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The Next Web |Internet |Aug 31, 2026

Actuator supply chain constraints may limit Europe’s humanoid robot ambitions

Actuators, which account for 40% to 60% of a humanoid robot’s bill of materials, rely heavily on rare earth magnets that China refines roughly 90% of, making component supply rather than model design the primary bottleneck for scaling production.