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Upper-Body Humanoids

Humanoid robots focused on torso, arms, and head — optimized for interaction and expression.

15 companies tracked

Engineered Arts
🇬🇧 Penryn, UK
Commercial
Ameca — world's most expressive humanoid robot. Focus on human-robot interaction.
Upper-BodyExpressiveHRI
Agile Robots
🇩🇪 Munich, Germany
Commercial
DIANA robot. Force-controlled manipulation. Founded by DLR robotics researchers.
Upper-BodyForce ControlDLR
EX Robots
🇨🇳 Dalian, China
Commercial
Hyper-realistic humanoid animatronics. Focus on lifelike skin and facial expressions.
Upper-BodyRealisticAnimatronic
Flexiv
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Commercial
Rizon adaptive robot. Force-controlled manipulation for complex assembly tasks.
Upper-BodyAdaptiveRizon
Furhat Robotics
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
Commercial
Furhat social robot. Back-projected face with realistic expressions. HRI research leader.
Upper-BodySocial RobotHRI
Hanson Robotics
🇭🇰 Hong Kong, China
Commercial
Sophia — world's most famous robot. Focus on expression and social interaction.
Upper-BodySocial RobotSophia
Macco Robotics
🇪🇸 Seville, Spain
Commercial
Kime bartender robot. Deployed in hospitality venues across Europe.
Upper-BodyBartenderHospitality
Promobot
🇺🇸 Philadelphia, USA
Commercial
Robo-C 2. Hyper-realistic service robots. Deployed in hotels, airports, and museums.
Upper-BodyServiceRealistic
Realbotix
🇺🇸 San Marcos, USA
R&D
Hyper-realistic humanoid companions with AI personalities. Silicone skin technology.
Upper-BodyCompanionRealistic
Rethink Robotics
🇩🇪 Bochum, Germany
Commercial
Sawyer collaborative robot. Pioneer of safe human-robot collaboration in manufacturing.
Upper-BodySawyerPioneer
Shadow Robot Company
🇬🇧 London, UK
Commercial
Dexterous Hand. World-leading robot hand with 24 degrees of freedom. Research standard.
Upper-BodyDexterous Hand24-DOF
Universal Robots
🇩🇰 Odense, Denmark
Mass Production
UR series collaborative robots. Market leader in cobots. Teradyne subsidiary. 75K+ deployed.
Upper-BodyCobotMarket Leader
Astribot
CN Shenzhen
Prototype
Chinese humanoid robotics startup backed by Ant Group (Alibaba affiliate). S1 demonstrates human-level manipulation speed — among the fastest dexterous humanoid arms demonstrated publicly.
ant-groupfast-manipulationdexterouschina
Kawada Robotics
JP Tokyo
Commercial
Japanese industrial robotics company. NEXTAGE dual-arm humanoid has 100+ units deployed on real factory production lines — one of the most production-proven humanoid platforms in the world.
factory-provenindustrialjapanlegacy-robotics
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-sourcehugging-faceresearchfrance

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