AI & Humanoid Robotics Weekly

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Where humanoid companies are building, raising and shipping. Tiers and activity scores are an editorial judgement.

Editorial tiers and scores

Shading follows these tiers. The number on each country is an editorial activity score: a composite of humanoid company count, capital raised, shipments and deployments, supply-chain depth and policy support. It is not a measured statistic.

Pins are headquarters. Choose a country to frame it, or a cluster to move closer. At the closest zoom a cluster fans out, and company names appear beside the pins. Back to world returns to the full map.

Countries

Ranked by tier, then editorial activity score.

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    Who makes the parts

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    The robots on this map are built from actuators, sensors and chips made by specialist suppliers. A sample of the 45 suppliers in 13 categories:

    Featured this week · Oct 5–11, 2026

    Guangzhou, Guangdong, CN · Founded 2014 · division of XPeng · humanoid · public · Asia

    Why featured this week: XPeng robotics unit raises >$900M at >$6.3B post-money, led by IDG Source (opens the source) · Oct 6, 2026

    Latest roundFirst external round: $900M on 2026-10-06, led by IDG CapitalSource (opens the source) · as of Oct 6, 2026

    Valuation
    More than $6.3B, post-moneySource (opens the source) · as of Oct 6, 2026
    Market cap
    $9.14B (XPEV, NYSE); this is XPeng as a whole, not the divisionSource (opens the source) · as of Oct 8, 2026 · Medium confidence
    Latest filing highlight (6-K)
    He Xiaopeng says the mass-production version of XPeng's humanoid robot has passed several milestones.Source (opens the source) · as of Aug 25, 2026
    Flagship product
    IRON: Humanoid; mass production targeted end-2026, deliveries in China and overseas from 2027Source (opens the source) · as of Oct 8, 2026
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