Humanoid unveils HMND 01 Alpha Bipedal
The robot, developed in just five months, features 29 degrees of freedom and a 15 kg payload capacity. It aims to enhance R&D, proof of concepts, and AI development with a runtime of three hours.
Evidence notes
- Developed in five months, significantly faster than industry average of 18-24 months.
- Achieved stable walking within 48 hours of final assembly, signaling rapid operational readiness.
- First prototype entry positions company in competitive humanoid robotics market.
- Powered by NVIDIA and KinetIQ with proprietary VLA-based framework for end-to-end reasoning.
Company context
Humanoid is a UK robotics company developing the wheeled and bipedal HMND 01 platforms and the KinetIQ AI framework. The wheeled Alpha has completed industrial proofs of concept with Siemens, Ford, SAP, Martur Fompak, Bosch and Schaeffler. Bosch is its contract-manufacturing partner, and Schaeffler has agreed a phased four-digit deployment by 2032.