Robotics Europe's first humanoid unicorn is two years old
London's Humanoid raised a $152M Series A at $1.35B on Tuesday, making it Europe's first pure-play humanoid unicorn — two years after being founded.
Robotics
#schaeffler · How Robots Are Reshaping Work
New robots, new capabilities. Tracking what's coming for the workforce.
Robotics 
Robotics Humanoid x Schaeffler, May 13: a UK Two-Year-Old Just Booked the Largest Disclosed Humanoid-Rollout Contract Anyone Has Signed — 1,000–2,000 Wheeled Units Through 2032, Plus a Seven-Digit Actuator Supply Deal Where the Customer Is Also the Supplier
British startup Humanoid (founded 2024) and German motion-tech giant Schaeffler signed a binding rollout deal on May 13: 1,000–2,000 wheeled humanoid units across Schaeffler's global plants by 2032, first phase Dec 2026–Jun 2027 in Herzogenaurach and Schweinfurt. Bundled with a five-year actuator supply pact that makes Schaeffler the preferred supplier for >50% of Humanoid's joint actuators through 2031 — a seven-digit (1M+) unit commitment. The customer is also the supplier. The bet is wheeled, not bipedal.
Robotics Schaeffler Q1: 45 Humanoid Partners, 30 Prototype Orders, 5 Customer Contracts, Series Production This Quarter — And A 「Three-Digit Million Euros By 2030」 Order Book
On May 5 Schaeffler reported Q1 2026 results and gave the market its first hard humanoid-robotics revenue guidance: 45 partners, 30 prototype orders, 5 contracts, series production starting Q2, hundreds of millions of euros by 2030.
Robotics Schaeffler Just Committed to 1,000 Humanoids — And Is Selling the Gearboxes That Power Them. Germany's Tier-1 Auto Supplier Is Now Both Customer and Vendor in Its Own Automation.
On April 22 Schaeffler AG — the €16B German automotive Tier-1 — committed to deploying at least 1,000 Hexagon AEON humanoids across its global production network by 2033, and simultaneously signed on as Hexagon's supplier of the planetary and strain-wave actuators that power them. It is the third humanoid deal Schaeffler has signed in six months.