13 companies · 23 sourced backers · 88 milestones on record
Humanoid robotics aims to make robots useful for physical work in factories, warehouses and homes. Companies are developing robots, shared AI models and computing tools so machines can handle varied tasks reliably, adapt beyond narrowly programmed routines and work safely alongside people.
Where the 13 companies stand today, from their profiles and 10-year milestones. Tap a phase to see who is there.
- ▸Dependable performance on real tasks beyond demonstrations
- ▸Adapting skills across tasks and different machines
- ▸Safe autonomous operation without relying on human teleoperators
- ▸Scaling production while making robots affordable
Publicly listed: 3 companies (owned by public shareholders).
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- 1X Technologies
1X's goal is a general-purpose home humanoid that can autonomously handle a wide range of household tasks safely around people.
Trials · backed by EQT Ventures, OpenAI Startup Fund
- Agility Robotics
To put humanoid robots into everyday commercial logistics work at scale, rented to customers as a service.
Some users
- Apptronik
To make Apollo humanoid robots useful workers in logistics and manufacturing.
Trials · backed by Google, Mercedes-Benz
- Boston Dynamics
To turn its research robots into commercially deployed machines that do real industrial work — inspection, material handling and manufacturing tasks.
Some users · owned by Hyundai Motor Group
- Cobot (Collaborative Robotics)
To make mobile robots practical collaborators in human workplaces.
Some users · backed by Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures
- Figure AI
To deploy humanoid robots at scale in workplaces and eventually homes, doing useful physical work.
Some users · backed by Parkway Venture Capital, Nvidia
- Nvidia (Robotics)
To provide the computing, simulation and AI tools that help robots perform useful real-world tasks.
Everyone · publicly listed
- Physical Intelligence
To create general-purpose AI models that let robots learn and perform a range of physical tasks.
Trials
- Richtech Robotics
To make service and industrial robots useful in everyday commercial work.
Some users · publicly listed
- RLWRLD
To give robots the perception and dexterity needed for real industrial tasks through shared AI models.
Lab · backed by Headline Asia, Z Venture Capital
- Sanctuary AI
To make general-purpose humanoid robots capable of useful physical work.
Some users
- Skild AI
To build a shared AI foundation that lets robots perform many kinds of physical work.
Some users
- Tesla (Optimus)
To mass-produce a humanoid robot cheap and capable enough to do general physical work, first inside Tesla and later sold to others.
Everyone · publicly listed
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