This Robot Startup Is Coming for Human Labor

This Robot Startup Is Coming for Human Labor

Robotics in Everyday Life
Jul 30, 2026  #machine #Robotics #robot

Humanoid just became Europe's first pure-play humanoid robotics unicorn, raising a $152 million Series A at a $1.35 billion valuation. All of this before shipping a single commercial robot.

We went inside their London lab to see what all the hype is about. Founder Artem Sokolov walks us through HMND 01, the company's general-purpose robot built to work in warehouses, factories, and logistics hubs, and explains why he thinks robots and humans belong side by side rather than in competition.

We get into how a company barely two years old landed deals with Schaeffler and Bosch, why they went with a wheeled design, and what it actually takes to build a robot company from scratch at this speed.

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