Facts

• Company: Vanar Robots
• Product type: Humanoid
• Status: pre_commercial
• Capability focus: Generalist
• Website: https://www.vanarrobots.com/Gen1

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Tags
• Record / Articles
• Timeline / Research
• Comparable Systems
• Sources

Summary

Vanar Generation-1 is Vanar Robots humanoid robot platform for physical-AI research.

Overview

Vanar Generation-1 is Vanar Robots humanoid robot platform for physical-AI research.

Market context

Vanar Generation-1 is a general-purpose humanoid prototype for repetitive, physically demanding and structured industrial tasks, built around in-house actuators, manipulators, structure and control models.

• Target environment: Research labs, industrial pilots, service demonstrations and structured environments where humanoid hardware can be tested or deployed.
• Workflow context: Locomotion, manipulation, human-robot interaction, embodied AI testing and task execution in controlled settings.
• Customer context: Robot developers, research teams, industrial partners and service operators evaluating humanoid systems.
• Deployment model: Commercial or available product positioned for customer use, integration or developer adoption.
• Commercial maturity: Publicly presented as commercial or available, with maturity depending on deployment scale and support coverage.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on safety, useful task coverage, manipulation reliability, operating time, support and proof outside demonstrations.
• Market position: Vanar Robots positions Vanar Generation-1 in the humanoid lane, where body format, autonomy and task evidence determine differentiation.
• Adjacent products: Figure 03, Apptronik Apollo, Unitree G1, Agility Digit

Audience

Researchers

Workflow

Locomotion, manipulation, human-robot interaction, embodied AI testing and task execution in controlled settings.

Capability

generalist

Deployment environment

Research labs, industrial pilots, service demonstrations and structured environments where humanoid hardware can be tested or deployed.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Researchers
• Workflow: Locomotion, manipulation, human-robot interaction, embodied AI testing and task execution in controlled settings.
• Capability: generalist
• Deployment environment: Research labs, industrial pilots, service demonstrations and structured environments where humanoid hardware can be tested or deployed.

Specifications

• Height Cm: 175 cm
• Weight: Approximately 60 kg
• Payload Capacity: 15 kg
• Runtime: 5+ hours expected runtime
• Dof: 38
• Manipulation: General humanoid manipulation capability
• Operational Environment: Homes, care homes, warehouses, and factory floors

Tags

• Peer Group: Industrial humanoid platform, Humanoid robot platform
• Workflow: Humanoid workplace tasks
• Capability: Whole-body control
• Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
• Commercial Stage: Commercial product

Record / Articles

• 2026-02-01 - Article - Vanar Generation 1 gives India a ground-up humanoid build log

Timeline / Research

• 2026-01-01 - Product Launch - Vanar Robots unveils Generation-1 humanoid prototype for industrial work - Vanar Robots presents Generation-1 as its first humanoid prototype aimed at demanding industrial work.
• 2026-01-01 - Market Signal - Vanar Robots opens limited beta deployment requests for industrial partners - Vanar states limited beta units will be placed with select industrial partners and invites early deployment requ…

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• IRON - XPeng Inc. - Humanoid
• Kepler K2 - Kepler Robotics - Humanoid
• Apollo - Apptronik - Humanoid
• Atlas - Boston Dynamics - Humanoid
• Walker S1 - UBTECH Robotics - Humanoid Platform
• Walker S - UBTECH Robotics - Humanoid Platform
• Moby - Noble Machines - Humanoid Platform