Companies building robots
25 organisationsBest-funded pure-play humanoid startup; ended its OpenAI partnership in 2025 to run its own in-house Helix vision-language-action model.
Hyundai-owned pioneer of dynamic legged robots; the all-electric fifth-generation Atlas is purpose-built for Hyundai factory work.
Quadruped-turned-humanoid maker famous for radically low prices; the G1 is the first capable full-body bipedal humanoid available below ~$20,000.
Munich robotics unicorn known for force-sensitive robotic arms, backed by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Xiaomi; launched its first humanoid, Agile ONE, in November 2025.
Beijing-based embodied-AI startup incubated by Tsinghua University's Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, founded by Chen Jianyu. Develops full-stack (hardware + AI) high-performance humanoid robots and its proprietary ERA-42 end-to-end model; reached a ~RMB 10 billion (~$1.45B) valuation in 2026 after raising ~$350M across two strategic rounds.
Wind- and solar-powered uncrewed surface vessels running 90–100 day missions without a support ship.
EV maker applying its automotive AI and in-house Turing chips to the Iron humanoid, targeting mass production by the end of 2026.
Leading Chinese quadruped-robot maker (Jueying/X30 series) that expanded into bipedal humanoids in 2024, now pursuing a mainland IPO.
Cat MineStar Command for hauling ran 690 autonomous trucks at end-2024 and has moved over 9.5 billion tonnes autonomously.
FrontRunner AHS pioneered commercial autonomous haulage and remains the largest such fleet by tonnage moved.
HKEX-listed firm whose Walker S series leads automotive-factory humanoid deployments and pioneered autonomous self-battery-swapping for 24/7 operation.
The world's largest industrial-robot maker by installed base; the M-2000iA series tops the payload class at 2.3 tonnes.
Founded by former Microsoft/OPPO/XPeng executive Eric Guo; raised nearly $736M, becoming one of China's newest robotics unicorns as of mid-2026.
Austin-based humanoid company whose Apollo robot is powered by Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics models and piloted with Mercedes-Benz and GXO.
Early mover in China's humanoid space making the Kuavo series of full-size general-purpose humanoids; backed early by Tencent and Songhe Capital.
Founded by David Reger in 2019 near Stuttgart, NEURA Robotics builds 'cognitive' robots combining AI, sensing and dexterity. It raised a Series B in Jan 2025 and a landmark Series C of up to $1.4B in June 2026 (backed by Tether, Amazon, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Bosch) at a ~$7B valuation, making it one of Europe's most valuable robotics companies. Its flagship 4NE-1 humanoid runs on the company's Neuraverse shared-learning platform.
UCLA RoMeLa spin-off making proprietary BEAR proprioceptive actuators and the THEMIS line of agile research humanoids.
Second-generation autonomy kit (16 cameras, 360° perception) retrofits the 9RX tractor for driverless tillage.
OpenAI-backed maker of NEO, a soft tendon-driven home humanoid sold to consumers but today reliant on remote human teleoperation for most chores.
Robotics division of Hexagon AB (Nasdaq Stockholm-listed Swedish measurement-technology group), operationally led out of Zurich; built AEON with NVIDIA, Microsoft and Swiss actuator maker maxon.
Embodied-AI company whose wheeled-base G1 manipulator runs autonomous retail stores across 30+ Chinese cities; raised at a $3B valuation in 2025.
Created the consumer robot-vacuum market with Roomba; still the reference brand in domestic robotics.
Embodied-intelligence startup (Magic Atom Robotics) founded by former Xiaomi CyberDog engineers, making general-purpose humanoid and quadruped robots for industrial use.
State-backed Beijing humanoid robotics innovation center founded November 2023, developer of the Tiangong (Tien Kung) full-size electric humanoid family and the Hui Si Kai Wu (Wise KaiWu) embodied-AI platform. Tiangong Ultra won the world's first humanoid half-marathon in April 2025. Raised ~$100M in its first round from state-linked funds with strategic participation from Baidu.
Dominant commercial-drone manufacturer; the Matrice enterprise line is the default platform for inspection and survey work.
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Robot companies in 2026: who builds them
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