Question 1

What is humanoidintel.ai?

Accepted Answer

humanoidintel.ai is the leading intelligence platform for the humanoid robotics industry — a Bloomberg Terminal-style dashboard covering funding rounds, robot specifications, market data, research papers, and breaking news across every major humanoid and bipedal robot company globally. It is updated hourly by an autonomous AI agent.

Question 2

Which humanoid robot companies does humanoidintel.ai track?

Accepted Answer

humanoidintel.ai tracks all major humanoid robot manufacturers and AI brain companies including Figure AI, Tesla Optimus, Agility Robotics, Boston Dynamics Atlas, Unitree, Apptronik, Sanctuary AI, 1X Technologies, NEURA Robotics, Fourier Intelligence, Agibot, Kepler, UBTech, Galbot, Physical Intelligence, Skild AI, and dozens more across the US, China, Europe, and South Korea.

Question 3

Which humanoid robots are commercially available in 2026?

Accepted Answer

As of 2026, commercially available or pilot-deployed humanoid robots include Tesla Optimus Gen 3 (1,000+ (Gen 3) deployed at Fremont and Giga Texas, targeting 50K-100K by year-end), Unitree H1/G1 (5,500+ units shipped across quadruped and humanoid lines), Agility Robotics Digit v4 (700+ units in Amazon warehouses), Figure AI Figure 03 (deployed at BMW Spartanburg), and UBTECH Walker S2/X (600+ units in service roles in China). Most others are in late-stage development or limited pilot programs.

Question 4

How much has been invested in humanoid robotics?

Accepted Answer

The humanoid robotics sector has attracted over $18 billion in venture and strategic investment through Q2 2026. The largest rounds include Skild AI ($1.4B Series C at $14B valuation, Jan 2026), NEURA Robotics (~$1.08B Series D from Tether at €4B, Mar 2026), Figure AI ($1.5B Series C closed at $39B valuation, Jan 2026), Physical Intelligence (rumored ~$1B Series C at >$11B, Mar 2026 — in talks), Apptronik ($935M+ total at $5.5B, Feb 2026), and RobotEra ($423M across two strategic rounds in Mar–Apr 2026 at ~$1.8B). Unitree filed for a $608M STAR Market IPO on Mar 21 and AGIBot is preparing a Q3 2026 Hong Kong listing.

Question 5

What is physical AI?

Accepted Answer

Physical AI refers to artificial intelligence systems that operate in and interact with the physical world — as opposed to purely digital AI. In the context of humanoid robotics, physical AI encompasses vision-language-action (VLA) models, foundation models for robot control, sim-to-real transfer techniques, and whole-body locomotion and manipulation systems. Companies like Physical Intelligence, Skild AI, and Nvidia GR00T are building foundational physical AI platforms.

Question 6

What is a VLA model in robotics?

Accepted Answer

A Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model is a type of AI foundation model that processes visual input (camera feeds), understands natural language instructions, and outputs robot control actions. VLA models allow robots to be instructed in plain language and generalize to new tasks without reprogramming. Leading VLA models include Nvidia GR00T N1, Physical Intelligence π0, Skild AI's generalist robot brain, and Google DeepMind's RT-2.

Question 7

How often is data on humanoidintel.ai updated?

Accepted Answer

humanoidintel.ai's news feed is updated hourly by an autonomous AI agent that scans hundreds of RSS feeds and news sources. The robot database, funding tracker, and company directory are updated regularly as new data becomes available. The site deploys automatically to Cloudflare's global edge network on every update.

Question 8

What is the difference between a humanoid robot and other types of robots?

Accepted Answer

Humanoid robots have a bipedal, human-like form — two legs, two arms, and typically a head — designed to operate in human environments and use tools made for humans. This distinguishes them from industrial robotic arms (fixed, single-limb), quadruped robots (four-legged like Boston Dynamics Spot), autonomous mobile robots (AMRs, which move on wheels), and surgical robots. humanoidintel.ai covers only humanoid and bipedal robots, plus the AI software stack powering them.

Model	Manufacturer	Payload (kg)	Battery (hrs)	Actuation	Status
Figure 02	Figure AI	20kg	5 hrs	Electric	COMMERCIAL
Figure 03	Figure AI	25kg	6 hrs	Electric	PRODUCTION
Optimus Gen 2	Tesla	20kg	8 hrs	Electric	PILOT
Digit v4	Agility Robotics	16kg	4 hrs	Electric	COMMERCIAL
Phoenix	Sanctuary AI	25kg	4 hrs	Hydraulic/Electric	PILOT

Company	Round	Amount	Lead Investor	Date
RobotEra	Strategic Follow-on	~$280M	Undisclosed strategic + state-linked LPs	Apr 7, 2026
Physical Intelligence (π)	Series C (rumored)	$1B (in talks)	Undisclosed	Mar 26, 2026
RobotEra	Strategic Round	$143M	Gaocheng Capital	Mar 23, 2026
NEURA Robotics	Series D	€1B (~$1.08B)	Tether	Mar 14, 2026
Sunday Robotics	Series B	$200M	Hillhouse Capital	Mar 9, 2026

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