Humanoid Robot Companies in 2026: 16 Makers Compared

The humanoid robot companies shipping the most robots in 2026 are Chinese: AgiBot shipped more than 8,600 units in the first half of the year (IDC), UBTech sold 921 full-size Walker S robots, and Unitree sells its G1 from $13,500. In the US, Agility Robotics (Digit) and Boston Dynamics (Atlas) are the two delivering robots to customers, while Figure AI, Apptronik, and 1X are still in pilots or pre-orders.

Below is a 16-company comparison table with each company's flagship robot, country, deployment status, named customers, public price, and funding, followed by notes on factory, warehouse, and home robots. Facts are checked against company announcements and major press as of October 2026.

Top Humanoid Robot Companies in 2026: The Short Answer

By units shipped, AgiBot, UBTech, and Unitree lead. By valuation, Figure AI leads at a reported $39 billion. By real deployments in the US, Agility Robotics (Digit at GXO, Schaeffler, and Toyota) and Boston Dynamics (Atlas at Hyundai and Google DeepMind) are furthest along.

Most of the rest are in paid pilots. Figure 03 has worked at BMW's Spartanburg plant since June 2026, Apptronik's Apollo is in pilots with Mercedes-Benz and GXO, and Humanoid (UK) is piloting HMND 01 with Siemens. 1X's NEO home robot costs $20,000 or $499 a month on pre-order, but no customer deliveries had been confirmed by early October 2026.

Four companies are now public or close to it: Unitree listed in Shanghai in August 2026, UBTech trades in Hong Kong, AgiBot filed for a Hong Kong IPO in July, and Agility agreed to go public through a SPAC at a $2.5 billion valuation. Our guide to humanoid robots for business covers what these robots can do in real workplaces today.

Humanoid Robot Companies Compared (October 2026)

Status means what a business can actually get today: shipping (delivering to paying customers), pilot (working at named customer sites), pre-order, or development.

Only Unitree and 1X publish prices. Everyone else sells through business contracts, and Agility rents Digit as a subscription. See our robotics as a service pricing guide for what renting robots costs.

• Robotics & Automation News: IDC data shows AgiBot led humanoid shipments in H1 2026
• Gasgoo: UBTech sells 921 full-size humanoid robots in H1
• Unitree: G1 product page
• The Next Web: Agility Robotics to go public via SPAC
• Boston Dynamics: the new Atlas
• BMW Group: Figure 03 at Plant Spartanburg
• TechCrunch: Apptronik has raised $935M at a $5B+ valuation
• Caixin: Galbot raises $362 million
• The Next Web: Humanoid raises $152M Series A
• Electrek: Xpeng robotics raises $900M for IRON
• heise: 1X NEO delivery status

What Are Humanoid Robots?

A humanoid robot is a machine shaped like a person. It usually has a head, a torso, two arms, and two legs.

This shape matters for a reason. Most factories, warehouses, and homes are built for human bodies. A human-shaped robot can use the same doors, stairs, and tools without changes to the space.

Companies building humanoid robots want one machine that can do many jobs. The dream is a general-purpose worker, not a single-task tool.

• Bipedal: walks on two legs and can climb stairs
• Dexterous hands: grips and moves objects like a person
• AI brain: senses its surroundings and makes choices
• General-purpose: aims to handle many tasks, not just one

The US and European Leaders, Company by Company

The table above covers all 16 companies. These are the Western names most buyers and investors ask about, with what each one has actually delivered.

• Tesla (Optimus): Still in development; first units are for Tesla's own factories. Elon Musk has targeted $20,000-$30,000 at scale, but Optimus V3 had not been shown as of October 2026.
• Figure AI: Valued at a reported $39B (2025). Figure 02 ran an 11-month pilot at BMW and helped build 30,000+ X3s; Figure 03 took over at Spartanburg in June 2026.
• Agility Robotics (Digit): The clearest commercial deployment in the US. Digit moved 100,000+ totes at GXO and also works at Schaeffler, Toyota Canada, and Mercado Libre.
• Boston Dynamics (Atlas): The electric Atlas ships to Hyundai and Google DeepMind, with 2026 production already committed. Hyundai plans a robot factory with 30,000 units a year of capacity by 2028, covering all Boston Dynamics robots.
• 1X Technologies (NEO): A home robot on pre-order at $20,000 or $499 a month. US shipments are promised for 2026, but none had been confirmed by early October.
• Apptronik (Apollo): Raised $520M more in February 2026 at about $5.3B; Apollo is in pilots with Mercedes-Benz and GXO.
• Humanoid (UK, HMND 01) and Neura Robotics (Germany, 4NE1): Europe's two best-funded entrants, at $1.35B and about $7B reported valuations.

Humanoid Robot Companies Built for Factories and Warehouses

Most humanoid robot makers start with industrial work, because factories and warehouses have repeatable tasks and a labor shortage.

Agility Robotics leads in US warehouses: Digit moved over 100,000 totes at GXO Logistics and now works for several logistics and auto customers on a subscription. In China, UBTech's Walker S2 and AgiBot's robots are already deployed in volume at car and electronics plants.

Figure AI's Figure 02 worked at a BMW plant for 11 months, and Figure 03 replaced it in June 2026. Boston Dynamics' electric Atlas is going to Hyundai's Georgia plant, where a robot training center opened in September 2026, and Apptronik is piloting Apollo with Mercedes-Benz.

• Agility Robotics: Digit, deployed in real warehouses today
• UBTech and AgiBot: shipping hundreds to thousands of units in China
• Figure AI: Figure 03 at BMW Spartanburg
• Boston Dynamics: electric Atlas at Hyundai's Georgia plant
• Apptronik: Apollo, in pilots with Mercedes-Benz and GXO

• Agility Robotics: Digit Moves Over 100,000 Totes
• The Robot Report: Hyundai to buy tens of thousands of Boston Dynamics robots

Humanoid Robot Companies Targeting Homes

A few companies want humanoid robots in your house. This is much harder than factory work, because homes are messy and unpredictable.

1X Technologies opened pre-orders for NEO in late 2025 at $20,000, or $499 a month. US shipments are promised for 2026, but no customer deliveries had been confirmed as of early October 2026.

Tesla also talks about the mass market with Optimus, and Elon Musk has said the price could fall to $20,000-$30,000 at scale. For now Optimus is only working inside Tesla, and its timelines have slipped before.

• 1X Technologies: NEO, $20,000 or $499 a month, deliveries pending
• Tesla: Optimus, aimed at a low-cost mass market over time
• Unitree: G1 from $13,500, sold to developers rather than households

• 1X opens pre-orders for $20,000 NEO humanoid home robot

Pricing, Funding, and What It Means

Only two makers publish prices. Unitree sells the G1 from $13,500 before tax and shipping, and 1X sells NEO for $20,000 or $499 a month. Industrial robots like Digit, Atlas, and Apollo are priced in private contracts.

Funding has surged, and public markets have arrived. Figure AI is valued at a reported $39 billion, Unitree listed in Shanghai in August 2026, AgiBot filed for a Hong Kong IPO, and Agility agreed to go public through a SPAC at $2.5 billion.

Most humanoid robot companies still make little revenue, so treat valuations as bets on the future. Shipment numbers and named customers are better signals.

• Unitree G1: from $13,500, the cheapest production humanoid
• 1X NEO: $20,000 upfront, or $499 per month
• Tesla Optimus: $20,000-$30,000 target at full scale
• Figure AI: reported $39B valuation after its 2025 Series C
• Agility Robotics: $2.5B SPAC valuation, deal pending

• Figure raises $1B+ in Series C, hits $39B valuation

How to Choose and Track Humanoid Robot Companies

If you follow this space for business reasons, focus on real deployments, not demos. A staged video is easy; a live warehouse fleet is hard.

Watch for repeat customers and growing fleets. Those signs show a robot does useful work at a fair cost.

For now, the safest path for most businesses is to learn, run small pilots, and wait for prices and reliability to improve.

• Prioritize companies with paying customers and live deployments
• Check fleet size growth, not one-off demo clips
• Compare price, payload, and uptime, not just looks
• Track funding as a signal, but not as proof of a working product