Minerva Humanoids' Roger 1.0 is a humanoid built for ordnance disposal
From the Robots digest for Nov 4, 2026
Sources National Defense
Thread: robots — Minerva Roger 1.0 humanoid robot · new
What happened: California-based Minerva Humanoids has debuted Roger 1.0, a semi-autonomous humanoid robot designed for explosive ordnance disposal and hazardous-materials response.
What's genuinely new: A named product version and a specific military/first-responder use case. Minerva surfaced on October 6 with a $10 million pre-seed led by General Catalyst as a teleoperation-forward humanoid pitched at "the world's most dangerous jobs" — Roger 1.0 is the first named model and confirms the hazardous-ordnance direction.
Watch: Unit specifications and hazard-mission details, first pilot programs or named customers with emergency-services or military units, and funding follow-through.