DESCRIPTION
UMA Northstar is a Humanoid from UMA (Universal Mechanical Assistant). It is built for Assembly, General-Automation, Material-Handling.
Northstar is the general-purpose humanoid robot that Paris start-up UMA (Universal Mechanical Assistant) unveiled on 7 July 2026, alongside Version 0, a tele-operated functional prototype. UMA is led by Rémi Cadène, who worked on Tesla Autopilot and the first Optimus neural networks and founded the open-source LeRobot project at Hugging Face, with LeRobot co-builder Simon Alibert, ex-DeepMind robotics lead Pierre Sermanet and humanoid designer Robert Knight. Northstar is designed as a human-scale but much lighter-than-human robot with dexterous hands, developed by a hardware team in Geneva, and driven by learned AI models. UMA plans a wheeled industrial version first, with a dual-arm mobile robot for warehouses and assembly lines, and a biped as the long-term goal, followed by a more compact humanoid for hospitals, labs and homes. The go-to-market starts in logistics and warehouses, then manufacturing, then homes, sold as robot-as-a-service with a monthly fee rather than a purchase. UMA says it is talking with about 50 potential customers in Europe, plans pilots in 2026 and targets a first concept prototype of Northstar by the end of 2026; no price or delivery date has been announced.
FEATURES
- Human-scale humanoid design, much lighter than a human
- Dexterous hands developed by UMA's Geneva hardware team
- First industrial version on wheels
- biped as the long-term goal
- Version 0: tele-operated functional prototype shown at launch
- Learned AI control from the team behind LeRobot and Tesla Optimus AI
- Go-to-market: logistics and warehouses, then manufacturing, then homes
- Robot-as-a-service: monthly fee for fleet access
- About 50 potential customers in talks
- pilots planned in 2026
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
| Mobility | |
| Movement Type | Bipedal, Wheeled |
|---|---|
| Environment | Indoor warehouses, factories; later hospitals and homes |
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
| Mobility | |
| Movement Type | Bipedal, Wheeled |
|---|---|
| Environment | Indoor warehouses, factories; later hospitals and homes |
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What is the UMA Northstar?
Northstar is the general-purpose humanoid robot that Paris start-up UMA (Universal Mechanical Assistant) unveiled on 7 July 2026, alongside Version 0, a tele-operated functional prototype.
Who makes the UMA Northstar?
The UMA Northstar is made by UMA (Universal Mechanical Assistant), a robotics company based in France.
How much does the UMA Northstar cost?
UMA (Universal Mechanical Assistant) has not publicly announced pricing for the UMA Northstar. You can enquire through RobotAIGeek for current pricing.
What is the UMA Northstar used for?
The UMA Northstar is designed for assembly, general-automation, material-handling, and picking. It is used in consumer, healthcare, warehouse & logistics, and manufacturing settings.
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