{"title":"AutoStore vs Unitree: Mobile robots & AMRs compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/autostore-vs-unitree","comparison":"Unitree ranks 25 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 87; AutoStore ranks 26 with 86. AutoStore is ahead on deployment, commercials and progress. Unitree is ahead on production, positioning and firepower. Level on technology and leverage. AutoStore is based in Nedre Vats, Norway, Unitree in Hangzhou, China. AutoStore: Established. Unitree: Public, founded 2016. AutoStore is named in 45 signals and Unitree in 720.","companies":[{"name":"AutoStore","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/autostore","city":"Nedre Vats","country":"Norway","stage":"Established","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"AutoStore is a Norwegian warehouse-automation maker (cube-storage ASRS) with ~92,500 robots across ~2,000 systems in 68 countries, FY2025 revenue of $539M, and FY26 guidance of ~$700M. It signed an Amazon global strategic supply agreement (August 2026), posted record Q2-26 revenue of $192M (+43%) on a $596M backlog, and set a $75M buyback, recovering after 2025 revenue dipped from $601M in 2024. The Amazon agreement is the marquee 2026 win.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":26,"score":86,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":10,"deployment":10,"production":8,"technology":8},"why":"AutoStore designs, supplies, and deploys automated storage and retrieval systems, including warehouse robots, storage grids, bins, and ports for e-commerce, grocery, healthcare, retail, and distribution customers.","segment":"Mobile robots & AMRs","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":45,"facts_total":20},{"name":"Unitree","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/unitree","city":"Hangzhou","country":"China","stage":"Public","founded":2016,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Unitree is the Chinese humanoid and quadruped leader (Shanghai STAR Market IPO in August 2026, ~$905M raised at ~$9B, closing up ~460-542% day one) that shipped 5,500 humanoids in 2025 (world #1 per its prospectus) with FY25 revenue of RMB 1.71B (~$250M, +335%) at ~60% gross margin, humanoids now 51.5% of core revenue. Its H2 full-size humanoid ships at $29,900 (the cheapest on the market) and its G1 at $13,500, with a $100K NVIDIA GR00T reference platform due late 2026, targeting ~20,000 humanoid shipments in 2026. A critical mix flag: >70% of 2025 humanoid sales were research and educational buyers, with industrial deployments under 10% of revenue, so its shipment count and its useful-work count are very different things.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":25,"score":87,"tier":"member","scores":{"leverage":8,"position":9,"progress":9,"firepower":9,"commercial":8,"deployment":9,"production":9,"technology":8},"why":"Unitree is a robotics OEM that builds and sells autonomous humanoid robot systems, with demonstrated capabilities including motion transfer, manipulation, autonomous sparring, and real-time control.","segment":"Mobile robots & AMRs","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":720,"facts_total":232}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}