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Humanoid Robots

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  1. Elmos says AGIBOT already uses its E524.36 chip. The wider pitch at electronica covers motor control, sensing, communications and power protection.

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    An Elmos-branded chip shown on a green circuit board in a company publicity image.
    Elmos Semiconductor SE · publicity image · Terms
  2. Matrix Robotics says its humanoid answered visitors and gave explanations at the Shanghai expo. It published no success rate or count of staff interventions.

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    A white MATRIX-3 robot raises its black five-fingered hand in an exhibition space.
    Matrix Robotics / GlobeNewswire · Converted to WebP
  3. Runway reports 46.2% success on a tabletop simulation benchmark. Its open release gives no comparable score for the humanoid trials.

    · 2 min read

    Runway’s Praxis-1 announcement artwork shows two robot grippers over a table.
    Runway · announcement artwork · Converted to WebP
  4. At electronica in Munich, the Italian robot maker is demonstrating how RoBee R20 handles circuit boards at STMicroelectronics’ stand.

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    An earlier RoBee R19 with a white face, black torso and teal trim
    Earlier RoBee R19. Press photo by Oversonic Robotics
  5. A pair of scooter rims and a custom adapter gave the Atlas team a way to push its ankle motors through hard starts, turns and stops.

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    Atlas rolls through a warehouse aisle on scooter wheels attached at its ankles
    Boston Dynamics video thumbnail
  6. NVIDIA reported 95% average success after five demonstrations per task in a 50-task lab test. With no demonstrations on the test robot, it averaged 40%.

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    NVIDIA’s 50-task evaluation averaged 40% success with zero demonstrations, 71% with one and 95% with five per task
    Chart by HumanoidRobots.com using NVIDIA GEAR Lab data
  7. PrimeBOT says it added 5,000 units in 14 days across its Q1 and T1 models. It did not disclose how many were sold or delivered.

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    PrimeBOT: 10,000 built. Sales undisclosed.
    HumanoidRobots.com
  8. Brett Adcock’s videos show dozens of humanoids on the lawn and in the lobby. Figure gave no new production or delivery count.

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    Close-up of Figure 03 lifting a dark part at BMW’s Spartanburg plantWatch on X ↗
    BMW Group · June 2026 file photo · Terms
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Where humanoids are working

Named customer sites, trials and announced plans, one line per source. A demonstration video is not on this list; a signed pilot with a start date is.

Customer sites, trials and announced plans for robots in the database
RobotCustomer and siteTaskStatusSinceSource
DigitAgility RoboticsGXOFlowery Branch, GeorgiaMoving totes from autonomous mobile robots onto conveyors (Digit 4).The companies report more than 100,000 totes moved.Paid workJune 2024agilityrobotics.com
DigitAgility RoboticsSchaefflerSite not statedNamed by Agility as a customer with Digit in operation; task not described.Paid workNov 2026 listingagilityrobotics.com
DigitAgility RoboticsToyota Motor Manufacturing CanadaSite not statedNamed by Agility as a customer with Digit in operation; task not described.Paid workNov 2026 listingagilityrobotics.com
Figure 03Figure AIBMW GroupPlant Spartanburg, South CarolinaPicking unsorted parts into a sequencing trolley in Hall 52 logistics.Neither company calls it a paid deployment.Trial or pilotJune 2026newsroom.bmwgroup.com
Atlas (Electric)Boston DynamicsHyundai Motor GroupRobotics Metaplant Application CenterFactory application testing with the first production Atlas fleet.Trial or pilot2026bostondynamics.com
Atlas (Electric)Boston DynamicsGoogle DeepMindResearch partnershipFoundation-model integration on Atlas.Trial or pilot2026bostondynamics.com
Apollo 2ApptronikMercedes-BenzKecskemét, Hungary, and Sindelfingen, GermanyPicking metal brackets from bulk bins into sequencing trays with Gemini Robotics 2.5.Google DeepMind reports 96% success in automotive kitting. The release does not establish paid deployment or publish the trial denominator.Trial or pilotNovember 2026 updatedeepmind.google
Apollo 2ApptronikGXOSite not stated in the June 2026 releaseData-collection workflows with Apollo 2.Trial or pilotJune 2026apptronik.com
Each line comes from the linked announcement or report. Company statements are recorded as statements; counts and hours are the companies' own figures. All 14 entries.

Physical AI, in motion.

Boston Dynamics puts electric Atlas through a series of walks, runs and crawls.

Video: Boston Dynamics.Watch on YouTube (opens YouTube)

Inside the hardware

Explore the sensors, computers, batteries, joints and hands that make a humanoid work.

Front view of the teal Digit 4 robot standing against a gray studio background
Digit 4 · Photo by Agility Robotics. Use the list to explore the parts inside.

Hands

The hardware behind the hand matters too. Figure says the forearm was its most common hardware failure point on Figure 02 at BMW. It redesigned the wrist electronics for Figure 03.

Figure’s report from BMW

Ask the maker: How many fingers move independently, and has the hand been shown on many different objects?

Two ways to grip

See what holds it together.

Explore the hero-inspired humanoid, the ORCA Hand and an illustrated finger joint. Rotate each model, separate its parts and inspect the build one stage at a time.

Our hero-inspired robot is a Blender concept, with two articulated hands and removable covers. Its mechanics are illustrative, not tested hardware.

The hero robot, a visual concept with articulated hands, layered drives, circuit boards and removable housings in the same reaching pose as the homepage artwork
Interactive CADReady to explore

Feet and soles

Wide foot plates form the base. Separate soles, tread strips and fasteners remain visible when you spread the parts.

All assembly stages (15)
  1. Wide foot plates form the base. Separate soles, tread strips and fasteners remain visible when you spread the parts.

  2. The round drive housings sit between the feet and lower legs. Each has a shaft, bearing rings, end plates and flange bolts.

  3. Two rails flank a controller in each shin. The copper-coloured harness follows the frame and leaves the joint area clear.

  4. A larger rotary joint connects each thigh to its shin. Inside are a stator, rotor carrier, output bearing and an illustrative planetary reduction stage.

  5. The thigh rails carry separate drive modules and wiring. Their outer panels arrive at the end of the build.

  6. The central frame joins both legs. Hip drives sit at either end, below the waist assembly.

  7. Cast crossmembers and side extrusions join the upper body to the waist. The open centre leaves space for power and computing hardware.

  8. Two battery module enclosures sit behind the chassis, with retaining latches, service connectors and separate power leads. No battery capacity or operating range is claimed.

  9. The carrier board has processor packages, finned heat sinks, standoffs, capacitors and latched data connectors. These represent the layout, not a specified computer.

  10. Matching rotary housings sit at the upper corners of the torso. The joints use the same visual language as the hips and knees.

  11. Paired rails connect each shoulder to an elbow drive. Keep the covers hidden to follow the structure into the forearms.

  12. The forearms contain finger-drive cartridges and tendon conduits. A separate wrist housing connects each arm to its hand.

  13. Each hand has four three-segment fingers, a three-link thumb and a separate thumb-opposition pivot. Choose a hand under Inspect area, then move Finger curl to see the individual hinges turn.

  14. Recessed optical barrels, a sensor rail, a controller and heat spreader sit inside the rounded head. The neck mechanism underneath is an imagined construction, not something the image reveals.

  15. Choose an area to inspect the hands, drives or electronics. Spread the parts to see the layers. Turn off Hide body covers to fit the curved housings around the mechanism.

Model, licence and sourcesThe mechanical geometry comes from the same Blender scene as our homepage assembly. The freely rotating model uses volumetric covers in place of the film’s projected artwork. Its mechanisms, wiring and hand motion are illustrative; this is not tested fabrication CAD. Download the editable Blender scene · Download the animation scene · Download the 3D model