Minerva Humanoids · industrial humanoid
Roger
A walking, teleoperated humanoid for bomb disposal, oil rigs, high-voltage sites and hazmat work: an operator in a VR headset drives its two arms while onboard software handles balance, navigation and fall recovery. The San Francisco startup went from clean-sheet design to walking robot in just over five months, with first prototypes built in Germany.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A prototype humanoid from Minerva Humanoids.
Real-world use
Showcased at the NATO EOD Centre of Excellence in Slovakia and tested on site for public-safety work; first paid pilots planned for autumn 2026.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2026-10-06
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Minerva HumanoidsCompanyPublic attention
How much public attention Roger gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
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What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Hands
- unknown
- Movement
- Walks on legs
From the maker
Roger is the only humanoid from Minerva Humanoids in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | RogerMinerva Humanoids |  KengoGalaxea DynamicsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both in development |  MATRIX-3Matrix RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both in development |  Digit 5Agility RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both in development |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2026-10-06 | 2026-06-02 | 2026-01-10 | 2026-09-17 |
| Status | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype |
| Height | — | 140 cm | 170 cm | 181 cm |
| Weight | — | 40 kg | 65 kg | 129 kg |
| Joints | — | 23 | — | — |
| Speed | — | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | 2 kg | 30 kg | 22.7 kg |
| Battery | — | 2 h | — | 1.5 h |
| Price | — | — | $99,000 | — |
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