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Every Humanoid Robot Company in 2026: The Complete Guide
A source-linked 2026 guide to humanoid robot companies, separating commercial products, pre-orders, pilots, deployments and prototypes.
ANALYSIS // 20 PUBLISHED NOTES
Evidence notes, not the product.
Analysis explains what changed and what remains unproven. Robot profiles and the deployment ledger remain the maintained source of truth.
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The Hands Problem: Why Humanoid Robots Still Can't Do What Your Toddler Can
Humanoid robot hands still struggle with dexterity because actuators, tactile sensing, and real touch data remain harder than walking or lifting.
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Figure's Helix-02 24/7 Livestream: What It Proves — and What It Doesn't
Figure says its Helix-02 livestream passed 200 hours and 249,560 packages. Here is what the demo shows, what stays company-claimed, and what is still unverified.
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Physical Intelligence Is Raising Another $1B — Here's Why Investors Keep Betting on Humanoid Robots
Physical Intelligence is reportedly in talks for a second $1B funding round in 2026. We break down what PI does, why the money keeps flowing, and what it means for the humanoid robot industry.
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DeepMind Partners with Agile Robots — Every Robot Company Wants Google AI
Agile Robots is the latest company in a growing list of Google DeepMind robotics partnerships. We map every partnership, explain why DeepMind keeps winning robot deals, and compare their foundation model approach to…
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Amazon Acquires Fauna Robotics — Home Humanoid Robots Are Coming
Amazon acquires Fauna Robotics, a startup building kid-size humanoid robots for the home. What Fauna does, why Amazon wants home robots in 2026, and what this means for consumer robotics.
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.
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Theker's $85M Series A Tests the Non-Humanoid Path to Generalist Factory Robots
Theker raised an $85M Series A for reconfigurable factory robots. Why modular robot bodies may beat humanoid form factors in near-term warehouses.
ROBOT SOFTWARE
Reachy Mini gets MCP tools: what agent protocols mean for small robots
Reachy Mini can now use public Hugging Face Spaces over MCP. What works, what does not, and why robot builders should care.
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Humanoid's Bosch Deal Turns HMND 01 Into a Manufacturing Test
Humanoid says Bosch will manufacture HMND 01 robots for Europe after a March 2026 intralogistics POC, while Schaeffler becomes both component partner and deployment target.
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AGIBOT Calls 2026 'Deployment Year One' — What APC 2026 Actually Announced
AGIBOT positions 2026 as 'Deployment Year One' for embodied AI. Here's what APC 2026, the Hong Kong summit, and the 10,000th-unit claim actually prove.
PHYSICAL AI
Humanoid Robots Are Playing Tennis. What Does That Actually Mean?
What LATENT and a Unitree G1 tennis demo reveal about physical AI, imperfect motion data, and the gap between robot demos and deployment.
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NVIDIA Cosmos Predict 2.5 and robot video generation: what it means for robotics
What NVIDIA Cosmos Predict 2.5 fine-tuning means for robot video generation, world models, and robotics teams without overstating real-world capability.
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WIRobotics Closes ~$68M Series B: Korea Enters the Humanoid Platform Race
WIRobotics says it closed a KRW 95B (~USD 68M) Series B to advance the ALLEX humanoid platform. What the round proves — and what it does not yet.
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RLWRLD RLDX-1: why robot hands are becoming the benchmark
RLWRLD released RLDX-1, a dexterity-first robotics foundation model. Here is what the release proves, what it only claims, and why hands matter.
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Mind Robotics Raises Another $400M: What Rivian's Spinoff Signals for Embodied AI
Mind Robotics has reportedly raised another $400M, bringing total funding above $1B. Here is what the Rivian spinoff signals — and what funding still does not prove.
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Genesis AI GENE-26.5: a full-stack robotics bet, not just a demo video
Genesis AI unveiled GENE-26.5 and a $105M seed round. What the full-stack robotics claim means, what the demo shows, and what is still unproven.
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Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6: embodied reasoning for robots
Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 improves embodied reasoning for robots, with spatial, visual, planning, and tool-use capabilities.
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IHMC Humanoid Robot Alex: How It Compares With Nadia
IHMC's humanoid-design page features Alex with onboard computation, perception, and power. Here's how Alex compares with Nadia and why that matters.
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Humanoid Robotics Jobs in 2026: What UBTech's $18M Search Actually Tells Job Seekers
Humanoid robotics jobs are growing, but not because every role pays like UBTech's reported $18M chief-scientist search. Here's what the market actually looks like now.