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The physical AI ecosystem mapped: humanoids, foundation models, logistics, compute. With a deliberate EMEA angle.
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| Name | Country | Region | Segment | Founded | Funding (USD) | Headcount |
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| NEURA Robotics | DE | EMEA | humanoid | 2,019 | n/a | n/a |
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The Series C is the largest-ever European robotics financing; part of the amount is contingent on performance milestones. Prior round: EUR 120M Series B led by Lingotto (January 2025), which is why total funding is not stated as a single audited figure.
Key products : 4NE-1 humanoid, MAiRA cognitive cobot, MiPA service robot, Neuraverse OS, NEURA Gyms training environmentsLast round : 2026-06 · Series C (up to, milestone-based) · $1.4BEMEA relevance : Metzingen-based NEURA is Europe's best-funded humanoid maker after its June 2026 Series C of up to $1.4B (~$7B valuation), backed by Amazon, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Bosch, Schaeffler and the EIB. It anchors a German full-stack robotics supply chain aiming at serial production of millions of robots by 2030.
Sources : CNBC (2026-06-10)Sifted (2026-06-10)NEURA Robotics (2026-06-10) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| PAL Robotics | ES | EMEA | humanoid | 2,004 | n/a | 150 |
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Roughly 150 employees across Barcelona, Toulouse and Italy as of April 2026; clients span logistics, retail, healthcare and agriculture. No disclosed venture rounds, which makes it an outlier among humanoid players.
Key products : TALOS torque-controlled humanoid, TIAGo / TIAGo Pro mobile manipulators, ARI social humanoid, StockBot inventory robotEMEA relevance : Barcelona-based PAL has built biped humanoids since 2004, longer than almost anyone in Europe, and supplies research-grade humanoids (TALOS, TIAGo) to labs and EU projects across the continent. It is Spain's flagship in the humanoid race, largely bootstrapped rather than VC-fuelled.
Sources : Humanoid Observer (2026-07-09)PAL Robotics (2026-07-09)ZoomInfo (2026-07-09) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| 1X Technologies | NO | EMEA | humanoid | 2,014 | $125M | n/a |
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OpenAI-backed; reported in September 2025 to be raising up to $1B at a $10B+ valuation, but no close had been confirmed as of early 2026, last confirmed round remains the $100M Series B (January 2024).
Key products : NEO home humanoid ($20,000 or $499/month), EVE wheeled android, Redwood AI modelLast round : 2024-01 · Series B · $100MEMEA relevance : Norwegian-founded 1X is the first company selling a humanoid for the home, with NEO preorders open and deliveries targeted for late 2026. Its December 2025 deal with EQT to deploy up to 10,000 NEO units across 300+ portfolio companies is one of Europe's largest humanoid commitments.
Sources : Tech Startups (2025-09-24)TechCrunch (2025-12-11)1X Technologies (2024-01-11) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| Wandelbots | DE | EMEA | software-tooling | 2,017 | $126M | n/a |
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Microsoft-backed; expanded NOVA with a cloud module at Automatica 2025 and secured EUR 12.8M in non-dilutive German research grants. Total disclosed funding is about $126M across 6 rounds.
Key products : Wandelbots NOVA robot-agnostic operating system, NOVA Cloud (launched Automatica 2025), NOVA Developer PortalLast round : 2022-01 · Series C · $84MEMEA relevance : Dresden-based Wandelbots builds NOVA, a vendor-agnostic operating system that lets developers program, simulate and orchestrate robots from any major brand, a software abstraction layer Europe needs to keep its installed industrial base competitive in the physical AI era.
Sources : TechCrunch (2022-01-25)Robotics and Automation News (2025-06-23)Tracxn (2026-07-09) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| ANYbotics | CH | EMEA | industrial-robotics | 2,016 | $150M | n/a |
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Total funding passed $150M in September 2025 with about $20M added by new investors including Climate Investment; the December 2024 tranche of $60M was led by Qualcomm Ventures and Supernova Invest to drive US expansion.
Key products : ANYmal autonomous inspection quadruped, ANYmal X (Ex-proof, first deliveries 2026), Workforce inspection softwareLast round : 2025-09 · Series B extension · $20MEMEA relevance : ETH Zurich spin-off ANYbotics is the European leader in autonomous industrial inspection, with its ANYmal quadruped deployed in energy, chemicals and metals plants. Its explosion-proof ANYmal X, shipping to customers in 2026, targets Europe's large oil, gas and chemical asset base.
Sources : The AI Insider (2025-09-23)ANYbotics (2024-12-05)Startupticker.ch (2025-09-23) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| Exotec | FR | EMEA | amr-logistics | 2,015 | $477M | n/a |
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Series D of $335M (January 2022) at a $2B valuation remains its last equity round; the company reports over 20 new projects worth $400M won in 2024-2025, including a 450+ robot site for Oxford Industries in the US.
Key products : Skypod robotic AS/RS (Next Generation, 2025), Skypicker, Deepsky warehouse softwareLast round : 2022-01 · Series D · $335MEMEA relevance : Lille-based Exotec was France's first industrial unicorn and passed $1B in cumulative sales in 2024. Its Next Generation Skypod system (2025) automates most warehouse processes end-to-end and is deployed by European anchors such as E.Leclerc, Renault Group, DSV and Decathlon.
Sources : TechCrunch (2022-01-16)Exotec (2025-02-11)StartupIntros (2026-07-09) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| Mistral AI | FR | EMEA | foundation-model | 2,023 | $3B | n/a |
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Series C of EUR 1.7B (~$2B) in September 2025 at an EUR 11.7B post-money valuation, led by ASML; acquired Austria's Emmi AI in May 2026 and was rumored in June 2026 to be raising ~EUR 3B at an EUR 20B valuation. Total raised across rounds is roughly EUR 2.8B (~$3B).
Key products : Robostral Navigate (8B embodied navigation model, July 2026), WMa1 world model (teased March 2026), Mistral Large / Le Chat, Mistral ComputeLast round : 2025-09 · Series C · $2BEMEA relevance : Paris-based Mistral entered physical AI in 2026 with its Robostral family: Robostral Navigate, an 8B single-camera navigation model, beats sensor-heavy systems on R2R-CE and is hardware-agnostic. Backed by ASML's EUR 1.3B strategic investment, it is Europe's sovereign foundation-model champion extending into robotics.
Sources : Mistral AI (2025-09-09)Bloomberg (2026-07-08)Mistral AI (2026-07-08)TechCrunch (2026-06-12) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| AMI Labs | FR | EMEA | foundation-model | 2,026 | $1B | n/a |
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Backers include NVIDIA, Temasek, Xavier Niel and Eric Schmidt; leadership pairs LeCun (chairman) with CEO Alexandre LeBrun, CSO Saining Xie and CRIO Pascale Fung. First disclosed application partner is healthcare startup Nabla.
Key products : JEPA-based world models for industrial, robotic and healthcare applicationsLast round : 2026-03 · Seed · $1BEMEA relevance : Founded by Turing laureate Yann LeCun after leaving Meta, Paris-headquartered AMI Labs raised Europe's largest-ever seed round ($1.03B at $3.5B pre-money) in March 2026 to build world models, the non-LLM path to physical AI, with teams in Paris, New York, Montreal and Singapore.
Sources : TechCrunch (2026-03-09)Sifted (2026-03-09)TechCrunch (2026-01-23) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| KUKA | DE | EMEA | industrial-robotics | 1,898 | n/a | 15,000 |
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Owned by China's Midea Group since 2016; ranks among the top two robot makers globally and top three in China, where it targets a leading position by end of 2026.
Key products : KUKA AMP open automation platform (GTC 2026), KR industrial robot series, Dual-arm mobile manipulation platform, iiQKA.OSEMEA relevance : Augsburg-based KUKA, with 550,000+ robots installed worldwide, unveiled its Automation 2.0 strategy and the KUKA AMP platform at NVIDIA GTC 2026 to own the interface between AI models and factory hardware. It deliberately chose a wheeled dual-arm platform over legged humanoids for speed and safety on European shop floors.
Sources : KUKA (2026-03-17)Robotics and Automation News (2026-04-13) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| ABB Robotics | CH | EMEA | industrial-robotics | 1,988 | n/a | 7,000 |
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SoftBank will combine ABB Robotics with its existing robotics holdings (AutoStore, Agile Robots, Skild AI, Berkshire Grey) to accelerate AI robotics; ABB books ~$5.3B net cash proceeds.
Key products : IRB industrial robot families, GoFa / SWIFTI cobots, OmniCore controller, RobotStudio with AIEMEA relevance : ABB's Zurich-headquartered robotics division is Europe's largest robot maker. In October 2025 ABB agreed to sell it to SoftBank for $5.375B instead of the planned 2026 spin-off listing, a landmark transfer of European robotics capability that closes mid-to-late 2026 pending EU, China and US approvals.
Sources : ABB (2025-10-08)SoftBank Group (2025-10-08)The Robot Report (2025-10-08) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| Universal Robots & MiR (Teradyne Robotics) | DK | EMEA | industrial-robotics | 2,005 | n/a | n/a |
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UR AI Trainer integrates with NVIDIA's GR00T open VLA model and Isaac Sim; Teradyne Robotics opened a new US operations hub in Michigan (announced December 2025) while keeping R&D in Odense.
Key products : UR cobot series incl. CRX-competing UR3e-UR30, UR AI Trainer (imitation learning, with Scale AI), MiR autonomous mobile robots, Rapid Operator AI bin picking (NVIDIA Isaac)EMEA relevance : Odense-based Universal Robots created the cobot category and, with sister company MiR, anchors Denmark's robotics cluster under US owner Teradyne. At Automate 2026 it shipped production-ready physical AI: the UR AI Trainer for VLA model training and NVIDIA-powered autonomous bin picking.
Sources : Business Wire (2026-06-08)Business Wire (2025-12-09) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| Wayve | GB | EMEA | foundation-model | 2,017 | $2.8B | n/a |
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The Series D reached ~$1.5B including Uber milestone capital, then added $60M from AMD, Arm and Qualcomm in April 2026; cumulative funding is roughly $2.8B, the most of any European AI-robotics company.
Key products : Embodied AI driving foundation model (AV2.0), Wayve Driver for consumer ADAS/AD, GAIA world modelLast round : 2026-02 · Series D · $1.2BEMEA relevance : London-based Wayve is Europe's flagship embodied-AI company: its $1.2B Series D (February 2026, $8.6B valuation) drew NVIDIA, Microsoft, Uber plus automakers Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Stellantis. London robotaxi trials start in 2026, with consumer vehicles running its software from 2027.
Sources : TechCrunch (2026-02-24)CNBC (2026-02-24)The Next Web (2026-04-15)Wayve (2026-02-24) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| Dexory | GB | EMEA | amr-logistics | 2,015 | $285M | n/a |
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Total investment including grants and debt is around $285M; backers include Eurazeo, Atomico, Lakestar, DTCP and the British Business Bank.
Key products : DexoryView autonomous data-capture robots (12m telescopic mast), Warehouse digital twin and AI analytics platformLast round : 2025-10 · Series C + debt · $165MEMEA relevance : London-based Dexory pairs tall autonomous robots with a live digital twin to give European 3PLs and manufacturers real-time warehouse visibility. Its October 2025 round ($100M Series C led by Eurazeo plus $65M debt) funds expansion across Europe, the US and the Gulf.
Sources : Dexory (2025-10-14)SiliconANGLE (2025-10-14)Romania Insider (2025-10-15) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| Schaeffler | DE | EMEA | integrator-adopter | 1,946 | n/a | 110,000 |
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Signed a separate deal with UK-based Humanoid to deploy thousands of robots starting December 2026 at two German sites, one of the largest humanoid purchase commitments announced anywhere.
Key products : Precision bearings and actuator components for robots, Humanoid-operated production lines (Agility Digit, Humanoid HMND 01), Motion technology for humanoid jointsEMEA relevance : The German motion-technology group is Europe's most aggressive humanoid adopter: Digit robots have worked 8-hour shifts at its Cheraw plant since early 2025, it holds a minority stake in Agility Robotics with deployment planned across ~100 plants by 2030, and it invested in NEURA's Series C. It is also a components supplier to the humanoid industry itself.
Sources : The Robot Report (2026-07-09)DC Velocity (2026-07-09)RoboHorizon (2026-03-01) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| Siemens | DE | EMEA | software-tooling | 1,847 | n/a | 320,000 |
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Digital Twin Composer merges Siemens 2D/3D twin data with real-time plant data in photorealistic Omniverse scenes; roadmap includes autonomous digital twins using NVIDIA PhysicsNeMo.
Key products : Industrial AI Operating System (with NVIDIA, CES 2026), Xcelerator platform, Digital Twin Composer (Omniverse-based), Simatic automationEMEA relevance : Siemens is building the software backbone of Europe's physical AI factories: at CES 2026 it expanded its NVIDIA partnership into an Industrial AI Operating System spanning design, simulation and operations, and it is testing a humanoid robot at its Erlangen factory as a real-world milestone.
Sources : Robotics 24/7 (2026-01-06)Siemens (2026-01-06)Siemens (2026-07-09) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| Sereact | DE | EMEA | software-tooling | 2,021 | $141M | n/a |
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Founded by former University of Stuttgart AI researchers Ralf Gulde and Marc Tuscher; earlier rounds were a $5M seed and a EUR 25M Series A led by Creandum (February 2025), with Nico Rosberg among angels.
Key products : Cortex 2 vision-language-action robotic brain, PickGPT natural-language picking, Zero-shot pick-and-place softwareLast round : 2026-04 · Series B · $110MEMEA relevance : Stuttgart-based Sereact gives existing industrial robots a VLA 'brain' that picks unseen items with 98%+ accuracy from day one, with BMW and PepsiCo among customers. Its $110M Series B (April 2026, led by Headline) is one of Europe's largest rounds for robot software and funds US expansion.
Sources : Sifted (2026-04-27)Bloomberg (2026-04-27)Tech Funding News (2025-02-05) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| Figure | US | Americas | humanoid | 2,022 | $1.9B | n/a |
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Most-funded pure-play humanoid company (~$1.9B total); the Series C exceeded $1B and represents a 15x valuation jump from $2.6B in February 2024. Funds scale the Helix AI platform and BotQ manufacturing.
Key products : Figure 03 humanoid, Helix vision-language-action AI platform, BotQ high-volume manufacturing lineLast round : 2025-09 · Series C · $1BEMEA relevance : Figure is the valuation benchmark against which every European humanoid program is measured: its $39B post-money Series C (September 2025) reset expectations for the sector. Investors NVIDIA, Intel Capital, Qualcomm Ventures and LG show the compute-and-components coalition European players must also court.
Sources : PR Newswire (Figure) (2025-09-16)TechCrunch (2025-09-16)Tech Funding News (2025-09-17) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| Tesla (Optimus) | US | Americas | humanoid | 2,003 | n/a | n/a |
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Over 1,000 Optimus units operated on Tesla's Fremont line by January 2026, though Musk conceded they were 'primarily for learning'; V3 production starts late July-August 2026 on a line sized for 1M units/year, with outside sales not before end-2027.
Key products : Optimus V3 humanoid (production from summer 2026), 22-DOF tendon-driven hands, FSD-derived vision-only autonomy stackEMEA relevance : Tesla's Optimus program defines the cost-down, vertical-integration playbook European automakers and their suppliers are reacting to. Its choice to reuse the FSD AI stack and gigafactory methods pressures Europe's OEM ecosystem to answer with its own humanoid sourcing strategies.
Sources : Electrek (2026-04-22)Value Add VC (2026-07-09) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| Boston Dynamics | US | Americas | humanoid | 1,992 | n/a | n/a |
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Production Atlas unveiled at CES 2026 with all 2026 deliveries already committed (Hyundai RMAC, Google DeepMind partnership); Hyundai took full control after SoftBank exited its remaining stake for $325M, and targets 30,000 robots/year capacity by 2028.
Key products : Atlas electric humanoid (production version, CES 2026), Spot quadruped, Stretch logistics robot, Orbit fleet softwareEMEA relevance : Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics sets the technical bar European humanoid programs are judged against; Spot is already widely used by European utilities and manufacturers for inspection. Hyundai's plan for 25,000+ Atlas units in its own plants previews the adoption curve heading for European factories.
Sources : Hyundai Motor Group (2026-01-05)Tech Times (2026-05-22)Automate.org (A3) (2026-01-15) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| Agility Robotics | US | Americas | humanoid | 2,015 | $640M | n/a |
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Announced in mid-2026 a merger with SPAC Churchill Capital Corp XI valuing it around $2.5B, raising ~$620M gross ($420M trust + $200M PIPE led by Foxconn), the first pure-play humanoid company to go public, expected to trade as AGLT before end of 2026. ~$640M raised privately to date.
Key products : Digit bipedal humanoid for logistics and manufacturing, Arc fleet management software, RoboFab humanoid factory (Salem, Oregon)EMEA relevance : Agility's Digit is the humanoid German industry actually runs: Schaeffler holds a stake and plans deployment across ~100 plants by 2030 after full 8-hour shifts in production since early 2025. Its pending Nasdaq listing gives European corporates a public pure-play benchmark for humanoid economics.
Sources : TechCrunch (2026-07-05)Tech Times (2026-06-25)The Robot Report (2026-07-09) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| Apptronik | US | Americas | humanoid | 2,016 | $1B | n/a |
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Total Series A reached over $935M, the largest Series A in robotics, and total capital raised is near $1B; funds go to Apollo production ramp, training facilities and a new robot due in 2026.
Key products : Apollo general-purpose humanoid, Google DeepMind AI partnership, Jabil manufacturing partnershipLast round : 2026-02 · Series A extension · $520MEMEA relevance : Austin-based Apptronik is the humanoid maker with the deepest European automotive tie: Mercedes-Benz is both an investor and a pilot customer testing Apollo in its plants. Its $520M February 2026 extension (with John Deere and Qatar Investment Authority joining) values it around $5B.
Sources : CNBC (2026-02-11)GlobeNewswire (Apptronik) (2026-02-11)TechCrunch (2026-02-11) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| Physical Intelligence | US | Americas | foundation-model | 2,024 | $1.1B | n/a |
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Series B of $600M (November 2025) led by Alphabet's CapitalG with Lux Capital at a $5.6B valuation; total raised is about $1.07B, with Jeff Bezos, OpenAI and Thrive among earlier backers. Founded 2024 by ex-DeepMind, Stanford and Berkeley researchers.
Key products : pi-0 and pi-0.5 generalist robot foundation models, Open-sourced VLA checkpoints and openpi toolingLast round : 2025-11 · Series B · $600MEMEA relevance : Physical Intelligence builds hardware-agnostic robot brains that European robot OEMs and integrators can layer onto existing arms and mobile platforms. Its openly released pi-0 checkpoints seeded much of the European VLA research and startup scene.
Sources : Bloomberg (2025-11-20)The Robot Report (2025-11-21)CapitalG (2025-11-20) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| Skild AI | US | Americas | foundation-model | 2,023 | $2.2B | n/a |
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Valuation tripled from $4.5B to $14B+ in seven months; total raised exceeds $2B ($300M Series A, $500M SoftBank-led Series B in 2025, $1.4B Series C with NVIDIA, Macquarie, Bezos Expeditions).
Key products : Skild Brain omni-bodied robot foundation model, Manufacturing and inspection deployments across quadrupeds, arms and humanoidsLast round : 2026-01 · Series C · $1.4BEMEA relevance : Skild's $1.4B Series C (January 2026, $14B+ valuation) was the largest robotics-AI round on record and pulled in European-relevant strategics like Schneider and Samsung. Through owner-to-be-of-ABB-Robotics SoftBank, Skild Brain could become the default AI layer inside Europe's largest robot installed base.
Sources : Business Wire (Skild AI) (2026-01-14)TechCrunch (2026-01-14)TechCrunch (2025-01-28) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| NVIDIA | US | Americas | compute | 1,993 | n/a | n/a |
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Positioning itself as 'the Android of generalist robotics' (TechCrunch, January 2026): open GR00T models plus Jetson Thor plus an open humanoid reference design (with Unitree H2 Plus base) announced at GTC Taipei in May 2026 for labs like ETH Zurich.
Key products : Jetson Thor edge compute (GA 2025-2026), Isaac GR00T N1.7 / N2 robot foundation models, Isaac GR00T reference humanoid (May 2026), Omniverse and Cosmos world simulationEMEA relevance : NVIDIA is the compute-and-simulation substrate of nearly every European physical AI effort, KUKA AMP, Siemens' Industrial AI OS, Wayve, NEURA and Mistral all build on or partner with it. Its investments (Neura, Wayve, Mistral, AMI Labs) make it the single most influential outside actor in EMEA robotics.
Sources : NVIDIA (2026-05-31)TechCrunch (2026-01-05)NVIDIA (2026-03-17) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| Alt-Bionics | US | Americas | components | 2,020 | n/a | n/a |
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Founded by Ryan Saavedra; closed a $1.25M Seed+ in June 2024 and soft-launched both prosthetic and robotic hand lines in January 2025. Genesis Hand costs about $5,000 versus $80,000+ for incumbent bionic hands.
Key products : Genesis Hand bionic prosthetic (~$5,000, PDAC-approved), Surge Hand for humanoid robots, MANUS-integrated dexterous sensingLast round : 2024-06 · Seed+ · $1.2MEMEA relevance : San Antonio-based Alt-Bionics shows how affordable prosthetics expertise converts into robot end-effectors: its Surge Hand is being evaluated by NVIDIA, Boston Dynamics, Apptronik and Skild. For European humanoid and cobot makers, dexterous hands remain a critical import, and a supply-chain gap to close.
Sources : Austin Startups (2026-07-09)Humanoid Robotics Technology (2026-07-09)Alt-Bionics (2026-07-09) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| Unitree Robotics | CN | APAC | humanoid | 2,016 | n/a | n/a |
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2025 revenue reached CNY 1.69B (+335% YoY) with humanoids at 51.5% of nine-month revenue; the June 2025 Series C (~CNY 700M at CNY 12.7B post) was co-led by China Mobile, Tencent, Alibaba, Ant, Geely and Jinqiu. IPO registration cleared in a record 104 days.
Key products : G1 and H2 humanoids, Go2 / B2 quadrupeds, R1 low-cost humanoidLast round : 2025-06 · Series C · $97MEMEA relevance : Unitree is the price-disruptor European robot makers must plan around: it shipped 5,500+ humanoids in 2025 (32.4% global unit share, #1) at price points far below Western rivals. Its CSRC-approved July 2026 STAR Market IPO (~$618M at ~$5.9-6.2B) creates the first listed humanoid pure-play in China.
Sources : Caixin Global (2026-07-03)Forbes (2025-06-20)36Kr (2025-06-20) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| UBTech Robotics | CN | APAC | humanoid | 2,012 | n/a | n/a |
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Walker S2 entered mass production and delivery in November 2025; single orders include a CNY 250M contract (September 2025) and a CNY 159M data-collection-center deployment. Listed on HKEX since December 2023 (9880.HK).
Key products : Walker S2 industrial humanoid (autonomous battery swapping), Walker C service humanoid, Cruzr enterprise service robotEMEA relevance : Shenzhen-listed-in-HK UBTech is the first company mass-producing and delivering industrial humanoids at contract scale, with Walker-series orders above CNY 800M (~$112M) since early 2025, a benchmark European factory operators cite when evaluating humanoid ROI. It targets 5,000 units/year capacity in 2026.
Sources : PR Newswire (UBTech) (2025-11-20)eWeek (2026-07-09) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| Fourier (Fourier Intelligence) | CN | APAC | humanoid | 2,015 | $246M | n/a |
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Roughly $246M raised in total, including a ~$109M Series E (January 2025, with Prosperity7 among investors) and a CNY 300M Series E+ (August 2025); GR-3 features 55 DOF and 31 pressure sensors for touch-based interaction.
Key products : GR-3 care humanoid (CES 2026 debut), GR-2 general-purpose humanoid, Rehabilitation robotics lineLast round : 2025-08 · Series E+ · $43MEMEA relevance : Shanghai-based Fourier pivoted from rehabilitation robotics to humanoids and targets care and healthcare, the exact demographic pressure point of ageing Europe. Its GR-3 'Care-Bot', unveiled at CES 2026, positions emotional-interaction humanoids for markets like European eldercare.
Sources : BotInfo (2026-07-09)Interesting Engineering (2026-01-07)Wikipedia (2026-07-09) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| AgiBot (Zhiyuan Robotics) | CN | APAC | humanoid | 2,023 | n/a | n/a |
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Backers include Tencent, BYD, LG Electronics, Hillhouse and HongShan; disclosed venture amounts (~$84M per trackers) vastly understate actual funding, so totals are left null. CICC, CITIC and Morgan Stanley are sponsoring the planned listing.
Key products : Yuanzheng A2 humanoid, Lingxi X2 agile humanoid, Genie Operator-1 (GO-1) embodied foundation model, AgiBot World open datasetEMEA relevance : Founded in 2023 by ex-Huawei prodigy Peng Zhihui, AgiBot pairs mass-produced humanoids with its GO-1 foundation model and the AgiBot World dataset used by European researchers. Its planned 2026 Hong Kong IPO (targeting HK$40-50B, raising $1B+) will set the public-market price for Chinese embodied AI.
Sources : Capital.com (2026-07-09)Dealroom (2026-07-09)Mike Kalil (2026-07-09) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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| FANUC | JP | APAC | industrial-robotics | 1,972 | n/a | n/a |
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At Automate 2026 FANUC showed spoken commands translated live into robot Python code and launched the 11 kg CRX-3iA cobot; the Inbolt demo runs real-time bolt tightening on a moving engine block.
Key products : CRX cobot series incl. ultra-light CRX-3iA (2026), Industrial robot lines up to 2,300 kg payload, CRX Vibe Coding generative-AI programming, AI-based 3D visionEMEA relevance : FANUC's yellow robots dominate European automotive and machining lines, so its 2026 physical AI turn, generative-AI 'vibe coding' of cobots, NVIDIA-powered vision with French startup Inbolt for moving-line bolt tightening, directly modernizes Europe's installed base.
Sources : FANUC America (2026-05-27)FANUC America (2026-04-20) Last verified 2026-07-09 |
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