What is the HMND 01 Alpha deployment at Herzogenaurach?

HMND 01 Alpha, built by Humanoid, is recorded as a deployment at Herzogenaurach on the DEPLOY registry. Schaeffler Group operates the deployment.

Who operates HMND 01 Alpha at Herzogenaurach?

Schaeffler Group operates this deployment as a customer of Humanoid, the manufacturer of HMND 01 Alpha.

When did the HMND 01 Alpha deployment at Herzogenaurach go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting May 14, 2026 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

Is the HMND 01 Alpha deployment at Herzogenaurach still active?

As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is announced but not yet operating.

Have there been incidents at the HMND 01 Alpha deployment at Herzogenaurach?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

Deployment

HMND 01 Alpha at Herzogenaurach

Name: HMND 01 Alpha at Herzogenaurach
Start: 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Herzogenaurach

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.

HMND 01 Alpha by Humanoid · Operated by Schaeffler Group · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

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HMND 01 Alpha wheeled humanoid robot deployed at Schaeffler Group's Herzogenaurach production facility, Germany, under a binding phased RaaS agreement announced May 2026.

Herzogenaurach is Schaeffler's headquarters city in Bavaria. The Herzogenaurach site is the first of two German facilities in the initial deployment phase, with robots assigned to a live production box-handling use case starting December 2026. The rollout runs through June 2027 across the two German sites.

Under the agreement, Humanoid (SKL Robotics Ltd.) will deploy a four-digit number of wheeled HMND 01 Alpha units across Schaeffler's global production network by 2032, using a RaaS model that includes 24/7 technical support, fleet management via the KinetIQ framework, and ongoing hardware updates. Schaeffler is also a preferred actuator supplier to Humanoid, covering over 50 percent of HMND 01 joint requirements through 2031.

Key facts

Use case: Live production box handling
Deployment start: December 2026
Phase: Phase 1 of binding global RaaS rollout (2026-2032)
Fleet management: KinetIQ framework
Contract type: RaaS (Robot-as-a-Service), binding phased agreement

Trust tier: Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
Last updated: 2026-06-12
Model: HMND 01 Alpha
Company: Humanoid
Location: Herzogenaurach
Operator: Schaeffler Group
Status: announced
First seen: 2026-05-14
ID: 01106070-26f8-490d-8956-94f1f4565a25

Sources (1)

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

Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-12

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-12

Maturity + lifecycle

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: humanoid

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source

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Common questions

What is the HMND 01 Alpha deployment at Herzogenaurach?: HMND 01 Alpha, built by Humanoid, is recorded as a deployment at Herzogenaurach on the DEPLOY registry. Schaeffler Group operates the deployment.
Who operates HMND 01 Alpha at Herzogenaurach?: Schaeffler Group operates this deployment as a customer of Humanoid, the manufacturer of HMND 01 Alpha.
When did the HMND 01 Alpha deployment at Herzogenaurach go live?: The deployment is recorded as starting May 14, 2026 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Is the HMND 01 Alpha deployment at Herzogenaurach still active?: As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is announced but not yet operating.
Have there been incidents at the HMND 01 Alpha deployment at Herzogenaurach?: No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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