Humanoid robot companies - makers, suppliers, researchers

Oversonic Robotics

Robot Maker

Busto Arsizio, Italy

Oversonic Robotics develops humanoid robots and cognitive computing systems designed to help businesses automate physically demanding and cognitively complex tasks. Its commercial RoBee platform includes specialized full-humanoid variants for intralogistics, healthcare support, and industrial automation such as pick-and-place, machine tending, quality inspection, and production line monitoring.

Comau

Robot Maker

Grugliasco, Italy

Comau is an Italian industrial automation company headquartered near Turin that develops industrial robots, collaborative systems, and wearable robotics for manufacturing and logistics. Its portfolio includes the MATE-XT GO wearable exoskeleton for worker ergonomic support, the MyCo collaborative robot arm for assembly and welding tasks alongside humans, the MyMR autonomous mobile platform for material handling, and the N-WG robotic welding system. With decades of experience serving automotive, aerospace, and energy industries, Comau contributes both traditional industrial automation and emerging human-robot collaboration technologies to the robotics ecosystem.

Generative Bionics

Robot Maker

Genoa, Italy

Generative Bionics is an Italian deep-tech startup spun out of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genoa, developing humanoid robots with whole-body distributed tactile skin and physics-native AI for industrial use. Its GENE.01 prototype, designed for welding tasks at Fincantieri shipyards, integrates full-body tactile sensing to enable compliant contact-rich manipulation. The company targets applications across welding, logistics, inspection, and healthcare.

Independent / open-source developer team, originally named “Rebelia,” now “YEAH.”

Robot Maker

Crotone, Italy

YEAH. (formerly Rebelia) is an open-source robotic hand project developed by Italian creator Vittorio Lumare, producing a dexterous, 3D-printable prosthetic and research hand under €2,000. OSHWA-certified and hosted as a Public Invention, the project targets researchers, developers, and prosthetics users seeking affordable alternatives to commercial dexterous manipulation hardware. The platform also supports industrial automation applications, contributing a low-cost, modifiable hand design to the broader robotics ecosystem.

qb Robotics

Robot Maker

Cascina, Italy

qbrobotics is an Italian soft-robotics company and spin-off of the University of Pisa and the Italian Institute of Technology. It develops and manufactures innovative soft-robotics devices including robotic hands, grippers, and variable stiffness actuators for service, industrial, and biomedical applications. The company serves markets including collaborative robotics, prosthetics, and rehabilitation.