What do I actually get out of a pilot?

Real throughput numbers from your operation, on your task, with your volume - plus an honest go or no-go.

Do I have to buy the robot to pilot it?

No. We structure pilots, leases, and monthly options so you can trial a unit without a capital commitment.

We do. The same partner that runs your pilot services the units you keep, nationwide, backed by a US service-engineer network.

Which brand should I pilot?

Depends on the task and the floor. We track the whole field and qualify hardware against your actual job, so the pick isn't driven by what we carry.

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Humanoid robots

Humanoid robots, in plain terms.

The category is early. Most real value today is a narrow, structured station under pilot - not a robot that does anything. We qualify the hardware, run the pilot in your operation, and hand you real throughput numbers so you decide on data, not hype.

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85+: metros, closest-hub dispatch
<10 min: 24/7 tech support
24/7: emergency response

What it is

A humanoid is a general-purpose, human-form robot: a torso, two arms, on legs or a wheeled base, built to work in spaces and on equipment made for people without re-tooling the facility.

We'll be straight about where the category actually is. Most live deployments are pilots and structured stations - case handling, induction, kitting - not robots running your floor unsupervised. Pilots in warehouses and auto plants are real and running now. General-purpose autonomy is not. We deploy on the first and don't sell you the second.

Inside the operation

An honest pilot, start to verdict.

The category is early, so the operation that matters is the pilot itself. Run on data, not the demo reel.

1
Qualify
Demo-ware gets separated from pilot-ready hardware.
AutomatesWe match a unit to a genuinely repeatable task, or say none fits yet.
2
Model
The workstation and task are simulated before the pilot.
AutomatesScope and cycle time are set up front, not discovered on the floor.
3
Integrate
Workstation, safety sign-off, charging, and the WMS handshake.
AutomatesThe human-robot workflow is designed before the unit arrives.
4
Run
The pilot runs in your operation, on your task, with your volume.
AutomatesWe run it, train your floor, and capture real throughput.
5
Decide
Go or no-go, called on the data.
AutomatesUnits you keep get serviced by a US engineer network, nationwide.

Field notes

$38B

The humanoid market by 2035, six times the prior forecast.

Goldman Sachs Research

1.4M

Units forecast to ship by 2035, industrial work first.

Goldman Sachs Research

100K+

Totes moved by one humanoid pilot at a single US facility since 2024.

Public pilot reports, 2024-2025

The form factors

Three shapes, three levels of ready.

Bipedal (legged) humanoids

The full human form: stairs, uneven ground, and workspaces built for people. The most general and the hardest to make reliable, which is why qualification matters more here than anywhere else in robotics.

Wheeled-base humanoids

A humanoid torso on a mobile base: steadier and cheaper for flat-floor logistics. For most warehouse tasks under pilot today, the wheels are the honest choice.

Stationary bimanual units

Fixed two-arm stations for induction, sorting, and kitting. The least glamorous form factor and the one closest to earning its keep on a real line.

Where they're being piloted

Where they're being piloted.

Warehouse material handling

Case picking, tote induction, palletizing, and trailer unload.

Manufacturing line work

Part sequencing, kitting, and repetitive two-handed tasks beside human stations.

Logistics and parcel

Induction and sortation that flexes with volume instead of fixed conveyors.

Inspection and dull, dirty, or dangerous tasks

Early use where a human-form platform reaches what fixed automation can't.

Honest framing: today's value is narrow, structured stations under pilot. We'll tell you which of your tasks is actually a fit, and which isn't yet.

What the pilot needs

Five things an honest pilot partner carries.

Buying the demo is easy. This is what turns it into a decision.

Qualified, not hyped

We separate demo-ware from pilot-ready hardware and match a unit to a genuinely repeatable task. We track the whole field, so the pick is not driven by what we carry.

Modeled first

The workstation and task are simulated before the pilot, so scope and cycle time are set up front.

Integrated

Workstation design, safety sign-off, the handshake to your WMS and line, charging, and the human-robot workflow.

Financed for a pilot

Pilot, lease, or monthly structures, so you trial a humanoid without a capital commitment on fast-moving hardware.

Serviced nationwide

The field-service layer humanoids need to ever leave pilot, backed by a US service-engineer network. It is the part the category is missing.

All five, carried for you.

Tell us the floor and the job. We answer with the unit, the math, and the plan.

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Two ways to try the category

An honest pilot, or the demo reel.

With an integrator Direct from the OEM

Which platform

Qualified against your actual task, across the whole field.

The maker pilots the platform it sells.

The pilot itself

Run in your operation, with real throughput captured.

A demo reel and a reference-site visit.

The go or no-go call

Made on your data. We will say no when the data says no.

The vendor is not paid to say no.

Financing

Pilot, lease, or monthly, with no capital commitment.

A capital purchase of hardware that is still moving fast.

Field service

A US engineer network, the layer humanoids need to leave pilot.

The category is still building it.

A comparison of two ways to evaluate an early category, not a knock on any maker. The hardware is improving fast; the point is deciding on your data.

Robots on this operation

The platform under pilot.

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Who it's for

Warehouse and 3PL operators evaluating humanoids for handling and induction.
Manufacturers piloting humanoids beside human stations.
Logistics operations that want a flexible station before committing to fixed automation.
Teams that want the honest read on whether a humanoid is ready for their task yet.

Support & service

Service nationwide.

All 50US states covered

<10 min24/7 tech support

Regionalservice engineers in all 50 states

24/7emergency response

10-minute remote triage during business hours.

Proof

Deployments we can point to.

A sunlit Southern California hotel entrance welcomes arriving guests.

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For narrow, structured tasks under pilot - case handling, induction, kitting - yes, and pilots are running now. For general-purpose autonomy that handles anything you throw at it - not yet. We run the first and won’t oversell the second.

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Tell us the task. We'll tell you if a humanoid is ready for it.

We'll qualify the hardware, scope a pilot, and give you the honest read before you spend.