Humanoid

UK-based startup Humanoid has secured $152 million in Series A funding led by Prime Movers Lab, with strategic backing from industrial giants Bosch and Schaeffler.

Following a successful intralogistics trial in Germany, the UK-based robotics startup has secured Bosch as a contract manufacturer, setting the stage for scaled European deployment.

A landmark binding agreement marks one of the industry’s largest disclosed humanoid deployments, transitioning Humanoid’s platforms from pilot trials to a permanent fixture on Schaeffler’s factory floors.

A joint announcement from Siemens and Humanoid confirms the successful deployment of the HMND 01 Alpha at a German electronics factory, meeting key performance metrics for autonomous logistics.

A successful logistics pilot at automotive supplier Martur Fompak demonstrates the first real-world integration of Humanoid’s KinetIQ stack with SAP’s enterprise software agents.

A new behind-the-scenes documentary from UK startup Humanoid details the company’s aggressive development cycle, its "Capability Factory" AI strategy, and a commercial pipeline that has already secured 30,000 pre-orders.

Humanoid has unveiled KinetIQ, a multi-layered AI architecture designed to orchestrate entire robot fleets across retail, industrial, and home environments using a cross-timescale approach.

With a flurry of partnerships involving NVIDIA, Siemens, Ford, and Schaeffler, the UK startup is living up to its reputation as the fastest-moving player in the western humanoid race.

The UK startup partners with QSS AI & Robotics to launch the MENA region’s first humanoid showroom, backed by a massive—albeit non-binding—framework for up to 10,000 robots.

Five months after partnering with Renault, Wandercraft has signed its second industrial customer, Italian auto supplier SAPA, to deploy its Calvin-40 humanoid in manufacturing.

Software giant SAP is partnering with a slate of robotics firms, including Humanoid and Neura Robotics, to give robots "business context awareness." New pilots at BITZER and Martur Fompak show robots taking orders directly from SAP''s warehouse management software.

UK startup Humanoid and industrial giant Schaeffler have successfully completed a proof-of-concept for bin picking. The trial used a pre-alpha robot and will now move to a second phase with the new HMND 01 Alpha platform.

UK-based robotics company Humanoid has unveiled its first robot, the HMND 01 Alpha, claiming a record-breaking development time of just seven months. An accompanying documentary provides a transparent look at the intense, and sometimes chaotic, process behind the industrial machine.

Artem Sokolov, founder of UK-based robotics company Humanoid, outlines a strategy focused on deploying commercially viable humanoid robots for industrial tasks. The company prioritizes market-readiness, affordability, and a modular design, starting with wheeled robots and aiming for a $50,000-$70,000 price point, leveraging a 'second-mover advantage' and advanced AI.

UK-based robotics company Humanoid has released a teaser for its HMND 01 humanoid robot, detailing its specifications and targeting applications in logistics and manufacturing to address labor shortages. The company emphasizes AI advancements and a modular design for its bipedal machine.