UMA · industrial humanoid
Northstar
Prototype Version 0
A lightweight, human-scale prototype (called Northstar in Electrek; Version 0) designed and assembled in Paris over nine months by a startup led by former Tesla Optimus and Hugging Face LeRobot engineer Remi Cadene, with a blank light-up visor face and a swappable sensor garment, shown to journalists ahead of the Machina Summit. UMA says the first industrial version is wheeled, with a biped as the long-term goal; the launch video shows an exposed frame with articulated arms, claw-like grippers and a camera head.
- 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 UMA.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2026-07-07
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
UMACompanyPublic attention
How much public attention Northstar (Prototype Version 0) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Hands
- unknown
- Movement
- Wheeled base
From the maker
Northstar (Prototype Version 0) is the only humanoid from UMA 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 | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useNorthstar (Prototype Version 0)UMA |  GRWFourierSame job: industrial · Both on wheels · Both in development |  ugo Novaugo Inc.Same job: industrial · Both on wheels · Both in development |  K3W 'Big Hornet'Kepler Exploration RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both on wheels · Both in development |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2026-07-07 | 2026-07-17 | 2026-09-16 | 2026 |
| Status | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype | Prototype |
| Height | — | 165 cm | 162 cm | — |
| Weight | — | 160 kg | 100 kg | 120 kg |
| Joints | — | 29 | 22 | 43 |
| Speed | — | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | 16 kg | 10 kg | 30 kg |
| Battery | — | 4 h | 6 h | 8 h |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
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