The Current Generation of Humanoid Robots (2025)
A year ago this month, Boston Dynamics revealed its all-new humanoid robot, Atlas. This marked a shift in their strategy from hydraulic servos to electric– a stronger, more robust actuation suite that showed their seriousness when it came to competing to be the leader in the next wave of consumer appliances: Humanoid Robots. Shortly after this revelation, the first generation of this graphic came out: "Humanoid Robots 2024"
Since then, the humanoid robotics space has only accelerated in its growth and fervor. What was once the domain of research labs like Boston Dynamics has now become a battleground of startups and tech giants alike—with new models emerging every 3–6 months, often accompanied by high-profile demos and fundraising rounds.
What's New
- X1 Gamma and Figure 02: Both companies have teased their newest generation, both sporting visual and specification upgrades.
- Unitree H1: While this model was known at the time of the last graphic, we have gotten way more footage and demos from the company, showing off upgraded models since the last graphic was released.
What's the Same
- Tesla Optimus Gen 2: What's been seen over the last year of Tesla's promotion of the humanoid seems to have been built off the same exact platform we saw all the way back in December 2023, albeit with voice and camera capabilities added for a special event.
- Phoenix, Apollo, Digit, Atlas: Continue to be promoted by their respective companies, presumably as they continue to conduct R&D in relative secrecy.
Related Facts
🤖 Figure AI is already generating revenue from shipping its humanoid robots to real clients and is scaling up to produce 12,000 units per year—a volume unheard of in humanoid robotics history.
🏠 1X Technologies plans to deploy hundreds to thousands of humanoids in actual homes by the end of 2025, making it the first major move toward real domestic integration.
🚗 Figure’s partnership with BMW is putting humanoid robots directly onto car production lines—signaling trust from enterprise giants and a shift from R&D to industrial application.
💸 Sanctuary AI and 1X each raised over $100 million in recent funding rounds, reflecting how investors are treating humanoid robotics as the next frontier after large language models.
⚡ Unitree's H1 robot can run at 3.3 m/s, making it the fastest humanoid on record—nearly twice as fast as most competitors and optimized for rapid, agile environments.