PAL Robotics vs Rokae: General-purpose compared

November 2026 edition · assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence

Rokae ranks 76 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 56; PAL Robotics ranks 79 with 55. PAL Robotics is ahead on deployment, progress and positioning. Rokae is ahead on firepower and leverage. Level on production, commercials and technology. PAL Robotics is based in Barcelona, Spain, Rokae in Beijing, China. PAL Robotics is named in 11 signals and Rokae in 8.

PAL Robotics →

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain · Humanoids · Systems / General-purpose · pal-robotics.com

PAL Robotics develops humanoid and human-centered robotic platforms such as ARI and TIAGo, supporting autonomous social interaction, collaboration and advanced manipulation.

Humanoids 100 · rank 79 · score 55Robotics · prospect · score 35

Scores, Humanoids (of 10)

Deployment6
Production4
Commercials4
Progress9
Technology6
Positioning6
Firepower4
Leverage4

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

PAL Robotics (Barcelona, founded 2004) is the longest-lived European humanoid maker, part of PAL Technology Group (Abu Dhabi), with TIAGo mobile manipulators in hundreds of operations, ~50+ research humanoids shipped (TALOS/REEM-C), and the commercially buyable ARI social humanoid (quote-based ~$35-90K). It has hospital deployments and showed an upgraded ARI at CES 2026, occupying a sustainable research and social/service niche rather than the industrial-humanoid race. Revenue is not disclosed (self-funded plus EU grants).

Latest signals

  • PAL Robotics launched the TIAGo Pro humanoid mobile manipulator.humanoid.guide
  • TALOS humanoid robot launched for industrial research and advanced robotics developmenthumanoid.guide
  • TALOS humanoid robot launched by PAL Robotics for industrial researchhumanoid.guide

11 signals name PAL Robotics.

Facts, with sources

  • more than 200 StockBot units deployed across 15 countrieshumanoid.guide
  • StockBots deployed across 15 countrieshumanoid.guide
  • newest robotic platform with TIAGo Pro ArmPAL Robotics

31 facts on file.

Rokae →

Beijing, Beijing, China · Humanoids · Systems / General-purpose · rokae.com

Rokae develops and launches Human.X humanoid robots and turnkey embodied-robotics solutions, positioning it as a builder of general-purpose humanoid systems.

Robotics · watchlist · score 74Humanoids 100 · rank 76 · score 56

Scores, Humanoids (of 10)

Deployment4
Production4
Commercials4
Progress8
Technology6
Positioning4
Firepower8
Leverage6

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

Rokae is one of China's leading independent industrial robot makers, positioning itself as the domestic alternative to the "big four" (Fanuc/ABB/KUKA/Yaskawa) at the high-precision, force-controlled end of the market rather than the commodity end. Its core lines are the xMate force-controlled collaborative robots and industrial six-axis arms sold into electronics, automotive and general manufacturing, and it completed a Hong Kong IPO (HKEX 3752) in July 2026 — revenue growing but still loss-making. Since 2025 it has expanded into embodied intelligence with the Human.X humanoid and force-controlled arms marketed as components for other embodied-AI builders, so it now plays both as a robot maker and as an arms supplier to the humanoid wave.

Latest signals

  • ROKAE delivered its 10,000th humanoid force-controlled arm.RoboticsTomorrow
  • ROKAE delivered 10,000 humanoid arms.Humanoids Daily
  • Five ROKAE Helios wheeled humanoids operate on Schaeffler’s Taicang component line.Humanoids Daily

8 signals name Rokae.

Facts, with sources

  • Embodied-AI controllerhumanoid.guide
  • Chinese embodied-intelligence Tier1 industry alliance with supply-chain companiesLeiphone 雷峰网
  • Attracted developers from major robot manufacturers within two months of launchQbitAI 量子位

16 facts on file.

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PAL Robotics or Rokae: which is ahead in humanoids?

Rokae ranks 76 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 56; PAL Robotics ranks 79 with 55. PAL Robotics is ahead on deployment, progress and positioning. Rokae is ahead on firepower and leverage. Level on production, commercials and technology. PAL Robotics is based in Barcelona, Spain, Rokae in Beijing, China. PAL Robotics is named in 11 signals and Rokae in 8.

How do PAL Robotics and Rokae compare?

Rokae ranks 76 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 56; PAL Robotics ranks 79 with 55. PAL Robotics is ahead on deployment, progress and positioning. Rokae is ahead on firepower and leverage. Level on production, commercials and technology. PAL Robotics is based in Barcelona, Spain, Rokae in Beijing, China. PAL Robotics is named in 11 signals and Rokae in 8. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.

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