Humanoid, a UK-based AI and robotics company, has signed Bosch to manufacture its HMND 01 humanoid robots at scale for the European market. The agreement moves the platform from prototype to volume production and follows a joint proof of concept completed in March 2026, in which Humanoid says its robots "demonstrated full capability in a complex industrial workflow."
Bosch's role goes past straight contract manufacturing. The company will also provide design and technical oversight through a Design for Excellence framework that covers hardware design, production, supply chain, and cost optimization. The interesting part for anyone deploying these on a floor is the second clause: the two firms will explore integrating Bosch components, including actuators, drives, and sensors, into future versions of the HMND 01. That puts a tier-one automotive supplier's hardware inside the robot, not just around its assembly.
The HMND 01 ships in two configurations. The bipedal model stands 5 feet, 10 inches and weighs 198 pounds, walks at close to 5 feet per second, and runs for about three hours on a charge. The wheeled variant is larger: 7 feet, 3 inches and 661 pounds, moving at 6.6 feet per second with roughly four hours of runtime. Both carry a payload of 33 pounds and run on KinetIQ, Humanoid's four-layer AI framework.
The proof of concept ran at Bosch's logistics site in Bühl, Germany, where HMND 01 units autonomously transferred boxes from a conveyor to a trolley. The test covered five box sizes across varying footprints, heights, and weights, and required the robots to manage inputs from multiple conveyors and adapt to a changing environment. Humanoid says the run confirmed" both the technical readiness and scalability of the approach." The partnership lands as several robotics firms court manufacturers to validate humanoid platforms in real logistics settings rather than demo reels, and contract manufacturing deals are becoming the proof point investors watch. Humanoid, founded by Artem Sokolov in 2024, has said it wants to be the top general-purpose industrial humanoid company within two years, a timeline that now depends partly on how fast Bosch's lines can turn out finished units.
