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HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled at Cologne

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.

HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled by Humanoid · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Humanoids

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Ford Innovation Centre Cologne — pilot where HMND 01 moved totes and car parts. Announced January 2026.

Exposure

Customer segment
manufacturing
Scale tier
pilot lt10
Customer
Ford Motor Company

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Safety record

No incidents on record for HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled at Cologne.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-21
Model
HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled
Company
Humanoid
Location
Germany/Cologne
Operator
Humanoid
Status
pilot
Operator type
maker operated
Scale at site
2 to 10 units
Site environment
indoor
Location precision
verified coordinates
First seen
2026-01-20
ID
08f2fe81-488e-486a-bf09-b92cb460d69c

Timeline

  1. Jan 2026
    First recorded
    HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled first documented operating at Cologne.
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: pilot, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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

Sources (1)

  1. Work, Life, Balance: How Humanoid is Approaching the Market · https://www.automate.org/robotics/industry-insights/work-life-balance-how-humanoid-is-approaching-the-market
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: humanoid

Sources by quality tier

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unclassified
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Common questions

What is the HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled deployment at Cologne?
HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled, built by Humanoid, is recorded as a deployment at Cologne on the DEPLOY registry. Humanoid operates the deployment directly.
Who operates HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled at Cologne?
Humanoid, the manufacturer of HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled deployment at Cologne go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting January 20, 2026 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled deployment at Cologne?
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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