Addverb Technologies

Addverb Technologies was founded in 2016 in Noida, a city in the Delhi metropolitan area, and for its first years mainly built automation for warehouses. The situation changed in 2021, when the Reliance Industries group of Mukesh Ambani invested USD 132 million in the company and took control. It is that capital, rather than the logistics market itself, that is the driving force behind the company's move into humanoids: the oil-and-telecom conglomerate bought itself access to robotics in Addverb before humanoids became a fashionable topic. The image breakthrough came in 2026 at the LogiMAT India trade fair, where Elixis-W was shown, described as India's first wheeled humanoid. The company now calls it a pilot stage, and the bipedal version has yet to be built, so announcements are running ahead of facts. According to available information, Addverb is seeking about USD 100 million in additional funding and had planned to build around a hundred humanoids in the following year; until results are published, these are plans, not achievements. It is worth reading this story as an example of how a large Indian conglomerate is trying to join a race in which China and the US are in the lead. For how that race looks, see “Humanoid Robot Market Forecasts”, and for humanoids in factories, “Humanoid Robots in Factories 2026”.

In our catalog Addverb is represented by a single entry, Addverb Elixis-W. It is a wheeled humanoid in the pilot phase, with a mass of 80 kg and a 15 kg payload, aimed, according to the maker, at industry, retail, fashion and energy. There are no sales yet, and the only applications are controlled proof-of-concept trials at industrial plants. The price and full technical data have not been disclosed. Wheels instead of legs are a reasonable compromise: the robot moves across a flat warehouse floor faster and more stably than most bipeds, but it will not climb stairs. This is a typical choice for warehouses and shops, as we describe in the text on “Agility Digit in Warehouses”. The bipedal version has yet to be built. If you want to compare the wheeled and bipedal approaches, look at Agility Digit 5 or Apptronik Apollo, which can also work on a mobile platform. Applications in logistics are covered on the page “Warehouse and logistics”, in manufacturing on factories, and retail on retail. You will find all humanoids in the section “Humanoid robots”. Remember that for a robot in the pilot phase every figure on the model sheet is preliminary and may change before series production; we describe the state as it stands in our catalog, not a final specification.

Addverb's greatest asset is the capital of Reliance Industries, the USD 132 million from 2021, while it has far less humanoid manufacturing experience than Chinese rivals such as AgiBot. The company is seeking about USD 100 million in new funding and speaks of an intention to build around a hundred units, but that scale is not yet confirmed by results. Its direct competitors among warehouse humanoids are Agility Robotics with the Digit robot and Apptronik, which works with GXO Logistics and Mercedes-Benz; both American players are much further along in pilots. In Asia the reference points remain Unitree Robotics and UBTECH Robotics. Addverb's humanoid customers are not public: we have not a single confirmed deployment, only general information about trials in industry. The context of the American pilots is covered in the article “Apptronik Apollo in Mercedes-Benz Factories”.

Addverb has no commercial presence in Poland or in Europe. There are no known distributors, integrators or announcements of European expansion, so Polish industry can treat Elixis-W only as market observation. If you are looking for a humanoid for a Polish factory, first check which manufacturers have partners in the region, using the overview “Polish Robotics Companies”. In practice this means that a Polish company wanting to test a wheeled humanoid would have to approach the manufacturer in India directly and expect a long pilot path. Before doing so, it is worth comparing the offer with solutions that are easier to access.

An interesting signal that India is entering the game, but today it is an announcement, not an offer. Elixis-W is worth watching if you follow the wheeled-humanoid market; for a purchase, wait for a price, technical data and a first customer. In the meantime, real pilots are being run by Apptronik and Agility Robotics. Make a note of the company's name and come back when a price list and the first public customer reference appear. Until then the assessment remains open.