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Humanoid robotics is no longer a race between Tesla and Boston Dynamics. At least 32 major humanoid platforms from 29 organizations across 11 countries are targeting factories, warehouses, labs, homes and service environments. China accounts for 16 robots and the United States 7. Europe, Canada, Israel, Japan, Singapore and South Korea make up the rest. Some target repetitive work. Others prioritize locomotion, dexterity, research, teleoperation or human interaction. A polished demo still does not prove an autonomous eight-hour shift. INDUSTRIAL HUMANOIDS ‣ Boston Dynamics 🇺🇸 United States ➤ Atlas • 1.90 m | 90 kg | 56 DoF • 50 kg peak lifting capacity | up to 4 hours ‣ Agility Robotics 🇺🇸 United States ➤ Digit • 15.9 kg carrying capacity • Up to 4 hours of battery operation ‣ Figure AI 🇺🇸 United States ➤ Figure 03 • 1.73 m | 61 kg • 20 kg payload | up to 8 hours ‣ Tesla 🇺🇸 United States ➤ Optimus • General-purpose bipedal humanoid under development • Built for repetitive, dangerous and demanding tasks ‣ Apptronik 🇺🇸 United States ➤ Apollo 2 • Bipedal legs or wheeled base • Swappable battery architecture ‣ UBTECH 🇨🇳 China ➤ Walker S2 • 15 kg payload • Autonomous battery swap in under 3 minutes ‣ Humanoid 🇬🇧 United Kingdom ➤ HMND 01 Alpha Bipedal • 1.79 m | 90 kg | 29 body DoF • 15 kg payload | up to 3 hours ‣ LimX Dynamics 🇨🇳 China ➤ Oli • 1.65 m | 31 DoF • Isaac Sim, MuJoCo and Gazebo support GENERAL-PURPOSE HUMANOIDS ‣ Sanctuary AI 🇨🇦 Canada ➤ Phoenix Gen 8 • Hydraulic dexterous hands • Tactile sensing for touch-based manipulation ‣ 1X Technologies 🇳🇴 Norway ➤ NEO • $200 reservation deposit • 1.68 m | 30 kg | up to 4 hours ‣ Unitree Robotics 🇨🇳 China ➤ G1 • From $13,500 • 1.32 m | about 35 kg | 23 body DoF ‣ Unitree Robotics 🇨🇳 China ➤ H2 • $29,900 • 1.82 m | about 70 kg | 31 DoF ‣ Fourier Intelligence 🇸🇬 Singapore ➤ GR-2 • 1.75 m | 63 kg | 53 joints • 380 N·m peak torque ‣ AgiBot 🇨🇳 China ➤ A2 Ultra • 1.69 m | about 69 kg | 40 DoF • LiDAR, RGB-D cameras and hot-swappable batteries ‣ XPENG 🇨🇳 China ➤ IRON • 82 total degrees of freedom • Three Turing AI chips | 3,000 TOPS ‣ PUDU Robotics 🇨🇳 China ➤ D9 • 1.70 m | 65 kg | 42 DoF • 20 kg total payload | 2 m/s DYNAMIC AND RESEARCH HUMANOIDS ‣ NASA 🇺🇸 United States ➤ Valkyrie • 1.88 m | about 136 kg • 44 DoF | 1.8 kWh battery ‣ IHMC Robotics 🇺🇸 United States ➤ Nadia • 29 actuated joints • Electric and hydraulic actuation ‣ EngineAI 🇨🇳 China ➤ T800 • From ¥180,000 • 1.73 m | up to 450 N·m joint torque ‣ EngineAI 🇨🇳 China ➤ PM01 • ¥188,000 • 1.38 m | 24 DoF ‣ Kepler Robotics 🇨🇳 China ➤ Forerunner K2 • 1.78 m • Rotary actuators up to 200 N·m ‣ Booster Robotics 🇨🇳 China ➤ T1 • About 1.20 m | 30 kg • Up to 130 N·m joint torque ‣ PAL Robotics 🇪🇸 Spain ➤ TALOS • 1.75 m | 95 kg • 6 kg per arm at full extension ‣ ROBOTIS 🇰🇷 South Korea ➤ THORMANG3 • 1.375 m | 42 kg | 29 DoF • ROS, open-source SDK and 3D CAD files SERVICE AND EMBODIED AI ‣ AgiBot 🇨🇳 China ➤ X2 • 1.31 m | 35 kg | 25 DoF • Up to 1.8 m/s movement speed ‣ Galbot 🇨🇳 China ➤ G1 • Up to 1.9 m horizontal reach • Up to 10 kg payload | up to 8 hours of runtime ‣ RobotEra 🇨🇳 China ➤ STAR1 • 55 DoF • 20 kg combined dual-arm payload ‣ MagicLab 🇨🇳 China ➤ MagicBot Gen1 • 1.74 m | about 70 kg | 42 DoF • Up to 350 N·m joint torque ‣ Astribot 🇨🇳 China ➤ S1 • Two seven-degree-of-freedom arms • Omnidirectional base and articulated torso ‣ NEURA Robotics 🇩🇪 Germany ➤ 4NE1 Gen 3.5 • Estimated €98,000 for 1–19 units • ROS 2, Python and C++ interfaces ‣ Mentee Robotics 🇮🇱 Israel ➤ MenteeBot V3 • 1.75 m | 70 kg | 40 DoF • Up to 25 kg carrying capacity ‣ Toyota 🇯🇵 Japan ➤ T-HR3 • 1.54 m | 75 kg • 32 body axes and 10 articulated fingers Which robot would you trust to complete an eight-hour shift with the fewest interventions?