Humanoid targets manufacturing expansion after $152M Series A funding
UK-based robotics company Humanoid has announced a $152 million Series A funding round that it says will accelerate the development, commercial deployment and manufacturing of its industrial humanoid robots, with a focus on supporting sectors including manufacturing.
According to a media release from Humanoid, the investment values the company at $1.35 billion post-money and brings its total funding to $270 million. The round was led by Prime Movers Lab, with participation from Schaeffler, Bosch, Fubon Financial Holding Venture Capital and Aglaé Ventures.
The company said the new capital will support the development of its next-generation humanoid robotics platform, commercial deployments with industrial customers, the start of mass manufacturing of wheel-based humanoid robots, and further development of its proprietary AI platform, KinetIQ.
Humanoid said Beta version robots are scheduled to begin rolling out to customer sites across logistics, manufacturing, retail and other industries in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Humanoid also said it recently signed what it described as the industry’s largest publicly announced commercial agreement for humanoid robots with Schaeffler, involving the planned deployment of thousands of robots in manufacturing environments. The company added that it has partnerships with companies including SAP, NVIDIA, Bosch and Siemens.
“In just two years, we’ve gone from an idea to becoming Europe’s first pure-play humanoid robotics unicorn, partnered with some of the world’s leading industrial companies and built one of the strongest pipelines in the industry,” said Humanoid founder and chief executive officer Artem Sokolov.
“This funding gives us the resources to move even faster and to turn humanoid robots from breakthrough technology into everyday industrial tools,” Sokolov said.
Prime Movers Lab General Partner Zia Huque said the investment reflects expectations for continued growth in the humanoid robotics sector.
“Humanoid robotics will be one of the defining technologies of the next decade, reshaping how commercial and industrial work gets done,” Huque said. “Humanoid AI will be one of a small cadre of robotics companies that will define humanoid robotics in Europe and beyond.”
Schaeffler CEO Klaus Rosenfeld said the company’s strategic investment and commercial partnership with Humanoid combines Schaeffler’s manufacturing expertise with Humanoid’s AI platform.
“By combining our decades of industrial expertise and manufacturing excellence with Humanoid’s breakthrough physical AI platform, we are actively backing one of the most exciting frontiers in technology,” Rosenfeld said. “We are proud to support Humanoid as both a strategic investor and a commercial partner as they scale a technology that holds the power to fundamentally redefine productivity across global industries.”
Bosch Chief Technology Officer Mathias Pillin said the company had already entered into a manufacturing partnership with Humanoid through its subsidiary Robert Bosch Robotics GmbH.
“Bosch will act as Humanoid’s contract manufacturing partner, while also providing strategic consulting and technical expertise in hardware design, production, and supply chain,” Pillin said.
Fubon Financial Holding Venture Capital said Humanoid had demonstrated strong execution in bringing AI and robotics technology into industrial deployments and that it looked forward to supporting the company’s international expansion.
Humanoid said its wheeled robots are intended to help address labour shortages across manufacturing, logistics and other industrial sectors.
The company said its vertically integrated approach combines proprietary robotics hardware with its KinetIQ AI platform, which is designed to enable robots to perform complex physical tasks in industrial environments.
