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Minerva Humanoids

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Oct 7, 2026 · Funding · posted
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Let humanoids do the dangerous work. Every year, around 330,000 workers die from occupational accidents worldwide. Minerva Humanoids wants humanoids to take on some of the jobs where the consequences can be even worse: oil & gas,…

This is one of the humanoid use cases that makes immediate sense. Roger is built to enter dangerous energy and public-safety environments while human experts stay at a safe distance and remain in control. No need to solve full autonomy…

Congrats Sandor! And hi @lukas_m_ziegler https://t.co/Sy7IY8LMsP https://t.co/MykpUwkwMa

Minerva emerged from stealth with $10M—and we interviewed its CEO about humanoids for dangerous work. Also in this week’s briefing: Atlas’s new hands, Galbot pricing and Figure’s fiery farewell. Original reporting. One email a week.…

🚨 BREAKING: Minerva Humanoids (@mnv_humanoids) has just emerged from stealth with $10M in pre-seed funding led by @generalcatalyst. It's building humanoid robots for the world's most dangerous jobs. Oil and gas. Explosive ordnance…

Minerva Humanoids has emerged from stealth with Roger, a semi-autonomous humanoid for hazardous work. Founded by ex-Tesla Optimus and Boston Dynamics engineers, Minerva has raised ~$10M and says it built a walking prototype in five months.…

We spoke with @SandorFelber about Minerva’s $10M launch and Roger, its humanoid for dangerous jobs. The approach: human specialists control critical actions remotely, while onboard AI handles balance and navigation. Our interview covers…

i've deployed quadrupeds, drones and mobile bots across energy and oil & gas industry it's one of the toughest markets out there @mnv_humanoids is building humanoids for the world's most demanding environments today I'm on the other side…

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