Humanoid Ecosystem · Part of The Humanoid Group

About Humanoid Ecosystem

Humanoid Ecosystem is a category-by-category guide to the companies that build robots and the components inside them, from humanoids to actuators. The Humanoid Group, which lists many of these makers, publishes it.

Sources we rely on

IFR position papers — International Federation of Robotics (IFR).
IFR briefing papers, including Humanoid Robots: Vision and Reality, plus papers on cobots, service robots and AI.
ISO 8373:2021 Robotics — Vocabulary — International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
The ISO glossary of robotics terms, giving agreed meanings for words such as actuator, manipulator and service robot.
ISO 22166-1:2021 Robotics — Modularity for service robots — Part 1: General requirements — International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Requirements for modular design and module integration in service robots, written for framework, module and robot makers.
ISO 9283:1998 Manipulating industrial robots — Performance criteria and related test methods — International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Defines how industrial arm performance, such as pose accuracy and repeatability, is tested so makers' figures can be compared.
Robot Operating System 2: Design, Architecture, and Uses In The Wild — Open Robotics (arXiv; published in Science Robotics).
Explains how ROS 2 was rebuilt for production use and where the open-source robot software framework is deployed.
Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (Data Act) — EUR-Lex, Publications Office of the European Union.
EU rules giving users access to the data their connected products generate, shaping how robot and component makers share it.
Humanoid Robots Are Getting to Work — IEEE Spectrum.
Reported feature on humanoids moving into warehouse work, and the actuator, battery and software hurdles still in the way.

Humanoid Makers — Companies building general-purpose humanoids for work, service and research.
Industrial & Warehouse — The makers behind robot arms, cobots, packaging robots and warehouse automation.
Mobile & Service Robots — Legged, delivery, cleaning and patrol robots, and the companies that build them.
Research & Components — Research robots, open platforms and component makers for labs, universities and developers.
Robot Actuators — The motors, gearboxes and joints that move robots, who makes them, and why they shape cost and performance.
Robot Sensors — Cameras, LiDAR, IMUs, force sensors and touch: what each tells a robot and what to check before buying.
Robot Hands and Grippers — Dexterous hands versus simple grippers, and how touch sensing changes what a robot can hold.
The Chips Inside Robots — Onboard GPUs, systems-on-chip and AI accelerators: what robot brains are made of and why power matters.
Robot Software Stacks — ROS 2, middleware, simulators and fleet tools: the software layers that turn hardware into a working robot.
The Humanoid Supply Chain — Who makes the motors, gears, batteries, magnets and sensors inside humanoids, and where supply risk sits.
Latest updates — Funding, listings and deals reshaped the robot industry in 2026, with fortunes rising and falling fast. These figures and dated updates show who raised money, who listed, who was bought and who is shipping.
About us — What we cover, how we source every figure, and who publishes this site.

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