{"segment":"Automakers, electronics groups and big technology companies","companies":[{"company":"Tesla","hq_country":"United States","website":"https://www.tesla.com","humanoid_product":"Optimus - general-purpose humanoid robot","founded_year":2003,"source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_(robot)","include":"yes","note":"Tesla founded 2003 (from general knowledge, not from cited page)."},{"company":"Hyundai Motor Group","hq_country":"South Korea","website":"https://www.hyundaimotorgroup.com","humanoid_product":"Atlas (built by subsidiary Boston Dynamics) - humanoid for factory work","founded_year":1967,"source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(robot)","include":"borderline","note":"Robot is built by Boston Dynamics; page cites Hyundai plant deployment planned 2028. Boston Dynamics likely listed separately by another worker; founded_year is Hyundai Motor Company (general knowledge)."},{"company":"Toyota","hq_country":"Japan","website":"https://global.toyota","humanoid_product":"T-HR3 - teleoperated third-generation humanoid (2017)","founded_year":1937,"source_url":"https://spectrum.ieee.org/amp/toyota-gets-back-into-humanoid-robots-with-new-thr3-2650276388","include":"borderline","note":"Toyota Partner Robot Division built T-HR3 in 2017; no current commercial humanoid found."},{"company":"Honda","hq_country":"Japan","website":"https://global.honda","humanoid_product":"ASIMO - bipedal humanoid research robot (retired)","founded_year":1948,"source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASIMO","include":"borderline","note":"ASIMO programme discontinued; no current Honda humanoid confirmed."},{"company":"XPENG","hq_country":"China","website":"https://www.xpeng.com","humanoid_product":"IRON - humanoid robot, mass production planned by end 2026","founded_year":2014,"source_url":"https://www.wardsauto.com/industry/chinese-automakers-continue-advancements-in-humanoid-robots","include":"yes","note":"Chinese name 小鹏汽车. Mass production by end-2026 per https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/news/auto-china-2026-observations-new-players-enter-in-droves-automakers-flock-to-building-humans-2051989757150765057. Founding year from general knowledge."},{"company":"GAC","hq_country":"China","website":"https://www.gacgroup.com","humanoid_product":"GoMate / GoMate Mini - embodied humanoid robot (Huilun Technology)","founded_year":1997,"source_url":"https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/news/auto-china-2026-observations-new-players-enter-in-droves-automakers-flock-to-building-humans-2051989757150765057","include":"yes","note":"Chinese name 广汽集团; robot unit Huilun Technology; GoMate Mini is 4th generation. Founding year from general knowledge."},{"company":"Chery","hq_country":"China","website":"https://www.cheryinternational.com","humanoid_product":"Moyin - humanoid robot (Mojia Robotics)","founded_year":1997,"source_url":"https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/news/auto-china-2026-observations-new-players-enter-in-droves-automakers-flock-to-building-humans-2051989757150765057","include":"yes","note":"Chinese name 奇瑞汽车; robot arm Mojia Robotics (AiMOGA); name as given by Gasgoo. Founding year from general knowledge."},{"company":"China FAW","hq_country":"China","website":"https://www.faw.com","humanoid_product":"Unnamed full-sized humanoid shown at Auto China 2026","founded_year":1953,"source_url":"https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/news/auto-china-2026-observations-new-players-enter-in-droves-automakers-flock-to-building-humans-2051989757150765057","include":"yes","note":"Chinese name 中国一汽; robot name not stated in source."},{"company":"Dongfeng Motor","hq_country":"China","website":"https://www.dongfeng-global.com","humanoid_product":"Unnamed independently developed humanoid","founded_year":1969,"source_url":"https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/news/auto-china-2026-observations-new-players-enter-in-droves-automakers-flock-to-building-humans-2051989757150765057","include":"borderline","note":"Chinese name 东风汽车; source only says it launched its own humanoid, no name or showing."},{"company":"Xiaomi","hq_country":"China","website":"https://www.mi.com","humanoid_product":"CyberOne - bipedal humanoid, unveiled Aug 2022","founded_year":2010,"source_url":"https://analyticsindiamag.com/xiaomi-unveils-its-first-humanoid-robot","include":"yes","note":"Chinese name 小米; Gasgoo (Auto China 2026) says Xiaomi recently unveiled a newer humanoid, unnamed. Founding year from general knowledge."},{"company":"BYD","hq_country":"China","website":"https://www.byd.com","humanoid_product":"First humanoid robot, reportedly to be unveiled Aug 2026","founded_year":1995,"source_url":"https://www.eweek.com/news/byd-first-humanoid-robot-apac-china/","include":"borderline","note":"Chinese name 比亚迪; eWeek (30 Jul 2026) says unveiling in August; I could not confirm it happened. TechNode 4 Jun 2026 says BYD developing humanoids."},{"company":"LG Electronics","hq_country":"South Korea","website":"https://www.lg.com","humanoid_product":"CLOiD - wheeled humanoid home robot with two arms (CES 2026 prototype)","founded_year":1958,"source_url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/ces-2026-lg-to-debut-new-cloid-humanoid-robot-for-the-home/","include":"yes","note":"No price or release date announced. Also leads a KIST-led project for a mass-producible humanoid (asiae.co.kr)."},{"company":"Samsung Electronics","hq_country":"South Korea","website":"https://www.samsung.com","humanoid_product":"No own humanoid found; invests in Rainbow Robotics (RB-Y1)","founded_year":1969,"source_url":"https://humanoid.guide/?p=8720","include":"borderline","note":"Source says Samsung's in-house robotics has focused on vacuum cleaners; deploys Rainbow Robotics RB-Y1. Rainbow Robotics should be listed separately."},{"company":"Foxconn","hq_country":"Taiwan","website":"https://www.foxconn.com","humanoid_product":"Self-developed humanoid prototypes (legged and wheeled) reported; Nvidia-based humanoids for Houston plant","founded_year":1974,"source_url":"https://techinformed.com/foxconn-to-use-humanoid-robots-at-houston-ai-server-plant/","include":"borderline","note":"Cited page confirms deployment of humanoids at Houston, not own build; own-build prototypes were reported pre-event only and not confirmed by a page I opened."}],"sources_checked":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_(robot)","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(robot)","https://spectrum.ieee.org/amp/toyota-gets-back-into-humanoid-robots-with-new-thr3-2650276388","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASIMO","https://www.wardsauto.com/industry/chinese-automakers-continue-advancements-in-humanoid-robots","https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/news/auto-china-2026-observations-new-players-enter-in-droves-automakers-flock-to-building-humans-2051989757150765057","https://analyticsindiamag.com/xiaomi-unveils-its-first-humanoid-robot","https://www.eweek.com/news/byd-first-humanoid-robot-apac-china/","https://www.therobotreport.com/ces-2026-lg-to-debut-new-cloid-humanoid-robot-for-the-home/","https://humanoid.guide/?p=8720","https://techinformed.com/foxconn-to-use-humanoid-robots-at-houston-ai-server-plant/","https://technode.com/2026/06/04/byd-is-developing-humanoid-robots-according-to-source/","https://www.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2026051809402928633"],"note_left_out":"Left out: Nvidia (no own robot found), Amazon, Meta, Apple, Google (no public humanoid verified here), Mercedes/BMW/Zeekr (partners using Apptronik, Figure, UBTech robots, not builders). Not searched exhaustively: SAIC, Changan, Seres, Huawei, Tencent, Sony, Panasonic."}