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Mobile & Service Robots

Mobile and service robots leave the factory floor for streets, offices, hospitals, hotels and industrial sites. Their makers are a varied group, from legged-robot specialists to delivery, cleaning and security robot companies.

By Liam O'Connor · Updated October 2026

Legged and inspection robots

Legged robots walk where wheels struggle: stairs, gratings, rubble and uneven industrial sites. The Humanoid Group lists quadrupeds from Boston Dynamics, ANYbotics, Unitree, Ghost Robotics and Deep Robotics, used for inspection, research and site monitoring. Many carry payloads such as thermal cameras, gas sensors or laser scanners. When comparing them, look at runtime, weather rating, payload options, autonomy software and how inspection data reaches the teams who act on it.

Delivery and transport robots

Delivery robot makers build machines for the last stretch of a journey, on pavements, campuses and private sites. THG lists pavement and road delivery robots from Starship Technologies, Kiwibot, Coco, Nuro and Neolix, alongside drone delivery from Wing and cargo drones from makers such as Dronamics and Elroy Air. Rules on where these robots may operate vary by country and city, so check local regulations before planning a deployment.

Cleaning, security and home robots

Service robots for buildings are among the most visible robots in daily life. THG lists commercial cleaning robots from Pudu Robotics and Gausium, patrol robots from Knightscope, Cobalt Robotics and Ascento, and home robots from makers such as Roborock, Ecovacs, iRobot and Husqvarna. Commercial buyers should compare coverage, autonomy, reporting and integration with lifts and doors, while home buyers weigh navigation, maintenance and the quality of the companion app.

Sources and further reading

ISO 13482:2014 Robots and robotic devices — Safety requirements for personal care robots — International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Safety requirements for mobile servant, physical assistant and person carrier robots; a revised edition is in progress.
Global Sales of Professional Service Robots Surge 24% — International Federation of Robotics (IFR).
IFR's 2025 service robot sales figures by category, from transport and logistics to cleaning, hospitality and humanoids.
Learning robust perceptive locomotion for quadrupedal robots in the wild — ETH Zurich (arXiv; published in Science Robotics).
ETH Zurich controller that fuses camera and body sensing so a quadruped crosses rough natural terrain at speed.

Common questions

Are robot dogs only for research?

No. Many quadrupeds are used for industrial inspection and site monitoring, as well as research and education. Payloads and software differ widely between makers.

Can I buy a delivery robot for my campus?

Some makers supply robots for private sites, while others mainly run delivery services themselves. Check each listing on The Humanoid Group, or request a quote.

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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