Humanoid

Humanoid is a British startup developing the HMND 01 robot. We do not know the founding year or the city of its headquarters — they are absent from the available material, so we do not list them. What is known is that the company is among the few in the humanoid segment with a clearly confirmed, recent funding round. In 2026 it raised 133 million euros at a valuation of 1.1 billion euros, which gave it unicorn status and a place beside European humanoid-robotics companies such as Germany’s Neura Robotics and the Norwegian 1X Technologies. July 2026 reports speak of a closed Series A of 152 million USD, with a total raised so far of 270 million USD and a valuation of 1.35 billion USD. The figures in these two accounts differ because they refer to different moments and currencies, so we treat them as indicative. The manufacturer has not published technical details of HMND 01 on a working product page.

The only model is HMND 01, an industrial humanoid with prototype status, covered in the humanoid robots category. According to press reports it stands 179 cm tall, weighs 90 kg, has 41 degrees of freedom and a 15 kg payload. These come from SiliconCanals, Interesting Engineering and EU-Startups, not from the manufacturer’s materials, so they should be treated with caution. The intended work is in logistics, warehouses, manufacturing and order picking, that is, the environments we discuss in “Humanoid Robots in Factories 2026” and “Agility Digit in Warehouses”. No price has been announced. To compare the number of degrees of freedom with other designs, “Degrees of Freedom (DOF) in Humanoid Robots” is useful. We also have no information on versions, a production plan or the date of first customer deployments. The specification is impressive: 41 degrees of freedom is more than in many designs covered on this site, and a 15 kg payload is enough for carrying typical crates and containers. A height of 179 cm matches the standard adopted by most makers, because the robot is meant to work in spaces designed for people. That means shelving and workstations would not need rebuilding. Until the parameters are confirmed in the company’s own materials and in independent tests, however, they are second-hand data. It is also unknown how long the robot runs on one charge or what drive system it uses.

The company positions itself as a European answer to American and Chinese players in industrial humanoids. On the American side are Figure AI and Apptronik, on the Chinese side Unitree Robotics and Galbot. In Europe the nearest are Neura Robotics and 1X Technologies, although the latter is heading toward home robots. Compared with these rivals Humanoid has fresh money and an ambitious valuation, but unlike them it has not yet shown a product available on the market. An overview of the whole playing field and the forecasts is in “Humanoid Robot Market Forecasts”. The firm’s position must therefore be judged through funding and announcements, not deployments. What sets it apart in the field is its European origin and the scale of funding, but that is not yet a technological advantage. Competitors already have first deployments at customers and are building data from work in real conditions, and that data decides the quality of control models. Humanoid will have to make up the difference if it wants to keep its valuation.

Humanoid is not present in Poland. The company is at an early stage of scaling and HMND 01 remains a prototype, so there is no distributor, price list or known Polish customer. For Polish logistics and manufacturing firms considering humanoids, a more sensible starting point is the cost overview in “How Much Does a Humanoid Robot Cost in 2026” and the calculation in “Humanoid Robot TCO: How to Calculate Total Cost”. We describe warehouse uses in the warehouse section. For now there is therefore nothing to buy or rent. If the company decides to enter Central Europe, the news will probably appear only after the first deployments in Western markets.

Humanoid is today a promise backed by big money, not a product. HMND 01 has interesting specifications in press reports, but there is no confirmation from the manufacturer, no price and no availability. Worth watching, not worth planning a purchase around. The key question is whether the announcements turn into working machines at customers. Until then there is no basis for comparing HMND 01 with robots on sale, and it should not land on the shopping list of a Polish company.