{"title":"DEEP Robotics vs Humanoid: Industrial & logistics compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/deep-robotics-vs-humanoid","comparison":"Humanoid ranks 48 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 65; DEEP Robotics ranks 53 with 64. DEEP Robotics is ahead on production and technology. Humanoid is ahead on deployment, commercials and leverage. Level on progress, positioning and firepower. DEEP Robotics is based in Hangzhou, China, Humanoid in London, United Kingdom. DEEP Robotics is named in 34 signals and Humanoid in 184.","companies":[{"name":"DEEP Robotics","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/deep-robotics","city":"Hangzhou","country":"China","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"DEEP Robotics is a Chinese maker of the Jueying X quadruped (681 sold in 2025, 58% of revenue) plus the wheeled-legged Shanmao M and a nascent DR humanoid, serving power-grid inspection, rescue, and public security, with 2025 revenue of RMB 337M (~$46.8M) and its first net profit (RMB 29M) after 2023-24 losses. Its STAR Market IPO filing was accepted (May 2026, a ~$347M target), and it is in the inquiry stage. Quadrupeds are its revenue base; the humanoid is still <1%.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Humanoids","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":53,"score":64,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":10,"firepower":6,"commercial":4,"deployment":4,"production":6,"technology":8},"why":"The company launched the DR02, an all-weather industrial humanoid robot, positioning it for industrial and field applications.","segment":"Industrial & logistics","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":34,"facts_total":36},{"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."}