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HUMANOID ROBOTICS TRACKER

Tracking the machines that track us.

News, analysis and a living directory of every humanoid robot in development.

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ROBOTICS

Tesla Optimus Gen 3: What We Know So Far (March 2026)

A critical, fact-based breakdown of Tesla's Optimus Gen 3 humanoid robot — specs, timeline, competitor comparison, and a reality check on Musk's promises.

Updated 2026-06-21 · 2026-03-14 original · 15 min read

ANALYSIS

AI's Labor Shock Is Spreading Beyond Tech Workers

Anthropic and ETS data suggest AI job disruption is spreading beyond software roles into management, customer service, and other non-tech work, raising pressure to redesign jobs and training.

2026-04-07 · 9 min read

AI & SOCIETY

AI Layoffs 2026: The Year Companies Stopped Pretending

In 2026, companies stopped hiding behind restructuring language. Block cut 4,000 workers citing AI directly. Meta is planning 20% cuts. The language changed — and that changes everything.

2026-03-16 · 8 min read

ANALYSIS

Figure AI and the $39 Billion Question

**A serial entrepreneur, a BMW factory, and a valuation that makes Wall Street veterans nervous. Is Brett Adcock building the future — or the most expensive demo in Silicon Valley history?**

2026-01-01 · 8 min read

ANALYSIS

From Demo to Deployment: When Do Humanoids Actually Work?

**Every flashy video has a blooper reel. Between the highlight reel and a commercial contract lies an abyss that has swallowed decades of robotics ambition. Here's an honest map of where humanoids actually stand.**

2026-01-01 · 10 min read

// THE DIRECTORY

Every humanoid. Tracked.

Prototype to deployment, one registry.

NEO

PROTOTYPE

1X Technologies · Norway / United States

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-03

1X's NEO is a home-oriented humanoid program from the Norwegian-American robotics company, presented as a lightweight consumer-service robot in company materials.

Claimed capabilities: home assistance, whole-body teleoperation/learning pipeline, humanoid manipulation

Use/deployment notes: home-assistance direction claimed by company; broad consumer deployment not established here

Note: Do not quote price or ship timing without current official source checks.

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Digit

DEPLOYED

Agility Robotics · United States

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid / bipedal logistics robot · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-03

Digit is Agility Robotics' bipedal logistics robot, built for warehouse and material-handling workflows rather than a humanlike face or hands-first design.

Claimed capabilities: bipedal mobility, tote handling, warehouse workflows

Use/deployment notes: warehouse and logistics pilots/deployments described by Agility and partners

Note: Included as a serious biped/humanoid logistics platform even though it is not a general human-replica design.

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Atlas (Electric)

PILOT

Boston Dynamics · United States

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-03

Boston Dynamics' all-electric Atlas is the company's current humanoid platform, positioned for industrial work after the retirement of the hydraulic research Atlas.

Claimed capabilities: dynamic whole-body movement, mobile manipulation, industrial task work

Use/deployment notes: industrial pilot and Hyundai manufacturing focus claimed by company materials

Note: Treat demos as company demonstrations unless a customer deployment is separately documented.

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Figure 03

PILOT

Figure AI · United States

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-03

Figure builds a general-purpose humanoid robot platform and has published official material around its Helix vision-language-action system and industrial work focus.

Claimed capabilities: humanoid manipulation, learned task execution, vision-language-action control

Use/deployment notes: industrial pilot work including public BMW-related materials from Figure

Note: Directory card avoids unsourced valuation or production-volume claims.

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GR-2

COMMERCIAL

Fourier Intelligence · China

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid · Confidence: medium · Verified 2026-06-03

Fourier's GR series is a humanoid robot line from a company with rehabilitation robotics roots, with GR-2 presented as a newer full-size humanoid platform.

Claimed capabilities: bipedal locomotion, upper-body manipulation, developer/research platform

Use/deployment notes: research and commercial platform positioning in company materials

Note: Company site URL structure can vary by region; verify before quoting specs.

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Phoenix

PILOT

Sanctuary AI · Canada

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-03

Sanctuary AI's Phoenix humanoid is built around its Carbon AI control system, with emphasis on dexterous manipulation and work tasks.

Claimed capabilities: dexterous manipulation, task learning, humanoid work platform

Use/deployment notes: pilot and partner work claimed by Sanctuary AI materials

Note: Capabilities are represented as company-claimed unless independently verified.

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Optimus

PROTOTYPE

Tesla · United States

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-03

Tesla's Optimus is a bipedal humanoid program aimed at useful general-purpose work, with capabilities and timelines presented primarily through Tesla demonstrations and updates.

Claimed capabilities: bipedal locomotion, object manipulation, factory task learning

Use/deployment notes: Tesla has shown internal factory-task demos; broad commercial availability is not established here

Note: Pricing and volume claims are excluded from this card unless timestamped to a primary filing or official update.

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H1 / G1

COMMERCIAL

Unitree Robotics · China

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-03

Unitree's H1 and G1 are biped humanoid platforms from a company better known for legged robots, with public product pages and developer-oriented positioning.

Claimed capabilities: bipedal locomotion, research/developer platform, humanoid mobility demos

Use/deployment notes: research, developer, and demonstration use cases listed by company materials

Note: Availability should be checked from Unitree before quoting prices or delivery times.

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Yuanzheng A2

PILOT

AgiBot / Zhiyuan Robotics · China

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid · Confidence: medium · Verified 2026-06-03

AgiBot, also known as Zhiyuan Robotics, develops humanoid and embodied-AI robots including the Yuanzheng/A-series platforms highlighted in company materials.

Claimed capabilities: humanoid manipulation, embodied-AI platform, industrial/service demos

Use/deployment notes: company-described embodied-AI and application scenarios; verify customer deployments case by case

Note: Company naming and model naming vary across English/Chinese materials; dedupe against future AgiBot variants.

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Apollo

PILOT

Apptronik · United States

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-03

Apollo is Apptronik's general-purpose humanoid robot, presented for logistics, manufacturing, and other work settings rather than consumer companionship.

Claimed capabilities: bipedal mobility, manipulation, warehouse and manufacturing tasks

Use/deployment notes: logistics and manufacturing use cases described by Apptronik

Note: Added in directory-updater batch from official Apptronik source.

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SE01 / PM01

PROTOTYPE

EngineAI · China

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid · Confidence: medium · Verified 2026-06-03

EngineAI develops humanoid robot models such as SE01 and PM01, with official materials presenting them as bipedal embodied-AI platforms.

Claimed capabilities: bipedal locomotion, humanoid motion demos, research/developer platform

Use/deployment notes: prototype and developer/research scenarios in company materials

Note: Keep claims conservative until specific product pages and specs are re-checked.

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HMND 01 Alpha

PILOT

Humanoid · United Kingdom

Price: No public pricePayload: 15 kg company-statedBattery: 3 h avg company-stated

humanoid · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-08

HMND 01 Alpha is Humanoid's bipedal and wheeled robot platform, with official materials positioning it for industrial logistics and manufacturing workflows.

Claimed capabilities: bipedal locomotion, box handling, modular end-effectors, KinetIQ VLM/VLA control framework

Use/deployment notes: Bosch Bühl intralogistics POC described by Humanoid; Schaeffler deployment target is company-stated, not current installed base

Note: Treat Bosch/Schaeffler announcements as company-stated manufacturing and deployment path; no mass-production volume or live installed base is claimed here.

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Walker S2

COMMERCIAL

UBTECH Robotics · China

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-03

Walker S2 is part of UBTECH's Walker humanoid series, positioned by the company for industrial and service scenarios with product-specific official pages.

Claimed capabilities: humanoid mobility, service/industrial tasks, battery-swap/product platform features claimed by company

Use/deployment notes: industrial and service use cases described by UBTECH

Note: URL discovered from UBTECH official homepage navigation during updater run.

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IRON

PROTOTYPE

XPENG · China

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid · Confidence: medium · Verified 2026-06-03

XPENG's IRON humanoid is presented in official company AI Day material as part of the automaker's embodied-AI and robotics work.

Claimed capabilities: humanoid locomotion, embodied-AI research, automotive-adjacent robotics demos

Use/deployment notes: prototype/demonstration status in official XPENG materials

Note: Do not treat XPENG demo footage as evidence of commercial deployment.

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Booster K1

COMMERCIAL

Booster Robotics · China

Price: From $5,999Payload: Payload not publicBattery: 30-80 min company-stated

small humanoid developer platform · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-08

Booster K1 is a small humanoid robot sold as an introductory embodied-AI development platform for education, research, RoboCup-style competition and demos.

Claimed capabilities: bipedal locomotion, developer platform, RoboCup KidSize competition use, secondary development

Use/deployment notes: education, developer and competition use cases listed by Booster Robotics

Note: Public price was fetched during this run from Booster's official page; check again before quoting availability or warranty terms elsewhere.

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Protoclone

PROTOTYPE

Clone Robotics · Poland / United States

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid / biomimetic android · Confidence: medium · Verified 2026-06-03

Clone Robotics' Protoclone is a biomimetic humanoid/android project centered on musculoskeletal actuation rather than a conventional industrial humanoid form factor.

Claimed capabilities: biomimetic actuation, android body platform, upper-body/humanoid demos

Use/deployment notes: prototype demonstrations; no broad commercial deployment listed here

Note: Track carefully: striking demos should not be overstated as deployment readiness.

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ATOM

COMMERCIAL

DOBOT · China

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

full-size humanoid · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-22

DOBOT ATOM is a full-size humanoid robot line positioned by DOBOT for embodied-AI research, industrial applications, and repetitive commercial tasks.

Claimed capabilities: dexterous manipulation, straight-knee walking, vision-based task execution, teleoperation and data collection variants

Use/deployment notes: company page lists automotive assembly, beverage preparation, pharmacy dispensing, research and industrial application scenarios

Note: Treat DOBOT capability metrics as company-claimed product-page specs; this card does not assert broad field deployment.

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Ameca

COMMERCIAL

Engineered Arts · United Kingdom

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

social humanoid · Confidence: medium · Verified 2026-06-15

Ameca is Engineered Arts' expressive social humanoid platform for human-robot interaction, events, research, and embodied AI demonstrations rather than heavy physical labor.

Claimed capabilities: facial expression, gestures, conversation and AI integrations, human-robot interaction

Use/deployment notes: business, public engagement, education, and research use cases claimed by Engineered Arts

Note: Official page extraction is thin from this runner, so the card stays conservative and avoids unsourced numeric specs.

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G1

PROTOTYPE

Galbot · China

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid / embodied large-model robot · Confidence: medium · Verified 2026-06-08

Galbot G1 is presented by Galbot as a generalized embodied large-model robot for complex scenarios, alongside the company's embodied-AGI robotics platform work.

Claimed capabilities: embodied large-model robot, generalized operation, service and industrial scenarios

Use/deployment notes: company materials describe commercial, industrial, healthcare and home-serving ambitions

Note: Official site is JavaScript-heavy; keep concrete capability claims conservative until product-page details are re-extracted.

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iCub

RESEARCH

Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) · Italy

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

research humanoid · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-15

iCub is IIT's open-source research-grade child-size humanoid platform for embodied AI, cognition, manipulation, locomotion, and human-robot interaction research.

Claimed capabilities: open-source research platform, manipulation and grasping, embodied AI experiments, human-robot interaction

Use/deployment notes: research labs and academic robotics projects; the project site says iCub is widely available as an open-source humanoid platform

Note: Research-platform entry; not a current general-purpose commercial labor robot.

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NEXTAGE

COMMERCIAL

Kawada Robotics · Japan

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

industrial humanoid collaborative robot · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-22

NEXTAGE is Kawada's industrial humanoid collaborative robot line for working beside people in multi-product manufacturing and factory automation settings.

Claimed capabilities: human-collaborative factory work, multi-task teaching, vision-guided repetitive work, ROS-compatible research variants

Use/deployment notes: Kawada cites manufacturing use across electronics, automotive, cosmetics and food, with published case-study material

Note: Upper-body industrial humanoid entry; separate from biped HRP historical/research platforms.

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Forerunner series

PROTOTYPE

Kepler Robotics · China

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid · Confidence: medium · Verified 2026-06-03

Kepler's Forerunner humanoids are serious China-based humanoid entries, generally presented around industrial and embodied-intelligence use cases.

Claimed capabilities: humanoid platform, industrial task demos, embodied-intelligence positioning

Use/deployment notes: prototype and pilot-style use cases reported in company-facing materials

Note: Official site was reachable at keplerrobotics.com during updater run; keep product-page/spec verification on the backlog.

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KUAVO 4Pro / 5

COMMERCIAL

Leju Robotics · China

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid open platform · Confidence: medium · Verified 2026-06-15

Leju presents KUAVO 4Pro and KUAVO 5/5-W as general humanoid robot and open-platform products for research, service, industrial, and training scenarios.

Claimed capabilities: general humanoid platform, research platform, business service scenarios, industrial scenario solutions

Use/deployment notes: company-listed research, business service, industrial, and training-ground solutions; specific deployment counts are not established here

Note: Company page is English but brief; treat industrialization and solution claims as Leju claims until independently verified.

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Oli

PROTOTYPE

LimX Dynamics · China

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid · Confidence: medium · Verified 2026-06-03

LimX Dynamics is a legged-robotics company with humanoid work including Oli, fitting the directory as a serious embodied mobility platform rather than a toy robot.

Claimed capabilities: legged locomotion, humanoid mobility, research/development platform

Use/deployment notes: prototype/research and demonstration use cases

Note: Official English site was reachable during source check; keep model-specific page verification on the backlog.

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MagicBot Gen1

COMMERCIAL

MagicLab · China

Price: No public pricePayload: 7.5 kg single-arm / 40 kg static body load company-statedBattery: 3-5 h company-stated

full-size general-purpose humanoid · Confidence: medium · Verified 2026-06-08

MagicBot Gen1 is MagicLab's full-size general-purpose humanoid robot, positioned for flexible manufacturing, guidance and service scenarios.

Claimed capabilities: straight-knee walking gait, multi-robot collaboration, industrial scenario handling, autonomous navigation

Use/deployment notes: official page lists guidance, venues, manufacturing and service scenarios

Note: Use MagicLab's lab-condition caveat for payload, speed and endurance; do not infer field reliability from product marketing.

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MenteeBot

PROTOTYPE

Mentee Robotics · Israel

Price: No public pricePayload: 25 kg company specBattery: Hot-swappable battery claimed

humanoid · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-15

MenteeBot is a full-size humanoid from Mentee Robotics, presented as an AI-first robot for household and warehouse tasks with natural interaction and learning from humans.

Claimed capabilities: bipedal movement, voice interaction, picking and placing, dexterous hand tasks

Use/deployment notes: company-targeted household and warehouse operations; broad commercial deployment is not established here

Note: Specs and autonomy labels come from company pages; video/demo claims are treated as company demonstrations.

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4NE-1

PROTOTYPE

NEURA Robotics · Germany

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid · Confidence: medium · Verified 2026-06-03

4NE-1 is NEURA Robotics' cognitive humanoid concept/platform, included as a Europe-based humanoid entry with company source coverage.

Claimed capabilities: cognitive robotics positioning, humanoid assistance, service/manufacturing scenarios

Use/deployment notes: prototype/concept and company-described application scenarios

Note: TLS fetch failed in Python from this runner; keep future verification on the backlog.

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TALOS

COMMERCIAL

PAL Robotics · Spain

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid research platform · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-03

TALOS is PAL Robotics' full-size biped humanoid research robot, widely positioned for advanced robotics labs rather than consumer or factory mass deployment.

Claimed capabilities: bipedal locomotion, whole-body control research, ROS/research platform

Use/deployment notes: research labs and academic robotics use cases

Note: Included as a serious research/commercial platform, not a new general-purpose labor robot.

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Industrial Humanoid

PROTOTYPE

Persona AI · United States

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

industrial humanoid · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-15

Persona AI is developing modular humanoids for skilled industrial work in shipyards, energy, construction, and manufacturing; the company page frames current role examples as concepts.

Claimed capabilities: skilled industrial labor, tool use for fabrication and welding concepts, outdoor industrial work design goals

Use/deployment notes: company-targeted shipyard, energy infrastructure, construction, and manufacturing tasks; customer deployment is not established here

Note: Company source describes design goals and concept roles; treat work-shift, durability, and application claims as Persona AI targets, not verified deployments.

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Reachy 2

COMMERCIAL

Pollen Robotics · France

Price: No public pricePayload: 3 kg per arm company specBattery: Battery not public

open-source humanoid research platform · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-15

Reachy 2 is Pollen Robotics' open-source bimanual mobile humanoid platform for embodied AI, teleoperation, manipulation, and robotics lab prototyping.

Claimed capabilities: bimanual manipulation, VR teleoperation, ROS2/Python control, machine-learning experimentation

Use/deployment notes: AI and robotics labs; company page offers multiple Reachy 2 kits and datasheets

Note: Not a full biped; included as humanoid upper-body/mobile research platform, with kit availability from the company page.

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PUDU D9

COMMERCIAL

Pudu Robotics · China

Price: No public pricePayload: 20 kg test max / 10 kg per arm company-statedBattery: 15 Ah / 0.72 kWh company-stated

full-size bipedal humanoid · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-08

PUDU D9 is Pudu Robotics' full-size bipedal humanoid product page entry, aimed at object manipulation and customer engagement with explicit sales-contract caveats.

Claimed capabilities: bipedal walking, dexterous hand manipulation, customer engagement, RGB/RGBD and tactile sensing

Use/deployment notes: contact/demo and sales-contract path on official product page; features may vary by shipped version

Note: Pudu warns promotional features may not all be available to customers and shipped versions may differ; do not treat all specs as deployed capability.

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STAR1

COMMERCIAL

RobotEra · China

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid / embodied-intelligence platform · Confidence: medium · Verified 2026-06-08

RobotEra is a Tsinghua-linked embodied-intelligence company listing multiple humanoid products, with STAR1 presented in official materials as a high-capability humanoid robot.

Claimed capabilities: humanoid locomotion, embodied AI model ERA-42, manufacturing, reception, education and healthcare scenarios

Use/deployment notes: official homepage lists scaled delivery and scenario categories; individual customer claims need separate verification

Note: Official English product PDF was indexed but not extractable by this runner; rely on the official homepage and re-check product documentation later.

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ALLEX

PROTOTYPE

WIRobotics · South Korea

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid upper-body platform under development · Confidence: medium · Verified 2026-06-08

ALLEX is WIRobotics' general-purpose humanoid platform under development, moving the Korean wearable-robotics company into humanoid manipulation hardware.

Claimed capabilities: force-responsive manipulation, compliant robotic hand, backdrivable robotic arm, gravity-compensated upper body

Use/deployment notes: upper body unveiled at KOREATECH Robot Innovation Hub; company-stated Q4 2026 sales plan is not treated as current availability

Note: Entry is for ALLEX as a development platform; source material covers an upper-body reveal and funding, not a shipping full humanoid.

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HRP-5P

RESEARCH

AIST · Japan

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid research prototype · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-08

HRP-5P is AIST's heavy-labor humanoid research prototype, built as an R&D platform for construction, aircraft, shipyard and large-structure assembly sites.

Claimed capabilities: autonomous gypsum-board installation, large-object handling, environment measurement and object recognition, 37 degrees of freedom

Use/deployment notes: research and demonstration for heavy labor in large-structure assembly environments

Note: Historical/research benchmark entry; do not represent HRP-5P as a commercial humanoid product.

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Sophia Utility

COMMERCIAL

Hanson Robotics · Hong Kong

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

social humanoid research and commercial platform · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-22

Sophia Utility is Hanson Robotics' commercial/research social humanoid platform built around expressive Frubber skin, conversation, sensing, and optional mobile-base use.

Claimed capabilities: natural conversation, facial expression and gesture, multi-modal sensing, optional autonomous mobile base

Use/deployment notes: Hanson lists retail, entertainment, healthcare, academic research, R&D, science education and special-event use cases

Note: Included as a serious social humanoid; do not confuse expressive AI demonstrations with industrial labor capability.

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ASIMO

HISTORICAL

Honda · Japan

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid historical platform · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-03

ASIMO is Honda's landmark humanoid robotics program, historically important for biped walking, running, and human-interaction research even though the robot is no longer a current product push.

Claimed capabilities: biped walking/running research, human interaction demos, mobility research

Use/deployment notes: research, demonstration, and historical education

Note: Historical entry helps users separate current companies from foundational humanoid programs.

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Alex / Nadia

RESEARCH

IHMC Robotics · United States

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

full-scale humanoid research platforms · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-22

IHMC's humanoid program centers on current platform Alex and legacy Nadia, full-scale research robots for dynamic movement in indoor, urban, and outdoor environments.

Claimed capabilities: dynamic humanoid mobility, stairs, ladders and debris traversal research, teleoperation and semi-autonomous behaviors, high range of motion

Use/deployment notes: research for firefighting, disaster response, EOD and human-robot teaming described by IHMC

Note: Grouped because IHMC presents Alex as the primary current platform and Nadia as legacy on the same official humanoid-design page.

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HRP-4

RESEARCH

Kawada Robotics · Japan

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid research platform · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-22

Kawada's HRP-4 is an AIST-collaborative humanoid research platform aimed at practical, safer humanoid robotics for researchers.

Claimed capabilities: bipedal humanoid research, OpenRTM-aist software environment, lightweight practical humanoid design, safe low-power joint design

Use/deployment notes: research-platform use for academic and humanoid robotics development

Note: Added as the specific Kawada HRP entry requested for directory coverage; distinguish from Kawada's commercial NEXTAGE line.

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NAO6

COMMERCIAL

Maxtronics / Aldebaran · France

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

small social humanoid education and healthcare robot · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-22

NAO6 continues the Aldebaran NAO humanoid line under Maxtronics, positioned for education, research, healthcare, elderly care and therapy use cases.

Claimed capabilities: bipedal small-humanoid interaction, speech and activity applications, education and therapy workflows, research platform use

Use/deployment notes: Maxtronics says more than 20,000 NAO robots have been produced, sold and delivered across over 70 countries

Note: Official Aldebaran URLs redirect to Maxtronics support/home pages; keep current ownership/naming explicit.

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Valkyrie (R5)

RESEARCH

NASA Johnson Space Center · United States

Price: No public pricePayload: Payload not publicBattery: Battery not public

humanoid research platform · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-22

NASA's Valkyrie, also called R5, is an all-electric humanoid built for the DARPA Robotics Challenge and research in degraded human-engineered environments.

Claimed capabilities: rugged humanoid mobility research, degraded-environment operation, swappable battery operation, humanoid manipulation research

Use/deployment notes: DARPA Robotics Challenge and space/disaster robotics research contexts described by NASA

Note: Historical/research entry; not a commercial humanoid product.

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HUBO2

COMMERCIAL

Rainbow Robotics · South Korea

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humanoid research platform · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-08

HUBO2 is Rainbow Robotics' humanoid research platform, presented by the company as a commercialized humanoid sold to research institutes.

Claimed capabilities: bipedal locomotion research, 38 degrees of freedom, research institute platform

Use/deployment notes: Rainbow says HUBO2 has been sold to world-class research institutes including MIT and Google

Note: Included as an important commercial/research humanoid platform, not as a current general-purpose labor robot.

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OP3

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ROBOTIS · South Korea

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miniature humanoid research and education platform · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-22

ROBOTIS OP3 is a small open humanoid robot platform for research and education, with ROS support, DYNAMIXEL actuators, sensors, and documentation.

Claimed capabilities: miniature bipedal humanoid platform, ROS-supported research and education, open hardware/software documentation, dynamic motion experiments

Use/deployment notes: research and education activities described by ROBOTIS product and e-manual pages

Note: Canonical set to ROBOTIS e-Manual because the global product page hits an old TLS configuration from this runner; both are official ROBOTIS sources.

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THORMANG3

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ROBOTIS · South Korea

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full-size open humanoid research platform · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-22

THORMANG3 is ROBOTIS's full-size open humanoid platform for locomotion, manipulation, SLAM and human-robot interaction research.

Claimed capabilities: stable walking research, SLAM and perception research, manipulation and adaptive gripper use, ROS and Gazebo support

Use/deployment notes: research, education and rescue-mission scenarios described by ROBOTIS documentation

Note: Canonical set to ROBOTIS e-Manual for reliable verification; global product page remains listed as an official source.

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Pepper

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SoftBank Robotics · Japan

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social humanoid service robot · Confidence: high · Verified 2026-06-08

Pepper is SoftBank Robotics' social humanoid robot for customer-facing interaction, retail, banking, hospitality, healthcare and education scenarios.

Claimed capabilities: human interaction, customer guidance, recommendations and information, business-facing service workflows

Use/deployment notes: SoftBank Robotics America lists retail, banking, education, hospitality and healthcare use cases

Note: Included as a major social-humanoid platform; it is not a bipedal industrial labor robot.

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T-HR3

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Toyota · Japan

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humanoid research platform · Confidence: medium · Verified 2026-06-03

Toyota's T-HR3 is a humanoid research platform focused on remote control and human-assistive robotics, important as a historical and technical benchmark.

Claimed capabilities: teleoperation, whole-body control, human-assistive robotics research

Use/deployment notes: research and demonstration use cases

Note: Toyota detail URL is bot-protected/403 from this runner but retained as the known official T-HR3 reference; refresh if Toyota changes archive URLs.

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CyberOne

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Xiaomi Robotics Lab · China

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full-size humanoid bionic robot prototype · Confidence: medium · Verified 2026-06-22

CyberOne is Xiaomi Robotics Lab's full-size humanoid bionic robot prototype, included as a serious major-company humanoid research signal rather than a shipping product.

Claimed capabilities: full-size humanoid form factor, bipedal posture balancing, arms and legs developed by Xiaomi, human-robot interaction research

Use/deployment notes: official Xiaomi page and community launch material describe a prototype/research reveal; commercial deployment is not established here

Note: Official page is reachable but difficult to extract from this runner; keep claims limited to official page/search metadata and avoid unsourced specs.

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Quiet surveillance. Careful wonder.

The Mimic documents the rise of humanoid robots — from research labs to factory floors. We track every prototype, every deployment, every uncanny step forward.

No hype. No vendor-speak. Just signal.

BY BERSERKI