humanoid.guide Reports – Market, Actuation, Supply Chain & Foundation Models
Market Research · 2026

The Reports

Independent deep dives from humanoid.guide

The market, the joint, the supply chain and the robot brains – each a standalone, data-driven study of where humanoid robotics is heading. Read the full report.

Report 01 · Flagship
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Flagship market report

Humanoid Robot Market Report 2026

Continuously updated 20 chapters

The complete picture of the humanoid industry as it moves from demos to deployment – market sizing and timelines, demand signals, robot hands, embodied AI, safety, the supply chain and the U.S.–China contest. A shared, data-driven baseline for investors, builders, suppliers and integrators, with insights from eight industry leaders including Aaron Saunders (former CTO of Boston Dynamics, now at Google DeepMind).

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Report 02 · Components & vendors
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The joint, layer by layer

The Humanoid Actuation Report

Launched August 2026 249 pages 15 chapters 24 figures 49 tables

Strip away the shell and a humanoid is a collection of actuators with a computer attached – between 28 and 44 of them, carrying 40–60% of the bill of materials. This report takes the joint apart layer by layer: motors, gearing, screws, bearings, sensors and drive electronics. Thirty platforms in one architecture matrix, a 75-vendor directory with an exposure tier against every name, Tesla Optimus reconstructed from the primary record, and the five cost curves that gate adoption to 2036.

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Report 03 · Supplier strategy
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Supplier strategy 2026–2027

The Humanoid Robot Supply Chain

Continuously updated 226 pages 16 chapters 27 figures 49 tables

A focused supplier playbook for the $38B humanoid opportunity. It maps actuators, sensors, power, compute and integration, with five positioning archetypes and concrete moves for Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers to claim their place before the supply chain locks in around 2027–28 – while Chinese suppliers already hold 63–70% of the chain.

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Report 04 · The robot brains
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The robot brains

Humanoid Foundation Models

Launched June 2026 ~100 pages 24 chapters 40 models rated

The brains are being rebuilt. A deep look at the AI driving humanoid robots – the shift from vision-language-action models to world models that imagine the world before they act, the labs racing to own the robot brain, the data moat, the geopolitics and the money. Includes an independent catalogue of 40 foundation models, each scored on a 0–10 Brain Score.

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Market Research · 2026
About these reports These are the flagship research reports from humanoid.guide – independent, data-driven analysis of the humanoid robotics industry, covering the market, the actuation hardware, the supply chain and the foundation models behind the robots. Click any film or button to open the full report, where single-user and enterprise licenses are available. Explore all of our research at humanoid.guide.