Motion News
Latest Motion news, funding rounds and robotics & AI coverage. $2M raised. 16 articles tracked by The Robotics Media.
About Motion
Motion operates a Humanoids-as-a-Service (HaaS) platform that deploys humanoid robots in factories, warehouses and logistics facilities across Europe. Instead of selling or leasing hardware alone, Motion bundles robot selection, financing, task-specific training, IT integration, fleet management, insurance, compliance and maintenance into a single monthly subscription fee with no upfront capital cost.
The company is OEM-agnostic, sourcing humanoid robots from multiple manufacturers depending on the task rather than committing to one hardware maker. Its initial pilots in Belgium focus on tasks such as loading goods into crates, packing containers, and placing components on conveyor belts alongside human workers in industrial and warehouse settings.
Motion was founded in 2026 by Alexander Stevens, who previously co-founded ESG compliance software company Greenomy. In August 2026, Motion raised a $2 million (~€1.7 million) pre-seed round led by Extantia Capital with participation from Norrsken Evolve, to expand its pilot deployments and build a partner programme for system integrators.
Key facts
Products by Motion
- Motion HaaS Platform (Service, 2026) — A subscription service that deploys OEM-agnostic humanoid robots in factories and warehouses, bundling financing, training, integration, insurance and maintenan...
Funding rounds
- Pre-Seed — $2M — 2026 — led by Extantia Capital
Latest Motion news
- Physicl Raises $10 Million to Fix Physical AI's Edge-Case Data Problem — Paris-based Physicl raised a $10 million seed round to build synthetic training data that targets the specific scenarios where physical AI models fail...
- UniX AI Raises $70.5M Pre-Series A to Scale Humanoid Robots for Hotels and Retail — Shenzhen-based UniX AI raised 500 million yuan, about $70.5 million, to scale its Wanda and Panther humanoid robots, already shipping over 100 units a...
- Epson Launches Its First Collaborative Robot, the AX6-A901S, With Python Support — Epson opened Japanese orders for the AX6-A901S, its first cobot, featuring a 900mm reach, 6kg payload, carbon-fiber arm and Python programming support...
- LiberAI Unveils Liber-0, a World Action Model Trained on 2.2 Million Hours of Human Experience — Beijing startup LiberAI launched Liber-0, a world action model trained on human video and glove-tracked motion data that performs new robot tasks with...
- Disney Tests FieldAI Robots for Park Parking and Future Character Experiences — Disney revealed a partnership with robotics startup FieldAI at its November 3 Accelerator Demo Day, exploring robots that direct parking and, eventual...
- South Korea Opens Its First Humanoid Robot Data Factory, With 12 Robots Feeding a National AI Push — KIMM and ETRI opened a 12-robot facility on November 3 to generate training data for humanoid AI, part of Korea's K-Moonshot push to cut reliance on f...
- Xiaomi's Humanoid Robot Just Worked an 8-Hour Factory Shift Without Human Help — Xiaomi disclosed that its humanoid robot completed a full 8-hour shift on a car-parts sequencing line, while a separate home robot handled 50 tasks ac...
- Schaeffler's Humanoid Robot Orders Hit €400 Million as It Cuts 3,460 Jobs — German supplier Schaeffler is cutting 3,460 European jobs and closing five sites, even as it reports a €400 million order backlog in humanoid robotics...
- Saudi Arabia Performs Its First Robot-Assisted Breast Reconstruction Surgery — Security Forces Hospital in Riyadh used robotic microsurgery to rebuild a mastectomy patient's breast from her own abdominal tissue, a national first.
- Productive Robotics' OB7-AI Cobot Scans Its Own Workspace, Skipping the Training Step — Productive Robotics has added zero-training physical AI to its OB7 cobot, letting the 7-axis arm scan a CNC machine's layout and start tending it with...
- GenRobot AI Raises $100 Million to Supply Training Data for China's Robots — Beijing's GenRobot AI closed a $100 million Series A+ backed by SAIC Motor and Baidu, betting that demonstration data, not actuators, is the scarce re...
- Hirebotics Adds Line Tracking And Linear Rails To Its Cobots At IMTS 2026 — Hirebotics unveiled line-tracking and modular 5-foot linear-rail extensions for its no-code cobot cells at IMTS 2026 in Chicago, letting painters and...
- Vecna Robotics Bags $31M For Flexible Dock-To-Dock Warehouse Automation — Waltham-based Vecna Robotics raises $31M in a round led by Unless as US-made autonomous forklifts, pallet jacks and case-pickers see surging demand fr...
- CyberHero Debuts World's First Humanoid Robot Sports League in Riyadh — Hero Esports launched CyberHero, the first global humanoid robot sports league, in Riyadh on September 9, 2026 with ten EngineAI T800 robots duelling...
- Palladyne AI Teams With FANUC America To Push Physical AI Onto Factory Robots — The new tie-up puts Palladyne IQ on top of FANUC America's industrial robot lineup, targeting manufacturing, warehousing and logistics customers with...
- Motion Raises $2M To Rent Humanoid Robots To European Factories — Brussels-based Motion has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding led by Extantia Capital to scale a Humanoids-as-a-Service model that turns robot deplo...