Humanoid and industrial robots: 23 real deployments

Deploying CLOi wheel-based robots at Tennessee washing-machine factory under new Nvidia partnership MOU

Amazon, GXO, Schaeffler and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada operate Agility Robotics' Digit humanoids in live deployments.

Reported: Agility reports more than $300 million in multi-year Digit v5 orders and discussions with over 30 additional customers.

China is deploying humanoid robots into factories, logistics hubs and stores to collect real-world training data through government-backed centers.

Reported: Sixty-four data-collection centers are operating, 20 more are under construction, and the ministry targets 10,000 humanoids on factory floors by year-end.

Agility Robotics became the first adopter of NVIDIA's Halos for Robotics full-stack safety system, integrating Halos Core into its Digit humanoid robots deployed at Amazon.

Hexagon and Fill Maschinenbau deployed the AEON humanoid robot for machine tending and inspection in Fill's Austrian factory, with Hexagon's metrology stack providing a closed perception-feedback loop.

Auto-parts maker Schaeffler signed a binding contract with UK startup Humanoid to deploy thousands of wheeled humanoid robots for autonomous shop-floor operations across its global manufacturing plants by 2032.

Siemens and Humanoid Ltd. deployed the HMND 01 Alpha humanoid in a live logistics trial at Siemens' Erlangen factory, the first European humanoid trial with a credible throughput number.

Reported: 60 container moves/hour and >90% pick success in live logistics

humanoid robots deployed to sort parcels at China Post Group facilities in Shenzhen

China Post deployed humanoid robot sorters alongside robotic arms and unmanned forklifts at its Jianggao logistics site under the Guangzhou postal center.

Reported: Humanoids process up to 1,200 parcels per hour at a facility handling an average of 6.5 million pieces of mail per day, with fingertip sensors rated to detect pressure as light as 3 grams.

DHL Supply Chain operates 8,000 robots inside its warehouses, changing headcount, onboarding and picker workflows.

Romark Logistics deployed Dexory's autonomous inventory robots for real-time inventory scanning across its Pennsylvania warehouse without disrupting picking throughput.

DHL Supply Chain runs Locus Robotics' Array system, mobile robots plus picking arms, in production (not piloting), handling pick, putaway, induction, and replenishment in one fleet for end-to-end warehouse fulfillment.

Reported: a claimed 90% reduction in manual labor

Trialed humanoid robot on its own automotive production lines for nut-tightening and folding center-console covers

Reported: robot raised nut-tightening precision from 90.2% to 98% during factory trials and hit ~90% on folding center-console covers

BYD plans to introduce humanoid robots at its Di Space experience centers and later deploy them across dealerships.

Reported: BYD floated deploying two to three robots per dealership within one to two years.

Hyundai Motor Group plans to deploy more than 25,000 Boston Dynamics Atlas humanoid robots across its US manufacturing plants, starting at Hyundai's Georgia Metaplant America in 2028 followed by Kia's Georgia plant in 2029.

Piloting humanoid robots rented at $30/hour for household cleaning tasks including vacuuming, wiping counters and taking out trash, with remote VR-goggled technician supervision, targeting 1,000 San Francisco households

Tau Robotics operates an invite-only San Francisco home-cleaning service jointly controlled by remote human operators and AI.

Reported: The service launched at $30 per hour and uses supervised work in real homes to collect training video.

Monumental deploys autonomous bricklaying robots on residential construction projects.

Reported: The company reports more than 150 robots deployed and over 100 homes completed, nearly half in the prior three months.

Wonder is deploying an automated bowl-making robotic system, acquired from Sweetgreen, in its first kitchen to produce salads, Tex-Mex and poke bowls, with companion machines for sauces and beverages in development.

Reported: System produces 500 bowls per hour versus roughly 45 for a human worker; Sweetgreen currently runs it across 32 locations; Lore claims it produces bowls with 'no errors'.

China's MIIT launched a nationwide programme requiring local governments and state-owned enterprises to move humanoid robots from demonstrations into active industrial and service deployment across manufacturing, healthcare and disaster relief, targeting 10,000 deployed units and 100+ high-value applications by year-end 2026.

Two Foundation Future Industries Phantom MK-1 humanoid robots, built on an LLM-driven autonomy stack blending independent operation with supervised teleoperation, were deployed to Ukraine for battlefield logistics testing in hazardous areas under a joint US government and Ukrainian program, the first known humanoid robot deployment in an active combat theater.

Greek coffee producer KAFEA TERRA plans an industrial deployment this summer of Axl Imperial's MARK One dual-arm humanoid robot for palletizing, machine feeding, quality control, and material handling alongside human workers.

Japan Airlines started a two-year humanoid robot trial at Haneda airport covering baggage, cargo, and aircraft towing.