HUMANOID REALITY INDEX / There's A Robot For That

Last verified 2026-07-31
Index / Humanoid robots in manufacturing

Humanoid robots on factory floors

Every robot here has manufacturing evidence on its ledger, from a completed production deployment down to a maker's own factory footage. The tier tells you which is which.

19robots on this page
209dated events behind them
17deployment-class events
0with a published price
T1 DEPLOYED
Figure 02Figure AI 2026-07-13Figure 02 completed an 11-month deployment at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg, supporting production of more than 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles over 10 months. repairerdrivennews.com Manufacturing · The only verified deployment is the completed 11-month production run at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg.
no published price16 dep · 18 events
T2 PILOTING
Figure 03Figure AI 2026-07-13Report that Figure 03 will start at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg working on complex logistics sequencing applications (recycled press-release framing). repairerdrivennews.com Manufacturing · The pilot evidence points at BMW Spartanburg logistics sequencing.
no published price10 pilot · 27 events
T2 PILOTING
Apptronik ApolloApptronik 2026-07-02Fleets of Apollo 2 robots run logistics and retail tasks on loop at Robot Park, using teleoperation and autonomy to generate training data (internal data collection). robotnews.therundown.ai Manufacturing · Ongoing factory trials at Mercedes-Benz carry the tier.
no published price3 pilot · 14 events
T2 PILOTING
UBTech Walker S2UBTech Robotics 2026-07-01Walker S2 reported as deployed at the named Fangchenggang border crossing regulating traveler flow, directing crowds, and giving multi-language transit instructions. futura-sciences.com Manufacturing · Pilot evidence sits in automotive plants and a border crossing; the plant work is the recurring pattern.
no published price1 dep, 3 pilot · 6 events
T2 PILOTING
UBTech Walker S1UBTech Robotics 2026-06-17UBTech targets 10,000 unit deliveries in 2026. seekingalpha.com Manufacturing · Eleven units in a trial phase at a Zeekr plant.
no published price1 pilot · 13 events
T2 PILOTING
Hexagon AEONHexagon 2026-03-09BMW formally introduced its first humanoid in Germany; bmwgroup.com Manufacturing · An initial test deployment at BMW.
no published price3 pilot · 4 events
T2 PILOTING
Kepler Forerunner K2Shanghai Kepler Robotics 2026-05-20Hangzhou Kelin announced plans to acquire a 41.57 percent stake in Shanghai Kepler Robotics. autonews.gasgoo.com Manufacturing · The named-customer pilot runs quality checks and part loading at the SAIC-GM plant in Shanghai.
no published price2 pilot · 6 events
T2 PILOTING
Humanoid HMND 01Humanoid 2026-01-15Humanoid and Siemens completed a proof-of-concept: the HMND 01 wheeled Alpha was run in real operations at a Siemens facility for industrial logistics. thehumanoid.ai Manufacturing · A proof of concept completed with Siemens.
no published price1 pilot · 2 events
T3 DEMOING
Boston Dynamics AtlasBoston Dynamics 2026-07-15Atlas was unveiled by Hyundai Motor (Boston Dynamics' parent) in January; wsj.com Manufacturing · The evidence is demonstrations plus a planned plant deployment that became a union dispute; nothing is in production.
no published price25 claims only · 40 events
T3 DEMOING
Tesla OptimusTesla 2026-07-05The Optimus unveiling promised for March 2026 slipped, with the reveal now promised for late July or August. geekwire.com Manufacturing · Tesla's own claims target its production lines; no external evidence exists.
no published price31 claims only · 32 events
T3 DEMOING
XPENG IRONXPENG Robotics 2026-07-15XPENG targets monthly production capacity of over 1,000 IRON units by the end of 2026. cnevpost.com Manufacturing · Production-capacity claims and factory-facing demonstrations.
no published price14 claims only · 20 events
T3 DEMOING
Dobot AtomShenzhen Dobot 2026-02-04German distributor Terra Robotics reported real-workflow testing of a delivered Atom unit in Loehne: stable, repeatable movements in structured environments, no adaptive ... interestingengineering.com Manufacturing · Precision-assembly demos and structured-environment testing at its German distributor; no independently named end customer in productive use yet.
no published price1 pilot · 5 events
T3 DEMOING
MagicLab MagicBotMagicLab 2026-07-22At WAIC 2026 MagicLab launched three new products including the wheeled MagicBot D1 aimed at high-frequency factory workflows. autonews.gasgoo.com Manufacturing · The maker's own footage shows factory-line training tasks; no customer is named.
no published price2 claims only · 4 events
T3 DEMOING
Neura 4NE-1NEURA Robotics 2026-06-10Neura Robotics showcased its 4NE-1 humanoid (3rd generation, Studio F.A. therobotreport.com Manufacturing · Positioned and shown for industrial work; the ledger is thin and carries no external pilot.
no published price1 claims only · 2 events
T3 DEMOING
Xiaomi CyberOneXiaomi 2026-04-15After four years out of view, CyberOne was shown at a workstation grabbing self-tapping nuts from a feeder and placing them on a tightening fixture, alongside new ... 36kr.com Manufacturing · Returned after four years as a factory worker in Xiaomi's own EV plant; that is the maker deploying itself.
no published price1 claims only · 3 events
T3 DEMOING
Leju Kuavo-5Leju Robotics 2025-05-30The Kuavo humanoid was photographed on site at Leju Robotics in Shenzhen in March 2025. bloomberg.com Manufacturing · Positioned for automotive plants, but every plant claim traces back to the maker or aggregators.
no published price1 claims only · 2 events
T3 DEMOING
Estun Codroid 02Estun Automation 2025-06-24Codroid 02 was showcased at Automatica 2025 in Munich alongside Estun's industrial-robot line. techzephyr.substack.com Manufacturing · Trade-show demonstrations of grasping, handling, screw fastening and inspection; batch-shipment claims exist but carry no named customer.
no published price0 claims only · 3 events
T3 DEMOING
Sanctuary PhoenixSanctuary AI 2024-04-25Sanctuary AI showed a Phoenix generation whose Carbon control system, the company says, can learn new tasks in under 24 hours. therobotreport.com Manufacturing · The Magna engagement targets automotive factories, but it is a related party and excluded from tiering.
no published price0 claims only · 4 events
T4 PAPER
Persona AI Welding HumanoidPersona AI 2026-03-23HD Hyundai signed a joint development agreement with HD KSOE, HD Hyundai Robotics and Persona AI to verify and commercialise a shipyard welding humanoid; smartmaritimenetwork.com Manufacturing · The programme targets shipyard welding, but no hardware exists in public yet.
no published price4 claims only · 4 events
Tiers and scores are computed from the evidence ledger, not supplied by makers. The use case under each robot is derived from what the evidence shows it doing, not from the maker's positioning. Coverage note: my source base is dominated by English-language reporting, which systematically under-covers Chinese makers; where that distorts a ranking, the robot's own page says so.

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