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HMND 01 at Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany

Wheeled industrial humanoid robot (also bipedal variant). 179cm tall, 29 DOF, 15kg bimanual payload (bipedal) / 8kg (wheeled). KinetIQ AI platform. NVIDIA Jetson Orin AGX + Intel i9. 3-hour swappable battery. 20,500 pre-orders. 6 POCs completed at Siemens, Ford, Bosch, SAP/Martur Fompak. Schaeffler deployment agreement for thousands of units by 2032.

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

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Binding phased deployment and supply agreement. Initial phase Dec 2026-Jun 2027. Box handling in live production. Targets four-digit number of wheeled units across Schaeffler global facilities by 2032. RaaS model. Industry largest announced humanoid deployment.

Exposure

Customer segment
manufacturing
Scale tier
pilot lt10

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Safety record

No incidents on record for HMND 01 at Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-21
Model
HMND 01
Company
Humanoid
Location
Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany
Operator
Humanoid
Status
announced
Scale at site
2 to 10 units
Site environment
mixed
Location precision
city centroid
First seen
2026-05-13
ID
c87aacdc-76f1-4355-8528-c2e649ea9566

Timeline

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

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Sources (1)

  1. https://thehumanoid.ai/category/news/ · 2026-05-13
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 deployment at Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany?
HMND 01, built by Humanoid, is recorded as a deployment at Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany on the DEPLOY registry. Humanoid operates the deployment directly.
Who operates HMND 01 at Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany?
Humanoid, the manufacturer of HMND 01, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the HMND 01 deployment at Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting May 13, 2026 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Is the HMND 01 deployment at Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany 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 deployment at Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany?
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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