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What are Humanoid Robots?

Humanoid Robots are advanced, general-purpose robots designed to resemble and function like the human body, typically featuring a head, torso, two arms, and two legs. Their human-like form allows them to operate efficiently in spaces built for people and to interact naturally with humans. Leveraging technologies such as artificial intelligence, sensors, actuators, and sophisticated motion control systems, humanoid robots can perceive their environment, plan actions, and autonomously perform complex tasks across various industries—including manufacturing, healthcare, public services, and the home.

Modern humanoid robots are equipped with AI for learning, adaptability, and natural language communication, enabling them to undertake roles that involve human interaction, dexterity, and social intelligence. Thanks to rapid advances in AI and robotics hardware, these robots are evolving quickly, promising to revolutionize productivity and safety while expanding the boundaries of automation in human-centric environments.

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Reliable Robotics develops autonomous aircraft systems that enable remote piloting, safer flights, and more efficient air cargo and passenger operations.

AI platform for field and back-office workflows in utilities, telecom, agriculture, and infrastructure teams.

Sillage uses AI agents to track buying signals and surface timely account insights so enterprise sales teams can prioritize outreach and research efficiently.

Orkes provides a workflow orchestration platform for developers to build, scale, and monitor distributed applications, microservices, AI agents, and APIs with reliability.

RISC-V AI chip company building scalable, cost-efficient processors and toolchains for next-generation AI computing workloads.

Sierra builds conversational AI agents that handle customer support, automate workflows, and integrate with enterprise systems for better service.

AI medical search engine for physicians. Draws from journals like NEJM and JAMA to provide fast, evidence-based clinical answers at the point of care. Free for verified clinicians.

Mercor connects expert professionals with leading AI labs and enterprises to deliver human insight for training, testing, and improving advanced AI systems.

World Labs builds AI models that perceive, generate, and interact with 3D environments using spatial intelligence technology.

Surge AI delivers high-skill data labeling for AI model training, covering RLHF, NLP, code generation, search evaluation, and adversarial datasets.

MEDVi delivers online telehealth for GLP-1 weight loss meds, women's hormone care, peptides, supplements, meals, hair growth, and skincare with licensed providers and fast shipping. (128 characters)

Thinking Machines Lab develops customizable AI systems and the Tinker platform for efficient model training and human-AI collaboration.

SambaNova builds full-stack AI platforms with specialized chips for fast inference, training, and agentic AI in data centers and clouds.

Enterprise AI platform for production workflows, AI apps, MLOps, and support automation with secure deployment and governance.

Lovable is an AI-powered website and app builder for startups and teams to create apps with simple prompts.

Listen Labs runs AI-led customer interviews at scale, turning real customer conversations into structured insights, reports, and highlight reels for product decisions.

Genspark provides an all-in-one AI workspace that generates slides, docs, images, videos, code, and designs from simple instructions. AI agents handle workflows like presentations and inbox management.

Latest Articles

X Square Robot embodied AI startup raises $276M from China’s tech giants to scale WALL-A-powered humanoid robots from home cleaning to factories and eldercare.

X Square Robot’s $276M Bet on Embodied AI and China’s General-Purpose Robots

X Square Robot has raised $276M from Xiaomi, Sequoia China, and other internet giants to scale its WALL-A embodied AI

EVAS Intelligence RISC-V AI chips secure a 1.5B yuan Series B to scale Epoch hardware, expand globally, and challenge incumbents in AI compute.

EVAS Intelligence’s RISC-V AI Chips Land 1.5 Billion Yuan Series B to Power Global Expansion

EVAS Intelligence has raised 1.5 billion yuan to mass‑produce its RISC-V Epoch AI chips, deepen its full‑stack platform, and accelerate

Orkes AI orchestration platform raises 60M dollars to help enterprises run reliable AI agents in production with durable workflows and governance.

Orkes Raises $60M to Orchestrate Enterprise AI Agents in Production

Orkes has raised 60 million dollars to turn its Netflix‑born workflow engine into a control plane for enterprise AI agents.

Sillage AI signal engine helps enterprise sales teams follow the right buying signals, boosting reply rates and pipeline quality with contextual, human-centric outreach.

Sillage’s AI signal engine raises €1.7M to help enterprise sales teams follow the right buying signals

Paris-based Sillage has raised €1.7 million to launch an AI signal engine that helps enterprise sales teams follow the right

Cloneable’s agentic AI platform for infrastructure operations captures expert knowledge, automates back-office workflows, and targets aging grids, telecoms, and construction.

Cloneable’s agentic AI platform targets the infrastructure knowledge gap with $4.6M seed round

Cloneable is launching an agentic AI platform for infrastructure operations that captures institutional knowledge from retiring experts and turns it

Reliable Robotics raised $160M to scale its FAA-certifiable Reliable Autonomy System, aiming to accelerate the deployment of automated cargo aircraft.

Reliable Robotics Secures $160M to Scale Autonomous Aircraft Systems for Commercial Deployment

Reliable Robotics has secured $160M to scale production and deployment of its Reliable Autonomy System. This funding marks a pivotal

Recursive Superintelligence funding shows how fast capital is backing self‑improving AI labs, with $500M raised and big questions about control, governance and scalability.

Ricursive Superintelligence’s $500M bet on self-improving AI raises the stakes in the AGI funding race

Excerpt: Ricursive Superintelligence has raised at least $500 million to build self‑improving AI, with GV and Nvidia backing a four‑month‑old

Bond raises 2M to automate SME accounting in Brazil, using AI plus human experts to speed up tax, payroll and compliance for underserved small and mid-sized businesses.

Bond AI raises US$2M to automate SME accounting in Brazil’s brutal tax maze

Brazilian startup BOND has raised US$2M to automate accounting for SMEs in Brazil’s complex tax system. Combining AI with human

Loop AI supply chain platform raises $95M Series C to turn messy logistics data into disruption predictions and financial gains for global shippers.

Loop’s AI supply chain platform raises $95M Series C to predict disruptions before they hit

Loop just raised a $95M Series C to expand its AI-native supply chain platform, turning messy logistics data into early

AI workforce platform Lua raises $5.8M to help businesses build, deploy, and manage their own AI agent workforce with shared ownership and faster rollout.

London AI startup Lua wants to give every business its own AI workforce with $5.8M seed round

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Factory Series C funding lifts the AI dev‑tools startup to a $1.5B valuation as it scales autonomous “Droids,” missions and governance for enterprise software engineering.

Factory.ai raises $150M Series C to build fully autonomous software engineering “factories”

Factory has raised a $150M Series C at a $1.5B valuation to scale its autonomous “Droids” platform, betting that enterprises

Solidroad raises $25M for AI customer support QA, using its platform to evaluate every interaction and turn customer conversations into real-time insights for support teams.

Solidroad’s $25M bet on AI quality assurance for customer support

Solidroad has raised $25 million to bring AI-native quality assurance to every human and AI-powered customer interaction. The new funding

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