Which humanoid robot companies lead in 2026 depends on the measure. By 2025 shipments, AgiBot ranked first with 5,168 units, a 39% share, according to Omdia figures published by AgiBot. Agility Robotics signed what it and GXO called the industry’s first formal commercial humanoid deployment. Figure AI raised the largest single funding round among the companies below.
Ahrefs data from October 5, 2026, puts monthly searches for “humanoid robot companies” at about 600 in the US and 1,000 worldwide. The broader term “humanoid robots” gets about 5,300 and 14,000. Most lists that rank for these terms carry no dates or sources. This guide gives each company one dated milestone from a primary source, checked on October 5, 2026.
Who leads, and by what measure
No humanoid robot maker leads on every measure. Shipments, paid deployments and funding each point to a different company, so a ranking says as much about its yardstick as about the robots.
On shipments, Chinese makers led in 2025. In a January 8, 2026 press release, AgiBot cited Omdia’s count of about 13,000 humanoids shipped worldwide in 2025, with 5,168 from AgiBot. According to China Daily, Unitree’s IPO prospectus puts its own 2025 humanoid shipments above 5,500 units. The two figures come from different counts, so the shipment lead is closer than a single ranking suggests.
Agility Robotics moved first on paid deployment. In June 2024, GXO signed a multi-year Robots-as-a-Service deal for Digit, which the companies called the industry’s first formal commercial humanoid deployment. Funding tells a third story: Figure AI’s September 2025 Series C exceeded $1 billion at a $39 billion post-money valuation.
How we chose these humanoid robot companies
A company made this list only if it appears in most major rankings and has at least one milestone we could check in a primary source.
We compared four widely read lists and directories that rank for “humanoid robot companies” in October 2026. Eight names appear in all four: 1X, AgiBot, Agility Robotics, Apptronik, Boston Dynamics, Figure AI, Tesla and Unitree. UBTECH appears in three of the four and publishes delivery figures, so we included it too.
For milestones, we used company newsrooms, SEC filings, official blogs and stock exchange documents. Tesla facts come only from its quarterly update filed with the SEC. We left out price estimates, unconfirmed valuations and figures we found only in secondary sources.
Humanoid robot companies compared
The table lists nine humanoid robot companies with their headquarters, robot and latest verified milestone. Most milestones are company-reported, and the month shows when each was announced.
| Company | HQ | Robot | Latest verified milestone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1X Technologies | Palo Alto, California, US | NEO | NEO preorders opened at $20,000 or $499 per month (October 2025) |
| AgiBot | Shanghai, China | A-, X- and G-Series | 10,000th mass-produced humanoid built (March 2026) |
| Agility Robotics | Salem, Oregon, US | Digit | SEC filing: Digit deployed at four named customers, 65,000+ operating hours (June 2026) |
| Apptronik | Austin, Texas, US | Apollo | Series A extended to more than $935 million (February 2026) |
| Boston Dynamics | Waltham, Massachusetts, US | Atlas (electric) | Product version of Atlas unveiled at CES, production started (January 2026) |
| Figure AI | United States | Figure 03 | Figure 03 running a logistics workflow at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg (June 2026) |
| Tesla | Austin, Texas, US | Optimus | First-generation Optimus lines being installed at Fremont, production expected in 2026 (July 2026) |
| Unitree Robotics | Hangzhou, China | G1, H1, H2 | Listed on Shanghai’s STAR Market after raising 6.10 billion yuan, according to China Daily (August 2026) |
| UBTECH Robotics | Shenzhen, China | Walker S2 | Mass delivery of several hundred Walker S2 units, orders above 800 million yuan (November 2025) |
Profiles of the companies to know
1X Technologies
Founded in 2014 as Halodi Robotics, 1X Technologies is based in Palo Alto, California. Its NEO robot targets homes rather than factories. When preorders opened on October 28, 2025, Early Access cost $20,000 with priority delivery in 2026, or $499 a month as a subscription. 1X says the first orders ship to consumer homes in 2026, with deliveries abroad starting in 2027.
AgiBot
Shanghai’s AgiBot, also known as Zhiyuan, sells three humanoid families: the A-, X- and G-Series. It reported its 5,000th mass-produced humanoid on December 8, 2025, across 1,742 A-Series, 1,846 X-Series and 1,412 G-Series units. Its 10,000th followed on March 30, 2026, about three months later. The Omdia ranking that puts it first by 2025 shipments comes from AgiBot’s own press office.
Agility Robotics
Digit, a humanoid for warehouse and logistics work, comes from Agility Robotics in Salem, Oregon. Agility’s June 2024 deal with GXO put Digit to work moving totes at a SPANX site. A joint release filed with the SEC on June 24, 2026, names four customers using Digit commercially: Schaeffler, GXO, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada and Mercado Libre. The release puts Digit’s operating time at more than 65,000 hours. It also announces a planned merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI, expected to close in 2026.
Apptronik
From its base in Austin, Texas, Apptronik builds the Apollo humanoid. On February 11, 2026, it announced a $520 million extension to its Series A. That took the round past $935 million and total funding to nearly $1 billion.
Investors include B Capital, Google, Mercedes-Benz, AT&T Ventures, John Deere and QIA. Google DeepMind named Apptronik a humanoid partner in March 2025. Apptronik said a new robot is set to debut in 2026.
Boston Dynamics
In April 2024, Boston Dynamics, a Hyundai Motor Group subsidiary, retired its hydraulic Atlas in favor of an electric design. At CES on January 5, 2026, it unveiled the product version of Atlas. It has 56 degrees of freedom and can lift up to 50 kg (110 lbs). Production began at its headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts. All 2026 deployments are committed to Hyundai’s Robotics Metaplant Application Center and Google DeepMind.
Figure AI
Figure AI builds the Figure 03 humanoid and its own Helix AI models. Parkway Venture Capital led Figure’s Series C, announced September 16, 2025. The round brought more than $1 billion in committed capital at a $39 billion post-money valuation.
By April 29, 2026, Figure said it had moved from one Figure 03 a day to one an hour and delivered over 350 units. In June 2026, it reported Figure 03 sequencing parts at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg. It retired its Figure 02 fleet on September 30, 2026.
Tesla
Optimus is the humanoid from Tesla, the carmaker based in Austin, Texas. According to Tesla’s Q2 2026 update, filed with the SEC on July 22, 2026, the company shut down the Model S and X lines at its Fremont Factory. First-generation Optimus lines are going in their place.
Tesla expects production to start in 2026. The first builds will collect training data in what Tesla calls its Optimus Academy. The filing discloses no Optimus units sold or deployed to customers.
Unitree Robotics
Hangzhou-based Unitree Robotics makes the G1, H1 and H2 humanoids. On October 5, 2026, its website listed the G1, a robot of about 35 kg, at US$13.5K. The STAR Market listing committee approved its IPO on June 1, 2026. Unitree sold shares at 150.80 yuan each to raise 6.10 billion yuan and began trading in Shanghai on August 19, 2026. According to China Daily, its prospectus counts 5,632 humanoids sold from 2023 to 2025 and 2025 revenue of 1.70 billion yuan.
UBTECH Robotics
Listed in Hong Kong (HKEX: 9880), UBTECH Robotics is based in Shenzhen. Its industrial humanoid is the Walker S2. On November 17, 2025, it announced mass delivery of several hundred full-size Walker S2 units and orders above 800 million yuan (about US$112 million). It set capacity targets of 5,000 industrial humanoids by 2026 and 10,000 by 2027. UBTECH filed its 2026 interim results with HKEX in August 2026.
Where humanoid robots work today
Humanoid robots work mainly in warehouses and car plants today, moving totes and sequencing parts. Home robots are still at the preorder stage.
- Logistics: Agility’s Digit moves totes for GXO, and Figure signed a May 2026 agreement to deploy humanoids at Catalyst Brands’ distribution center in Reno, Nevada.
- Car plants: Figure 03 runs a logistics workflow at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg, and Boston Dynamics sends its 2026 Atlas units to Hyundai’s Robotics Metaplant Application Center.
- Homes: 1X plans the first NEO deliveries to consumer homes in 2026.
Few companies say how many robots each customer runs. Operating hours, like Agility’s 65,000, are a more useful signal than demo videos because they show sustained work.
The International Federation of Robotics expects humanoids to add to existing robots rather than replace them. Humanoids “will complement and expand upon existing technology,” IFR President Takayuki Ito said in a release dated August 14, 2025.
The AI models behind humanoid robots
Humanoid robots increasingly run on vision-language-action models, which turn camera input and instructions into physical movement. Google DeepMind and NVIDIA offer such models to robot makers, while Figure builds its own.
In March 2025, Google DeepMind launched Gemini Robotics, a vision-language-action model built on Gemini 2.0. It adds physical actions as a new output. The same announcement named Apptronik as its partner for the next generation of humanoids. Six days later, NVIDIA released Isaac GR00T N1, which it called the first open, fully customizable foundation model for humanoid reasoning and skills. Its early adopters included 1X, Agility Robotics, Boston Dynamics, Mentee Robotics and NEURA Robotics.
Figure takes the in-house route with its Helix models, releasing Helix 02 in January 2026 and Helix 2.5 in September 2026. These models are narrow next to the systems discussed in our guides to what superintelligence is and how AGI differs from ASI. They matter to that debate because they carry general-purpose AI from text and images into physical work.
Open questions: cost, safety and forecasts
Cost, safety standards and market size remain open questions for every humanoid robot company. Public answers so far are partial.
Cost
Humanoid robot prices are rarely public. Unitree’s website listed the G1 at US$13.5K on October 5, 2026, and 1X priced NEO Early Access at $20,000 or $499 a month in October 2025. Agility Robotics’ GXO deal used a Robots-as-a-Service model. Most industrial humanoid deals do not disclose a unit price.
Safety standards
ISO 25785-1 is the draft safety standard for industrial mobile robots with actively controlled stability, a group that includes legged and humanoid robots. ISO’s catalog lists ISO 25785-1 as a committee draft, so it is not yet published. Companies are moving ahead of the standard: Agility Robotics announced a safety partnership with FORT Robotics on October 1, 2026.
Market forecasts
Forecasts differ by orders of magnitude. In February 2024, Goldman Sachs Research put the humanoid robot market at $38 billion by 2035. Its base case had about 1.4 million units shipped that year. Media reports since September 2026 cite a newer Goldman Sachs estimate, but we could not confirm it with the bank, so we leave it out.
In 2025, Morgan Stanley Research said the market could surpass $5 trillion by 2050, with more than 1 billion humanoids. Morgan Stanley’s Adam Jonas expected adoption to stay fairly slow until the mid-2030s. Mass adoption of humanoids “remains uncertain,” the IFR’s Takayuki Ito said in August 2025.
What this list means for founders, investors and buyers
Use this list to see who has shipped, deployed or raised what, not to crown a winner. The right next step depends on why you are reading.
For founders
Pick your model stack early. Open models such as GR00T and partner programs such as Gemini Robotics shape which robots you can build on. Track the primary sources in the table, since dates and customer names age quickly.
For investors
We do not give investment advice, and this list is not a set of stock picks. For listed or listing companies, read the primary documents: Tesla’s SEC filings, Agility’s merger filings with the SEC, UBTECH’s HKEX reports and Unitree’s STAR Market prospectus.
For robotics buyers
Ask vendors for named reference customers, operating hours and their plans for ISO 25785-1. Compare purchase and subscription prices, and expect few public price lists beyond Unitree and 1X.
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