🇺🇸 Gen 1
Persona AI · USA · unveiled 2025
prototype
teleoperated
electric
data confidence: medium
49.7
XHI Score
Rank #71 of 133
Score breakdown
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%35.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%100.0
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%0.0
Hardware & Engineering · 15%100.0
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%38.0
Ecosystem & Viability · 10%2.7
Each pillar is scored 0–100 from published specs, then weighted into the overall XHI. See the full methodology →
Notable
Founded by NASA Valkyrie and former Figure AI veterans to build heavy-duty welding humanoids for shipyards; Gen 1 is explicitly teleoperated to collect training data toward future autonomy.
Deployments & partners
- HD Hyundai / HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering joint development agreement
- Steel-fabrication pilot in Louisiana
Specifications
Height
175.0 cm
Weight
85.0 kg
Payload
—
Walking speed
—
Runtime
—
Battery
—
Total DoF
—
Hand DoF (per hand)
—
Dexterous hands
Yes
Actuation
electric
Form factor
bipedal
Onboard compute
—
AI model
Teleoperation-collected welding data training an AI 'brain'; dexterous-hand tech adapted from NASA Robonaut 2
Indicative price
undisclosed
Company valuation
—
Sources · cross-checked, as of 2026-07
- https://www.therobotreport.com/persona-ai-raises-27m-develops-purpose-built-humanoid-robots-shipyards/
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hd-hyundai-and-persona-ai-sign-agreement-to-deploy-humanoid-welding-robots-for-shipbuilding-automation-302449258.html
- https://spectrum.ieee.org/persona-ai-radford-pratt/particle-1
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Data confidence: medium. Some figures for this robot rest on single or conflicting sources, or on manufacturer/aggregator material rather than independent reporting. Treat second-order specs as approximate. Fields marked “—” were genuinely undisclosed and left blank rather than estimated.