{"companies":[
{"company":"Humanoid","hq_country":"United Kingdom","website":"https://thehumanoid.ai","humanoid_product":"HMND 01 (Alpha) - industrial humanoid in wheeled and bipedal versions","founded_year":2024,"include":"yes","source_urls":["https://thehumanoid.ai/humanoid-raises-152-million-at-1-35-billion-post-money-valuation-becoming-europes-first-pure-play-humanoid-robotics-unicorn/","https://drivesncontrols.com/uk-start-up-says-its-modular-humanoid-robots-will-cut-costs/"],"note":"Also known as SKL Robotics; company states $270M raised to date after $152M Series A (July 2026)"},
{"company":"Engineered Arts","hq_country":"United Kingdom","website":"https://engineeredarts.com","humanoid_product":"Ameca - expressive humanoid platform for AI research and human interaction, launched CES 2022","founded_year":2004,"include":"yes","source_urls":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineered_Arts"],"note":"Falmouth, Cornwall; independent"},
{"company":"Hexagon","hq_country":"Sweden","website":"https://hexagon.com","humanoid_product":"AEON - industrial humanoid on a wheeled base, launched at Hexagon LIVE 2025","founded_year":null,"include":"yes","source_urls":["https://www.therobotreport.com/hexagon-launches-aeon-humanoid-robot-for-industrial-applications/"],"note":"Division of listed Hexagon AB (Stockholm); robotics division operates from Zurich, Switzerland"},
{"company":"Prosper Robotics","hq_country":"United Kingdom","website":"https://www.prosper-robotics.com","humanoid_product":"Alfie - wheeled two-armed home robot butler for chores (prototype, not yet on sale)","founded_year":null,"include":"yes","source_urls":["https://eutechfuture.com/deep-tech-in-europe/prosper-robotics-the-london-startup-creating-a-robot-butler-for-the-home/"],"note":"London; company website did not respond when checked; founding year not confirmed from an opened source"},
{"company":"Syntheva Robotics","hq_country":"Norway","website":"https://robotics.syntheva.no","humanoid_product":"SNT-01A Synthia - 165 cm companion humanoid for the home; also SNT-02H Lyena","founded_year":null,"include":"borderline","source_urls":["https://robotics.syntheva.no/about-us"],"note":"Tiny Orkanger-based firm; capabilities only self-reported/unverified, social rather than general-purpose"},
{"company":"1X Technologies","hq_country":"United States","website":"https://www.1x.tech","humanoid_product":"NEO - home humanoid (earlier EVE wheeled humanoid)","founded_year":2014,"include":"borderline","source_urls":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1X_Technologies"],"note":"Founded in Norway as Halodi Robotics; HQ now Palo Alto, likely already in first pass"},
{"company":"Kinisi Robotics","hq_country":"United Kingdom","website":"https://www.bearrobotics.ai/kinisi","humanoid_product":"Kinisi 01 (KR1) - wheeled humanoid for logistics and manufacturing, in live customer production","founded_year":null,"include":"borderline","source_urls":["https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/kinisi-robotics-deploys-wheeled-humanoid-for-glass-sorting"],"note":"Engineering in Bristol, corporate HQ reported as New York; acquired by Bear Robotics (2026), kinisi.com redirects to Bear"},
{"company":"NLX Robotics","hq_country":"Netherlands","website":"https://nlxrobotics.com","humanoid_product":"Modular bipedal platform (proof of concept) as foundation for future humanoid systems","founded_year":null,"include":"borderline","source_urls":["https://nlxrobotics.com/"],"note":"Only a bipedal locomotion platform so far; no full humanoid shown"}
],
"search_notes":"Checked and excluded: HIVE Robots (DK, deploys Unitree G1), Motion (BE, OEM-agnostic humanoids-as-a-service), NextGen Ri (UK, Destiny built on Chinese hardware), Humanoid Application Center and WiredWorkers (NL, resellers/integrators), RIVR/Swiss-Mile (CH, wheeled-legged quadruped), mimic (CH, hands), Flexion (CH, software), Furhat (SE, head only), Levtek (SE, vehicle), Zorabots (BE, software on SoftBank bodies). No own-design humanoid maker found in Ireland, Finland or Denmark."}