HUMANOID BOM: The Cost Layer of the Robot Economy What is HUMANOID BOM? BOM = Bill of Materials. In humanoid robotics, the BOM represents the complete physical cost structure required to build one humanoid robot. Think: Compute Cameras, LiDAR, IMUs and force sensors Motors, actuators and gearboxes Batteries and battery-management systems Frames, joints, hands and feet PCBs, wiring and motor controllers Connectivity and communications hardware Manufacturing and assembly inputs Why does this matter? Because the humanoid BOM may determine whether humanoids become a mass-market technology or remain expensive prototypes. Imagine: $20K BOM → $30K robot versus: $12K BOM → $30K robot That difference can completely change the economics of manufacturing, leasing and deploying humanoids at scale. And this is where things get particularly interesting. Humanoids share major technology and supply-chain intersections with EVs: Battery cells Power electronics Electric motors Controllers Advanced manufacturing Global component supply chains As humanoid production scales, the industry will need increasingly sophisticated ways to track, benchmark and optimize the cost of every component. That creates a potential infrastructure category: HUMANOID BOM Imagine a future platform tracking: → Actuator costs → Battery costs → Compute costs → Sensor costs → Joint and gearbox costs → Manufacturing costs → Supplier ecosystems → BOM comparisons between humanoid platforms → Cost reductions as production scales → Estimated cost per humanoid generation The EV industry developed enormous ecosystems around vehicle specifications, component costs and manufacturing economics. Humanoids may develop something similar. That makes an interesting digital asset for the emerging humanoid economy. Not simply a domain. A potential address for the cost-intelligence layer of humanoid robotics. As the industry moves from prototypes to production to millions of units, one question becomes increasingly important: What does it actually cost to build a humanoid? HUMANOID BOM could become the place where that question gets answered. #HumanoidRobots# #HumanoidBOM# #Robotics# #PhysicalAI# #EmbodiedAI# #HumanoidAI# #RoboticsIndustry# #Manufacturing# #EV# #ArtificialIntelligence# #RobotEconomy# #FutureOfRobotics#

Humanoid BOM model: Current humanoid BOM = ~$68k based on channel checks across 3 humanoid OEMs (UK and US). - Actuation = 33.8% of current BOM - Dextrous hands = 30.3% - Structure = 7.6% - Sensing = 7.5% - Electrical = 6.0% - Vision = 4.7% - Compute = 4.6% - Power = 4.6% - Other = 0.9% * Piecing together various component costs across different Western OEMs. Numbers may be over/understated for this reason.

2025 vs. 2026: from rookie to agile runner. #humanoidrobots# have leveled up fast. 🤖✨ The second World Humanoid Robot Games will kick off in #Beijing# today. Watch the robot athletes shine!

Watch a #Guangdong-made# humanoid #robot# dance alongside a human performer at the World Robot Conference 2026 in Beijing! A delegation of 50 Guangdong robotics companies is showcasing innovations across the entire #robotics# value chain, from core components to complete robot systems. 🎥 More here: #WRC2026# #HumanoidRobot# #Technology# #China#

Smokey says: "Only YOU can prevent boring costumes." We're out patrolling the robot park this Halloween - keeping our circuits safe and our actuators calibrated. Have a happy and safe Halloween from all of us at Apptronik! 🤖 🐻 🌲 🎃 #apptronik# #ai# #humanoid# #humanoidrobot# #robotics#

The most interesting thing at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games isn't the medal count. AGIBOT finished #1# on both the gold and overall medal tables 18 gold and 46 total. But the robots that competed (A3, G2, X2, OmniHand) are already in mass production and real-world deployment. Same platforms doing library operations and emergency response are the ones that swept Tai Chi and obstacle racing. Embodied AI moving from demo → deployment → arena, in one step. #AGIBOT# #HumanoidRobots# #EmbodiedAI# #WHRG2026#

Madison Huang, Senior Director of Product and Technical Marketing for #NVIDIA#'s Physical AI Platform and daughter of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, experienced a #Shenzhen-made# robot at the World Robot Conference 2026 in Beijing on August 19. The robot was developed by Dobot, a Shenzhen-based robotics company and a leading player in the global collaborative robotics industry. #WRC2026# #Robotics# #HumanoidRobots# #Guangdong# #ChinaTech#

The main 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games will run from 22 to 26 August in Beijing, while the football qualifiers are being held from 11 to 16 August. Nearly 30 international teams from 16 countries and regions across six continents are participating in this year's competition. #Robotics# #HumanoidRobots# #Beijing# #Technology# #AI#

Apollo, made in America! 🇺🇸 A photograph of Apollo 1 is being displayed at the @cooperhewitt Smithsonian Design Museum’s Made in America exhibition - Christopher Payne's stunning tribute to American manufacturing. Having just launched Apollo 2 last month, Apollo 1's retirement plan is looking pretty good. The exhibit is in NYC through Sept 27 as part of the nation's 250th birthday celebrations. If you're in New York, don't miss this Made in America exhibit! #MadeInAmerica# #CooperHewitt# #Apptronik# #HumanoidRobotics#