Humanoid’s 1,000+ Robot Deal with Schaeffler Hints At 100,000 Units By 2031

Humanoid’s 1,000+ Robot Deal with Schaeffler Hints At 100,000 Units By 2031. Two-year-old British startup Humanoid has signed a deal to integrate “a four-digit number of humanoid robots into live manufacturing operations” at German industrial giant Schaeffler’s factories starting later this year. The bigger news, however, might be that Humanoid has committed to buying a “seven-digit number of actuators” from Schaeffler over the term of the agreement, suggesting that Humanoid intends to ship a staggering 100,000 humanoid robots across all of its clients over the next five years. Something must be working in that deal, because on Wednesday, the two companies upgraded the number significantly and signed an agreement to integrate at least 1,000 – and potentially many more – humanoid robots into Schaeffler’s manufacturing operations. As part of the deal, Humanoid is agreeing to make Schaeffler its key supplier for actuators – the motors that make humanoid robots move – over the next five years.