CEO Artem Sokolov confirmed the figures in an interview published by Forbes on September 8. He stressed that the pre-orders are not committed purchases and should not be treated as contracted revenue, but said they provide an indication of customer demand as the company prepares for broader industrial deployment.
Humanoid is developing both wheeled and bipedal versions of its HMND 01 platform, but is initially prioritizing the wheeled configuration for manufacturing, logistics, warehousing and energy applications. The company argues that wheels can address roughly 90% of targeted industrial use cases while avoiding some of the cost and reliability challenges associated with bipedal locomotion.
The company plans to introduce its next-generation Beta robot in the fourth quarter of 2026. Its manufacturing roadmap calls for several hundred units to be produced with Bosch in 2027, with a longer-term target of reaching 150,000 robots annually by 2030. That target remains a company projection rather than existing manufacturing capacity.
Humanoid is taking a partner-heavy approach to scaling. Bosch is its contract manufacturing partner in Europe, while Schaeffler is an investor, component supplier and customer. Humanoid says Schaeffler has agreed to deploy a four-digit number of its wheeled robots across global manufacturing facilities over the coming years.
The company has also conducted pilots with Siemens, SAP and Ford and says its KinetIQ AI stack can already perform some industrial tasks at around 1.5 times human speed with success rates of up to 99%, according to company-reported testing.
Humanoid closed a $152 million Series A at a $1.35 billion valuation in July, bringing total funding to around $270 million. The new pipeline figures are significant, but the key distinction is that the $2.4 billion represents prospective demand rather than booked revenue.
