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Humanoid robots built for academic and industrial research applications.
14 companies tracked
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Engineered Arts
🇬🇧 Penryn, UK
Commercial
Ameca — world's most expressive humanoid robot. Focus on human-robot interaction.
Upper-Body
Expressive
HRI
AR
Aldebaran Robotics
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Commercial
NAO humanoid research robot. Pioneer in programmable humanoid platforms. SoftBank subsidiary.
Bipedal
NAO
SoftBank
CL
Clone Robotics
🇵🇱 Krakow, Poland
R&D
Clone Alpha — musculoskeletal humanoid. Biomimetic approach using artificial muscles.
Bipedal
Biomimetic
Muscles
FR
Furhat Robotics
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
Commercial
Furhat social robot. Back-projected face with realistic expressions. HRI research leader.
Upper-Body
Social Robot
HRI
H
Hanson Robotics
🇭🇰 Hong Kong, China
Commercial
Sophia — world's most famous robot. Focus on expression and social interaction.
Upper-Body
Social Robot
Sophia
H
Hiwonder
🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China
Commercial
Educational humanoid robot kits. TonyPi and JetMax series. STEM robotics leader.
Bipedal
Education
STEM
LJ
Leju Robotics
🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China
Commercial
KUAVO humanoid. Strong in education and research markets. CES 2025 showcase.
Bipedal
Education
CES 2025
PA
PAL Robotics
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Spain
Commercial
TALOS research humanoid. European robotics research standard. 20+ years experience.
Bipedal
Research
EU
R
Robotis
🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea
Commercial
DARWIN-OP and Dynamixel servo platform. Leading humanoid research robot manufacturer.
Bipedal
Dynamixel
Research
SR
Shadow Robot Company
🇬🇧 London, UK
Commercial
Dexterous Hand. World-leading robot hand with 24 degrees of freedom. Research standard.
Upper-Body
Dexterous Hand
24-DOF
TR
Tencent Robotics Lab
🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China
R&D
Tencent Robotics X Lab. Ollie wheeled bipedal and Max quadruped. Research division.
Bipedal
Tencent
Research
G
Generative Bionics
IT Genoa
Prototype
Italian humanoid robotics spinoff building on 20 years of iCub research at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT). EUR 70M raised to commercialize decades of academic humanoid robotics research into industrial applications.
icub-heritage
iit-spinoff
italy
academic-lineage
P
Pollen Robotics
FR Bordeaux
Commercial
French open-source humanoid robotics company. Reachy 2 developed in partnership with Hugging Face. Over 100 units deployed globally. Fully open-source hardware and software stack, enabling community-driven development.
open-source
hugging-face
research
france
R
Rainbow Robotics
KR Daejeon
Commercial
South Korean humanoid robotics company with $5.8B market cap. Samsung holds 35% stake. Winners of DARPA Robotics Challenge. RB-Y1 is their flagship full-size humanoid platform targeting industrial applications.
public
samsung-backed
darpa-alumni
south-korea
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