U.K.-based Humanoid secures $152M in Series A funding

The HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled robot. 35 billion post-money valuation. This funding brings the total amount raised to date to $270 million.

London-based Humanoid is offering early access to the HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled version, a bimanual mobile manipulator . The robot runs on KinetIQ, an AI framework for end-to-end orchestration of humanoid robot fleets. KinetIQ Ascend extends KinetIQ with the ability to learn from trial and error.

The company , which was founded as SKL Robotics Ltd. in 2024, is also developing a bipedal version of the robot. Humanoid takes a fast growth path “In just two years, we’ve partnered with some of the world’s leading industrial companies and built one of the strongest pipelines in the industry,” noted Artem Sokolov, founder and CEO of Humanoid.

” “None of this would have been possible without an extraordinary team that challenges every single day what people believe is possible,” he said. ” Humanoid said it plans to use its funding to focus on: Development and launch of its next-generation humanoid platform Long-term commercial deployments at customer facilities across logistics , manufacturing , retail , and other sectors, beginning with the roll-out of Beta version robots in Q4 2026; Starting mass production of wheel-based semi-humanoid robots AI and software development, including Humanoid’s proprietary KinetIQ “brain” as a step “on our way toward a general-purpose robot for industrial applications” The company is deploying at several early access customers. “Humanoid robotics is rapidly moving from a visionary concept to an industrial reality, and Schaeffler, as a leading motion technology company, is uniquely positioned to help shape this evolution,” stated Klaus Rosenfeld, CEO of Schaeffler AG .

” “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,” he said. “We see significant growth opportunities in the field of humanoid robotics,” said Mathias Pillin, chief technology officer of Robert Bosch GmbH . “Through our subsidiary Robert Bosch Robotics GmbH, we have already entered into a manufacturing partnership with Humanoid.

” Competition keeps growing Humanoid claimed that its funding round was the largest Series A for a Europe -based humanoid robotics company. Over the past year, the industry has seen a growing number of funding announcements as interest increased. 4 billion.

Humanoid Funding Table Company Name Date Funding Round Round Value Source Figure AI Sept. 0B+ Figure funding news 1X Technologies Jan. 2024 Series B $100M Apptronik funding news Apptronik Feb.