Top 10 Humanoid Robot Companies By Shipments Revealed

One vendor we don’t see here is Boston Dynamics.

Clearly, this report would be been built before Boston Dynamics unveiled its latest version of Atlas, which has wowed audiences at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. In terms of physical capability alone, Atlas is probably at the forefront of humanoid robots, and with Boston Dynamics’ partnership with Google’s DeepMind division, you’d have to think its AI will be top-notch as well.

(Important note: Apptronik also works with Google DeepMind.) Omdia

Still, the Chinese companies are in the lead right now. Omdia has proposed a seven-factor scaling system for assessing humanoid robot capability:

1. Form factor and mobility
2. Payload and lifting capability
3. Manipulation
4. AI learning
5. Ease of customization
6. Production and deployment scalability
7. Commercial impact

Based on that scoring rubric, Agibot and Unitree look to be leading. Figure AI and Tesla are close, with Figure in the lead, and Apptronik is in the game.

Omdia does offer this caveat to the scoring:

“Since the market is still nascent, it is difficult to separate vendors into clear leaders and challengers.”

One vendor we don’t see here is Boston Dynamics. With an almost-doubling in predicted humanoid robot shipments for each year over the next decade, we’re bound to see a lot of change in this space. Omdia predicts better, smarter robots will enter service industries like healthcare and hospitality, work well with humans and become more personalized in one-on-one relationships.

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