Humanoid, a UK-based AI and robotics firm, has agreed a partnership with manufacturing large Bosch, marking the transition to scaled manufacturing of humanoid robots.
The settlement follows the profitable completion of a joint proof of idea (POC) in March 2026, the place Humanoid’s platform demonstrated full functionality in a posh industrial workflow.
The POC centered on an intralogistics use case: HMND 01 robots autonomously transferred packing containers from a conveyor to a trolley in Bosch’s dynamic logistics atmosphere in Bühl, Germany. The POC concerned dealing with 5 totally different field sizes throughout a number of footprints, heights and ranging weights.
The challenge’s objectives included creating superior scanning and dealing with capabilities, managing inputs from a number of conveyors, and demonstrating system adaptability in dynamic environments.
Orchestrated by means of KinetIQ, Humanoid’s proprietary AI framework, the POC achieved its targets, confirming each the technical readiness and scalability of the method.
Following these outcomes, Humanoid and Bosch have entered into a producing settlement to assist the manufacturing of HMND 01 humanoid robots for the European market.
As Humanoid pushes towards large-scale commercialisation, the corporate is investing in Design for Excellence – together with Design for Manufacturability, Reliability, Serviceability, and Value – to make sure its platform delivers distinctive long-term efficiency and financial worth for its clients.
Underneath the settlement, Bosch will function Humanoid’s contract manufacturing companion, whereas additionally offering strategic oversight and technical experience by means of a structured Design for Excellence (DfX) framework spanning {hardware} design, manufacturing, provide chain, and price optimization.
Artem Sokolov, founder and CEO of Humanoid, says: “For Humanoid, this settlement is a important step in our roadmap, bridging the hole between POC validation and large-scale deployment. Our objective has at all times been to shorten the trail between innovation and real-world integration, and this settlement displays that method.
“Along with Bosch, as a robust strategic manufacturing companion, we’re dedicated to bringing humanoid robots into industrial settings, scaling their deployment, and accelerating adoption throughout logistics, manufacturing, and past.”
Peter Svejkovsky, head of company mental property, Bosch, says: “This partnership is constructed on the shared perception within the nice potential of robotics in trade.
“Bosch’s objective is to advance the scaling of humanoid robotics and to additional develop this discipline of the longer term. With our international manufacturing infrastructure and deep industrialisation experience we’re the proper companion to take the step from prototype to quantity manufacturing.”
Alongside the manufacturing partnership and early deployment, the 2 firms can even discover the combination of Bosch applied sciences, together with actuators, drives, sensors, and different superior elements, into future variations of the HMND 01 platform.
