Global Company Intelligence · Humanoid Robotics
Global Androids Directory
Company briefs for every major humanoid robotics organization — products, AI systems, contacts, and strategic focus in one searchable directory.
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TSL
Tesla
🇺🇸 Austin, TX · Fremont, CA
Humanoid / AI
General-purpose humanoid robot ("Optimus") and AI stacks for perception, planning, and autonomy — built on Tesla's Full Self-Driving neural network infrastructure.
Robotic Products
Optimus Gen 2 — bipedal humanoid for repetitive, unsafe, or boring tasks. R&D emphasis on balance, navigation, dexterous manipulation.
Built on Tesla's broader autonomy AI stack; shares inference hardware with FSD vehicle platform.
Contact: tesla.com/contact
tesla.com/AI →FIG
Figure AI
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, CA
Humanoid / AI
General-purpose humanoid robots and "Helix" VLA AI for operating in unpredictable, dynamic environments. Targeting home and commercial deployment with OTA-updatable intelligence.
Robotic Products
Figure 03 — latest-generation general-purpose humanoid for home and broad real-world tasks.
Helix VLA — vision-language-action model. 3x faster task acquisition in v2.0. Ships OTA to all deployed units.
Contact: figure.ai/figure
figure.ai →AGL
Agility Robotics
🇺🇸 Corvallis, OR
Warehouse / Logistics
Digit humanoid purpose-built for logistics and manufacturing via Robot-as-a-Service. Backed by Amazon. First humanoid to pass OSHA inspection for human-adjacent factory operation. 50 units at Toyota Canada.
Robotic Products
Digit — general-purpose industrial humanoid. RaaS pricing removes capital barrier; pay per hour of work.
Arc — cloud fleet management and monitoring for scaling Digit deployments.
Fleet: get-started · Media: media form
agilityrobotics.com →BDN
Boston Dynamics
🇺🇸 Waltham, MA
Industrial
Enterprise-grade robotics. Atlas positioned for material handling and factory automation. Backed by Hyundai; expanding to 4 additional Hyundai plants in 2026.
Robotic Products
Atlas — fully electric enterprise humanoid for industrial material handling and intelligent automation. Gen 2.
Spot / Stretch / Orbit — quadruped and arm platforms for inspection, warehouse, and site monitoring.
Atlas inquiries: atlas-contact
bostondynamics.com →SCT
Sanctuary AI
🇨🇦 Vancouver, BC
General-Purpose
"Phoenix" humanoid plus "Carbon" AI for general-purpose industrial labor. 12 active deployment sites across retail, automotive, and logistics. Expanding with Magna International.
Robotic Products
Phoenix — industrial-grade general-purpose humanoid. 7th generation platform.
Carbon AI — control system for general-purpose task learning and execution across real-world environments.
APT
Apptronik
🇺🇸 Austin, TX
Industrial
Commercial humanoid robotics via Robot-as-a-Service. $350M Series B (Google, ARK Invest). Walmart deployment announced 2026. Mercedes-Benz and GXO Logistics already using Apollo.
Robotic Products
Apollo — 73kg commercial humanoid. 4-hour battery, 25kg payload, modular RaaS-optimized design.
Contact: apptronik.com/contact
apptronik.com →1X
1X Technologies
🇳🇴 Moss, Norway · 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, CA
Home Service
"NEO" home humanoid with hybrid autonomy and "Expert Mode" — a 1X specialist remotely guides novel tasks while generating training data simultaneously. Early access opens 2026.
Robotic Products
NEO — home humanoid for household chores. US delivery Q3 2026. $500 pre-order deposit. Waitlist now open.
Expert Mode — remote human specialist fallback for novel tasks; doubles as live training data collection.
Support: 1x.tech/support
1x.tech →PI
Physical Intelligence (π)
🇺🇸 San Francisco, CA
Embodied AI
Foundation model company for robotics — building generalist robot intelligence, not hardware. π0 policy trained across diverse robot types for broad task transfer to partner humanoid OEMs.
Products & Research
π0 (pi-zero) — generalist robot foundation model. Demonstrated laundry folding, table bussing, box assembly across multiple robot embodiments.
Hardware-agnostic: partners with humanoid OEMs to provide AI backbone rather than building proprietary robots.
DLG
Diligent Robotics
🇺🇸 Austin, TX
Service / Healthcare
Healthcare-focused service robots. Moxi works alongside nurses — fetching supplies, delivering medications, handling non-patient-facing tasks to reduce clinical staff burden. Deployed in 50+ US hospitals.
Robotic Products
Moxi — semi-humanoid hospital assistant with dexterous arm. Navigates autonomously, integrates with EHR systems. Proven ROI in clinical settings.
SRC
Sarcos Technology
🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, UT
Industrial Wearable
Industrial powered exoskeletons for worker augmentation. Guardian XO enables workers to lift and carry heavy loads without fatigue — positioned as a humanoid-adjacent solution for tasks where a standalone robot is premature.
Robotic Products
Guardian XO — full-body powered exoskeleton. Lifts up to 90kg repeatedly without operator fatigue. Industrial deployments in aerospace and energy sectors.
Guardian XT — teleoperated robotic avatar for hazardous environment work (utility, defense, oil & gas).
Contact: sarcos.com/contact
sarcos.com →ENA
Engineered Arts
🇬🇧 Penryn, Cornwall, UK
Social
Social humanoid robots for engagement, education, and AI research. Ameca is the world's most expressive humanoid — flagship platform for human-robot interaction research globally.
Robotic Products
Ameca — 17 facial actuators for lifelike expressions. Integrates LLMs, Stable Diffusion, custom AI. Museums, research, brand activations worldwide.
Tritium robot management software. Broader social humanoid suite for various engagement contexts.
UTR
Unitree Robotics
🇨🇳 Hangzhou, China
Humanoid / AI
Commercial humanoids and legged robots at industry-leading price points. G1 drives developer adoption; R1 breaks the sub-$5K barrier for consumer markets.
Robotic Products
G1 — large joint range, RL-driven control, force-control dexterous hands. From $13,500.
H1 / H2 — higher-performance research humanoids with full SDK and sim environments.
R1 — $4,900 developer humanoid with LLM multimodal interface. Shipping 2026.
Contact: shop.unitree.com · +86 176 2178 1139
unitree.com →UBT
UBTECH Robotics
🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China
Industrial
Humanoid service and industrial robots. Walker S2 features whole-body dynamic balancing for payload handling in factory and logistics settings. Aviation manufacturing deployments confirmed.
Robotic Products
Walker S2 — industrial humanoid with dynamic balancing and payload handling for factory/logistics automation.
STEM education and service humanoid portfolio alongside the industrial Walker line.
Product: walker-s2
ubtrobot.com →FOI
Fourier Intelligence
🇨🇳 Shanghai · 🇸🇬 Singapore
Humanoid / Rehab
Robotics for embodied AI and rehabilitation. GR-3 adds real-time emotion detection with 31 pressure sensors. Rehab exoskeleton portfolio provides unique clinical motion training data.
Robotic Products
GR-2 — general-purpose humanoid. Research edition $35,000. Full SDK and sim environment included.
GR-3 — 31-sensor pressure system, reactive emotion/expression capabilities. ICRA 2026 paper submitted.
Contact: fftai.com/contact-us · +65 6911 6651
fftai.com →XPG
XPENG Robotics
🇨🇳 Guangzhou, China
Physical AI
Physical AI across EV autonomy, humanoid robots, and flying cars — unified VLA architecture shared across all three product lines. IRON humanoid on mass production roadmap.
Robotic Products
IRON — bipedal humanoid sharing AI stack with XPENG's EV and aerial vehicle divisions.
Physical-world VLA — cross-domain large model deployed simultaneously across cars, robots, and flying cars.
Contact: xpeng.com/contact-us
xpeng.com →AGB
AGIBOT
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Embodied AI
Humanoid robots plus "AGIBOT World" — large-scale embodied AI dataset and ecosystem for training generalist robot intelligence targeting interactive service roles.
Robotic Products
AGIBOT A2 — interactive service humanoid for reception, guidance, presentations, and customer service.
AGIBOT World — enterprise-quality realistic task dataset and ecosystem for embodied AI training.
Contact: agibot.com/Contact
agibot.com →KPL
Kepler Robotics
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Industrial
Industrial humanoids for manufacturing and logistics with proprietary 19-DOF dexterous hands. Targeting automotive assembly and electronics manufacturing lines.
Robotic Products
Kepler K2 — 65kg industrial humanoid with 19-DOF dexterous hands. Pilot deployments with Chinese automotive OEMs.
Website: gotokepler.com
gotokepler.com →AST
Astribot
🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China
Humanoid / AI
High-speed manipulation specialist. S1 claims the fastest manipulation speed in the industry — pouring wine, folding clothes, and precision tasks at near-human speed. Incubated by Stardust Intelligence.
Robotic Products
Astribot S1 — 1m/s manipulation speed upper-body humanoid. Cooking, ironing, and precision tasks demonstrated in viral unedited videos.
Website: astribot.com
astribot.com →XMI
Xiaomi
🇨🇳 Beijing, China
Consumer / AI
Consumer electronics giant in humanoid robotics. CyberOne full-size bipedal humanoid with emotional intelligence and 3D spatial audio recognition. Xiaomi's robotics roadmap spans humanoids and quadrupeds.
Robotic Products
CyberOne — 1.77m, 52kg humanoid with Mi-Sense depth vision and MiAI environment semantics. Recognizes 45 human emotion categories.
CyberDog 2 — quadruped development testbed. Xiaomi's broader robotics stack developed across both platforms.
Website: mi.com/cyberone
mi.com →EAI
EngineAI
🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China
Humanoid / AI
Agile humanoid robotics focused on dynamic locomotion. PM01 became the first humanoid to perform a verified unedited front flip — setting a new benchmark for acrobatic capability in 2026.
Robotic Products
PM01 — compact agile humanoid. Unedited front flip passed independent frame-analysis review. Strong RL locomotion research pipeline.
SE01 — wheeled humanoid upper-body platform for stationary manipulation tasks.
Website: engineai.com.cn
engineai.com.cn →HNS
Hanson Robotics
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Social
Pioneers of expressive humanoid faces. Sophia is the world's most recognizable social robot and first robot granted citizenship. Grace targets healthcare and elder care applications.
Robotic Products
Sophia — 62 facial expressions, GPT-4 integration, real-time dialogue. UN Development Program ambassador. Education, media, research deployments worldwide.
Grace — healthcare social humanoid for elder care and patient interaction. Thermal sensing, multilingual.
NRA
NEURA Robotics
🇩🇪 Metzingen, Germany
EU Humanoid
Cognitive robotics — 4NE1 designed for human-like fluidity, environmental perception, and collaboration across industrial and everyday settings. Claims "production-ready" status.
Robotic Products
4NE1 — humanoid for fluid human-robot collaboration across industrial and everyday tasks.
AURA AI — proprietary cognitive layer for context-aware task understanding and adaptive behavior in dynamic environments.
PAL
PAL Robotics
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Spain
Research / Service
Europe's longest-running humanoid company (est. 2004). Platforms in LAAS-CNRS, ETH Zurich, MIT, and 50+ universities worldwide. Research and service humanoids for academia and enterprise.
Robotic Products
TALOS — high-performance humanoid emphasizing whole-body torque control and dynamic motion for research.
TIAGo / REEM-C — service robot and full-size humanoid for manipulation research and HRI studies.
SHD
Shadow Robot Company
🇬🇧 London, UK
Dexterous Manipulation
World-leading dexterous robotic hands. Shadow Hand is the most anatomically correct robotic hand in production — widely used as a manipulation research platform and humanoid end-effector.
Robotic Products
Shadow Dexterous Hand — 24-DOF, 129 sensors. Used by OpenAI (Dactyl), Sanctuary AI, and 50+ major research labs for dexterous manipulation research.
Teleoperation system — glove-based motion capture for precise remote control and training data collection.
WDC
Wandercraft
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Rehabilitation
World's first self-balancing hands-free rehabilitation exoskeleton. FDA-cleared Atalante X deployed in 50+ rehabilitation centers across Europe and the US for paraplegic gait therapy.
Robotic Products
Atalante X — hands-free self-balancing exoskeleton for paraplegic rehabilitation. FDA 510(k) cleared. 50+ clinic deployments.
Locomotion control research feeds into broader bipedal humanoid balance systems — industrial humanoid transfer planned.
RBW
Rainbow Robotics
🇰🇷 Daejeon, South Korea
Research
South Korean robotics company specializing in collaborative robots and humanoids. Samsung strategic investment (2024) gives Rainbow potential mass-market reach. RB-Y1 is a leading mobile manipulation platform.
Robotic Products
RB-Y1 — mobile dual-arm humanoid torso with 7-DOF arms and omnidirectional mobile base for manipulation research and service applications.
RB collaborative arm series widely deployed in Korean manufacturing. Samsung investment announced 2024.
MTB
Menteebot
🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Israel
Home Service
General-purpose humanoid learning from human video via language-conditioned imitation. Differentiates from teleoperation-heavy approaches by training directly on video demonstration data for home and commercial tasks.
Robotic Products
Menteebot — full-size humanoid trained via language-conditioned imitation from human video demonstrations. Focused on household manipulation tasks.
Website: menteebot.com
menteebot.com →
Supply Chain Index · Humanoid Robotics
Supply Chain Directory
The definitive index of companies building the components that power humanoid robots — motors, sensors, batteries, AI chips, structural materials, and embedded software. Essential for manufacturers, integrators, and procurement teams.
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⚙ Motors & Actuators
👁 Sensors & Perception
🔋 Batteries & Power
🧠 AI Chips & Compute
🏗 Structural & Materials
💾 Embedded Software & OS
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⚙
Motors & Actuators
8 suppliers
Servo motors, harmonic drives, cycloidal gearboxes, and linear actuators — the muscle of every humanoid.
MXN
Maxon Group
🇨🇭 Sachseln, Switzerland
Tier 1
Brushless DC & EC motors — Ultra-compact, high-torque-density servo motors used in surgical robots and humanoid joints. Sub-50mm form factors with integrated encoders.
BLDCIntegrated EncodersMedical GradeHarmonic Drive
Used by: Boston Dynamics, NASA
maxongroup.com →
HDG
Harmonic Drive AG
🇩🇪 Limburg, Germany · 🇯🇵 Tokyo
Tier 1
Strain wave gearing (SHD/SHF series) — Zero-backlash, high-ratio gear reducers for robot joints. Industry standard for humanoid wrists, elbows, and ankle mechanisms.
Zero BacklashHigh Reduction RatioCompact
Used by: Figure, Agility, Apptronik
harmonicdrive.net →
NTC
Nabtesco Corporation
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
Tier 1
Cycloidal RV gearboxes — Dominant supplier of RV-series reducers used in industrial arms and increasingly in humanoid legs and hip joints. Exceptional shock-load resistance.
Cycloidal DriveHigh TorqueShock Resistant
Used by: FANUC, Unitree, Fourier
nabtesco.com →
DYN
ROBOTIS (Dynamixel)
🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea
Tier 2
Dynamixel smart servo actuators — Modular, networkable servo servos with built-in position/velocity control. The research and prototyping standard for humanoid joints worldwide.
ModularRS-485 / TTLResearch Standard
Used by: 200+ universities, Ameca
robotis.com →
HBI
HEBI Robotics
🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, PA
Tier 2
X-Series modular actuators — High-power, fully integrated smart actuators with motor, gearbox, encoder, and controller in a single unit. Built for reconfigurable robot arms.
All-in-OneEthernet / CANHigh Power Density
Used by: CMU, Stanford, MIT
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TMT
T-Motor
🇨🇳 Nanchang, China
Tier 2
High-torque brushless motors (U & P series) — Originally for drones, now widely adopted in humanoid arm and hand joints for their exceptional power-to-weight ratio at competitive price points.
BLDCPower-to-WeightHigh RPM
Used by: Unitree, EngineAI, DIY builders
tmotor.com →
MOG
Moog Inc.
🇺🇸 East Aurora, NY
Tier 1
Precision servo motors & electromechanical actuators — Aerospace-grade linear and rotary actuators increasingly specified for heavy-duty humanoid locomotion (hip, knee, ankle) requiring high load ratings.
Aerospace GradeLinear ActuatorHigh Load
Used by: Boston Dynamics, defense robotics
moog.com →
FLH
Faulhaber Group
🇩🇪 Schönaich, Germany
Tier 2
Miniature & micro drive systems — Specializes in tiny, high-precision motors for humanoid hands, finger joints, and facial mechanisms. Coreless winding enables high efficiency at small scale.
Micro MotorsCorelessHand / Face
Used by: Engineered Arts (Ameca), surgical robots
faulhaber.com →
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Sensors & Perception
8 suppliers
Depth cameras, LiDAR, IMUs, tactile sensors, and event cameras enabling robots to see, feel, and navigate.
RSN
Intel RealSense
🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA
Tier 1
D400 / D500 series depth cameras — Active stereo depth cameras providing dense 3D point clouds for object detection, manipulation planning, and obstacle avoidance in humanoids.
Active StereoDepth + RGBUSB3 / MIPI
Used by: Digit, Sanctuary AI
intelrealsense.com →
ZED
Stereolabs (ZED)
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Tier 1
ZED 2i / ZED X stereo cameras — AI-enhanced stereo cameras with built-in SLAM, body tracking, and spatial mapping. Runs on NVIDIA Jetson — native integration with most humanoid compute stacks.
SLAMBody TrackingJetson Native
Used by: 1X NEO, Astribot
stereolabs.com →
OST
Ouster
🇺🇸 San Francisco, CA
Tier 1
OS0 / OS1 digital LiDAR sensors — Compact solid-state-like LiDAR for long-range environmental mapping. Increasingly used on humanoid torsos for wide-area obstacle detection during navigation.
LiDAR360° FOVLong Range
Used by: Atlas, mobile humanoids
ouster.com →
XSN
Xsens (Movella)
🇳🇱 Enschede, Netherlands
Tier 1
MTi IMU / AHRS series — High-accuracy inertial measurement units for humanoid balance, gait estimation, and joint angle tracking. The MTi-680G adds GNSS/INS fusion.
IMU / AHRSGNSS FusionBalance Control
Used by: Agility, Fourier, research labs
movella.com →
PRO
Prophesee
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Emerging
Metavision event-based cameras — Neuromorphic sensors that capture per-pixel brightness changes asynchronously. Microsecond latency — ideal for fast hand movements, catching objects, and high-speed manipulation.
NeuromorphicMicrosecond LatencyHigh Speed
Used by: Figure AI, Sony, research
prophesee.ai →
BST
Bosch Sensortec
🇩🇪 Reutlingen, Germany
Tier 1
BMI088 / BHI360 MEMS sensors — High-performance 6-axis IMU and smart sensor hub chips. Industry-standard for humanoid balance and joint-level inertial sensing at low cost and tiny form factor.
MEMS IMU6-AxisSub-$5
Used by: Unitree G1, Kepler K2
bosch-sensortec.com →
SYN
Contactile
🇦🇺 Sydney, Australia
Emerging
PapillArray tactile sensors — Soft fingertip sensors measuring 3D force distribution and slip detection. Enables humanoid hands to grip fragile objects without crushing — critical for domestic tasks.
TactileSlip Detection3D Force
Used by: Sanctuary AI, dexterous hand research
contactile.com →
ADI
Analog Devices (ADI)
🇺🇸 Wilmington, MA
Tier 1
ADIS16xxx precision MEMS IMUs — Navigation-grade inertial sensors with bias stability under 1°/hr. Specified for high-precision humanoid locomotion and balance control in research-grade platforms.
Navigation GradeLow NoiseSPI Interface
Used by: Boston Dynamics, MIT Cheetah
analog.com →
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Batteries & Power
7 suppliers
Cell chemistry, battery management systems, power electronics, and energy density innovations for all-day robot operation.
SDI
Samsung SDI
🇰🇷 Yongin, South Korea
Tier 1
21700 / pouch NMC lithium cells — High energy density cylindrical and pouch cells. The 21700 format is increasingly favored for humanoid torso battery packs for its energy/size ratio and thermal management profile.
NMC Chemistry21700Pouch Cell
Used by: Tesla Optimus, multiple OEMs
samsungsdi.com →
LGE
LG Energy Solution
🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea
Tier 1
NCMA cylindrical cells (LGM50) — Ultra-high energy density cylindrical cells with improved cobalt reduction. LG's NCMA chemistry achieves >300 Wh/kg — critical for extending robot operational run time.
NCMA300+ Wh/kgLow Cobalt
Used by: Agility, Figure, 1X
lgenergysolution.com →
EVX
Enovix
🇺🇸 Fremont, CA
Emerging
3D silicon lithium-ion cells — 100% active silicon anode eliminates graphite, achieving >900 Wh/L volumetric density. Expected to enter humanoid robotics supply chains by late 2026 for compact battery packs.
Silicon Anode900 Wh/LNext-Gen
Used by: Meta AR, robotics pilots 2026
enovix.com →
BYD
BYD Co. (Battery Division)
🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China
Tier 1
Blade LFP cells & prismatic NMC — Leading supplier of LFP (lithium iron phosphate) packs for Chinese humanoid manufacturers. LFP's superior thermal stability and cycle life make it preferred for high-duty-cycle robots.
LFP ChemistryBlade FormatCycle Stability
Used by: Unitree, Xiaomi, Fourier
byd.com →
VCR
Vicor Corporation
🇺🇸 Andover, MA
Tier 2
ChiP / DCM power modules — Ultra-high-density DC-DC converters for distributing power efficiently across a robot's body. Critical for humanoids with many distributed actuators requiring different voltage rails.
DC-DC ConverterHigh DensityMulti-Rail
Used by: Boston Dynamics, Apptronik
vicorpower.com →
TXN
Texas Instruments
🇺🇸 Dallas, TX
Tier 1
BQ series Battery Management ICs — Standard battery management and fuel gauge ICs for humanoid battery packs. BQ40Z80 supports multi-cell authentication, protection, and state-of-health estimation.
BMS ICFuel GaugeCell Balancing
Used by: Most humanoid OEMs
ti.com →
AMP
Amprius Technologies
🇺🇸 Fremont, CA
Emerging
Silicon nanowire anode cells — 450 Wh/kg cells with silicon nanowire anodes enabling 80% charge in 6 minutes. Targeting humanoid applications where charge-turnaround time is operationally critical.
Si NanowireFast Charge450 Wh/kg
Used by: Airbus, HAPS solar aircraft, robotics pilots
amprius.com →
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AI Chips & Compute
8 suppliers
Edge AI accelerators, system-on-modules, and specialized inference silicon running perception, planning, and control.
NVD
NVIDIA
🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA
Dominant
Jetson AGX Orin / Thor — The de-facto standard compute platform for humanoid robots. 275 TOPS on Orin; Thor targets 2,000 TOPS for next-gen VLA models. Isaac ROS and GR00T SDK provide a complete software stack.
275–2000 TOPSIsaac ROSGR00T SDK
Used by: Figure, 1X, Agility, Apptronik, most OEMs
nvidia.com →
QCM
Qualcomm
🇺🇸 San Diego, CA
Tier 1
Snapdragon Robotics RB5 / RB6 platform — ARM-based edge AI platform with integrated 5G modem, NPU, and ISP. Suitable for mid-range humanoids needing LTE/5G connectivity and computer vision at lower power than Jetson Orin.
5G IntegratedLow PowerNPU + ISP
Used by: Unitree Go series, consumer robots
qualcomm.com →
HLO
Hailo
🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Israel
Emerging
Hailo-8 / Hailo-15 AI accelerators — Dedicated inference chips delivering 26–40 TOPS at 2.5W. Deployed as a co-processor alongside a host CPU for always-on perception tasks (object detection, face recognition) without draining the robot's main compute budget.
40 TOPS / 2.5WCo-ProcessorVision Focused
Used by: Raspberry Pi AI Kit, service robots
hailo.ai →
AMD
AMD (Kria / Xilinx)
🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA
Tier 2
Kria KV260 / K26 SoMs — FPGA-based system-on-modules combining ARM Cortex-A53 with programmable logic. Used for low-latency, deterministic motor control and real-time joint loop processing in humanoids requiring <1ms cycle times.
FPGA + ARM<1ms LatencyReal-Time Control
Used by: Fourier, Apptronik motor controllers
amd.com →
GGL
Google Coral (Edge TPU)
🇺🇸 Mountain View, CA
Tier 2
Edge TPU co-processors (USB / M.2 / SoM) — Compact ML inference accelerators running TensorFlow Lite models at 4 TOPS with just 2W. Popular in lower-cost research humanoids and edge perception nodes.
TFLite Native4 TOPS / 2WUSB + PCIe
Used by: DIY humanoids, Coral Dev Board builds
coral.ai →
STM
STMicroelectronics
🇨🇭 Geneva, Switzerland
Tier 1
STM32 ARM Cortex-M MCUs — The most widely deployed microcontrollers for real-time motor control loops, sensor fusion, and actuator safety monitoring in humanoid robots. STM32H7 runs 480 MHz for sub-millisecond control cycles.
Motor Control480 MHzSafety MCU
Used by: Virtually all humanoid OEMs
st.com →
RKP
Rockchip
🇨🇳 Fuzhou, China
Tier 2
RK3588 / RK3588S SoC — Octa-core ARM system-on-chip with integrated 6 TOPS NPU. The primary Jetson alternative in Chinese humanoid builds, offering compelling performance per dollar for mid-range commercial robots.
6 TOPS NPUOcta-Core ARMCost-Optimized
Used by: Unitree secondary nodes, Kepler
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LXN
Luxonis (OAK)
🇺🇸 Littleton, CO
Emerging
OAK-D / OAK-4 spatial AI cameras — Camera + depth + AI accelerator in a single unit. Onboard Myriad X VPU runs neural networks locally — plug-and-play perception solution for smaller humanoid head/wrist cameras.
Depth + AI OnboardMyriad XUSB Plug-and-Play
Used by: Agility Digit head cameras, prototyping labs
luxonis.com →
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Structural & Materials
6 suppliers
Carbon fiber composites, advanced polymers, additive manufacturing, and lightweight structural materials for robot frames and skins.
MFG
Markforged
🇺🇸 Waltham, MA
Tier 2
Continuous fiber reinforced 3D printing — Prints structural parts in carbon fiber, Kevlar, and fiberglass-reinforced nylon. Enables rapid iteration of lightweight robot links, brackets, and enclosures with metal-comparable strength.
Carbon Fiber FFFMetal ReplacementRapid Iteration
Used by: Agility, Apptronik prototyping
markforged.com →
TRY
Toray Industries
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
Tier 1
T700 / T800 CFRP carbon fiber tow & prepreg — Aerospace-grade carbon fiber raw material for humanoid structural tubes, shells, and limbs. Toray supplies roughly half the world's carbon fiber. Critical for keeping robots under 60 kg target weight.
Raw CF TowPrepregAerospace Grade
Used by: Boston Dynamics, Figure, most OEMs
toray.com →
SYS
Stratasys
🇺🇸 Eden Prairie, MN
Tier 2
FDM / PolyJet multi-material printers — High-resolution multi-material 3D printing for robot skin simulation, soft components, and enclosure prototyping. J850 TechStyle prints rigid+flexible parts simultaneously.
Multi-MaterialRigid + FlexSkin Simulation
Used by: Engineered Arts (Ameca skin), prototyping
stratasys.com →
SGL
SGL Carbon
🇩🇪 Wiesbaden, Germany
Tier 1
SIGRAFIL carbon fiber & CFRP components — Manufactures finished CFRP structural components (tubes, plates, custom lay-ups) in addition to raw fiber. Shorter lead times than raw prepreg for medium-volume humanoid production runs.
Finished CFRPCustom Lay-UpMedium Volume
Used by: European humanoid OEMs
sglcarbon.com →
BSF
BASF (Performance Materials)
🇩🇪 Ludwigshafen, Germany
Tier 1
Ultramid / Ultrasim engineering polymers — Glass-fiber reinforced polyamides and specialty polymers for injection-molded robot housings, covers, and structural brackets. Critical for weatherproofing, impact resistance, and EMI shielding.
GF-Reinforced PAInjection MoldingEMI Shielding
Used by: LG CLOiD, consumer humanoids
basf.com →
MTR
Materion Corporation
🇺🇸 Mayfield Heights, OH
Tier 2
Titanium alloys & beryllium copper — Specialty metals for precision machined joint components, spring contacts, and connector pins. Ti-6Al-4V parts used in load-bearing hip and knee joints where CFRP alone is insufficient.
Ti-6Al-4VBeryllium CuCNC Machined
Used by: Atlas, Apollo, high-load joint suppliers
materion.com →
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Embedded Software & OS
5 suppliers
Real-time operating systems, robotics middleware, simulation environments, and safety-certified software frameworks.
ROS
ROS 2 / Open Robotics
🌐 Open Source (Linux Foundation)
Standard
Robot Operating System 2 (Humble / Iron / Jazzy) — The universal robotics middleware. DDS-based publish/subscribe architecture for inter-process communication between perception, planning, and control nodes. Used in virtually every humanoid research and commercial platform.
DDS MiddlewareOpen SourceReal-Time Support
Used by: All major humanoid platforms
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WRV
Wind River Systems
🇺🇸 Alameda, CA
Tier 1
VxWorks RTOS — Safety-certified, deterministic real-time OS used in motor control and safety-critical subsystems. IEC 62061 and IEC 61508 certified — required for humanoids deployed in proximity to humans in industrial environments.
IEC 61508DeterministicSafety-Certified
Used by: Apptronik safety layer, industrial arms
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MTH
MathWorks
🇺🇸 Natick, MA
Tier 1
MATLAB / Simulink + Robotics System Toolbox — Model-based design environment for developing and simulating gait algorithms, balance controllers, and joint trajectories before hardware deployment. Code generation targets STM32 and Jetson directly.
Model-Based DesignCode GenGait Simulation
Used by: Most OEM R&D teams, universities
mathworks.com →
ISC
NVIDIA Isaac Sim
🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA
Emerging
Isaac Sim / Isaac Lab (Omniverse) — Physics-accurate robot simulation on Omniverse. Generates synthetic training data for vision and manipulation models. Direct sim-to-real transfer pipeline increasingly used by Figure, Agility, and 1X.
Sim-to-RealPhysX 5Synthetic Data
Used by: Figure, 1X, Agility, Apptronik
nvidia.com →
QNX
QNX (BlackBerry)
🇨🇦 Ottawa, Canada
Tier 1
QNX Neutrino RTOS — Microkernel real-time OS with ISO 26262 automotive safety certification. Increasingly considered by humanoid OEMs targeting human-proximity deployments that require formal safety cases and partitioned software architectures.
ISO 26262MicrokernelSafety Partition
Used by: Surgical robotics, safety-critical humanoids
blackberry.qnx.com →
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Androids 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).