London—A proof of concept to test humanoid robots in industrial logistics has been successfully completed by Siemens and Humanoid, a UK-based AI and robotics company.
Humanoid’s HMND 01, a wheeled robot, was deployed in real operations at a Siemens facility, marking a significant step toward the deployment of humanoid robots in industrial settings. It is the first step in a broader partnership between the two companies to test and validate how humanoid robots can be used in real-world environments.
In this use case, the robot autonomously picked totes from a storage stack, transported them to a conveyor, and placed them at the designated pickup point for human operators. This sequence was repeated until the stack was fully empty.
The POC involved a two-week on-site deployment at the Siemens Electronics Factory in Erlangen, where partners assessed the robots in a real-world production environment. It measured both performance and reliability of humanoid robots under autonomous operation. Target metrics were met in full and included a throughput of 60 tote moves per hour, operation with two different tote sizes, and continuous autonomous task execution for more than 30 minutes. The team also evaluated the POC’s success using the following indicators: overall pick and place success rate and autonomous pick and place success rate, both of which were above 90%.
“Working closely with industrial and technology partners allow us to validate our systems against real operational requirements and understand which use cases matter outside the lab. This joint POC with Siemens showed clear potential for practical deployment of humanoid robots,” noted Artem Sokolov, founder and CEO of Humanoid.
Humanoid and Siemens see this POC as a first step toward a long-term strategic collaboration and say it may also progress toward a broader rollout, deploying a greater number of humanoid robots across Siemens’ facilities.
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