Companies building humanoid robots

French medical exoskeleton pioneer that pivoted into industrial humanoids in 2025 with a strategic investment and commercial partnership from Renault Group.

Calvin-40 64

Shanghai-based embodied-AI company, founded in 2023 by ex-Huawei engineers Deng Taihua and Peng Zhihui (a.k.a. 'Zhihui Jun'), that became one of the world's highest-volume humanoid-robot producers by 2025 with a broad portfolio spanning bipedal, wheeled and quadruped platforms.

Yuanzheng A2 (Expedition A2) 63 AgiBot G1 63 AgiBot X2 (Lingxi X2) 56 AgiBot G2 54 Yuanzheng A3 (Expedition A3) 48 AgiBot G2 Air 37 AgiBot D2 Max 31 AgiBot X1 (Lingxi X1) 27

Builds Phoenix, distinguished by miniaturized hydraulic actuation and among the most dexterous robotic hands in any commercial program, driven by its Carbon AI.

Phoenix (Gen 7) 62

CASIA-linked humanoid spin-off founded by CAS Institute of Automation researcher Zhang Zhengtao, backed by Lenovo Capital and Lens Technology.

CASBOT 01 61 CASBOT 02 46 CASBOT Mini 22

Beijing-based humanoid and bionic robot developer founded in 2023 by Jiang Zheyuan. Rose to national prominence after its N2 robot finished second in the world's first humanoid half-marathon (April 2025), then drew attention with low-cost consumer humanoids (N2, Bumi) and bionic service robots (Hobbs line). Raised a ~CNY 1 billion (~$145M) Series B led by Chendao Capital in early 2026.

Hobbs W1 60 N2 55 E1 50 Bumi 41 Hobbs 3 34 Xiao Nuo 23

Shenzhen-based robotics startup (brand 'Astribot') founded in 2022 by Lai Jie, former first employee of Tencent RoboticsX and ex-lead of Baidu's Xiaodu robot team. It develops cable-driven manipulation robots paired with proprietary AI models. A mid-2026 Series B round reportedly pushed its valuation past 10 billion RMB (~$1.4B), reaching unicorn status.

Astribot S1 60

Automaker that defined modern humanoid robotics with ASIMO (2000–2018), the dynamic-walking benchmark the current generation now builds upon.

ASIMO (retired) 58 Honda E2-DR 33

London-based Humanoid (legal entity SKL Robotics Ltd.) was founded in 2024 by serial entrepreneur Artem Sokolov. Funded initially with ~$50M of founder-led capital, the company is building general-purpose humanoids and was reported in early 2026 to be raising a ~$200M Series A. Its HMND 01 Alpha mobile manipulator was trialed for logistics tasks in a Siemens factory with NVIDIA-powered compute.

HMND 01 Alpha 58 HMND 01 47

Shenzhen-based embodied-AI robotics startup founded in 2022, building full-size general-purpose humanoid robots (Oli, Luna) and the modular TRON biped research platforms, paired with its COSA (Cognitive OS of Agents) software stack. Raised a $200M Series B in early 2026 with backers including SAIC Motor, NIO Capital, and JD.com.

LimX Luna 58 LimX Oli 55 LimX TRON 2 44 LimX TRON 1 42

KAIST research lab led by Prof. Hae-Won Park building high-speed bipedal locomotion research humanoids, independent of the earlier KAIST Hubo Lab lineage.

KAIST Humanoid v0.7 58 KAIST Humanoid v0.5 33

KAIST Hubo Lab spin-off, majority-backed by Samsung Electronics (35% stake); publicly listed on KOSDAQ, maker of the HUBO lineage and the newer RB-Y1.

RB-Y1 56 Hubo2 (DRC-HUBO) 52

Leading Chinese quadruped-robot maker (Jueying/X30 series) that expanded into bipedal humanoids in 2024, now pursuing a mainland IPO.

DR02 55 DR01 28

Founded as CloudMinds by telecom veteran Huang Xiaoqing, pioneering a 'cloud robot' architecture backed historically by SoftBank and Foxconn; has faced reported financial distress in 2024-2025.

Cloud Ginger 2.0 (XR-2) 54 XR4 (Xiaozi) 50

Reliance Retail-backed Indian warehouse-automation leader that expanded into humanoids with Elixis-W, India's first domestically manufactured wheeled humanoid.

Elixis-W 54

Home-oriented humanoid and companion robot maker founded by former Dreame China president Guo Renjie, expanding into North America and Europe.

Jupiter 53 Bridge 18

Shenzhen startup offering agile, low-cost humanoids (PM01, SE01) for commercial and developer use, with end-to-end neural locomotion.

SA02 53 PM01 49 T800 42 SE01 38 SA01 29

Embodied-AI startup founded by ex-industrial-robotics CEO Han Fengtao and Chief Scientist Gao Yang (UC Berkeley); raised over $620M across 8 rounds since 2024.

Moz1 53

Fortune Global 500 appliance/industrial conglomerate that acquired KUKA in 2017 and built an in-house humanoid program spanning industrial (MIRO) and home/retail lines.

MIRO U 52 Mero 1 51 Mila 50 Mero X 50

Hanyang University ERICA spin-off and the first Korean humanoid maker to win regulatory-sandbox approval for factory-floor field demonstrations.

ALICE 5 50 ALICE 4 48

Founded by ex-Synapse CEO Sankaet Pathak to build industrial and defense-oriented humanoids; leases units to auto manufacturers and holds US military research contracts.

Phantom MK-1 50

Consumer-electronics and EV giant whose CyberOne humanoid debuted in 2022 as a technology demonstrator rather than a commercial product.

CyberOne V2 50 CyberOne 23

Ontario-based robotics firm building teleoperated humanoids with haptic force feedback for hazardous industrial tasks; backed by a Canadian Dept. of National Defence IDEaS grant.

MH3 49 MH2 30

UK robotics company founded by Will Jackson in 2004, specializing in expressive, social humanoid robots for entertainment, exhibitions, and human-robot-interaction research. Best known for the Ameca expressive humanoid and the Mesmer hyper-realistic animatronic line. Raised a $10M Series A in December 2024 and restructured as a US company to scale production.

Ameca 48 Mesmer 32

Diversified Japanese heavy-industry conglomerate (motorcycles, aerospace, rolling stock, ships, industrial robots). Its Robot Division has developed the RHP (Robust Humanoid Platform) Kaleido bipedal humanoid since 2015, targeting industrial labor and eventual disaster-response applications.

RHP Kaleido 9 47 RHP Kaleido 46 RHP Friends 42

Aldebaran Robotics, founded in Paris in 2005, created the NAO (2008) and Pepper (2014) social humanoid robots. SoftBank acquired Aldebaran for ~$100M in 2012-2013, rebranding it SoftBank Robotics. After commercial struggles, Aldebaran filed for bankruptcy in February 2025; Shenzhen-based Maxvision Technology acquired the Pepper and NAO IP in July 2025. SoftBank Robotics announced an AI-updated Pepper+ in February 2026.

NAO 47 Pepper+ 46 Pepper 41