ATOM Humanoid and NSK sign humanoid-robotics MOU
ATOM Humanoid and NSK agreed to jointly evaluate actuators and collect manufacturing-floor data for physical-AI development.

Evidence notes
- NSK actuators will be installed on ATOM Humanoid robots for joint evaluation, with results intended to improve performance and address mass-production challenges.
- The companies will collect physical-AI data using ATOM Humanoid robots in NSK manufacturing environments to improve ATOM's foundation model.
- ATOM Humanoid says it develops both a bipedal, dual-arm robot and its physical-AI foundation model in-house.
Company context
ATOM Humanoid is a Japanese humanoid robotics startup developing bipedal, dual-arm humanoid AI robots for manufacturing, logistics and transport environments. The company is building humanoid robot hardware and Physical AI systems in-house, including environment perception, decision-making, action generation and real-world task execution.