{
  "companies": [
    {
      "company": "DYNA Robotics",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "website": "https://www.dyna.co/",
      "humanoid_product": "Taku (Dyna-2.1 system) — proprietary wheeled semi-humanoid with two arms and a folding torso, demonstrated completing a commercial-laundry workflow.",
      "founded_year": 2024,
      "include": "yes",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.dyna.co/dyna-2.1",
        "https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/companies/dyna-robotics"
      ],
      "note": "Founded in 2024; own mobile robot unveiled in September 2026."
    },
    {
      "company": "Feather Robotics",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "website": "https://feather.dev/",
      "humanoid_product": "Feather — modular wheeled humanoid with two arms, a lifting torso and developer SDK, offered as a platform for third-party applications.",
      "founded_year": 2025,
      "include": "yes",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.investegate.co.uk/index.php/announcement/rns/seed-innovations-limited--seed/investee-company-update-feather-robotics-inc-/9792430"
      ],
      "note": "Founded in 2025; developer hardware is offered as a product."
    },
    {
      "company": "OS3",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "website": "https://os3robotics.com/",
      "humanoid_product": "H.A.L.E 1.0 — own bimanual mobile humanoid for everyday tasks, with hospitality deployments and developer units.",
      "founded_year": 2025,
      "include": "yes",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://os3robotics.com/",
        "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/os3"
      ],
      "note": "Founded in 2025; San Francisco startup building its own robot and control stack."
    },
    {
      "company": "Almond",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "website": "https://www.almond.bot/",
      "humanoid_product": "Axol — configurable wheeled humanoid for physical-AI research and real-world tasks, with two arms, head cameras and a mobile base.",
      "founded_year": 2025,
      "include": "yes",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.almond.bot/",
        "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/almond-2/jobs/5NPlb6V-founding-mechanical-engineer"
      ],
      "note": "The qualifying complete-robot configuration uses the Jelly Mobile base."
    },
    {
      "company": "Walden Robotics",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "website": "https://www.waldenrobotics.com/",
      "humanoid_product": "Walden robot (public model name not found) — two-arm industrial humanoid for general-purpose work in manufacturing and logistics.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "include": "yes",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.waldenrobotics.com/news/walden-robotics-launches-from-stealth"
      ],
      "note": "Toyota Research Institute spinout launched in January 2026; seed funding announced July 2026; incorporation year not established."
    },
    {
      "company": "Red Rabbit Robotics",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "website": "https://www.redrabbitrobotics.ai/",
      "humanoid_product": "Industrial humanoid (model name not specified on current site) — mobile two-arm robot shown for manufacturing, packaging, logistics and food-handling work.",
      "founded_year": 2024,
      "include": "yes",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.redrabbitrobotics.ai/",
        "https://builtin.com/company/red-rabbit-robotics"
      ],
      "note": "Founded in 2024; own humanoid hardware is shown on the company site."
    },
    {
      "company": "RoboForce",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "website": "https://www.roboforce.ai/",
      "humanoid_product": "TITAN — industrial AI robot with a humanoid upper body and two arms; the wheeled-base variant qualifies for general-purpose physical work.",
      "founded_year": 2023,
      "include": "yes",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/roboforce-introduces-ai-robot-titan-for-real-world-industrial-deployment-and-announces-15m-in-total-funding-302458546.html",
        "https://www.yzilabs.com/blog/yzi-labs-leads-52m-round-in-roboforce-to-build-the-future-of-physical-ai-robo-labor-spotlighted-by-nvidia",
        "https://newmarketpitch.com/blogs/news/robotics-list-deals"
      ],
      "note": "Qualifies through the May 2025 seed financing; TITAN also has a tracked-base variant."
    },
    {
      "company": "Flourish Robots",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "website": "https://flourish-robots.com/",
      "humanoid_product": "Flourish 1 (also called Flourish One) — wheeled, two-arm home humanoid taught household tasks through smartphone demonstrations.",
      "founded_year": 2026,
      "include": "yes",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://robottoday.com/suppliers-discovery/flourish-robots"
      ],
      "note": "Founded in January 2026; US corporation with a team working between San Francisco and Paris."
    },
    {
      "company": "Maven Robotics",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "website": "https://www.mavenrobotics.ai/",
      "humanoid_product": "Unnamed Maven platform — general-purpose industrial robot with two arms, a telescoping pillar and an omnidirectional wheeled base for material handling and assembly.",
      "founded_year": 2024,
      "include": "borderline",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/features/our-investment-in-maven-robotics",
        "https://venturecapitaltracker.com/startup/maven-robotics"
      ],
      "note": "Founded in 2024 and announced Series A in September 2026, but the shown pillar-and-arms body lacks a clearly distinct head."
    },
    {
      "company": "Rhoda AI",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "website": "https://www.rhoda.ai/",
      "humanoid_product": "Unnamed proprietary wheeled robot platform — industrial manipulation hardware developed alongside the FutureVision robot-intelligence model.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "include": "borderline",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.rhoda.ai/",
        "https://www.rhoda.ai/news/press-release"
      ],
      "note": "March 2026 Series A qualifies by date, but public material does not clearly establish a complete proprietary torso/two-arm/head humanoid; founding year not verified."
    },
    {
      "company": "Droid",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "website": "https://droid.org/",
      "humanoid_product": "R2D3 — own wheeled humanoid with a lifting torso, two arms, and a camera head, intended for physical-AI development and useful real-world tasks.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "include": "borderline",
      "source_urls": [
        "https://droid.org/droids/r2d3",
        "https://robottoday.com/suppliers-discovery/open-droids"
      ],
      "note": "Formerly Open Droids; a secondary profile reports March 2024 founding, which remains unconfirmed; R2D3 uses RealMan arm modules."
    }
  ]
}