1X Technologies
Palo Alto, USA
Home humanoid robot NEO, sold for consumer use with remote assist
Launched NEO consumer preorders late 2025; EQT deal for up to 10,000 units, Dec 2025
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Best Humanoid & General-Purpose companies
Live directory shortlist for primary category humanoid-robots. Full category slice, alphabetical, not quality-ranked. No paid order.
Catalog last reviewed 2026-08-10. Page copy reviewed 2026-08-10. Next editorial review by 2026-09-10. Alphabetical order, no paid placement. 19 matched live listings.
This page is a live catalog slice for primary category humanoid and general-purpose robots. Readers often land here when comparing bipedal and general-purpose machines built to do human-shaped physical work in factories, warehouses, and homes. This is the most hyped corner of robotics, so verification matters most: every entry carries a 2024 to 2026 proof-of-life signal such as a funding round, a pilot, or a shipped unit. Maturity ranges from research-stage demos to fielded industrial pilots. Category membership is taxonomy from the directory research pass. The word Best in the shortlist title is the hub name, not a scored ranking.
Who this is for. Founders, investors, and industrial buyers tracking general-purpose humanoids rather than fixed industrial arms or task-specific mobile robots.
Eligibility. Included only when a live company has primary category humanoid-robots. Task-specific warehouse robots, industrial arms, and the foundation-model software that drives robots live in their own categories. Inclusion is category-based and verification-gated, not paid placement.
How order works. Matched companies are the full live catalog slice for this primary category, sorted alphabetically by name. This is not a scored quality ranking. When listing fees open, they are intended to affect publish timing or review-queue position only, not alphabetical order or praise on this page (payments are currently closed). Operator house products are not catalog entries here; they appear only as a labeled footer bridge. See /transparency.
Target query: best humanoid robot companies. Category index: /categories/humanoid-robots. Parent hub: /best. Full catalog: /directory.
AgiBot
Shanghai, China
Fast-scaling Chinese humanoid maker leading unit shipments
Reached a $1.4B valuation with its August 2025 Series B; 10,000th robot built by March 2026
Agility Robotics
Salem, USA
Bipedal warehouse humanoid Digit, already deployed in logistics
Raised $400M Series C, March 2025; announced SPAC merger at ~$2.5B, June 2026
Apptronik
Austin, USA
Apollo humanoid for manufacturing and logistics, backed by Google
Raised $520M Series A extension at $5B valuation, February 2026
Astribot
Shenzhen, China
Autonomous dual-arm humanoid S1 built for full autonomy
Closed over 1 billion yuan Series B, 2025
Booster Robotics
Beijing, China
Developer-focused humanoid Booster T1 for research and competition
Closed Series A (June 2025) and a follow-on Series A+ round, 2025
Clone Robotics
Warsaw, Poland
Biomimetic androids driven by artificial muscles and synthetic anatomy
Unveiled full-body Protoclone android, February 2025
Figure AI
Sunnyvale, USA
General-purpose humanoids for factory and home work, powered by Helix AI
Closed over $1B Series C at a ~$39B valuation, September 2025
Foundation
San Francisco, USA
Phantom humanoid for unstructured industrial and defense work
Raising at a reported $1B+ valuation; won $24M in Pentagon contracts, late 2025
Fourier Intelligence
Shanghai, China
GR-series full-size humanoids plus rehabilitation robotics
Raised ~$109M Series E in January 2025 plus a Series E+ in August 2025
Galbot
Beijing, China
Full-stack embodied-AI humanoid Galbot G1 for real deployments
Raised over $300M at a $3B valuation, December 2025
Kepler Robotics
Shanghai, China
Forerunner K2 humanoid built for commercial mass production
Moved Forerunner K2 into mass production, September 2025
LimX Dynamics
Shenzhen, China
General-purpose humanoids including full-size Oli and TRON 2
Raised nearly $200M pre-IPO at a ~$2.2B valuation, mid-2026
NEURA Robotics
Metzingen, Germany
European cognitive humanoid 4NE-1 for industry and home
Raised roughly $1B+ Series C led by Tether, backed by NVIDIA and Amazon
Persona AI
Houston, USA
Purpose-built humanoids for shipyards and heavy industry
Raised $27M oversubscribed pre-seed, May 2025
RobotEra
Beijing, China
Full-size bipedal humanoids and dexterous hands for industry
Raised ~$140M Series A+ (Nov 2025) and over $200M more in 2026
Sanctuary AI
Vancouver, Canada
Phoenix general-purpose humanoid with advanced dexterous hands
Unveiled Phoenix Generation 8 and integrated new tactile sensors, 2025
UBTECH Robotics
Shenzhen, China
Walker S industrial humanoids deployed in Chinese factories
Walker S2 began mass delivery with orders topping 800M yuan, late 2025
Unitree Robotics
Hangzhou, China
Low-cost humanoids G1, H1, R1 shipping at global scale
STAR Market IPO subscription opened August 2026 at a ~$5.9B implied valuation