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Research & Development

Companies in early R&D — building fundamental humanoid robotics technology.

8 companies tracked

🇵🇱 Krakow, Poland

Clone Alpha — musculoskeletal humanoid. Biomimetic approach using artificial muscles.

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🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

ASIMO legacy. Honda Avatar Robot program. Decades of bipedal locomotion research.

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Kawasaki Heavy Industries

🇯🇵 Kobe, Japan

Kaleido humanoid robot. Disaster response focus. Leveraging decades of industrial robotics.

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🇺🇸 San Francisco, USA

Stealth humanoid startup. Founded by ex-NASA JPL team. General-purpose focus.

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🇺🇸 San Marcos, USA

Hyper-realistic humanoid companions with AI personalities. Silicone skin technology.

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Tencent Robotics Lab

🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China

Tencent Robotics X Lab. Ollie wheeled bipedal and Max quadruped. Research division.

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Toyota Research Institute

🇯🇵 Los Altos, USA

T-HR3 and Punyo robots. Toyota's $1B+ robotics R&D arm. Focus on home assistance.

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Chinese smartphone giant entering humanoid robotics. Spun off from Huawei in 2020, Honor announced its first humanoid robot program — leveraging its AI and hardware expertise from the mobile industry.

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