Humanoid Outlines Manufacturing and Scale-Up Roadmap

Date: 2026-09-10
Type: ARTICLE
Desk: Humanoids
Topics: Humanoids, Commercial Agreements, Contract Manufacturing, Production Planning
Deck: Humanoid is pairing contract manufacturing with major deployment and supply commitments as HMND 01 moves toward beta.
URL: https://korthosrobotics.com/research/humanoid-outlines-manufacturing-and-scale-up-roadmap
Referenced profiles: Humanoid (https://korthosrobotics.com/ecosystem/company/humanoid-hmnd); HMND 01 Alpha Bipedal (https://korthosrobotics.com/ecosystem/product/hmnd-01)

Speaking to Forbes, Humanoid CEO Artem Sokolov said their wheeled HMND 01 can address approximately 90% of industrial use cases without the complexity of bipedal locomotion.
The company has so far completed pilots with Bosch, Schaeffler, Siemens, SAP and Ford. Schaeffler has agreed a phased four-digit deployment through 2032 and will also cover more than 50% of Humanoid’s joint-actuator demand through 2031.
Bosch is Humanoid’s European contract manufacturer, with several hundred robots planned for 2027. Beta is targeted for Q4 2026, followed by a company target of 150,000 robots manufactured in 2030 through multiple contract manufacturing partners.
Humanoid also claims more than 34,000 nonbinding preorders representing an approximately $2.4 billion commercial pipeline.
The roadmap follows Humanoid’s $152 million Series A in July, which valued the company at $1.35 billion post-money and brought total funding to $270 million. Prime Movers Lab led the round, with Bosch and Schaeffler participating alongside Fubon Financial Holding Venture Capital and Aglaé Ventures.
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