ATOM Humanoid and NSK sign humanoid-robotics MOU

Aug 20, 2026 · Partnership · ATOM Humanoid · Humanoid

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

ATOM Humanoid company media
Company media · ATOM Humanoid
  • 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.

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.