Humanoid Turns to Bosch to Bring Its Warehouse Robots Into Mass Production

Humanoid’s warehouse robots just got a clearer path from pilot project to production line.

UK robotics startup Humanoid has signed a manufacturing partnership with Bosch to scale production of its HMND 01 humanoid robots for the European market following a successful industrial proof of concept (POC) earlier this year.

The agreement centers on Humanoid’s push to commercialize its robots for logistics and manufacturing environments. Bosch will act as the company’s contract manufacturing partner while also helping with production planning, hardware design, supply chain operations, and cost optimization through what the companies describe as a Design for Excellence framework.

The partnership follows testing completed in March at Bosch’s logistics facility in Bühl, Germany, where Humanoid’s robots autonomously moved boxes from conveyor systems onto trolleys in a live intralogistics workflow.

According to Humanoid, the robots handled five different box sizes with varying weights and dimensions while adapting to changing industrial conditions. The company said the project also tested advanced scanning systems, multi-conveyor coordination, and flexible handling capabilities.

Humanoid says trial validated scalability

According to Humanoid, its KinetIQ AI framework coordinated the warehouse operation and helped prove the robots could scale beyond experimental deployments.

“For Humanoid, this agreement is a critical step in our roadmap, bridging the gap between POC validation and large-scale deployment,” said Artem Sokolov, Founder and CEO of Humanoid.

“Our goal has always been to shorten the path between innovation and real-world integration, and this agreement reflects that approach. Together with Bosch, as a strong strategic manufacturing partner, we are committed to bringing humanoid robots into industrial settings, scaling their deployment, and accelerating adoption across logistics, manufacturing, and beyond,” Sokolov added.

Bosch describes the partnership as part of its push into industrial robotics manufacturing.

“This partnership is built on the shared belief in the great potential of robotics in industry,” said Peter Svejkovsky, Head of Corporate Intellectual Property. 

“Bosch’s goal is to advance the scaling of humanoid robotics and to further develop this field of the future. With our global production infrastructure and deep industrialisation expertise we are the perfect partner to take the step from prototype to volume manufacturing.”

Two robot designs target industrial work

Humanoid currently offers HMND 01 in two versions: a bipedal humanoid and a larger wheeled mobile manipulator.

The bipedal version stands 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 198 pounds, and can move at nearly 5 feet per second with a three-hour battery life. The wheeled model is substantially larger at 7 feet 3 inches tall and 661 pounds, with faster movement speeds and up to four hours of runtime.

Both systems are designed to carry payloads of up to 33 pounds while operating in spaces built for human workers. Humanoid says the robots run on KinetIQ, its four-layer AI orchestration platform designed to manage fleets of robots across industrial settings. The system handles everything from fleet coordination and reasoning to movement control and manipulation tasks.

The Bosch agreement arrives shortly after Humanoid announced another major industrial partnership with Schaeffler, which plans to deploy thousands of the company’s wheeled humanoid robots across factories over the coming years.

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