Manipulation (Components) in humanoid robotics: the 12 leaders on the Humanoids 100

November 2026 edition · 12 of 100 companies · rank is the position on the Humanoids 100

12 of the 100 companies on the Humanoids 100 are in the Manipulation segment of Components, from 5 countries. The highest ranked is Critical Point, rank 7 of 100 with a score of 86.5. Ranking and scores from the November 2026 edition, the assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence of the humanoid robotics landscape.

RankCompanyCategory / segmentCountryScore
7Critical PointCritical Point develops and sells OmniHand dexterous robotic hands designed for humanoid platforms, including standard, Lite, and Ultra variants for manipulation and embodied-AI training.Components / ManipulationChina86.5
11SharpaSharpa sells North, a general-purpose humanoid robot, to enterprise operators for autonomous service and dexterous manipulation.Components / ManipulationSingapore84
19LinkerBotLinkerBot (灵心巧手) develops and sells dexterous robotic hands and related manipulation hardware for embodied-intelligence and humanoid-robot applications.Components / ManipulationChina78
30XynovaXynova sells the Flex 2 bionic dexterous hand to humanoid and robotics manufacturers for advanced robotic manipulation.Components / ManipulationChina72
36YQ BionicsYQ Bionics manufactures and supplies dexterous robotic hands, a manipulation component for humanoid robots.Components / ManipulationChina68
40TesolloTesollo develops humanoid and robotic hands used as manipulation components, including a humanoid robot hand demonstrated at the 2025 World IT Show.Components / ManipulationSouth Korea66
45BrainCoBrainCo's RoboGesture software generates humanoid gestures directly in 41-DoF robot space at 120 FPS and has been demonstrated on a Unitree G1 humanoid.Components / ManipulationChina65
47SchunkSCHUNK is helping establish humanoid robotics capabilities and brings its established gripping and manipulation technology to the emerging humanoid robotics ecosystem.Components / ManipulationGermany65
57PSYONICPSYONIC supplies multi-degree-of-freedom robotic hands and is developing integrations with humanoid and general-purpose robot platforms for manipulation.Components / ManipulationUnited States63
60CasiaHandCasiaHand develops and supplies Linker Hand dexterous hands using tendon-driven, linkage-driven and direct-drive architectures. These are manipulation components for humanoid and embodied-intelligence robots.Components / ManipulationChina62
71Wuji TechThe Wuji Hand is an anthropomorphic robotic hand component intended for dexterous manipulation, including use in autonomous manipulation systems such as the Genesis AI demo.Components / ManipulationChina58
97ProceptionProception develops and sells ProHand, a dexterous tendon-driven robotic hand designed for humanoid and robotics applications. Its product is a manipulation component with integrated tactile sensing.Components / ManipulationUnited States50.5

Score out of 100: traction (deployment, production, commercials, progress) and capability (technology, positioning, firepower, leverage). The full Humanoids 100 with filters →

Humanoids 100 by country

China 47United States 24South Korea 8Germany 7Vietnam 3Italy 2Japan 2United Kingdom 2France 1Singapore 1Spain 1Sweden 1Switzerland 1

Humanoids 100 by region

Asia 61North America 24Europe 15

Humanoids 100 by category

Systems 59Components 30Manufacturing 4Software 4Sensing 3

Humanoids 100 by segment

General-purpose 36Industrial & logistics 15Actuation 14Manipulation 12Consumer & home 5Contract manufacturing 4Compute & controllers 3Robot foundation models & world models 3Specialty 2Vision & 3D perception 2Power 1Proprioception 1Safety & verification 1

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Who are the top Manipulation companies in humanoid robotics?

Critical Point ranks highest (rank 7 of 100, score 86.5). The Manipulation segment (Components) holds 12 of the 100 companies on the Humanoids 100: Critical Point, Sharpa, LinkerBot, Xynova and YQ Bionics and 7 more. Ranking from the Humanoids 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.

Which companies supply Manipulation for humanoid robotics?

Critical Point, Sharpa, LinkerBot, Xynova and YQ Bionics and 7 more. Each has a company file with scores, facts and signals. Ranking from the Humanoids 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.

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