Europe has been late to the AI boom and trails China on electric cars. But when it comes to humanoid robots, it’s still in the race.

Sweden’s Hexagon has built a humanoid that’s being tested at industrial clients including BMW. Germany’s Neura Robotics just raised some �1 billion ($1.2 billion) from investors including Amazon.com?and Qualcomm, valuing the startup at about �4 billion.

Local automotive suppliers Schaeffler and Robert Bosch are also betting on grabbing a share of the nascent market headlined by Tesla?and Hyundai Motor Co.