What is the HMND 01 Alpha?
The HMND 01 Alpha is a dual-armed industrial humanoid from UK startup Humanoid, built for logistics and manufacturing. It comes in wheeled and bipedal configurations. Commercial RaaS deployment at Schaeffler is scheduled to start December 2026.
Key facts
- Form factor
- humanoid
- Verified deployments
- 2
- Maker
- Humanoid
- dof
- 29
- hands
- 12-DoF five-fingered hand and a 1-DoF parallel gripper
- reach m
- 2
- ai system
- KinetIQ fleet management framework
- height cm
- 220
The short answer
The HMND 01 Alpha is a dual-armed mobile manipulator, an industrial humanoid built for logistics, warehousing, and manufacturing. It is made by Humanoid (legal name SKL Robotics Ltd.), a London startup founded in 2024, which unveiled the robot in September 2025 as what it calls the UK's first industrial humanoid.
What it is
The HMND 01 Alpha stands 220 cm tall and comes in two configurations: wheeled for industrial deployment and bipedal. It 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, which are interchangeable between a 12-DoF five-fingered hand and a 1-DoF parallel gripper. Onboard sensing includes 360-degree RGB cameras and two depth sensors, and a fleet is managed through the company's KinetIQ framework.
What is verified, and what is still ahead
The registry records 2 verified deployments, both with the Schaeffler Group (Schweinfurt and Herzogenaurach, Germany), where Schaeffler is both operator and preferred actuator supplier. Read the timeline honestly: a beta version is scheduled for Q3 2026 and commercial robots-as-a-service deployment at Schaeffler is set to start in December 2026, under an agreement targeting a four-digit number of units by 2032. So much of this is near-future roadmap. DEPLOY has no verified price on record; the model is robots-as-a-service.
For how DEPLOY separates roadmap from confirmed operation, see verified-vs-claimed.
Frequently asked
Who makes the HMND 01 Alpha?
Humanoid (legal name SKL Robotics Ltd.), a London-based startup founded in 2024. It unveiled the robot in September 2025.
Is the HMND 01 Alpha commercially deployed?
The registry records 2 verified deployments with Schaeffler in Germany. A beta is scheduled for Q3 2026 and commercial RaaS deployment is set to begin December 2026.
How much does the HMND 01 Alpha cost?
DEPLOY has no verified price on record. Humanoid offers it under a robots-as-a-service model.
Where it is deployed
2 verified deployments on the registry for the HMND 01 Alpha. Click any marker to open its primary-source record.
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