About This Episode
Humanoid, a UK startup, has announced a manufacturing deal with Bosch and a parts partnership with Schaeffler to scale its HMND 01 robots in Europe. This deal signals that Tier-1 automotive and automation suppliers are now actively betting on humanoid commercialization. The partnership follows a successful proof-of-concept at a Bosch logistics facility, where HMND 01 robots autonomously moved boxes across different sizes, weights, and footprints.
Our Take
Bosch building humanoid robots isn't just a manufacturing deal — it's the moment the automotive-industrial complex officially bets on the humanoid era, and the proof-of-concept at the logistics facility reveals exactly why the training data problem is the hidden bottleneck standing between a Tier-1 supplier partnership and actual mass deployment.
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