Alex
Alex is an upper-body humanoid from Boardwalk Robotics, a Pensacola company spun out of IHMC. Revealed in August 2024, it is designed to mount on stands or mobile bases for manufacturing and logistics work, with legs planned later.
We have not sat down with this one. The score below is computed from the data we hold, and the facts on this page are sourced. It is not on sale, so there is nothing to recommend.
How the score is built
Capability is what the machine physically does. Value compares it with others at a similar price, not with the whole market. Buyability asks whether you can really order one. Ecosystem is the software and community around it. Proof is what it has done in the field, which is where most humanoids score badly and should.
What people buy instead.
- Status
- Prototype
- Category
- industrial
- First revealed
- August 2024
- Form
- upper-body
- Height
- n/a
- Weight
- n/a
- Payload
- n/a
- Degrees of freedom
- n/a
- Battery
- n/a
- Runtime
- n/a
- Walking speed
- n/a
- Actuation
- electric
- Units deployed (est.)
- not disclosed
- Teleoperation
- partial
Where it stands
Upper-body humanoid on a fixed or mobile base for manufacturing tasks; pilots announced 2024 to 2025.
What stands out
- Upper-body first, legs later
- IHMC spin-off
Price and volume
no public price
Index position
In the Humanoid Index, which ranks on shipped reality rather than value for money, Alex sits at #83 of 107 with 20 points: deployment 0/50, autonomy 12/30, availability 8/20. See that method.
Sources
- 01Boardwalk RoboticsBoardwalk Robotics
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