15 of the 100 companies on the Humanoids 100 are based in Europe, 15% of the list, across 4 categories and 6 segments. The highest ranked is Schaeffler, rank 10 of 100 with a score of 85. Ranking and scores from the November 2026 edition, the assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence of the humanoid robotics landscape.
| Rank | Company | Category / segment | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | SchaefflerSchaeffler supplies actuator systems and motion-technology components for humanoid robots, including formed strain-wave gearboxes intended for humanoid joints. | Components / Actuation | Germany | 85 |
| 16 | HexagonHexagon Robotics builds AEON, a wheeled humanoid robot for industrial production, piloted with BMW, Schaeffler and Pilatus. | Systems / General-purpose | Sweden | 81 |
| 22 | Neura RoboticsNEURA Robotics develops general-purpose cognitive humanoids, including the 4NE1, and is scaling their production, training, perception, and real-world deployment through partnerships and NEURA Gym facilities. | Systems / General-purpose | Germany | 76 |
| 24 | SynapticonSynapticon supplies actuators and integrated motion-control hardware for humanoid and legged robots, including ACTILINK-JD and SOMANET Circulo deployments with ZJ Humanoids and Lenovo. | Components / Actuation | Germany | 76 |
| 28 | AGILE RobotsThe company develops Agile ONE, an industrial humanoid robot designed for industrial settings and planned for production in Bavaria. | Systems / Industrial & logistics | Germany | 74 |
| 31 | Oversonic RoboticsOversonic builds and sells RoBee humanoid robots for industrial production and logistics, deployed at an STMicroelectronics fab. | Systems / Industrial & logistics | Italy | 72 |
| 43 | Engineered ArtsEngineered Arts builds and deploys general-purpose humanoid robots, including Ameca and Azi Desktop, with actuated movement, cameras, radar, spatial audio, connectivity and interaction software. | Systems / General-purpose | United Kingdom | 65 |
| 47 | SchunkSCHUNK is helping establish humanoid robotics capabilities and brings its established gripping and manipulation technology to the emerging humanoid robotics ecosystem. | Components / Manipulation | Germany | 65 |
| 48 | HumanoidHumanoid develops and sells the HMND 01 family of wheeled and bipedal humanoid robots for industrial, logistics, and manufacturing deployments. | Systems / Industrial & logistics | United Kingdom | 65 |
| 50 | HeidenhainHeidenhain makes high-precision encoders and motion-control systems, including dual-encoder joint designs for robot makers in the humanoid supply chain. | Sensing / Proprioception | Germany | 65 |
| 63 | WandercraftWandercraft builds Calvin humanoid robots for industrial manufacturing and logistics tasks, including tire handling and repetitive parts manufacturing in automotive and plastics plants. | Systems / General-purpose | France | 62 |
| 78 | Generative BionicsGenerative Bionics develops GENE.01 industrial humanoid robots for object manipulation, locomotion, interactive learning, and planned industrial deployments. | Systems / Industrial & logistics | Italy | 55.5 |
| 79 | PAL RoboticsPAL Robotics develops humanoid and human-centered robotic platforms such as ARI and TIAGo, supporting autonomous social interaction, collaboration and advanced manipulation. | Systems / General-purpose | Spain | 55 |
| 95 | FlexionFlexion builds humanoid robotics intelligence software, including the Odyssey-3 world model, humanoid policies, language understanding, synthetic vision-language-action training, and transformer-based full-body control. | Software / Robot foundation models & world models | Switzerland | 52 |
| 96 | BoschBosch has a strategic partnership with NEURA Robotics covering humanoid robotics, physical AI, real-world data collection, and AI-based core and functional software. | Components / Actuation | Germany | 51.5 |
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15 of the 100 companies on the Humanoids 100 are based in Europe: Schaeffler, Hexagon, Neura Robotics, Synapticon and AGILE Robots and 10 more. Schaeffler ranks highest (rank 10 of 100, score 85). Ranking from the Humanoids 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.
Schaeffler ranks highest (rank 10 of 100, score 85). Next: Hexagon, Neura Robotics and Synapticon. Ranking from the Humanoids 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.
15 of 100, 15% of the list. Ranking from the Humanoids 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.
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