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HMND 01 Alpha at Schweinfurt

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 Humanoid · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Humanoids

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HMND 01 Alpha wheeled humanoid robot deployed at Schaeffler Group's Schweinfurt production facility in Bavaria, Germany, under the same binding phased RaaS agreement covering Herzogenaurach.

Schweinfurt is Schaeffler's second German site in the initial December 2026 rollout. The Schweinfurt phase focuses on a six-month validation phase for continuous operation testing at full production scale, running December 2026 through June 2027.

The deployment is part of a broader RaaS agreement targeting a four-digit number of wheeled HMND 01 units across Schaeffler's global production network by 2032. Schaeffler serves as both operator and preferred actuator supplier to Humanoid.

Key facts

Use case
Six-month validation phase for continuous operation at full production scale
Deployment start
December 2026
Phase window
December 2026 through June 2027
Contract type
RaaS (Robot-as-a-Service), binding phased agreement

Safety record

No incidents on record for HMND 01 Alpha at Schweinfurt.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-07-10
Model
HMND 01 Alpha
Company
Humanoid
Location
Germany/Schweinfurt
Operator
Humanoid
Status
announced
Operator type
customer deployed
First seen
2026-05-14
ID
886d95f0-d594-42f4-b5bd-be0258094c3f

Timeline

  1. May 2026
    First recorded
    HMND 01 Alpha first documented operating at Schweinfurt.
  2. Jul 2026
    Current status: announced, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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HMND 01 Alpha operates in Schweinfurt. Explore the full verified map:

Sources (2)

  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
  2. https://www.therobotreport.com/schaeffler-humanoid-partner-build-deploy-hundreds-robots/
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-10

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: humanoid

Sources by quality tier

1
unclassified
Unclassified source
1
secondary-trade-publication
Trade publication

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Methodology surface for HMND 01 Alpha at Schweinfurt.

Common questions

What is the HMND 01 Alpha deployment at Schweinfurt?
HMND 01 Alpha, built by Humanoid, is recorded as a deployment at Schweinfurt on the DEPLOY registry. Humanoid operates the deployment directly.
Who operates HMND 01 Alpha at Schweinfurt?
Humanoid, the manufacturer of HMND 01 Alpha, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the HMND 01 Alpha deployment at Schweinfurt 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 Schweinfurt 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 Schweinfurt?
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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