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As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Humanoid: 3 models, 3 deployments across 2 regions, $302.0M raised. 2 sources back the record.
CategoryHumanoids
Overview
UK-based humanoid robotics company, legal entity SKL Robotics Ltd., developing general-purpose industrial mobile manipulators. Founded in 2024 by CEO Artem Sokolov with $50 million in founder-led capital. The company's flagship product is the HMND 01 Alpha, a dual-armed mobile manipulator available in wheeled and bipedal configurations, designed for warehouse, logistics, and manufacturing applications.
Humanoid describes the HMND 01 Alpha as the UK's first industrial humanoid robot. The company operates a Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) business model and signed a binding phased deployment agreement with Schaeffler group in 2026 to roll out a four-digit number of wheeled units across Schaeffler's global production network by 2032. Schaeffler also became a preferred actuator supplier to Humanoid, covering over 50 percent of joint requirements through 2031.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries A (second tranche) post-money
Key facts
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Data & sources
News coverage
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Models (3)
View all models →Current platform
HMND 01 Alpha Bipedal
Bipedal humanoid robot variant designed for performance across industrial tasks. Shares the HMND 01 Alpha platform's AI-driven end-to-end reasoning and configurable end-effectors. Designed for applications requiring bipedal locomotion and manipulation.
Current platform
HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled
Wheeled industrial-grade humanoid robot. 220cm tall, 29 active DOF, 7.2 km/h top speed, 15kg bimanual payload. 360-degree RGB cameras and dual depth sensors. Configurable end-effectors (12-DOF five-fingered hand or 1-DOF parallel gripper). Designed for bin picking, sorting, and materials handling in factory environments.
Current platform
HMND 01 Alpha
Dual-armed mobile manipulator designed for industrial logistics, warehousing, and manufacturing tasks. Available in wheeled (industrial deployment) and bipedal configurations. At 220 cm tall, the HMND 01 Alpha has a bimanual payload of up to 15 kg, a top speed of 7.2 kph, and 29 active degrees of freedom excluding end-effectors. Interchangeable end-effectors include a 12-DoF five-fingered hand and a 1-DoF parallel gripper. Onboard sensing includes 360-degree RGB cameras and two depth sensors. Managed via the company's KinetIQ fleet management framework. Unveiled by Humanoid (SKL Robotics Ltd.) in September 2025 as the UK's first industrial humanoid robot. Beta version scheduled for Q3 2026; commercial RaaS deployment at Schaeffler starts December 2026.
Partnerships
Every company Humanoid has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Robert Bosch2× joint5 total
- 2Schaeffler Group2× joint5 total
- 3NVIDIA1× joint
- 4Robert Bosch GmbH1× joint
- 5Schaeffler1× joint
- 6Siemens1× joint6 total
Most recent
- Humanoid x Bosch2026-05-26with Robert Bosch GmbHoperating
- Bosch x Humanoid2026-05-21with Robert Boschoperating
- with Robert Boschoperating
- Humanoid x Schaeffler2026-05-20with Schaeffler Groupjust announced
- with Schaeffleroperating
Humanoid on the deployment map
View the global map3 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified May 2026. Explore where Humanoid's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Humanoid deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (4)
- Jeff Cardenas Co-Founder & CEOreported, not verified
- Artem Sokolov CEO, CEO & Founderreported, not verified
- Alina Kolpakova Chief Strategy OfficerSEC-verified
- Sotirios Stasinopoulos Chief Product OfficerSEC-verified
ArrivalsJeff Cardenas from Apptronik
DeparturesJeff Cardenas to Apptronik
Founders (3)
- Artem Sokolovsole
- Jeff Cardenascofounder
previously at Apptronik
- Artem Sokolovsole
Safety record
No incidents on record for Humanoid.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (4)
- Humanoid3 deployments
- Schaeffler Group3 deployments
- Robert Bosch1 deployment
- Siemens1 deployment
Recent coverage
Humanoid in third-party press
Peers
101 peers across 1 segment. Every Humanoid competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
humanoid(101)
68 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 574.5255335898561) · leader Figure AI at 1207%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AI2 Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AIST Humanoid Research Groupdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Acuminodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgiBotdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $302.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
7 total · 6 operating · 1 just announced
Every company Humanoid has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Humanoid x Bosch2026-05-26with Robert Bosch GmbHoperating
- Bosch x Humanoid2026-05-21with Robert Boschoperating
- with Robert Boschoperating
- Humanoid x Schaeffler2026-05-20with Schaeffler Groupjust announced
- with Schaeffleroperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Robert Bosch2× joint5 total
- 2Schaeffler Group2× joint5 total
- 3NVIDIA1× joint
- 4Robert Bosch GmbH1× joint
- 5Schaeffler1× joint
- 6Siemens1× joint6 total
All 7 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Humanoid x BoschwithRobert Bosch GmbHmanufacturing2026-05-26operating
- manufacturing2026-05-21operating
- manufacturing2026-05-21operating
- Humanoid Ltd x Schaeffler deployment and supplywithSchaefflerdeployment2026-05-13operating
- deployment2026-01-15operating
- technology2026-01-13operating
Funding rounds (2)
Humanoid’s 2 disclosed rounds, $302M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series A (second tranche)2026-07-21
$152M(reported) · $1.4B post
- Series A (first tranche)2026-02-11
$150M(reported) · $1.2B post
Timeline
Every recorded move in Humanoid’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
DepartureJeff Cardenas departs
2026-08-23Jeff Cardenas left to join Apptronik
ArrivalJeff Cardenas joins
2026-08-23Jeff Cardenas joined from Apptronik
New supplierNew supplier: Schaeffler Group
2026-08-22Supply: component from Schaeffler Group
New supplierNew supplier: Preferred Robotics
2026-08-22Supply: component from Preferred Robotics
Funding roundSeries A (second tranche) funding round
2026-07-21Series A (second tranche) raising $152000000
PartnershipHumanoid x Bosch
2026-05-26London-based Humanoid partnered with Robert Bosch GmbH to scale production of its HMND 01 wheeled humanoid robots for the European market. Bosch serves as contract manufacturing partner after a successful proof of concept at a Bosch intralogistics facility in Buhl, Germany in March 2026.
PartnershipBosch x Humanoid
2026-05-21Bosch will manufacture Humanoid's HMND 01 robots for the European market as a contract manufacturing partner. The deal follows a successful March 2026 proof-of-concept at a Bosch logistics facility in Bühl, Germany. Bosch also provides strategic oversight and technical expertise across hardware design, supply chain, production and cost optimisation. The companies are exploring integrating Bosch actuators, drives, and sensors into future HMND versions.
PartnershipHumanoid Ltd x Bosch contract manufacturing
2026-05-21Robert Bosch Robotics GmbH committed to serve as Humanoids contract manufacturing partner for the HMND 01 platform with production capacity earmarked for up to 100000 units over the next five years. Bosch also providing technical expertise in hardware design production and supply chain operations.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 11, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMay 14, 2026
HMND 01 Alpha at Herzogenaurach
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMay 14, 2026
HMND 01 Alpha at Schweinfurt
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMay 13, 2026
HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled at Herzogenaurach
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMay 13, 2026
HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled at Schweinfurt
Sources (2)
- U.K.-based startup Humanoid unveils HMND 01 Alpha mobile manipulator · https://www.therobotreport.com/u-k-based-startup-humanoid-unveils-hmnd-01-alpha-mobile-manipulator/ · 2025-09-18
- Scale at Speed: Humanoid and Schaeffler Move to Massive Multi-Thousand Unit Rollout · https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/scale-at-speed-humanoid-and-schaeffler-move-to-massive-multi-thousand-unit-rollout · 2026-05-14
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
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Last reviewed 2026-08-21
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- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Dobot6 models
- AgiBot5 models
- AheadForm5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
In the press
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Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Dobot6 models
- AgiBot5 models
- AheadForm5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Video
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Heat Index
Category leader93/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Humanoid draws attention at the 97th percentile but verifies reality at the 85th percentile among humanoids. Hype Gap +12.4, 39th widest among humanoids.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 8 verified deployments. Well-capitalized with $302M raised and recent funding activity. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
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Last computed: Sep 1, 2026