# Motion: humanoid robotics company

Canonical ID: `366da37f-fab1-48f3-8935-5f8bcbfe7b95`

## Key facts

- **Funding:** [EUR 1.7M (~$2M) pre-Seed — Aug 2026](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Lead Investor:** [Extantia Capital](/investors/extantia-capital.md)
- **Model:** [Humanoids-as-a-Service (HaaS)](/models/motion-haas.md)
- **Stage:** 5 live pilots in Belgium

- **Slug:** motion
- **Founded:** 2026
- **HQ:** Brussels, Belgium
- **Funding total (USD):** 2000000
- **Category:** [Humanoids](/humanoids)

## Models

- [Humanoids-as-a-Service (HaaS)](/models/motion-haas.md) (humanoid) (id: `affab5a1-9f67-46c1-bb0e-fb8504f84ac1`)

## Current leadership (2)

- [Alexander Stevens](/people/alexander-stevens.md) Founder & CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Alexander Stevens](/people/alexander-stevens.md) Founder & CEO (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

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## Common questions

### What is Motion?

Motion is a Brussels-based startup operating Europe's first [Humanoids-as-a-Service](/models) (HaaS) platform, enabling manufacturers to deploy and run humanoid robots without an in-house robotics team. Founded in 2026 by CEO Alexander Stevens, the company runs five live pilots with Belgian industrial, warehouse and logistics players and aims to deploy hundreds of robots across Europe within twelve months. Motion's hardware-agnostic subscription model covers deployment, financing, integration, maintenance, insurance, compliance and fleet management — positioning itself as the adoption layer for humanoid robotics in Europe.

### What does Motion make?

Motion has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Humanoids-as-a-Service (HaaS) (Motion builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).

### Where is Motion headquartered?

Motion is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

### How much funding has Motion raised?

Motion has raised approximately $2M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

### Where does Motion operate robots?

Motion is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### When was Motion founded?

Motion was founded in 2026.


## Sources (1)

1. https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/08/brussels-based-motion-raises-e1-7-million-to-tackle-europes-robot-adoption-problem/

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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