Public procurement

Humanoid robot tenders: who bought what, and what they paid

Universities, research institutes, schools and museums buy humanoid robots with public money, and the law makes them publish it. These are the 37 awarded purchases we found since January 2024, with the buyer, the machine, the price paid before VAT, the company that won and how many bids came in, plus the calls still open. Every row links to its official notice; checked 2026-10-30.

Purchases awarded: 37; 34 buyers in 14 countries since 2024
Paid for humanoids: €3,648,000; 28 awards priced for the humanoid alone, before VAT
Single-bid tenders: 12 of 29; awards after a call that counts its bids
Call to award: 122 days; median, open and negotiated calls

Open now

Calls and market consultations a supplier can still answer, soonest deadline first. Each buyer takes answers only through the portal its notice names.

Open, deadline 2026-11-02 · Open tender

AGH University of KrakowKraków, Poland · University

One dual-arm collaborative robot with a vision system, which the buyer describes as humanoid.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

What the buyer required: The specification is in section 4.1 of the tender documents (not in the notice). Offers are assessed first and the top bidder's qualification is checked afterwards; payment by transfer within 21 days of invoice; no advance payments.

Open, deadline 2026-11-23 · Open tender

AGH University of KrakowKraków, Poland · University

One humanoid robot for the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, to be delivered within 14 days of signing.

Machine: Model not named in the notice

What the buyer required: Delivery within 14 days of signing the contract; payment by transfer within 21 days of receiving the invoice, no advance payment; technical requirements are in point 4.1 of the tender specification (SWZ). Award criteria: 60% lowest price, 20% delivery time, 20% warranty.

Market consultation, answers by 2026-12-25 · Market consultation

Hopwood Hall CollegeRochdale, United Kingdom · School or college

A humanoid robot so learners get hands-on experience with humanoid robotics, programming, sensors, human-robot interaction and AI; preliminary market engagement before a purchase.

Machine: Model not named in the notice

What the buyer required: Responses through the MultiQuote supplier portal under reference CA18496; contract period from 12 April 2027.

Awarded purchases

Newest first. Prices are as published, before VAT, in the buyer's currency, with a euro equivalent at the ECB rates of 2 October 2026. A price marked “with other equipment” covers more than the humanoid, so it is never divided per machine.

Awarded 2026-10-01 · Direct award, no call

University of TurkuTurku, Finland · University

One Unitree G1 for the business school's new Humanoid Lab, bought together with programming of its functions, staff training, commissioning and expert services.

Machine: 1 x Unitree G1

Price paid, before VAT: €90,000; With other equipment: programming, staff training, commissioning and expert services to start the lab
Won by: Probot Oy (Finland)
Why no call: The buyer found only one suitable solution on the market, the Unitree G1 represented by Probot Oy, because the robot and its services had to come as one integrated package.
What the buyer required: One integrated package: the robot plus programming to develop its functions, staff training, commissioning and expert services to start the lab; the supplier must have deep, long experience and references in humanoid delivery, development and customer training; after-sales service (maintenance, spare parts, retraining, fault service) available quickly and in Finnish when needed.

Awarded 2026-10-01 · Open tender

TU IlmenauIlmenau, Germany · University

Three bipedal humanoid robot systems for teaching and research (locomotion, perception, human-robot interaction, control and autonomous decision-making).

Machine: 3 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: €309,997.96; €103,333 per machine
Won by: Funduino GmbH (Germany); Also lists humanoids in our catalog: Funduinoshop
Bids received: 3
Call to award: 91 days
What the buyer required: Humanoid, bipedal systems for teaching and research. Delivery by 15 Nov 2026 at the latest. Award criteria: 70% technical specifications, 30% price. Detailed specification is in the tender documents (Leistungsbeschreibung Roboter), not in the notice.

Awarded 2026-09-18 · Simplified purchase

NIST Engineering LaboratoryGaithersburg, MD, United States · Research institute

One humanoid robot for the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Engineering Laboratory, bought competitively under simplified acquisition.

Machine: Model not named in the notice

Price paid: $145,780 (about €129,871)
Won by: Westwood Robotics Corporation (United States)
Bids received: 3

Awarded 2026-09-09 · Direct award, no call

University of CyprusNicosia, Cyprus · University

One humanoid robot, bought without a call; the notice gives no model or specification.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: €21,050
Won by: Eletoyia (Cyprus)
Bids received: 1
Why no call: The buyer states that only one supplier could deliver, because competition is absent for technical reasons.

Awarded 2026-09-07 · Open tender

VSB - Technical University of OstravaOstrava, Czechia · University

Two humanoid robots for AI-based control-systems research and student projects (part 1 of 2), with delivery and installation, co-funded by the EU Just Transition programme.

Machine: 2 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: CZK 4,998,000 (about €204,250); CZK 2,499,000 per machine
Won by: MEFOS s.r.o. (Czechia)
Bids received: 2
Call to award: 139 days

Awarded 2026-09-07 · Open tender

VSB - Technical University of OstravaOstrava, Czechia · University

Two humanoid robots for testing AI-based control systems in master's and doctoral teaching (part 2 of 2), with delivery and installation, co-funded by the EU Just Transition programme.

Machine: 2 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: CZK 2,468,106 (about €100,863); CZK 1,234,053 per machine
Won by: SoliCAD, s.r.o. (Czechia)
Bids received: 3
Call to award: 139 days

Awarded 2026-08-27 · Open tender

Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied SciencesZittau, Germany · University

Two humanoid robot systems, one on wheels and one on two legs, plus an option for a four-legged robot system.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice, 1 x Model not named in the notice

Won by: Terra Connect GmbH (Germany)
Bids received: 1
Call to award: 85 days
What the buyer required: One wheeled humanoid system and one two-legged humanoid system, with an option for a four-legged robot system. Price is the only award criterion (100%, 'Angebotssumme'). No prepayment; final invoice paid within 30 days net ("keine Vorauszahlungen; Zahlung der Schlussrechnung innerhalb 30 Tagen netto").
Outcome: The award notice publishes no real price (a placeholder of 1 euro).

Awarded 2026-08-14 · Open tender

University of BoråsBorås, Sweden · University

One complete, fully functional humanoid robot; the winning tender is filed as "Unitree-H2".

Machine: 1 x Unitree H2

Price paid, before VAT: SEK 1,030,502 (about €91,276)
Won by: Robolution AB (Sweden)
Bids received: 1
Call to award: 95 days
What the buyer required: The notice total is SEK 1,447,306 against a winning tender of SEK 1,030,502; the notice does not say what the difference covers.

Awarded 2026-07-22 · Open tender

CNRS (LORIA laboratory, Nancy)Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France · Research institute

Three identical mid-size humanoid robots, compatible with the Unitree G1 EDU-U4 the lab already uses, for the Tirrex robotics research infrastructure.

Machine: 3 x Unitree G1 EDU (identical to the lab's EDU-U4)

Price paid, before VAT: €157,700; €52,567 per machine
Won by: Génération Robots (France); Also lists humanoids in our catalog: Generation Robots
Bids received: 4
Call to award: 63 days
What the buyer required: Optional extras were priced separately and not scored: one or two years of extra warranty, a spare battery per robot, a motorized lifting stand per robot, and a pair of five-finger tactile hands per robot.

Awarded 2026-06-05 · Open tender

Lucian Blaga University of SibiuSibiu, Romania · University

One humanoid robot, bought together with one quadruped robot and one unmanned aerial vehicle as the 'service robots' lot of a teaching workshop equipment tender funded by the Romanian recovery plan.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: RON 615,440 (about €115,036); With other equipment: one quadruped robot and one drone in the same lot
Won by: Robotsnet Consulting (Romania)
Bids received: 2
Call to award: 99 days
What the buyer required: All products of the lot must be offered (incomplete offers are not considered) and the same warranty must be given for all of them. The lot is: one humanoid robot, one quadruped robot, one unmanned aerial vehicle.

Awarded 2026-05-29 · Open tender

National STEM CenterSofia, Bulgaria · Public body

One humanoid robot, delivered, assembled and put into operation at the new National STEM Center building in Sofia, funded by the Bulgarian recovery plan.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: €61,280
Won by: MV Corporation EOOD (Bulgaria)
Bids received: 8
Call to award: 85 days
What the buyer required: Supplier delivers, assembles and commissions the robot in a room of the new National STEM Center building in Sofia (Sofia Tech Park or bul. Dragan Tsankov); warranty support covering all structural parts for at least the period given in the technical specification, counted from final acceptance; performance guarantee of 3% of the contract value excluding VAT (40% of it covers the warranty period). The minimum technical characteristics are in table 1 of the technical specification, which is not in the notice.

Awarded 2026-05-28 · Open tender

Ștefan cel Mare University of SuceavaSuceava, Romania · University

One humanoid robot (academic version) to make the university more accessible to students with visual or hearing impairments, funded by the PACTS project.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: RON 203,500 (about €38,037)
Won by: IRIS Robotics (Romania)
Bids received: 2
Call to award: 150 days
What the buyer required: Humanoid robot in an 'ACADEMIC' version, one unit, to serve students with visual and hearing impairments on the university campus. Planned contract duration 6 months; payment within 30 days of reception. No technical specification in the notice.

Awarded 2026-04-08 · Open tender

Politehnica University of TimișoaraTimisoara, Romania · University

One programmable social humanoid robot, bought in one lot with a teaching cell of a programmable mobile robot and an articulated cobot, for a new interdisciplinary robotics laboratory (DigiUPT project).

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: RON 423,600 (about €79,178); With other equipment: a teaching cell with a programmable mobile robot and an articulated cobot
Won by: Robotsnet Consulting (Romania)
Bids received: 2
Call to award: 153 days
What the buyer required: Delivered as one lot: a teaching cell (programmable mobile robot plus articulated cobot, 1 piece) and a programmable social humanoid robot (1 piece), per the tender specification (caiet de sarcini), which is not reproduced in the notice.

Awarded 2026-03-23 · Open tender

VSB - Technical University of OstravaOstrava, Czechia · University

One bipedal humanoid robot with software and accessories for research, development, demonstration and teaching in robotics and AI, delivered, installed and with operator training.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: CZK 1,172,900 (about €47,932)
Won by: W-Technika group s.r.o. (Czechia)
Bids received: 1
Call to award: 103 days
What the buyer required: Two-legged humanoid with software and accessories, for testing human-machine interaction, developing control and balance algorithms, machine perception and object manipulation in human environments. Must have sensors for orientation and navigation and be capable of both autonomous and remotely controlled movement. Includes transport, installation, commissioning with functional check and 8 hours (1 working day) of operator training.

Awarded 2026-02-17 · Open tender

POLITEHNICA Bucharest (National University of Science and Technology)Bucharest, Romania · University

Two humanoid robots (Lot 2) bought under the university's recovery-plan project to strengthen its digital capacity.

Machine: 2 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: RON 171,986 (about €32,147); RON 85,993 per machine
Won by: Robotsnet Consulting (Romania)
Bids received: 1
Call to award: 103 days

Awarded 2026-01-30 · Open tender

Tomas Bata University in ZlínZlín, Czechia · University

One humanoid robot for teaching programming at the Faculty of Multimedia Communications.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: CZK 399,900 (about €16,342)
Won by: INMENET13 s.r.o. (Czechia)
Bids received: 1
Call to award: 123 days

Awarded 2026-01-19 · Open tender

University of GranadaGranada, Spain · University

One humanoid robot platform with force and torque control, two-handed interaction and compatibility with simulation and machine-learning tools, funded by the EU regional fund.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: €214,867
Won by: PAL Robotics (Spain)
Bids received: 1
Call to award: 178 days
What the buyer required: Advanced torque (force) control, bimanual interaction, and compatibility with simulation and machine-learning environments. Award criteria: 40 points on judgement-based criteria, 60 points on automatic criteria.

Awarded 2025-12-18 · Open tender

KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyStockholm, Sweden · University

One humanoid robot on a mobile base with a dual-arm system for the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: $115,000 (about €102,450)
Won by: Rainbow Robotics (South Korea)
Bids received: 1
Call to award: 45 days

Awarded 2025-11-07 · Open tender

Óbuda University (Rudolf Kalman Foundation)Budapest, Hungary · University

One bipedal humanoid robot with a spare battery for research, teaching and service use, called again after the first call drew no bids.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: HUF 33,721,633 (about €91,387)
Won by: INFUZE Technologies Kft. (Hungary)
Bids received: 2
Call to award: 65 days
What the buyer required: Minimum specification: standing height at least 1,250 mm; at least 26 degrees of freedom in total and 7 per arm; waist with at least 3 degrees of freedom; arm payload at least 3 kg; knee torque at least 100 Nm; onboard compute at least 90 TOPS; weight with battery at least 32 kg; depth camera and 3D LiDAR; three-fingered hands with touch-sensitive fingertips on each arm; battery powered with one spare battery; remote control; at least 12 months warranty; English or Hungarian documentation. Height, degrees of freedom, knee torque and compute were scored (higher is better) together with net price (best price-quality ratio). Payment in HUF within 30 days, up to 30% advance possible.

Awarded 2025-10-23 · Open tender

Dolj County Council (for the county library)Craiova, Romania · Public body

One humanoid robot together with two educational robots with software (Lot 8) for the digital learning hub of the Dolj county library, funded by the Romanian recovery plan.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: RON 391,880 (about €73,249); With other equipment: two educational robots with software
Won by: IRIS Robotics (Romania)
Bids received: 2
Call to award: 176 days

Awarded 2025-10-15 · Open tender

University of BucharestBucharest, Romania · University

Two humanoid robots with two spare batteries for teaching and research in robotics, AI and human-robot interaction, funded by the Romanian recovery plan (EDIS-UB project).

Machine: 2 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: RON 565,600 (about €105,720); With other equipment: two spare batteries
Won by: Robotsnet Consulting (Romania)
Bids received: 2
Call to award: 153 days
What the buyer required: Intended for simulating human interaction in business settings (negotiation, presentations, customer service, HR), for experiments in robotics, AI and human-robot interaction, and as a research platform for control algorithms, perception systems and learning models. No technical specification of the robot is in the notice. The contract was conditional on approval of the EU recovery-plan funding.

Awarded 2025-10-15 · Open tender

Technical University of Cluj-NapocaCluj-Napoca, Romania · University

Two small programmable humanoid robots, "NAO6 or equivalent", for a computers-and-robots teaching laboratory.

Machine: 2 x NAO6 or equivalent

Price paid, before VAT: RON 252,269 (about €47,153); RON 126,134 per machine
Won by: GBC Exim (Romania)
Bids received: 3
Call to award: 161 days
What the buyer required: NAO6 or equivalent: walking humanoid with obstacle detection and vision, programmable with conversational skills; 500-700 mm tall, 5-10 kg, at least 40 min autonomy; Linux or Windows compatible; built-in Python or equivalent; SDK and monitoring software plus behaviour-description software; at least one camera of 2000x1600; Wi-Fi and Ethernet; at least 24 months warranty; delivery within about 6 months in a single batch.

Awarded 2025-08-26 · Open tender

University of West AtticaAigaleo, Greece · University

One humanoid robot, lot 130 of a 336-lot research and teaching equipment tender; a later contract change replaced the NAO V6 with a NAO V5 and moved delivery to 30 January 2026.

Machine: NAO V6 (changed to NAO V5 by a contract modification) (Aldebaran)

Price paid, before VAT: €8,600
Won by: Netscope Solutions (Greece)
Bids received: 3
Call to award: 319 days

Awarded 2025-07-08 · Direct award, no call

Deutsches Museum (Bonn branch)Munich, Germany · Museum or science centre

One Ameca Generation 2 humanoid robot from Engineered Arts for the museum's Bonn branch.

Machine: 1 x Ameca Generation 2 (Engineered Arts)

Price paid, before VAT: €312,605; With other equipment: set-up, software, staff training, UK customs handling, annual maintenance and cloud software
Won by: Engineered Arts Ltd (United Kingdom)
Bids received: 1
Why no call: The buyer states that only one company can supply it, because there is no competition for technical reasons.
What the buyer required: Ameca Generation 2 delivered to the Deutsches Museum Bonn, with set-up and software, staff training, customs handling for import from and export to the UK, annual maintenance, and use of the cloud software Virtual Robot and TinMan Telepresence. Facial expression, gesture and generative-AI conversation are the buyer's stated must-haves.

Awarded 2025-06-24 · Direct award, no call

Luleå University of TechnologyLuleå, Sweden · University

Three humanoid robots for the Robotics and AI unit, bought without a call after the open tender in spring 2025 ended without an award.

Machine: 3 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: SEK 2,066,500 (about €183,038); SEK 688,833 per machine
Won by: Robolution AB (Sweden)
Bids received: 1
Why no call: The notice gives no reason beyond its code; the open call before it had drawn a single tender and closed without an award.

Awarded 2025-06-19 · Open tender

University of CraiovaCraiova, Romania · University

A system of humanoid robots (number not stated) for the University of Craiova's digital-era project, funded by the Romanian recovery plan (PNRR).

Machine: Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: RON 351,500 (about €65,701)
Won by: IRIS Robotics (Romania)
Bids received: 2
Call to award: 122 days
What the buyer required: Delivery within 30 days of contract signing and commissioning within 20 days of delivery ("Livrare: maxim 30 de zile de la semnarea contractului; Punere în funcțiune: maxim 20 de zile de la livrare"). The specification is in the tender documents ("conform caiet de sarcini"), not in the notice.

Awarded 2025-06-12 · Open tender

Occitanie Region (for its upper secondary schools)Toulouse, France · Public body

A teaching system for studying humanoid robots (number and model not stated), one of 12 lots of specialised teaching equipment for the region's upper secondary schools.

Machine: Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: €10,210
Won by: ERM Automatismes Industriels (France)
Call to award: 164 days

Awarded 2025-04-09 · Open tender

Technical University of Munich (MIRMI)Munich, Germany · University

Two dual-arm mobile manipulator systems, bought under the title "Humanoid Robot", for geriatronics research on assistance, human-robot interaction and elderly care.

Machine: 2 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: €243,192.39; €121,596 per machine
Won by: Clearpath Robotics (Canada)
Bids received: 1
Call to award: 57 days
What the buyer required: Two dual-arm mobile manipulator systems for research on assistive technologies, human-robot interaction and elderly care and rehabilitation. Award criteria: price 50 points and delivery time 50 points. No technical specification in the notice (it sits in Annex III of the tender documents).

Awarded 2025-02-18 · Open tender

Vocational Training Centre, Wodzisław ŚląskiWodzisław Śląski, Poland · School or college

Two autonomous humanoid robots as one line of a robotics-classroom equipment lot (industrial robot work stations, vision systems, grippers and furniture) for a vocational training centre.

Machine: 2 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: PLN 5,372,640 (about €1,226,630); With other equipment: twelve industrial robot work stations, vision systems, grippers and furniture
Won by: MICRO Marek Kowalski (Poland)
Bids received: 2
Call to award: 104 days

Awarded 2025-02-04 · Direct award, no call

Aalborg UniversityAalborg, Denmark · University

One PAL Robotics TIAGo Pro, a wheeled robot with a head and two 7-DoF arms, for embodied AI and human-robot interaction research.

Machine: 1 x TIAGo Pro (PAL Robotics)

Price paid, before VAT: DKK 1,545,082 (about €206,838)
Won by: PAL Robotics (Spain)
Why no call: Technical reasons, single supplier: 'due to the technical reasons mentioned above, only one supplier can meet the total delivery'; awarded without prior publication under section 80(3)(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act, with a 10 calendar day standstill before the contract is concluded.
What the buyer required: Features the buyer cites as decisive: two 7-DoF series-elastic arms (3 kg payload each, 96 cm reach); ROS 2 stack with source code access and open architecture; 1 kHz real-time control over EtherCAT; MoveIt 2; compatibility with NVIDIA Isaac Sim; dual 360-degree LIDAR; RGB-D camera in a pan-tilt head; Allegro 4-finger hands; 4-microphone array; omnidirectional Mecanum base (1.5 m/s, 8 to 10 hours autonomy, 50 x 72 cm footprint) with lifting torso.

Awarded 2025-01-08 · Open tender

Ștefan cel Mare University of SuceavaSuceava, Romania · University

A lot of humanoid robots (number and model not stated) for the robotics laboratory equipment of the recovery-plan funded 'USV DIGITAL' project at Stefan cel Mare University.

Machine: Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: RON 558,600 (about €104,411)
Won by: IRIS Robotics (Romania)
Bids received: 1
Call to award: 121 days
What the buyer required: Specification only referenced ('Conform caiet de sarcini'). Performance guarantee of 10% of the contract value excl. VAT within 5 working days of signing; payment within 60 days after acceptance; funded by the Romanian recovery plan (PNRR).

Awarded 2025-01-08 · Open tender

Transilvania University of BrașovBrasov, Romania · University

A humanoid robot development platform (number and model not stated) bought as lot 4 of a physics-lab and sensor-systems tender funded by the Romanian recovery plan.

Machine: Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: RON 243,000 (about €45,421)
Won by: Robotsnet Consulting (Romania)
Bids received: 1
Call to award: 124 days

Awarded 2024-11-12 · Open tender

University of West Bohemia in PilsenPlzeň, Czechia · University

One humanoid robot able to move all its body parts and to communicate with people in several ways, for the PhD Infra project.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: €305,990
Won by: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) (Italy)
Bids received: 1
Call to award: 168 days

Awarded 2024-09-30 · Direct award, no call

US Naval Research LaboratoryWashington, DC, United States · Research institute

Bipedal humanoid robots for human-robot interaction research, bought from Agility Robotics as the only source.

Machine: Model not named in the notice

Price paid: $510,000 (about €454,343)
Won by: Agility Robotics, Inc. (United States)
Bids received: 1
Why no call: Bought from one source without competition under FAR 6.302-1 (only one responsible source), firm fixed price.

Awarded 2024-03-21 · Open tender

Timiș County CouncilTimisoara, Romania · Public body

One educational humanoid robot (lot 9) for school computer labs and classrooms, in a ten-lot digital equipment purchase funded by the Romanian recovery plan.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: RON 82,824 (about €15,481)
Won by: Pragma Computers (Romania)
Bids received: 2
What the buyer required: Delivery of all products of the lot within 60 calendar days ("Termenul de livrare a tuturor produselor care fac obiectul prezentului lot este de 60 de zile calendaristice"). No technical specification of the robot is given in the notice.

Awarded 2024-02-22 · Direct award, no call

Copernicus Science CentreWarsaw, Poland · Museum or science centre

One Ameca humanoid robot from Engineered Arts as a science-centre exhibit.

Machine: 1 x Ameca (Engineered Arts)

Price paid, before VAT: £287,471 (about €338,201)
Won by: Engineered Arts Ltd (United Kingdom)
Why no call: Bought without a call under the exception for a unique work of art or performance; the notice gives no further reason.

Awarded 2024-01-17 · Open tender

University of Bucharest (Faculty of Physics)Bucharest, Romania · University

Four humanoid-looking robots plus four robot arms with vision kits for a new robotics laboratory at the Faculty of Physics (recovery-plan funded EDIS-UB project).

Machine: 4 x Model not named in the notice

Price paid, before VAT: RON 269,645 (about €50,401); With other equipment: four robot arms with a rail and vision kits
Won by: GBC Exim (Romania)
Bids received: 1
What the buyer required: Award criteria include price (40 points), sliding-rail length (700 mm = 0 points, 1,000 mm = 20 points) and humanoid robot battery charging time (240 min = 0 points, 180 min = 20 points). Contract conditional on approval of the EU recovery-plan funding.

Pending, or ended without an award

Calls whose deadline has passed with no award notice yet, and calls the buyer closed or cancelled.

Cancelled by the buyer · Open tender

Kaunas University of TechnologyKaunas, Lithuania · University

One humanoid robot, lot 4 of a four-lot robotics equipment tender.

Machine: Model not named in the notice

Buyer's estimate, before VAT: €73,022
Outcome: The buyer terminated the whole procurement on 29 October 2026, the day before the bid deadline.

Deadline 2026-10-15 passed, no award notice yet · Open tender

Maritime University of SzczecinSzczecin, Poland · University

One humanoid robot for logistics applications, with software, for the laboratory upgrade at the Maritime University of Szczecin.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

What the buyer required: Factory-new item with software included; delivery within 30 calendar days of signing the contract and no later than 4 December 2026; no partial offers; supplies from outside the EU and outside GPA countries are allowed; equivalents to any named trademarks are allowed. The detailed specification is in annex 1a to the tender documents (not in the notice) and failing it means rejection.

Deadline 2026-10-14 passed, no award notice yet · Open tender

Miskolc Vocational Training CentreMiskolc, Hungary · School or college

One autonomous humanoid service robot with multimodal communication for the Miskolc Vocational Training Centre (equipment project SM01-2-VET-003).

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

What the buyer required: New equipment only; the net unit price must include delivery and placement. Performance within 60 days of the contract taking effect, no later than 31 Dec 2027. 100% grant funded (SM01-2-VET-003), paid after completion with no advance; equivalent products allowed where a brand is referenced; price is the award criterion.

Deadline 2026-10-12 passed, no award notice yet · Open tender

DOTLUMENCluj-Napoca, Romania · Company (publicly funded)

One bipedal humanoid with robotic hands and NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor-class compute, a spare battery, two Unitree B2W robot dogs and a Z1 Pro arm, for the EU-funded PABLO pedestrian-navigation research project.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Buyer's estimate, before VAT: RON 1,118,803 (about €209,122); With other equipment: two quadruped robots, a robot arm and spare batteries
What the buyer required: Delivered DDP with functional checks, SDK/API documentation and knowledge transfer; quadrupeds 'Unitree B2W or equivalent', arm 'Unitree Z1 Pro or equivalent'.
Outcome: The first call (27 May 2026) drew one tender and closed without an award on 24 Sep 2026; the buyer called again on 10 Sep with a 12 Oct deadline.

Deadline 2026-06-09 passed, no award notice yet · Open tender

Technical University of Cluj-NapocaCluj-Napoca, Romania · University

One humanoid robot, bought together with two robot dogs as a single three-device AI robot system (Lot 7) for equipping a university auditorium.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Buyer's estimate, before VAT: RON 450,000 (about €84,112); With other equipment: two robot dogs, as one three-device AI robot system
What the buyer required: Supplied as one AI robot system of three devices (1 humanoid, 2 robot dogs) per the tender specification (not in the notice). Evaluated on best price-quality ratio (financial and technical scores, 100 points in total). Payment 60 days after the e-invoice. Co-funded by the EU through the North-West Regional Programme (PRNV/2023/623/1).

Ended without an award · Open tender

Vocational Training Centre, Wodzisław ŚląskiWodzisław Śląski, Poland · School or college

One humanoid robot and one mobile robot for a sectoral skills centre's robotics lab.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Bids received: 2
Outcome: Two tenders arrived, and the buyer closed the part without an award because its budget did not cover them.

Deadline 2025-12-15 passed, no award notice yet · Open tender

Athena Research CenterMarousi, Greece · Research institute

Three humanoid robots (Lot 1, items 1.1 and 1.2) within an eight-lot purchase of robotic systems and sensors.

Machine: 3 x Model not named in the notice

Buyer's estimate, before VAT: €135,035.02

No award notice yet · Market consultation

University of ParmaParma, Italy · University

One iCub 2.10 humanoid robot with power supply, laptop, travel case and three years of maintenance, for the FORMS research project; a notice checking whether the iCub has an equivalent before buying it directly.

Machine: 1 x iCub 2.10 (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)

Buyer's estimate, before VAT: €278,430; With other equipment: power supply, laptop, travel case and three years of maintenance
What the buyer required: iCub 2.10 humanoid platform with 53 degrees of freedom, complete body cover, facial expressions, cameras, microphones, 9-axis IMU, encoders on all joints, force/torque sensors, capacitive fingertip skin, on-board CPU and GPU; 1,500 W programmable power supply (version for the buyer's country); laptop with pre-installed software; professional travel case; three years of maintenance. The buyer stresses precise, repeatable control of all body movement parameters.
Outcome: Published 17 November 2025 to check that no other supplier can offer an equivalent; no award notice yet.

Deadline 2025-10-03 passed, no award notice yet · Open tender

Azores Qualification CentrePonta Delgada, Portugal · School or college

A humanoid robot (number and model not stated) as lot 4 of 8 in a teaching-equipment tender for the industrial laboratories (metalworking and mechatronics) of the Azores Qualification Centre, EU funded.

Machine: Model not named in the notice

Buyer's estimate, before VAT: €56,000
What the buyer required: Supply, assembly and installation of teaching equipment; price is the award criterion; a guarantee of 2% of the contract price is required; EU funded.

Ended without an award · Open tender

POLITEHNICA Bucharest (National University of Science and Technology)Bucharest, Romania · University

Two humanoid robots, lot 1 of a ten-lot robotics equipment tender funded by the Romanian recovery plan.

Machine: 2 x Model not named in the notice

Bids received: 1
Outcome: The only tender was rejected, so the lot closed without an award; the buyer bought two humanoids in a new call (lot 2 of the next tender).

Ended without an award · Open tender

Gábor Dénes UniversityBudapest, Hungary · University

One small humanoid robot in an AI lab lot with robot kits, AI development kits, a hexapod robot and a robot arm.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Bids received: 0
What the buyer required: Price is the only award criterion (total net price in HUF). Payment by bank transfer within 30 days after completion, 100% grant funded, no advance payment. Detailed technical requirements are in the procurement documents, not in the notice.
Outcome: No tender arrived, so the lot closed without an award.

Ended without an award · Open tender

Óbuda University (Rudolf Kalman Foundation)Budapest, Hungary · University

One autonomous bipedal humanoid robot for research, teaching and service use, lot 1 of a four-lot robotics equipment tender.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Bids received: 0
What the buyer required: Bipedal machine with human body proportions, autonomous; servo motors for walking, balancing, arm and head movement; several sensors with a powerful embedded computer; able to do basic object manipulation; documentation in English or Hungarian; at least 12 months warranty; bidders must fill in a specification table naming the product, maker, origin and exact type (equivalents accepted). Payment in HUF within 30 days, up to 30% advance possible.
Outcome: No tender arrived by the deadline, so the lot closed without an award; the buyer called again in September 2025.

Ended without an award · Open tender

Luleå University of TechnologyLuleå, Sweden · University

Three 'humanoid robots' for the Robotics and AI unit of the Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering; closed without an award after one tender.

Machine: 3 x Model not named in the notice

Buyer's estimate, before VAT: SEK 2,000,000 (about €177,148)
Bids received: 1
Outcome: One tender arrived and the call closed without an award; the university then bought three humanoids from Robolution AB without a call (June 2025).

Ended without an award · Open tender

University of Western MacedoniaKozani, Greece · University

One programmable humanoid robot with a six-axis robot arm, one section of a 148-section research equipment tender.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Buyer's estimate, before VAT: €23,000; With other equipment
Bids received: 1
Outcome: The single tender was rejected, so the section closed without an award.

Deadline 2024-08-02 passed, no award notice yet · Open tender

Université d'Évry Val d'EssonneÉvry-Courcouronnes, France · University

The upper part of one human-size electro-hydraulic humanoid robot with a decentralised ROS-based control layer, with installation, 7 years of maintenance, 2 weeks of on-site training and consumables.

Machine: 1 x Model not named in the notice

Buyer's estimate, before VAT: €1,400,000; With other equipment
What the buyer required: Human-size humanoid upper body with electro-hydraulic actuation and a decentralised ROS-based control layer. Four services: (1) acquisition of the upper part, (2) 7 years of maintenance without spare parts, (3) 2 weeks of on-site training, (4) consumables (oil, flexible hydraulic hoses). Includes installation.
Outcome: No award notice has been published since the August 2024 deadline.

What the record shows

Little competition. 12 of the 29 awards made after a published call drew a single bid (41%), and the median was 2 bids. 7 more went to one supplier with no call at all, in most cases because the buyer said no one else could deliver.
Dealers win most of them. 29 of the 37 awards went to a distributor or integrator rather than the robot's maker, and the same few names come back: Robotsnet Consulting won 5 (Romania); IRIS Robotics won 4 (Romania); Robolution AB won 2 (Sweden); PAL Robotics won 2 (Spain and Denmark); GBC Exim won 2 (Romania); Engineered Arts Ltd won 2 (Germany and Poland). The makers that sold directly were Westwood Robotics Corporation, PAL Robotics, Rainbow Robotics, Engineered Arts Ltd, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) and Agility Robotics, Inc.
Few notices name the machine. Where one does: Unitree Robotics G1; Unitree Robotics H2; Unitree Robotics G1 EDU; NAO6 or equivalent; NAO V6 (changed to NAO V5 by a contract modification); Ameca Generation 2; TIAGo Pro and Ameca. The rest describe it by height, degrees of freedom, hands and compute.
Plan for months, not weeks. From the published call to the award notice took a median of 122 days, before delivery starts.
Specifications decide who can bid. Most calls describe the machine (bipedal, degrees of freedom, hands, SDK access, onboard compute) rather than naming it, and the ones that name a brand add “or equivalent”. A requirement only one model meets turns an open tender into a one-bid tender.

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We searched Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) (the EU's journal of public tenders, searched in all 24 EU languages and by maker and model name), USAspending.gov (US federal contract awards) and Contracts Finder (UK public contracts) for notices published since 2024-01-01, and read each notice in its own language.

A purchase is listed when the buyer calls what it bought a humanoid, or describes a head, a torso and two arms, walking, wheeled or fixed, from small teaching humanoids to full-size research machines. Patient simulators, robot heads alone, single-arm mobile manipulators, robot dogs, research and development contracts and safety studies are left out. Where a call bought a humanoid with other equipment in one lot, the price says so.

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