Meet India’s 5’9”, 50-Kg Humanoid Designed By Mumbai-Based Startup for Strenuous, Real-World Tasks

Vanar Robots in Mumbai has entered the limelight for introducing the Vanar Generation 1. This has helped the firm position itself in the list of the very early startups in India that are working to design and develop local humanoid robots. 

Established by Aryan Wagh in 2024 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, the firm operates as a startup robotic lab. 

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The Mission 

With a small staff of only 2 to 10 members, their mission is:  

• to create “a new species”

• human-shaped robots created as useful partners in performing physically demanding, repetitious, or unsustainable jobs currently being carried out by human labor.

Its flagship model, the Vanar Generation 1, embodies such a vision.

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About Vanar Generation

Vanar Generation 1 is intended to have a height of about 5’9” and weigh about 50 kilograms. It is designed to be an all-purpose humanoid that can lift, carry, clean, inspect, and support operational tasks.

The robot is designed to operate in areas that are currently inhabited by human beings, using humanoid locomotion. 

This enables continued operations by an organization while its members can concentrate on supervision, judgment, and decision-making, as claimed by the manufacturer.

Stage of development

At the moment, the humanoid is still in the stages of its development. 

The latest developments reveal a partial physical structure, comprising one arm, half a body, and a skeleton for the head, accompanied by futuristically designed concepts that give a glimpse of its intended design. 

Vanar Robots has also pointed out their in-house developed innovations, such as a 1-kilogram actuator with a torque of 350Nm, designed for safely carrying humans in case of emergency or disaster situations.

One of the primary long-term goals for this corporation is to make humanoids integrate well into human environments. 

Some developmental milestones they have met so far involve infant-like walking, or what they liken to a baby taking its first strides, and an on and off switch, implying a successful step towards becoming autonomous.

The company anticipates deploying its first production humanoid between late 2026 and early 2027. Online, the project has sparked strong reactions. 

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Netizens React

As interest builds across LinkedIn, Instagram, and Reddit, where users have praised its homegrown and Marathi roots, Vanar Robots is increasingly seen as a serious indigenous contender in India’s growing robotics landscape. 

While challenges remain in scaling from prototype to production, the focus on strength, safety, and practical intelligence marks a notable step forward for India’s humanoid ambitions.

On X, one user wrote: “From Make in India to Move in India 🤖🔥Mumbai building the future, one humanoid at a time”

Another post read: “The real benchmark isn’t looking human, it’s performing like a machine.”

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