Humanoid’s wheeled HMND 01 Alpha robot met all target performance metrics when it was tested in operations at Siemens’ electronics factory in Erlangen, Germany, including a throughput of 60 tote moves per hour, uptime exceeding 8 hours and autonomous pick-and-place success rates above 90 percent, Siemens and Humanoid announced on 16 April 2026. Deployed in Siemens’ logistics operations, the robot autonomously executed tote-handling tasks, picking, transporting and placing containers for human operators.
“With Siemens providing the industrial integration backbone and Humanoid deploying NVIDIA’s full physical AI stack - from simulation-first training to real-time edge inference - this deployment paves the way for humanoid robots meeting real production targets on a live factory floor,” said Deepu Talla, vice president of Robotics and Edge AI at NVIDIA.
According to the release, a humanoid robot’s value lies in becoming a fully integrated, collaborative asset on the shop floor, with real-time data exchange with production systems and other Autonomous Guided Vehicles, synchronized workflows with other machinery and human operators, and adaptive behavior; without this integration, even the most sophisticated robot remains an isolated feature.
Siemens provides the integration layer through its Siemens Xcelerator portfolio: a comprehensive digital twin, AI-enabled perception, integrated control and PLC-robot interfaces, fleet management, industrial communication networks and high-performance drives. Humanoid has integrated NVIDIA’s full physical AI stack into the HMND 01 platform, including NVIDIA Jetson Thor for edge compute, NVIDIA Isaac Sim for simulation and NVIDIA Isaac Lab for reinforcement learning and policy training. Simulation-first hardware design let the team optimize actuator selection, joint strength and mass distribution virtually, cutting prototype development from a typical 18 to 24 months to 7 months. The HMND 01 combines an omnidirectional wheeled mobility platform with advanced manipulation capabilities and is powered by KinetIQ, Humanoid’s proprietary AI framework.
Humanoid, a UK-based AI and robotics company founded by Artem Sokolov in 2024, has over 200 engineers, researchers and innovators and offices in London, Boston and Vancouver. The test builds on the Siemens and NVIDIA strategic partnership, announced at CES, to build fully AI-driven, adaptive manufacturing sites.