{"rows":[{"company":"Boardwalk Robotics","hq_country":"United States","website":"https://www.boardwalkrobotics.com/","status":"active","what_it_builds":"Boardwalk Robotics, based in Pensacola, Florida, builds Alex, a legless 'workforce transformation' humanoid upper torso for manufacturing, logistics and maintenance, offered for commercial pilots and to researchers. It is also IHMC's commercial partner for building robots such as the Nadia humanoid.","what_it_builds_source":"https://spectrum.ieee.org/boardwalk-robotics-alex-humanoid","founded_year":"2017","founded_source":"https://spectrum.ieee.org/boardwalk-robotics-alex-humanoid","funding_usd":null,"funding_basis":"none disclosed","funding_source":null,"funding_note":"No equity round with a stated amount found. The company site (home, Alex, Contact pages) and IEEE Spectrum (22 Aug 2024) do not mention funding, and web searches for Boardwalk Robotics funding or seed rounds found no press-reported round. No valuation reported. Founding year 2017 is from IEEE Spectrum. HQ (417 E Zaragoza St., Pensacola, FL) is from the company's Contact page.","latest_funding_date":null,"valuation_usd":null,"latest_model":"Alex","latest_model_year":"2024","latest_model_source":"https://spectrum.ieee.org/boardwalk-robotics-alex-humanoid","units_shipped":null,"units_shipped_source":null,"units_shipped_note":"No published count of Alex (or Nadia) units delivered, sold or shipped. The company site says only 'Commercial Pilots and Research Units Available', and IEEE Spectrum (Aug 2024) says Alex is available for researchers to buy and that pilots with select customers were planned.","as_of":"2026-11-03"}],
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