The Age of
Androids
Is Here
androids.com has tracked humanoid robotics for 27 years — from MIT's Cog to today's commercially deployed fleets. We aggregate specs, funding, deployments, and market intelligence across every major platform globally.
| Company / Robot | Status | Latest Milestone | Total Funding | Momentum |
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Figure AI
Figure 03
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Scaling |
First humanoid at the White House; $39B valuation Series C
Mar 25–26, 2026
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$3.6B+ | ↑ Hot |
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Tesla
Optimus Gen 3
|
Scaling |
Q1 earnings: Fremont Model S/X ends early May; Optimus production starts late July/Aug; 1M units/yr Fremont line + 10M/yr Texas second-gen plant; Q1 cash flow $3.9B
Apr 22, 2026
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$20B+ capex | ↑ Surging |
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Agility Robotics
Digit
|
Only humanoid generating real commercial revenue as of Apr 2026 — 100K+ totes moved at GXO; paying contracts with Toyota Canada & Mercado Libre; ISO cert pursuit ongoing
Apr 2026
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$190M | ↑ Leading | |
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Unitree
G1 / H1 / H2
|
Scaling |
G1 goes viral with roller & ice skating, one-leg spins and front flips demo (Apr 23); G1-D wheeled variant for AI training also released; Senate ban bill watch continues
Apr 23–28, 2026
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$610M IPO | ↑ Rising |
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Boston Dynamics
Atlas Electric
|
Pilot |
2026 fleet fully committed to Hyundai & Google DeepMind; factory scale target 30K/yr; showcased at Hannover Messe alongside BMW Leipzig Europe pilot launch
Apr 2026
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Hyundai-backed | → Steady |
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1X Technologies
NEO Beta
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NEO Gamma pre-orders open at $20K — home trials confirmed; US deliveries begin late 2026; World Model AI enables autonomous task learning
Apr 2026
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$125M | ↑ Rising | |
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Apptronik
Apollo
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Mercedes-Benz pilot live; GXO logistics expansion; $403M Series A
Q4 2025
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$403M | ↑ Growing | |
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AgiBot
X2 / G2
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G2 clocks 140 hours continuous at Longcheer tablet factory — expanding to 100 units by Q3 2026; 10,000th robot produced Mar 30
Apr 2026
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$1B+ | ↑ Surging | |
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Honor
Lightning
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"Lightning" wins Beijing Half-Marathon in 50:26 — beats human world record by 6+ min; Honor sweeps top 3; only entered humanoid robotics in 2025
Apr 19, 2026
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Smartphone giant | ↑ Breakout | |
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Physical Intelligence
π0 / π0.5
|
Research |
π0.5 generalizes across 10+ robot morphologies; $400M raised
Feb 2026
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$400M | ↑ Rising |
2024–2030
The Humanoid Race
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We've tracked every major inflection point: Honda's P3, Sony QRIO, DARPA Robotics Challenge, the Boston Dynamics era, and now the commercial deployment wave of 2025–2026.
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The Androids
Are Already Here
Real breakthroughs from the companies building the future — click any card to watch on YouTube.
Optimus – Fremont Factory Production Shift
Tesla ends Model S/X production at Fremont to begin full-scale Optimus Gen 3 manufacturing — the official start of 2026 mass production.
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Optimus – Smooth Running Demo
Natural jogging and balance from Optimus — one of the most impressive locomotion clips shared by Elon heading into 2026.
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Figure 03 – Home Tasks & Autonomy
Official reveal: Figure 03 folds clothes, interacts naturally, and shows real home-ready autonomy — the 2026 benchmark for domestic robots.
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Figure 03 – Jogging + BMW Deployment
NVIDIA-powered jogging demo alongside real logged factory hours at BMW — proof of industrial readiness in early 2026.
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Unitree G1 – CES 2026 Live Demos
Bruce Lee and martial arts impersonations live on the CES floor — the most entertaining and agile balance demo of the show.
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Unitree G1 – Autonomous Group Martial Arts
World-first fully autonomous cluster performance at the Spring Festival Gala — synchronized high-speed kung fu, no human control.
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Atlas – Official Enterprise Product Reveal
Enterprise-grade Atlas with 56 DoF, raw strength, and industrial adaptability — the beginning of the humanoid industrial revolution.
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Atlas – 2026 Agility Upgrades
Dramatic flips, spatial awareness, and precision landings — pushing the absolute limits of what a humanoid robot can do physically.
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NEO – The Home Robot You Can Order Today
Chores, personalized assistance, safe home deployment — pre-orders open for 2026 delivery. The consumer humanoid era starts here.
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Digit – Real Warehouse Logistics Deployment
Digit working safely in warehouses with AWS integration and real terrain handling — the proven commercial humanoid already at work.
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IRON – The Robot So Lifelike They Cut It Open
Xpeng's IRON moved so convincingly at AI Day that the CEO sliced it open on stage to prove a human wasn't inside — instantly one of 2025's most viral robot moments.
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Phoenix Gen 7 – Human-Like AI Dexterity
Generation 7 Phoenix learns new tasks in under 24 hours — hydraulic hands with near-human touch sensitivity and Carbon AI cognitive architecture.
Watch on YouTubeAndroids Origin/History
- Android (Greek: "man-like") =humanoid robot/automaton.
- First recorded 1720s ("androides") for mechanical humanoids.
- 1730s–1830s: dictionaries, patents, literature.
- 1886: sci-fi debut (Tomorrow's Eve).
- 1930s: pulp fiction (fleshy android vs. robot).
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