Partnership
Bosch x Humanoid
Bosch will manufacture Humanoid's HMND 01 robots for the European market as a contract manufacturing partner. The deal follows a successful March 2026 proof-of-concept at a Bosch logistics facility in Bühl, Germany. Bosch also provides strategic oversight and technical expertise across hardware design, supply chain, production and cost optimisation. The companies are exploring integrating Bosch actuators, drives, and sensors into future HMND versions.
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- manufacturing
- Status
- Activeoperating
- Announced
- 2026-05-213 months ago
- Active for
- 3 months
Who’s involved
German multinational engineering and technology. Automotive, industrial, and consumer goods. Private.
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UK-based humanoid robotics company, legal entity SKL Robotics Ltd., developing general-purpose industrial mobile manipulators. Founded in 2024 by CEO Artem Sokolov with $50 million in founder-led capital. The company's flagship product is the HMND 01 Alpha, a dual-armed mobile manipulator available in wheeled and bipedal configurations, designed for warehouse, logistics, and manufacturing applications. Humanoid describes the HMND 01 Alpha as the UK's first industrial humanoid robot. The company operates a Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) business model and signed a binding phased deployment agreement with [Schaeffler group](/companies/schaeffler) in 2026 to roll out a four-digit number of wheeled units across Schaeffler's global production network by 2032. Schaeffler also became a preferred actuator supplier to Humanoid, covering over 50 percent of joint requirements through 2031.
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