Humanoid robot manufacturers

Humanoid robot manufacturers are companies that design, develop, and produce humanoid robots. The leading manufacturers in 2026 are Tesla (the Optimus), Figure AI (Figure 02 and 03), Boston Dynamics (the all-electric Atlas), Agility Robotics (Digit), 1X Technologies (NEO and EVE), Apptronik (Apollo), and the Chinese makers Unitree, UBTECH Robotics, AgiBot, and Fourier Intelligence. As of 2026, at least 107 companies across 22 countries are actively developing humanoid robots, producing a combined total of 169 known models, with China and the United States accounting for the majority of manufacturers.^[1][7]

China and the United States dominate the field. The rapid growth in the number of companies entering this space, particularly from 2022 onward, reflects increasing investor confidence in humanoid robots as a commercial technology rather than a pure research pursuit. Goldman Sachs projects the total addressable market for humanoid robots will reach $38 billion by 2035, up more than sixfold from its previous $6 billion estimate, citing accelerating progress in artificial intelligence.^[8] Morgan Stanley projects the market could exceed $5 trillion by 2050, with close to 1 billion humanoid robots in use.^[9]

Who are the leading humanoid robot manufacturers?

The companies most often cited as front-runners pair a flagship humanoid robot with either real commercial deployments or aggressive production plans:

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Industry overview

The humanoid robotics industry accelerated rapidly starting in 2022, driven by several converging factors: advances in artificial intelligence (particularly large language models and reinforcement learning), cheaper and more capable actuators, improved battery technology, and high-profile announcements from Tesla and other major companies that attracted billions in venture capital. TrendForce forecasts that global humanoid robot shipments will exceed 50,000 units in 2026, a roughly sevenfold jump over the prior year.^[7]

Key characteristics of the current landscape:

• 49 manufacturers based in China, making it the largest national cluster
• 17 manufacturers based in United States, the second-largest cluster
• 4 publicly traded companies (Tesla, Honda, Toyota, Xiaomi, and others)
• 13 venture-backed startups at various funding stages
• 4 subsidiaries of larger corporate groups
• Announced funding across the sector exceeds $10 billion, with Figure AI alone valued at $39 billion^[10]

Complete list

The following table lists all 107 known humanoid robot manufacturers.

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Which companies make humanoid robots in China?

China is the largest single cluster of humanoid robot manufacturers, with 49 of the 107 companies on this list (45.8%) based there.^[1] By early 2026, Chinese firms accounted for the large majority of global humanoid installations, helped by a deep hardware supply chain (sensors, actuators, and batteries) carried over from the electric vehicle industry.^[15] The most prominent Chinese makers include:

• Unitree (Hangzhou): became the world's top-selling humanoid maker in 2025 and filed for a Shanghai Stock Exchange IPO seeking around 4.2 billion yuan (about $610 million). Its G1 sells from roughly $16,000, among the most affordable full-size humanoids.^[15]
• UBTECH Robotics (Shenzhen): its Walker S2 industrial humanoid entered mass production in early 2026, with reported orders exceeding 800 million yuan.^[16]
• AgiBot (Shanghai): ranked the world's #1 humanoid maker by shipments in 2025 by research firm Omdia (5,168 units, 39% share) and delivered its 10,000th robot in March 2026.^[17]
• Fourier Intelligence (Shanghai): a rehabilitation-robotics company whose GR-2 humanoid has 53 degrees of freedom and targets healthcare applications.^[6]
• Other notable Chinese entrants include Xiaomi, XPENG Robotics, Kepler Robotics, EngineAI, Galaxea Dynamics, and Robotera.

By country

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When were the major humanoid robot companies founded?

The following timeline shows when major humanoid robot companies were founded, based on available data for 20 manufacturers.

1930s

• 1937: Toyota (Toyota City, Japan)

1940s

• 1948: Honda (Tokyo, Japan)

1990s

• 1992: Boston Dynamics (Waltham, Massachusetts, USA)

2000s

• 2003: Tesla (Austin, Texas, USA)
• 2004: PAL Robotics (Barcelona, Spain)
• 2007: Hanson Robotics (Hong Kong)

2010s

• 2010: Xiaomi (Beijing, China)
• 2012: SoftBank Robotics (Tokyo, Japan)
• 2014: 1X (Palo Alto, California, Norway)
• 2015: Agility Robotics (Salem, Oregon, USA)
• 2015: Fourier Intelligence (Shanghai, China)
• 2016: Apptronik (Austin, Texas, USA)
• 2016: Pollen Robotics (Bordeaux, France)
• 2016: Unitree (Hangzhou, China)
• 2018: Sanctuary AI (Vancouver, Canada)

2020s

• 2021: Enchanted Tools (Paris, France)
• 2022: Astribot (Shenzhen, China)
• 2022: Figure (San Jose, California, USA)
• 2022: LimX Dynamics (Shenzhen, China)
• 2023: EngineAI (Shenzhen, China)

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How big is the humanoid robot market?

Market forecasts for humanoid robots vary widely by time horizon and methodology, so the figures below are attributed to their sources:

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Goldman Sachs analyst Jacqueline Du noted that the total addressable market estimate rose to $38 billion by 2035, up more than sixfold from a previous projection of $6 billion, with the unit shipment estimate raised fourfold to 1.4 million.^[8] On the pace of adoption, Morgan Stanley's Adam Jonas, Head of Global Autos and Shared Mobility Research, wrote that humanoid "adoption should be relatively slow until the mid-2030s, accelerating in the late 2030s and 2040s."^[9] Jonas also cautioned that "while it is too soon to declare a final champion in the race for agentic humanoid robot supremacy, the U.S. will need to make significant changes in manufacturing capability, education and national policies to remain competitive in this area."^[9]

Funding and valuation

The following table shows manufacturers with known funding information, sorted by estimated valuation or funding amount.

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Figure AI is the most highly valued pure-play humanoid startup: in September 2025 it raised more than $1 billion in a Series C at a $39 billion post-money valuation, a roughly 15-fold increase from the $2.6 billion valuation it held in February 2024. The round was led by Parkway Venture Capital, with participation from Brookfield, NVIDIA, Intel Capital, LG Technology Ventures, Salesforce, T-Mobile Ventures, and Qualcomm Ventures.^[3][10]

Production status

The table below shows manufacturers that have robots in active production (not just prototypes or development).

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ELI5: what is a humanoid robot manufacturer?

A humanoid robot manufacturer is a company that builds robots shaped like people, with two legs, two arms, and usually a head, so the robot can walk into a factory, a warehouse, or a home and use the same tools and spaces that humans do. Some, like Tesla and Figure, are big or richly funded companies racing to build robots that can work in factories. Others, like 1X, want to sell a robot that helps around the house. Right now most of these companies are in China and the United States, and they are still in the early stages: a few thousand robots are working in real jobs, but companies hope to build millions per year over the next decade.

See also

• Humanoid robot deployments

• Humanoid robot

• Humanoid robots

• Humanoid robot hands

• AI robotics

• Robot manipulation

• Tesla Optimus

• Figure AI

• Unitree

References

1. HumanoidSpecs.com - Manufacturers ↩
2. Boston Dynamics ↩
3. Figure AI ↩
4. Tesla Optimus
5. Optimus (robot), Wikipedia) ↩
6. UBTECH Robotics ↩
7. TrendForce: Global humanoid robot shipments forecast to exceed 50,000 units in 2026 ↩
8. Goldman Sachs: The global market for humanoid robots could reach $38 billion by 2035 ↩
9. Morgan Stanley: Humanoid Robot Market Expected to Reach $5 Trillion by 2050 ↩
10. Figure: Over $1B in Series C Funding at $39B Post-Money Valuation (Sept 16, 2025) ↩
11. Hyundai Motor Group Announces AI Robotics Strategy at CES 2026 (electric Atlas) ↩
12. GXO Signs Industry-First Multi-Year Agreement with Agility Robotics ↩
13. Agility Robotics: Digit Moves Over 100,000 Totes in Commercial Deployment ↩
14. The Robot Report: 1X announces pre-order launch of NEO humanoid robot ↩
15. Rest of World: The world's largest humanoid robot maker (Unitree) is going public ↩
16. TechCrunch: Why China's humanoid robot industry is winning the early market ↩
17. Omdia / The Robot Report: AgiBot 2025 humanoid shipment leadership ↩