Companies building humanoid robots
32 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.
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.
HKEX-listed firm whose Walker S series leads automotive-factory humanoid deployments and pioneered autonomous self-battery-swapping for 24/7 operation.
Builds Phoenix, distinguished by miniaturized hydraulic actuation and among the most dexterous robotic hands in any commercial program, driven by its Carbon AI.
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.
Maker of Digit, the first humanoid commercially deployed under a Robots-as-a-Service model; built at RoboFab, the first dedicated humanoid factory.
Austin-based humanoid company whose Apollo robot is powered by Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics models and piloted with Mercedes-Benz and GXO.
OpenAI-backed maker of NEO, a soft tendon-driven home humanoid sold to consumers but today reliant on remote human teleoperation for most chores.
Quadruped-turned-humanoid maker famous for radically low prices; the G1 is the first capable full-body bipedal humanoid available below ~$20,000.
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.
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.
Rehabilitation-robotics company that expanded into general-purpose humanoids with the GR series, built on its high-torque FSA actuators.
EV maker applying its automotive AI and in-house Turing chips to the Iron humanoid, targeting mass production by the end of 2026.
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.
Builds the Forerunner series of low-cost industrial humanoids, positioning the K2 at roughly $20k–$30k for materials handling and inspection.
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.
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.
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.
Automaker that defined modern humanoid robotics with ASIMO (2000–2018), the dynamic-walking benchmark the current generation now builds upon.
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.
Shenzhen startup offering agile, low-cost humanoids (PM01, SE01) for commercial and developer use, with end-to-end neural locomotion.
Embodied-AI company whose wheeled-base G1 manipulator runs autonomous retail stores across 30+ Chinese cities; raised at a $3B valuation in 2025.
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.
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.
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.
European research-robotics veteran whose fully electric, torque-controlled TALOS humanoid is sold to robotics labs worldwide.
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.
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.
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.
Consumer-electronics and EV giant whose CyberOne humanoid debuted in 2022 as a technology demonstrator rather than a commercial product.
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.