Humanoid Robot Manufacturers

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

Sanctuary AI

Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation

Canada

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14 Aug 2025

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Phoenix (7th Gen)

Sanctuary AI

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Softbank Robotics

Softbank Robotics Group Corp.

Japan

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14 Aug 2025

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SONY

Sony Group Corporation

Japan

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23 Nov 2025

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Spirit AI

Spirit AI (万境千寻科技有限公司)

China

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23 Nov 2025

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Stanford Robotics Lab

Stanford University – Stanford Robotics Lab

USA

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14 Aug 2025

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OceanOne

Stanford Robotics Lab

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SwitchBot

SwitchBot - WOAN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

China

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12 Feb 2026

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Onero H1

SwitchBot

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Techman Robot

Techman Robot Inc.

Taiwan

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23 Nov 2025

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Tencent Robotics X

China

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23 Nov 2025

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XiaoWu

Tencent Robotics X

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Tesla

USA

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07 Aug 2025

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Ti5 Robot

Titanium Tiger Robot Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (钛虎机器人科技)

China

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23 Nov 2025

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T170A

Ti5 Robot

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Tokyo Robotics

Tokyo Robotics Inc.

Japan

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23 Nov 2025

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Torobo

Tokyo Robotics

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Toyota Research Institute

Toyota Research Institute (TRI)

Japan

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14 Aug 2025

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Read what people from industry and research have to say.

Trust & design / Ethics

Our emotional response to humanoids shapes both design and policy around their deployment.

Kate Darling

Researcher

MIT Media Lab

MIT Tech Review

Mobility & design

“Humanoids must master dynamic balance—walking on two legs is one of the hardest problems in all of robotics.”

Dennis Hong

Professor

UCLA Robotics & Mechanisms Lab

UCLA Newsroom

Social Robotics

Humanoid robots are the most direct way to study human social behavior.

Cynthia Breazeal

Professor

MIT Media Lab

MIT News

Grasp & Manipulation

Dexterous hands are crucial for humanoids to perform complex tasks in unstructured settings.

Hae-Gon Jeong

Professor

KAIST

Relationships

I believe that in the future, humans and humanoid companions will form emotional, even romantic bonds.

David Levy

AI Futurist

Love and Sex with Robots

Social Companion Robots

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

Heather Knight

Founder

Marilyn Monrobot

WIRED

Embodied AI

When you meet one of our robots, you’ll experience a connection to technology in the most human way possible…

Will Jackson

Founder / CEO

Engineered Arts

Pulse 2.0 (Dec 2024)

Safe Interaction

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

William Smart

Professor

University of Tennessee

UTK Robotics

Learning from demonstration

“Humanoids learn fastest by imitation—mirroring human tutors.”

Ayanna Howard

Roboticist

Georgia Tech

ScienceDirect

Trust Calibration

We must calibrate user trust so that people neither over- nor under-rely on humanoids.

Christoph Bartneck

Professor

University of Canterbury

UC Canterbury

Localization & mapping

“Humanoids need SLAM capabilities for navigation in dynamic human environments.”

John Leonard

Professor

MIT / Woods Hole

Emerald Insight

Embodiment & agency

For a robot to be truly useful, it must have human-like intelligence, form, function, and senses—our world is designed for people.

Geordie Rose

Co-founder / CEO

Sanctuary AI

IMEchE (Jun 2024)

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