platform. Tiangong Ultra won the world's first humanoid half-marathon in April 2025. Raised ~$100M in its first round from state-linked funds with strategic participation from Baidu.
Builds Phoenix, distinguished by miniaturized hydraulic actuation and among the most dexterous robotic hands in any commercial program, driven by its Carbon AI.
Dominant commercial-drone manufacturer; the Matrice enterprise line is the default platform for inspection and survey work.
17,000 AMRs deployed across 350+ sites, past 7 billion picks — the largest independent warehouse AMR fleet.
Builds the Forerunner series of low-cost industrial humanoids, positioning the K2 at roughly $20k–$30k for materials handling and inspection.
French medical exoskeleton pioneer that pivoted into industrial humanoids in 2025 with a strategic investment and commercial partnership from Renault Group.
Embodied-intelligence startup (Magic Atom Robotics) founded by former Xiaomi CyberDog engineers, making general-purpose humanoid and quadruped robots for industrial use.
Alibaba-backed embodied-AI startup founded by robotics/HRI researcher Wang Qian, crossing a $2.8B valuation in June 2026 after four consecutive funding rounds.
Amazon's in-house robotics arm; Proteus is its first fully autonomous mobile robot, moving GoCarts around live fulfilment floors.
ETH Zurich spin-off building the ANYmal inspection quadruped; ANYmal X is the only Ex-certified legged robot, deployed with Shell, PETRONAS, BASF and Vale.
Beijing consumer-robotics firm; the S8 MaxV Ultra leads the premium robot-vacuum segment on suction and runtime.
Bootstrapped Indian humanoid robotics company founded by self-taught engineer Dr. Mukesh Bangar, building the SPACEO line of enterprise humanoids in-house.
Rehabilitation-robotics company that expanded into general-purpose humanoids with the GR series, built on its high-torque FSA actuators.
Maker of Digit, the first humanoid commercially deployed under a Robots-as-a-Service model; built at RoboFab, the first dedicated humanoid factory.
Shenzhen-based commercial service-robotics company founded in 2016 by Felix Zhang (Zhang Tao), known for delivery, cleaning and hospitality robots deployed globally. In 2026 it expanded into humanoids with the semi-humanoid D7 and full-size bipedal D9, raising nearly $150M at a $1.5B valuation.
Shanghai-based embodied-AI company, founded in 2023 by ex-Huawei engineers Deng Taihua and Peng Zhihui (a.k.a. 'Zhihui Jun'), that became one of the world's highest-volume humanoid-robot producers by 2025 with a broad portfolio spanning bipedal, wheeled and quadruped platforms.
CASIA-linked humanoid spin-off founded by CAS Institute of Automation researcher Zhang Zhengtao, backed by Lenovo Capital and Lens Technology.
Beijing-based humanoid and bionic robot developer founded in 2023 by Jiang Zheyuan. Rose to national prominence after its N2 robot finished second in the world's first humanoid half-marathon (April 2025), then drew attention with low-cost consumer humanoids (N2, Bumi) and bionic service robots (Hobbs line). Raised a ~CNY 1 billion (~$145M) Series B led by Chendao Capital in early 2026.
Shenzhen-based robotics startup (brand 'Astribot') founded in 2022 by Lai Jie, former first employee of Tencent RoboticsX and ex-lead of Baidu's Xiaodu robot team. It develops cable-driven manipulation robots paired with proprietary AI models. A mid-2026 Series B round reportedly pushed its valuation past 10 billion RMB (~$1.4B), reaching unicorn status.
Israeli humanoid startup co-founded by Mobileye co-founder Amnon Shashua; Mobileye agreed to acquire it for $900M in January 2026.
Created robot-assisted surgery with da Vinci; placed 1,721 systems in 2025 alone, including 870 da Vinci 5 units.
London-based Humanoid (legal entity SKL Robotics Ltd.) was founded in 2024 by serial entrepreneur Artem Sokolov. Funded initially with ~$50M of founder-led capital, the company is building general-purpose humanoids and was reported in early 2026 to be raising a ~$200M Series A. Its HMND 01 Alpha mobile manipulator was trialed for logistics tasks in a Siemens factory with NVIDIA-powered compute.
Automaker that defined modern humanoid robotics with ASIMO (2000–2018), the dynamic-walking benchmark the current generation now builds upon.
Shenzhen-based embodied-AI robotics startup founded in 2022, building full-size general-purpose humanoid robots (Oli, Luna) and the modular TRON biped research platforms, paired with its COSA (Cognitive OS of Agents) software stack. Raised a $200M Series B in early 2026 with backers including SAIC Motor, NIO Capital, and JD.com.
KAIST research lab led by Prof. Hae-Won Park building high-speed bipedal locomotion research humanoids, independent of the earlier KAIST Hubo Lab lineage.
Founded as CloudMinds by telecom veteran Huang Xiaoqing, pioneering a 'cloud robot' architecture backed historically by SoftBank and Foxconn; has faced reported financial distress in 2024-2025.
Reliance Retail-backed Indian warehouse-automation leader that expanded into humanoids with Elixis-W, India's first domestically manufactured wheeled humanoid.
Home-oriented humanoid and companion robot maker founded by former Dreame China president Guo Renjie, expanding into North America and Europe.
Shenzhen startup offering agile, low-cost humanoids (PM01, SE01) for commercial and developer use, with end-to-end neural locomotion.
Embodied-AI startup founded by ex-industrial-robotics CEO Han Fengtao and Chief Scientist Gao Yang (UC Berkeley); raised over $620M across 8 rounds since 2024.
Maker of the compact Booster T1 research/education humanoid platform, widely used by university teams for RL locomotion and RoboCup soccer research.
Fortune Global 500 appliance/industrial conglomerate that acquired KUKA in 2017 and built an in-house humanoid program spanning industrial (MIRO) and home/retail lines.
KAIST Hubo Lab spin-off, majority-backed by Samsung Electronics (35% stake); publicly listed on KOSDAQ, maker of the HUBO lineage and the newer RB-Y1.
World's largest EV and battery maker, exploring humanoid and service robots for its own factories and car showrooms; executives have discussed home/service robots, but BYD had not announced a publicly named humanoid model as of mid-2026.
Hanyang University ERICA spin-off and the first Korean humanoid maker to win regulatory-sandbox approval for factory-floor field demonstrations.
Aldebaran Robotics, founded in Paris in 2005, created the NAO (2008) and Pepper (2014) social humanoid robots. SoftBank acquired Aldebaran for ~$100M in 2012-2013, rebranding it SoftBank Robotics. After commercial struggles, Aldebaran filed for bankruptcy in February 2025; Shenzhen-based Maxvision Technology acquired the Pepper and NAO IP in July 2025. SoftBank Robotics announced an AI-updated Pepper+ in February 2026.
Founded by ex-Synapse CEO Sankaet Pathak to build industrial and defense-oriented humanoids; leases units to auto manufacturers and holds US military research contracts.
Consumer-electronics and EV giant whose CyberOne humanoid debuted in 2022 as a technology demonstrator rather than a commercial product.
UK robotics company founded by Will Jackson in 2004, specializing in expressive, social humanoid robots for entertainment, exhibitions, and human-robot-interaction research. Best known for the Ameca expressive humanoid and the Mesmer hyper-realistic animatronic line. Raised a $10M Series A in December 2024 and restructured as a US company to scale production.
TU Munich Roboy spin-off building 'Robody' teleoperated care avatars for elderly home care, VR-controlled with sub-200ms latency.
Diversified Japanese heavy-industry conglomerate (motorcycles, aerospace, rolling stock, ships, industrial robots). Its Robot Division has developed the RHP (Robust Humanoid Platform) Kaleido bipedal humanoid since 2015, targeting industrial labor and eventual disaster-response applications.
Nasdaq-listed (RR) maker of AI-driven service robots for hospitality and healthcare; best known for ADAM, a fixed-base dual-arm bartender/barista robot.
Ontario-based robotics firm building teleoperated humanoids with haptic force feedback for hazardous industrial tasks; backed by a Canadian Dept. of National Defence IDEaS grant.
Embodied-AI startup (Xinghaitu) building wheeled dual-arm humanoids as a 'physical engine' platform for embodied AI research; reached a ~$1.4B valuation in Feb 2026.
Major South Korean electronics conglomerate; CLOiD, unveiled at CES 2026, is its first dedicated home-labor humanoid, extending its CLOi service-robot family.
Academic lab at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (led by Prof. Tamim Asfour) that has built the ARMAR family of humanoid research robots since 2000.
Japan's largest public research institute; its Humanoid Robotics Research Group built the HRP series of full-size research humanoids.
Hong Kong-based robotics company founded by American roboticist David Hanson, known for lifelike social humanoid robots using its patented Frubber skin. Its most famous creation, Sophia, became a global media and AI-marketing phenomenon after activation in 2016.
General-purpose humanoid robotics/AI company co-founded by Dr. Harry Kloor and Ray Kurzweil, building the wheeled, teleoperated Beomni platform.
University of Tokyo-born startup building a 'physical AI' foundation model and humanoid fleet; signed the first mass-production MOU between an automaker and a humanoid developer, with Mitsubishi Motors.
Melbourne startup building AI-powered companion robots for aged care; its Abi robot is deployed across mecwacare aged-care homes in Australia.
Kerala deep-tech startup building humanoid robots in-house; first Indian company selected for NVIDIA's Humanoid Robotics Program.
Part of the Kawada Technologies group; has built the dual-arm NEXTAGE collaborative torso robot for Japanese factory automation since 2009.
European research-robotics veteran whose fully electric, torque-controlled TALOS humanoid is sold to robotics labs worldwide.
Founded by ex-NASA Valkyrie lead Nic Radford and former Figure AI CTO Jerry Pratt to build heavy-duty humanoids for shipyard welding and industrial fabrication.
Tokyo-founded space-robotics startup building humanoid-torso robots to replace astronauts for routine space-station and lunar-base work; partnered with JAXA.
French open-source robotics pioneer (Inria spin-off) behind the Reachy line; acquired by Hugging Face in April 2025 to open-source hardware and software for embodied AI.
Startup building musculoskeletal androids with synthetic water-hydraulic 'Myofiber' muscles over a polymer skeleton instead of rigid servo actuators.
Taiwanese collaborative-robot maker and Quanta Computer subsidiary; unveiled its first humanoid, the wheeled TM Xplore I, with NVIDIA and Quanta Cloud Technology.
Italian public research institute whose Artificial and Mechanical Intelligence lab built the iCub and ergoCub humanoid research platforms with INAIL.
World's largest automaker by volume, with a long-running Partner Robot research program. Its T-HR3 (2017) is a third-generation teleoperated humanoid research platform built to explore safe, force-feedback-based human-robot interaction rather than commercial deployment.
Italian humanoid startup founded by former IIT researchers, commercializing 20+ years of IIT humanoid R&D (iCub/ergoCub) under exclusive license; raised one of Europe's largest humanoid rounds.
R&D subsidiary of NAVER Corporation researching cable-driven dual-arm manipulation for safe human-robot collaboration.
Paris humanoid startup founded by Remi Cadene (former Tesla Optimus scientist, creator of Hugging Face's LeRobot) targeting Europe as its beachhead market.
Kyoto-based practical-robotics company leading KyoHA, a 14-company/2-university Japanese consortium formed to build a fully domestic humanoid robot supply chain.
Riyadh robotics/AI company building the first Saudi-made humanoid robots as part of Vision 2030 localization, partnered with UK's Humanoid for local assembly.
KOSDAQ-listed Korean robotics component and platform maker best known for DYNAMIXEL smart actuators; builds the open-source THORMANG humanoid research platform.
Academic robotics lab (EECS/Mechanical Engineering) building low-cost, open-source humanoid research platforms for reinforcement-learning locomotion and manipulation.
Academic lab directed by Prof. Sangbae Kim (of Cheetah quadruped fame) developing the MIT Humanoid as a dynamic, acrobatic bipedal research platform.
Teradyne-owned Danish firm that created the collaborative-robot category; the e-Series is the reference cobot line.
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