London-based robotics startup Humanoid raised $152 million in Series A funding led by Prime Movers Lab, giving the company a post-money valuation of $1.35 billion. Humanoid describes itself as Europe’s first pure-play humanoid robotics unicorn. Backed by Bosch and Schaeffler, the company is prioritizing wheeled robots for industrial deployments and plans to begin rolling out Beta robots at customer facilities in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Humanoid Series A funding round
- ▪Humanoid raised $152 million in a Series A funding round at a post-money valuation of $1.35 billion on July 21, 2026.
- ▪Humanoid claims to have secured 34,000 non-binding robot pre-orders representing a commercial pipeline worth approximately $2.4 billion.
- ▪The Series A funding round brings Humanoid's total funding raised since its founding in May 2024 to $270 million.
- ▪Prime Movers Lab led Humanoid's Series A round, with participation from Schaeffler, Bosch, Fubon Financial Holding Venture Capital, and Aglaé Ventures.
European humanoid robotics momentum
- ▪EU-Startups said the European physical AI, industrial robotics, and warehouse automation funding rounds it listed amounted to up to approximately €1.60 billion in 2026, including Humanoid's round.
- ▪Germany's Neura Robotics raised up to $1.4 billion in a Series C round in June 2026, valuing the company at approximately $7 billion.
- ▪Barcelona-based THEKER raised $85 million in a Series A funding round in June 2026 to accelerate its AI and robotics deployment.
Wheeled versus bipedal platform strategy
- ▪Humanoid focuses primarily on wheeled humanoid robots, arguing they are more energy-efficient, offer greater reach, and are easier to certify.
- ▪There is currently no ISO safety standard covering bipedal humanoid robots for industrial frameworks, whereas wheeled humanoids can use existing AMR standards.
- ▪Humanoid's wheeled HMND 01 Alpha robot stands 220 centimeters tall and is designed specifically for industrial factory and logistics environments.
KinetIQ AI software architecture
- ▪The KinetIQ stack includes an agentic fleet coordinator, a vision-language model, a proprietary execution model, and a whole-body controller.
- ▪Humanoid's proprietary KinetIQ AI system is structured as a four-layer software stack to orchestrate fleet operations across multiple robots.
Industrial partnerships with manufacturers
- ▪Humanoid has established technology and commercial partnerships with Fortune 500 companies including SAP, NVIDIA, Bosch, and Siemens.
- ▪Robert Bosch Robotics GmbH will serve as Humanoid's contract manufacturer and provide strategic advice on hardware design, production, and supply chain.
- ▪Humanoid signed a commercial agreement with Schaeffler to deploy between 1,000 and 2,000 wheeled humanoid robots across manufacturing facilities by 2032.
Commercial deployment timeline
- ▪Humanoid completed a proof of concept in March 2026 at a Bosch logistics facility in Buehl, Germany, moving boxes across conveyor belts.
- ▪Humanoid plans to begin deploying its Beta version robots for three-to-six-month commercial pilots at customer facilities in the fourth quarter of 2026.
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