Beyond Imagination

A well-known name stands behind Beyond Imagination. The company was co-founded in January 2018 by futurist Ray Kurzweil and physicist Harry Kloor. It is a project that has combined vision with engineering from the start: a humanoid controlled by a person in a VR headset, which over time is meant to learn and take over more and more tasks on its own.

In product terms the company has evolved from the Beomni V1–V3 series (2020–2022) to the current Arcana and Beyond Mark architecture (2023–2025). At the center is its own operating system, Aura, which coordinates robots, people and infrastructure, and a synthetic "brain," Arcana. According to descriptions, it operates without large language models in its real-time decision loop, which distinguishes it from the approach used, for example, by Figure AI.

The available materials describe a model of teleoperation with growing autonomy. It is also reported that in 2022 the company received an order for 1,000 units, but we have no independent confirmation that it was fulfilled. The base, the size of funding and the headcount are not disclosed. You will find broader context on how humanoids work in “How Does a Humanoid Robot Work”.

In our catalog, Beyond Imagination is represented by one model: Beomni 1.0, that is, the Beomni 1.0 from 2022. It is a teleoperated upper-body humanoid with a payload of 15.88 kg per arm. It is controlled through a VR headset and gloves, and its tasks become more autonomous over time.

The manufacturer points to uses in healthcare, manufacturing, agriculture and senior care. Price and commercial availability are not known, and the model is unavailable in Poland. The "on sale" status in the catalog reflects claims in the description, not confirmed deliveries.

It is worth understanding the difference between such a robot and a classic humanoid: here the human is part of the control loop. How that loop looks in more autonomous designs is described in “VLA Models: How AI Controls Humanoid Robots in 2026”. For comparison, take the Figure 03 and the Tesla Optimus Gen 3 from the humanoid robots category. The role of such robots in medical care is illustrated by hospitals. Keep in mind, too, that the company's descriptions mention further architectures, Arcana and Beyond Mark, but our catalog has no separate confirmed model pages for them. We therefore rely solely on the Beomni 1.0.

We have no confirmed data on funding, valuation or the scale of the company. We know that Ray Kurzweil is a co-founder, and that is the brand's biggest image asset, but image capital is not financial capital. Nor do we know its customer list or deployment references.

In the humanoid market, Beyond Imagination stands next to players with far better-documented activity: Figure AI, Tesla or Sanctuary AI. All of them work on human-shaped robots, but Beyond Imagination bets on the human in the control loop and on its own Aura system rather than on a large language model. It is a deliberately different path, which is why comparisons with competitors have to be made carefully.

Anyone who wants to see the broader context should turn to “Humanoid Robot Market Forecasts”. Our assessment is restrained: this is a research-and-vision project. Until prices, references and confirmed deliveries appear, we prefer to treat the company as a technological phenomenon rather than as a supplier one can sign a contract with.

Beyond Imagination's presence in Poland is unconfirmed. Our catalog has no Polish distributor, no Polish price and no deployment at a domestic customer. The Beomni 1.0 model is marked as unavailable in Poland.

Polish readers interested in humanoids should meanwhile focus on models with a real offering. A good starting point is “Polish Robotics Companies”, where we show the companies operating in the country. If someone in Poland wants to experiment with a teleoperated humanoid, they should start by talking to the manufacturer about access terms, because the sources show no sales channel in our region.

For market watchers, this is an interesting project with a strong name in the background, but with no price, no confirmed availability and no data on funding. It is not suited to deployment in a company, but it is well worth following. If you are looking for a humanoid for today, start with the Unitree G1. The assessment will change once the company shows a price list, customers and independent tests. For comparison, look at the Figure 03, a design with better-documented development, and check what the manufacturer actually confirms.