{
  "segment": "Europe other: Nordics, Poland, Czechia, Baltics, Balkans, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, and adjacent European candidates",
  "companies": [
    {
      "company": "1X Technologies",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "website": "https://www.1x.tech/",
      "humanoid_product": "NEO, a bipedal home robot for household chores; earlier EVE is a wheeled industrial humanoid.",
      "founded_year": 2014,
      "source_url": "https://www.1x.tech/about",
      "include": "yes",
      "note": "Norwegian-founded as Halodi Robotics, but its current company page says it is based in San Carlos, California; retained because Norway and the Halodi name were explicit starting points."
    },
    {
      "company": "Clone",
      "hq_country": "Poland",
      "website": "https://clonerobotics.com/",
      "humanoid_product": "Clone Alpha, a bipedal musculoskeletal android companion for consumers and businesses.",
      "founded_year": 2021,
      "source_url": "https://clonerobotics.com/",
      "include": "yes",
      "note": "Also called Clone Robotics; the company's LinkedIn profile lists Wrocław headquarters and a 2021 founding: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clonerobotics"
    },
    {
      "company": "Hexagon",
      "hq_country": "Sweden",
      "website": "https://robotics.hexagon.com/",
      "humanoid_product": "AEON, an industrial humanoid for manipulation, inspection and data capture.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "source_url": "https://robotics.hexagon.com/hexagon-launches-aeon-a-humanoid-built-for-industry/",
      "include": "yes",
      "note": "AEON is developed by Hexagon's Robotics division; the cited company announcement is datelined Stockholm."
    },
    {
      "company": "IONO Robotics",
      "hq_country": "Austria",
      "website": "https://www.iono.tech/",
      "humanoid_product": "WORKMATE, a walking and driving humanoid for industrial, logistics and service tasks.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "source_url": "https://www.iono.tech/press/austrian-humanoid-robot-%E2%80%9Cworkmate%E2%80%9D-presented-publicly-for-the-first-time",
      "include": "yes",
      "note": "Linz company says it demonstrated WORKMATE live in May 2026; Austria may overlap another European geographic segment."
    },
    {
      "company": "AKINROBOTICS",
      "hq_country": "Turkey",
      "website": "https://www.akinrobotics.com/en/",
      "humanoid_product": "AKINCI-5, a 129 cm walking humanoid for factory, logistics and public-service use.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "source_url": "https://www.akinrobotics.com/en/humanoid-robot-akinci-5",
      "include": "yes",
      "note": "Company page calls the AKINCI-5 project ongoing; AKINROBOTICS has also made earlier wheeled service humanoids."
    },
    {
      "company": "AIDOL",
      "hq_country": "Russia",
      "website": "https://aidoltech.ru/en",
      "humanoid_product": "AIDOL Walking Robot, an anthropomorphic AI platform aimed at industrial and service use.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "source_url": "https://aidoltech.ru/en",
      "include": "yes",
      "note": "The maker also offers a desktop version; the walking version is the qualifying platform."
    },
    {
      "company": "SPA Android Technics",
      "hq_country": "Russia",
      "website": "https://npo-at.com/en/",
      "humanoid_product": "FEDOR (Skybot F-850), a full-body anthropomorphic rescue and space-research demonstrator.",
      "founded_year": 2009,
      "source_url": "https://npo-at.com/news/robot-fedor-probudet-na-mks-poltory-nedeli/",
      "include": "yes",
      "note": "Historical prototype co-developed with Russia's Advanced Research Foundation; current public product focus appears to be components and medical robotics. Founding year: https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/112782/"
    },
    {
      "company": "Sber",
      "hq_country": "Russia",
      "website": "https://www.sber.ru/",
      "humanoid_product": "Green, an approximately 180 cm anthropomorphic physical-AI robot in pilot deployment.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "source_url": "https://sberbusiness.live/publications/gumanoidniy-robot",
      "include": "yes",
      "note": "Developed by Sber's Robotics Center and first shown at AI Journey in 2025; founding year of the robotics program is not established."
    },
    {
      "company": "Robot GEORGE",
      "hq_country": "Czechia",
      "website": "https://www.robotgeorge.com/",
      "humanoid_product": "GEORGE, a humanoid prototype for factory and logistics tasks such as machine tending and picking.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "source_url": "https://www.robotgeorge.com/",
      "include": "yes",
      "note": "Company says the platform is engineered in Zlín; the 2026 trade-fair organizer announced a public showing: https://www.bvv.cz/msv/aktuality/robot-george-evropsky-humanoidni-robot-pro-vyrobu-a-logistiku"
    },
    {
      "company": "Axl Imperial",
      "hq_country": "Greece",
      "website": "https://www.axlimperial.com/",
      "humanoid_product": "MARK One, a two-arm, headed industrial humanoid torso on an autonomous mobile base.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "source_url": "https://markhumanoid.com/",
      "include": "yes",
      "note": "MARK One's product page identifies Axl Imperial as its maker and describes factory applications."
    },
    {
      "company": "Ljubičić Technology",
      "hq_country": "Croatia",
      "website": "https://ljubicic.technology/",
      "humanoid_product": "RINNO, an in-house humanoid development platform for mechanics, actuators, power and control.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "source_url": "https://ljubicic.technology/index-en",
      "include": "borderline",
      "note": "The company describes and illustrates RINNO, but an independently documented complete public demonstration was not found."
    },
    {
      "company": "LD Robots",
      "hq_country": "Romania",
      "website": "https://ldrobots.eu/",
      "humanoid_product": "RObot.01, a human-scale humanoid prototype; RObot.02 is under development.",
      "founded_year": 2025,
      "source_url": "https://ldrobots.eu/",
      "include": "borderline",
      "note": "The company reports a completed RObot.01 prototype, but independent evidence of a complete self-built robot is limited; its Bucharest job posting confirms the Romanian base: https://ro.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-developer-at-ld-robots-4317689172"
    },
    {
      "company": "REVEL Robotics",
      "hq_country": "Czechia",
      "website": "https://revelrobotics.com/",
      "humanoid_product": "Genesis, a task-specific humanoid intended to learn and perform skilled manual work.",
      "founded_year": 2025,
      "source_url": "https://revelrobotics.com/",
      "include": "borderline",
      "note": "The site presents Genesis as its own humanoid, but does not establish a publicly shown complete working prototype."
    },
    {
      "company": "POLCERO",
      "hq_country": "Poland",
      "website": "https://polcero.com/",
      "humanoid_product": "POLCERO Humanoid, a modular two-arm biped for industrial handling; a wheeled-base version is also listed.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "source_url": "https://polcero.com/products/humanoid/",
      "include": "borderline",
      "note": "The product page explicitly says its specifications are design assumptions and the humanoid is under development."
    },
    {
      "company": "Syntheva Robotics",
      "hq_country": "Norway",
      "website": "https://robotics.syntheva.no/",
      "humanoid_product": "SNT-01A Synthia, a full-size bipedal modular companion android for home use.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "source_url": "https://robotics.syntheva.no/",
      "include": "borderline",
      "note": "The company claims early customer units, but no independent physical-product confirmation was found."
    },
    {
      "company": "Promobot",
      "hq_country": "Russia",
      "website": "https://promo-bot.ai/",
      "humanoid_product": "Robo-C2, a lifelike interactive head, torso and arms for customer-facing service.",
      "founded_year": 2013,
      "source_url": "https://promo-bot.ai/robots/robo-c/",
      "include": "borderline",
      "note": "It is a stationary platform rather than a mobile humanoid, and the product page says the humanoid project is over; founding chronology: https://promo-bot.ai/about-us/"
    },
    {
      "company": "ROBOT",
      "hq_country": "Russia",
      "website": "https://robotco.ru/",
      "humanoid_product": "ADAM, a compact humanlike robot for programming lessons and technology demonstrations.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "source_url": "https://robotco.ru/robots/adam/",
      "include": "borderline",
      "note": "Primarily an educational demonstrator; its general-purpose capability and qualifying size are uncertain."
    },
    {
      "company": "Furhat Robotics",
      "hq_country": "Sweden",
      "website": "https://www.furhatrobotics.com/",
      "humanoid_product": "Furhat, a tabletop social robot built around an expressive projected humanlike face.",
      "founded_year": 2014,
      "source_url": "https://www.furhatrobotics.com/furhat-robot",
      "include": "borderline",
      "note": "At 41 cm tall it has no arms or mobile base, so it falls outside the stated torso, two-arm and size criteria; founding year: https://www.furhatrobotics.com/es-es/media-coverage/furhat-robotics-expands-global-presence-with-new-office-in-the-middle-east"
    },
    {
      "company": "Sefidanis",
      "hq_country": "North Macedonia",
      "website": "https://sefidanis.com/",
      "humanoid_product": "Alshar, an autonomous humanoid DJ that mixes music and interacts with audiences.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "source_url": "https://sefidanis.com/portfolio-item/alshar/",
      "include": "borderline",
      "note": "A specialized entertainment robot; mobility and a general-purpose manipulation role are not established."
    },
    {
      "company": "Si Robotics",
      "hq_country": "Poland",
      "website": "https://sirobotics.eu/",
      "humanoid_product": "JOULE, a human-scale tracked, dual-arm manipulation platform planned for hazardous work.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "source_url": "https://sirobotics.eu/",
      "include": "borderline",
      "note": "Its FAQ calls JOULE a concept and says it need not have full human morphology; Polish origin: https://sirobotics.eu/frequently-asked-questions"
    },
    {
      "company": "Vandri Robotics",
      "hq_country": "Slovenia",
      "website": "https://www.vandri-robotics.eu/",
      "humanoid_product": "Jože, a localized humanoid for hospitality and public-facing interaction.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "source_url": "https://www.vandri-robotics.eu/",
      "include": "borderline",
      "note": "The Ljubljana company integrates and operates imported Unitree humanoid platforms rather than making its own robot body."
    },
    {
      "company": "Tavo robotas",
      "hq_country": "Lithuania",
      "website": "https://tavorobotas.lt/",
      "humanoid_product": "ALTAS, a Lithuanian-speaking humanoid librarian being developed for a public-library trial.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "source_url": "https://tavorobotas.lt/en/projects/altas/",
      "include": "borderline",
      "note": "A nonprofit research and integration project built around a humanoid platform whose original hardware maker is not identified."
    },
    {
      "company": "DiusAI",
      "hq_country": "Slovakia",
      "website": "https://dius.ai/",
      "humanoid_product": "BenBen, a Unitree G1 Edu humanoid being localized for Slovak language and AI interaction.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "source_url": "https://dius.ai/en/articles/3",
      "include": "borderline",
      "note": "Its own announcement says the body was purchased from Unitree; DiusAI is developing software rather than its own humanoid hardware."
    },
    {
      "company": "Aristo Robotics",
      "hq_country": "Latvia",
      "website": "https://aristo-robotics.lv/",
      "humanoid_product": "Aristo, a full-size Unitree G1 humanoid configured for interactive events.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "source_url": "https://aristo-robotics.lv/",
      "include": "borderline",
      "note": "A Riga event operator using a purchased Unitree G1 platform, not an original humanoid manufacturer."
    },
    {
      "company": "SemuBot",
      "hq_country": "Estonia",
      "website": "https://semubot.ee/",
      "humanoid_product": "SemuBot, a locally built mobile social-care humanoid intended to support older people and children.",
      "founded_year": null,
      "source_url": "https://semubot.ee/",
      "include": "borderline",
      "note": "Student-led nonprofit project, not an established commercial robot manufacturer."
    }
  ],
  "sources_checked": [
    "https://www.1x.tech/about",
    "https://www.1x.tech/ja_jp/discover/neo-home-robot",
    "https://clonerobotics.com/",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/company/clonerobotics",
    "https://robotics.hexagon.com/hexagon-launches-aeon-a-humanoid-built-for-industry/",
    "https://www.iono.tech/press/austrian-humanoid-robot-%E2%80%9Cworkmate%E2%80%9D-presented-publicly-for-the-first-time",
    "https://www.akinrobotics.com/en/humanoid-robot-akinci-5",
    "https://aidoltech.ru/en",
    "https://npo-at.com/news/robot-fedor-probudet-na-mks-poltory-nedeli/",
    "https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/112782/",
    "https://sberbusiness.live/publications/gumanoidniy-robot",
    "https://www.robotgeorge.com/",
    "https://www.bvv.cz/msv/aktuality/robot-george-evropsky-humanoidni-robot-pro-vyrobu-a-logistiku",
    "https://markhumanoid.com/",
    "https://www.axlimperial.com/",
    "https://ljubicic.technology/index-en",
    "https://ldrobots.eu/",
    "https://ro.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-developer-at-ld-robots-4317689172",
    "https://revelrobotics.com/",
    "https://polcero.com/products/humanoid/",
    "https://robotics.syntheva.no/",
    "https://promo-bot.ai/robots/robo-c/",
    "https://promo-bot.ai/about-us/",
    "https://robotco.ru/robots/adam/",
    "https://www.furhatrobotics.com/furhat-robot",
    "https://www.furhatrobotics.com/privacy-policy",
    "https://www.furhatrobotics.com/es-es/media-coverage/furhat-robotics-expands-global-presence-with-new-office-in-the-middle-east",
    "https://sefidanis.com/portfolio-item/alshar/",
    "https://sirobotics.eu/",
    "https://sirobotics.eu/frequently-asked-questions",
    "https://www.vandri-robotics.eu/",
    "https://tavorobotas.lt/en/projects/altas/",
    "https://dius.ai/en/articles/3",
    "https://aristo-robotics.lv/",
    "https://semubot.ee/"
  ]
}