Agility Robotics raised $150M Series B with Amazon as lead investor to scale Digit humanoid deployment in warehouse oper...

Amazon began testing Agility Robotics Digit robots in its fulfillment centres and later led Agility's Series B as its la...

Amazon announced acquisition of iRobot for $1.7B to add Roomba home robotics to its hardware ecosystem; deal later aband...

Apptronik raised $350M Series A led by B Capital and others for Apollo humanoid robot commercial deployment with Mercede...

BMW signed a commercial agreement with Figure AI to deploy Figure 02 humanoid robots at its Spartanburg, South Carolina ...

Boston Dynamics retired hydraulic Atlas and revealed a fully electric next-generation Atlas humanoid designed for commer...

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued guidelines to establish mass production of humanoid robot...

China established a National Humanoid Robot Innovation Center in Beijing backed by state funding to coordinate national ...

Figure AI raised $675M Series B at $2.6B valuation from Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Jeff Bezos, and others in a landmark ...

Figure AI raised additional funding reportedly valuing the company at over $39B, making it one of the highest-valued rob...

Figure AI reportedly raised a massive Series C round in early 2025, further cementing its position as the most well-fund...

Google acquired Boston Dynamics for an estimated $500M as part of its robotics push under Andy Rubin, later divested to ...

Google DeepMind published RT-2 vision-language-action model enabling robots to reason about and execute manipulation tas...

Google DeepMind released RT-X, a cross-embodiment robot foundation model trained on data from 22 robots across 21 instit...

Hyundai Motor Group acquired 80% of Boston Dynamics for $1.1B, valuing the company at $1.1B and giving it automotive man...

NVIDIA launched Project GR00T foundation model and Isaac sim platform at GTC 2024, positioning Jetson Thor as the standa...

OpenAI invested in Figure AI and provided multimodal AI models for the Figure 01 humanoid robot demo, enabling natural l...

Physical Intelligence raised $400M at $2B valuation from Jeff Bezos, Thrive Capital, Lux Capital, and Bond for its pi-ze...

Physical Intelligence raised $400M Series B at $4B valuation from Jeff Bezos, Thrive Capital, and others to scale its pi...

Samsung Electronics acquired a 14.7% stake in Rainbow Robotics for approximately $218M, becoming its largest shareholder...

Skild AI raised $300M Series A at $1.5B valuation from SoftBank, Lightspeed, Coatue, and Jeff Bezos for its scalable rob...

SoftBank Group acquired Boston Dynamics from Alphabet for an undisclosed amount, folding it into SoftBank's robotics por...

Symbotic went public via SPAC merger with SVF Investment Corp 3 at $5.5B valuation, building AI-powered warehouse roboti...

Teradyne acquired collaborative robotics pioneer Universal Robots for $285M, establishing the most commercially successf...

Tesla demonstrated Optimus Gen 2 with improved actuators, lighter weight, and faster walking speed, signaling accelerate...

Tesla revealed its Optimus humanoid robot prototype at AI Day 2022, committing billions in internal investment to humano...

UBTECH Robotics listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, becoming the first humanoid robot company to IPO with a valuatio...

1X Technologies (formerly Halodi Robotics) raised $100M Series A2 led by OpenAI's startup fund for its EVE android secur...

1X Technologies raised $100M Series B from EQT Ventures and Samsung NEXT to scale production of its NEO humanoid for hom...

ABB acquired ASTI Mobile Robotics Group, Spain's largest AMR manufacturer, to expand its autonomous mobile robot portfol...

Agibot (formerly Smart Robot) raised over $100M Series A, becoming one of the best-funded Chinese humanoid startups with...

Agile Robots (DLR spinoff) raised $220M Series C co-led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Baidu for its force-sensitive prec...

Agility Robotics raised a $150M Series A extension from DCVC, Playground Global, and others as it ramped up Digit produc...

Baidu co-led the $220M Series C round for Agile Robots, a DLR spinoff building force-sensitive robotic arms for precisio...

Beijing municipal government backed the founding of Beijing Humanoid Robot Company with state capital to create a nation...

Collaborative Robotics raised $100M Series B led by General Catalyst for its proxy humanoid robot aimed at logistics and...

Amazon acqui-hired key talent and licensed AI models from Covariant, a robot learning startup, to bolster its warehouse ...

Doosan Robotics listed on the Korea Exchange in the largest South Korean robotics IPO of 2023, raising approximately $31...

Dreame Technology, which expanded from robot vacuums into quadruped and humanoid robotics, completed its Hong Kong IPO a...

Figure AI expanded its commercial deployment at BMW's Spartanburg plant in 2025, adding more Figure 02 units for additio...

Figure AI raised $70M Series A led by Parkway Venture Capital to develop its Figure 01 general-purpose humanoid robot

Flexiv raised over $100M in Series B funding led by Meituan and others for its adaptive force-controlled robot arms used...

Fourier Intelligence raised over $100M in Series C+ funding to commercialize its GR-1 humanoid robot for rehabilitation ...

Foxconn announced plans to manufacture humanoid robots leveraging its electronics manufacturing expertise, partnering wi...

GXO Logistics became the first third-party logistics company to deploy Digit humanoid robots in live warehouse operation...

Hugging Face launched LeRobot open-source robotics framework and invested in robotics data standardization, becoming the...

Hyundai Motor Group increased its stake in Rainbow Robotics to approximately 30%, deepening its humanoid investment beyo...

Japan's Cabinet Office launched the Moonshot Goal 1 program targeting cybernetic avatar technology by 2050, funding huma...

Jeff Bezos personally invested an estimated $100M in Figure AI's Series B round, adding to his growing portfolio of huma...

Khosla Ventures became one of the most active humanoid investors with bets across Physical Intelligence, Collaborative R...

Magna International partnered with Sanctuary AI to deploy Phoenix humanoid robots for automotive manufacturing tasks on ...

Mercedes-Benz partnered with Apptronik to pilot Apollo humanoid robots in automotive manufacturing tasks at its faciliti...

Microsoft participated in Figure AI's $675M Series B round, signaling major big tech interest in humanoid robot platform...

NVIDIA partnered with Agility Robotics to optimize Digit humanoid training in Isaac Sim and deploy on Jetson Thor comput...

NVIDIA and Apptronik partnered to integrate GR00T foundation model and Jetson Thor into the Apollo humanoid for warehous...

NVIDIA expanded Isaac robotics simulation platform with Isaac Sim 2023, Orbit framework, and partnerships with 20+ human...

Neura Robotics raised EUR 120M Series B from Lingotto Investment Management and Tola Capital, valuing the German humanoi...

Physical Intelligence raised $70M seed round from Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, and others to build foundation models...

Pudu Robotics raised $150M Series C2 from SoftBank Vision Fund and others for its hospitality and delivery robots deploy...

Rainbow Robotics listed on KOSDAQ and saw major share price growth after Samsung Electronics acquired a 14.7% stake, val...

Samsung expanded robotics investments beyond Rainbow Robotics, placing bets across cobots, humanoids, and AI through Sam...

Sanctuary AI raised $171M CAD Series B led by Evok Innovations to develop its Phoenix humanoid and Carbon AI control sys...

Sanctuary AI raised $30M USD equity round to continue development of its 7th-generation Phoenix humanoid and expand comm...

Skild AI raised additional funding in 2025 as demand for its universal robot brain platform grew across humanoid and ind...

SoftBank invested in 1X Technologies as part of its expanding humanoid robotics portfolio, adding the Norwegian android ...

SoftBank Vision Fund expanded humanoid investments across Figure AI, 1X Technologies, and others, making it the most act...

South Korea announced a national robotics strategy investing 494B KRW through 2027 in service robots, humanoids, and rob...

Toyota invested in and partnered with Preferred Networks to combine PFN's deep learning expertise with Toyota's robotics...

Toyota Research Institute demonstrated diffusion policy for robot manipulation, training robots to perform 60+ dexterous...

XPeng committed significant internal investment to develop the PX5 humanoid robot leveraging its electric vehicle AI and...

Zebra Technologies acquired warehouse AMR company Fetch Robotics for $290M to integrate autonomous mobile robots into it...

Halodi Robotics (now 1X Technologies) raised its Series A round to develop the EVE humanoid security robot before securi...

Agility Robotics raised $20M Series A from Playground Global and DCVC to develop the Digit bipedal robot for logistics

Apptronik raised $14.25M in early funding from Capital Factory and others to spin out of UT Austin and develop its Apoll...

Booster Robotics raised Series A funding to develop full-size bipedal humanoid robots using reinforcement learning for l...

Collaborative Robotics raised $30M Series A led by Sequoia Capital for its mobile manipulation robot, founded by former ...

Deep Robotics raised Series B funding to expand production of its Jueying quadruped and develop humanoid platforms, back...

The European Commission funded the euROBIN network of excellence with EUR 16M under Horizon Europe to advance transferab...

Engineered Arts raised Series A funding to scale production of its Ameca humanoid robot used in research, entertainment,...

Field AI raised $22M Series A for autonomous navigation AI that works across robot form factors including humanoids, qua...

Galbot raised Series A funding to develop wheeled humanoid robots for commercial applications, part of China's accelerat...

Gaussian Robotics raised over $100M in Series C funding to scale production of its commercial cleaning and disinfection ...

Intel Capital invested in Agility Robotics during its pre-Series B fundraising, reflecting chipmaker interest in humanoi...

Kepler Robot raised Pre-A round from prominent Chinese tech investors to develop its Forerunner series humanoid aimed at...

LimX Dynamics raised approximately $70M in Series A financing to advance its CL-1 humanoid and quadruped robot product l...

Mentee Robotics raised $17M seed from Ahren Innovation Capital and others, founded by robotics legend Amnon Shashua (Mob...

Neura Robotics raised EUR 15M Series A from Han's Robot and investors to develop cognitive humanoid robots with tactile ...

OrionStar (Cheetah Mobile spinoff) raised Series B funding for its service robots deployed in restaurants, hotels, and r...

Sanctuary AI raised $58.5M CAD Series A from Evok Innovations and BDC Capital to develop its general-purpose humanoid ro...

Serve Robotics, an Uber spinoff building sidewalk delivery robots, went public on Nasdaq with NVIDIA as a notable invest...

Unitree Robotics raised undisclosed Series B funding to expand from quadruped robots into the humanoid market with the H...

Wandercraft raised EUR 40M Series C to commercialize its Atalante self-balancing exoskeleton for medical rehabilitation ...

Zhiyuan Robotics (later branded Agibot) raised initial seed-stage funding from Shanghai AI research ecosystem investors ...

Enchanted Tools raised EUR 15M seed to build Miroki, a ball-shaped social humanoid robot designed for hospital companion...

Halodi Robotics (later 1X Technologies) raised early-stage funding to develop its EVE humanoid, one of the first full-si...

Harmonic Bionics raised Series A funding for its Harmony SHR robotic rehabilitation exoskeleton system designed for uppe...

Persona AI raised early-stage funding to build AI-native humanoid robots, co-founded by former Google Brain and DeepMind...

Pollen Robotics raised seed funding to develop Reachy 2, its open-source teleoperable humanoid robot for research and se...

Prosper Robotics raised seed funding to build affordable domestic humanoid robots targeting household chores, founded by...

Robotera raised Pre-A funding from Chinese investors to develop its Star humanoid robot, part of the 2024 wave of Beijin...