{"title":"Apptronik vs Humanoid: Industrial & logistics compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/apptronik-vs-humanoid","comparison":"Apptronik ranks 20 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 77; Humanoid ranks 48 with 65. Apptronik is ahead on production, technology, positioning and firepower. Humanoid is ahead on deployment. Level on commercials, progress and leverage. Apptronik is based in Austin, United States, Humanoid in London, United Kingdom. Apptronik: Private, founded 2016. Apptronik is named in 166 signals and Humanoid in 184.","companies":[{"name":"Apptronik","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/apptronik","city":"Austin","country":"United States","stage":"Private","founded":2016,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Apptronik is a US humanoid maker whose Apollo robot is produced by Jabil on an automotive-grade path, with a new-generation robot debut announced for 2026 and a Google DeepMind partnership putting Gemini Robotics on Apollo. It closed $935M+ in Series A funding (a $403M round in March 2025 and a $520M Series A-X in February 2026; ~$5B secondary valuation) with Mercedes-Benz taking an equity stake and a multi-plant deployment (described as the second most significant automotive humanoid deployment after BMW/Figure) plus a GXO partnership. It is effectively pre-revenue at disclosure level (pilot-only, quote-based).","assessed_in":{"domain":"Humanoids","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":20,"score":77,"tier":"member","scores":{"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":10,"commercial":5,"deployment":5,"production":6,"technology":8},"why":"Apptronik develops and sells Apollo humanoid robots for material handling and repetitive workflows across manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, and retail.","segment":"Industrial & logistics","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":166,"facts_total":147},{"name":"Humanoid","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/humanoid","city":"London","country":"United Kingdom","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Humanoid (legal entity SKL Robotics Ltd.), founded 2024 in London by serial entrepreneur Artem Sokolov, builds industrial humanoid robots — its flagship HMND 01, a dual-armed wheeled mobile manipulator running its proprietary KinetIQ AI platform. It unveiled the HMND 01 Alpha prototype on Sep-18-25 (developed in ~7 months) and raised a $152M Series A on Jul-21-26 at a $1.35B post-money valuation, becoming Europe's first pure-play humanoid unicorn. Key open question: it has strong pre-orders and OEM partners (Bosch, Schaeffler) but had not yet shipped commercial units as of mid-2026, with Beta rollout targeted for Q4 2026.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Humanoids","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":48,"score":65,"tier":"member","scores":{"leverage":8,"position":6,"progress":10,"firepower":6,"commercial":5,"deployment":7,"production":4,"technology":6},"why":"Humanoid develops and sells the HMND 01 family of wheeled and bipedal humanoid robots for industrial, logistics, and manufacturing deployments.","segment":"Industrial & logistics","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":184,"facts_total":88}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}