Schaeffler and Humanoid enter strategic technology partnership
Schaeffler and Humanoid partnered on motion components, including planetary gear actuators, and plan factory deployments of humanoid systems.
Evidence notes
- Schaeffler and Humanoid entered a strategic technology partnership for humanoid motion systems.
- Schaeffler will provide motion components including planetary gear actuator technologies.
- The collaboration also includes planned deployments of humanoid robots in Schaeffler operations.
Company context
Humanoid is a UK robotics company developing the wheeled and bipedal HMND 01 platforms and the KinetIQ AI framework. The wheeled Alpha has completed industrial proofs of concept with Siemens, Ford, SAP, Martur Fompak, Bosch and Schaeffler. Bosch is its contract-manufacturing partner, and Schaeffler has agreed a phased four-digit deployment by 2032.