Humanoid Robot Manufacturers

A global overview of companies and manufacturers building humanoid robots, advancing robotics technologies, and enabling real-world deployment across industries.

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Quotes

Read what people from industry and research have to say.

Ethics & governance

We must build an ethical layer into humanoids to ensure they can’t harm people, even by accident.

Alan Winfield
Professor
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Practicality / Design

Humanoids should be designed for what they can do, not how much they look like us.

Rodney Brooks
Roboticist / Founder
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Safe Interaction

Humanoids must predict human intent to operate safely in shared spaces.

William Smart
Professor
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Presence & impact

“A perfect human likeness in robots intensifies our emotional engagement—both awe and unease.”

Hiroshi Ishiguro
Roboticist
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Ethical behavior

Robots must be programmed to do what’s good for humans, even when humans aren’t looking.

Ronald Arkin
Ethics Researcher
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Industrial collaboration

“China’s humanoid robots will not replace human workers but enhance productivity and operate safely in hazardous environments.”

Liang Liang
Deputy Director
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Social Companion Robots

A humanoid with expressive face and voice can build empathy faster than any other interface.

Heather Knight
Founder
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Ethics & regulation

“Ethical, legal, and policy frameworks are critical as humanoid, AI-enabled robots become expressive social actors.”

Jessica Barfield
Researcher / Co-editor
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Consciousness debates

When does a humanoid robot become truly conscious? That’s both a scientific and philosophical question.

Ben Goertzel
AI Scientist / CEO
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AI breakthroughs

I think robotics will have a breakthrough moment in the next couple of years—humanoid robots that can really start doing useful things.

Demis Hassabis
CEO
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Human augmentation

Humanoid robots shouldn’t replace people; they should amplify our capabilities—especially as we face an aging population.

Gill Pratt
CEO
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Real-world tasks

Robots will soon be performing real-world tasks—and even building data centers and other robots.

Sam Altman
CEO
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