Jabil ranks 34 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 69; BYD Electronics ranks 52 with 64. Jabil is ahead on deployment and leverage. Level on production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning and firepower. BYD Electronics is based in Shenzhen, China, Jabil in St. Petersburg, United States. BYD Electronics: Established. Jabil: Established. BYD Electronics is named in 0 signals and Jabil in 12.
BYD Electronics has reported robotics-related manufacturing initiatives, but the available facts do not clearly establish a distinct humanoid-robot product line or customer-facing humanoid manufacturing business.
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BYD Electronic is a Chinese Apple-chain contract manufacturer (HKEX:0285) and NVIDIA Isaac adopter, positioned as the listed entity most likely to carry humanoid assembly work within the BYD group. Parent BYD's humanoid program (Yao-Shun-Yu, under its 15th Business Division, in secret development since 2022) made its public debut in August 2026, with EVP Stella Li describing auto AI, motor, battery, and control technology as directly transferable and targeting robot sales advisors in showrooms within one to two years. The current-year revenue figure was not re-verified this pass (historically RMB 170B+ class); the BYD humanoid itself is tracked as a parent-division program.
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Jabil partnered with Apptronik to scale manufacturing and production of Apollo humanoid robots, including industrial deployment with Mercedes-Benz.
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Jabil is a US electronics manufacturing giant (NYSE:JBL, ~$34-35B revenue) and the named contract manufacturer for Apptronik's Apollo humanoid, operating 100+ facilities across 30+ countries. It committed a $500M factory-systems overhaul in 2025 (including an Arch Systems AI investment), opened new India factories, and redesigned a pneumatic robotic arm to cut energy use 80%. Robotics-specific revenue is not broken out (Q1 FY26 group revenue was $8.3B, beating estimates).
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Jabil ranks 34 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 69; BYD Electronics ranks 52 with 64. Jabil is ahead on deployment and leverage. Level on production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning and firepower. BYD Electronics is based in Shenzhen, China, Jabil in St. Petersburg, United States. BYD Electronics: Established. Jabil: Established. BYD Electronics is named in 0 signals and Jabil in 12.
Jabil ranks 34 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 69; BYD Electronics ranks 52 with 64. Jabil is ahead on deployment and leverage. Level on production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning and firepower. BYD Electronics is based in Shenzhen, China, Jabil in St. Petersburg, United States. BYD Electronics: Established. Jabil: Established. BYD Electronics is named in 0 signals and Jabil in 12. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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