Minerva Humanoids
Humanoids for hazardous industrial and public-safety work
The product
Roger, a sub-100 kg purpose-built humanoid for hazardous energy and public-safety work, paired with Minerva Intelligence for balance, fall recovery and navigation. A remote specialist uses headset, camera and haptic interfaces for dexterous tasks while the robot handles locomotion and can progress from semi-autonomous operation toward mapped-site autonomy and fleet management.
The thesis
Keeps trained specialists at a distance from dangerous physical operations.
How it runs
Minerva begins with paid pilots and site onboarding, keeping a trained operator in control of safety-critical manipulation. Its deployment tiers range from semi-autonomous navigation with teleoperated tools, through mapped-site autonomy, to multi-robot fleet management; prototypes are assembled in Germany while software and AI are primarily developed in the United States.
How it earns
Paid commercial pilots for Roger, followed by operational service contracts for hazardous-work deployments in energy and public safety.
Why it wins
Roger is designed around two-handed human dexterity and expert judgment rather than replacing the specialist. Minerva combines that telepresence model with purpose-built lightweight hardware, Western-controlled software and manufacturing, and research programs in low-visibility perception, foundation models, reinforcement learning and digital twins for safety-critical sites.
Evidence ledger
- Minerva Humanoids via GlobeNewswire · 2026-10-06
Stealth emergence; approximately $10M pre-seed; explicit San Francisco HQ; paid pilots planned this fall.
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/6/3375277/0/en/minerva-humanoids-emerges-from-stealth-with-10m-pre-seed-round-led-by-general-catalyst-to-build-humanoid-robots-for-the-world-s-most-dangerous-jobs.html - Minerva Humanoids · 2026-10-08
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