UK-based humanoid robotics platform for hazardous and repetitive industrial work
Humanoid is building general-purpose humanoid robots for manufacturing, construction, and logistics. The stack reveals a hardware-first operation: C++, PyTorch, ROS 2, and real-time control (EtherCAT, CAN, FreeRTOS, QNX) paired with vision-language models (JAX, TensorFlow) for autonomous navigation and manipulation. The hiring mix is heavily weighted toward senior engineers (51 of 100 roles), with active projects spanning firmware, spatial understanding, and robotic hand design—indicating aggressive hardware iteration and a team scaling toward production deployment.
Notable leadership hires: Chief Financial Officer, Chief Legal Officer, Head of Global Compliance, Business AI Lead, Head of Manufacturing
Humanoid develops commercially scalable humanoid robots designed to operate in hazardous, monotonous, and labour-intensive environments. The company targets manufacturing, construction, and logistics sectors facing critical labour shortages. Founded in 2024 and based in London, Humanoid is recruiting across engineering, operations, and compliance functions, with hiring spanning the UK, Canada, and the United States. Active projects include real-time control algorithms, open-ended navigation via vision-language models, next-generation manipulator design, and auto-labeling pipelines for multimodal training data.
C++, Python, PyTorch, ROS 2, EtherCAT, CAN, TensorFlow, JAX, Ray, AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, embedded OS (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, QNX), and processor architectures including ARM Cortex, RISC-V, and x86.
Real-time control algorithms, vision-language-action models for navigation, spatial understanding for locomotion and manipulation, robotic hand technologies, firmware for embedded systems, and auto-labeling pipelines for multimodal AI training.
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