London, UK – 9 October, 2025 – KraneShares, a global asset manager known for its innovative exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today announced the launch of the KraneShares Global Humanoid & Embodied Intelligence Index UCITS ETF (LSE: KOID) on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

KOID aims to provide investors with global exposure to the rapidly expanding humanoid robotics and embodied intelligence sector – an industry at the convergence of robotics, artificial intelligence, and advanced manufacturing. KOID captures a diversified basket of companies developing humanoid robots, enabling technologies such as sensors, actuators, and semiconductors, and the AI software that allows these machines to sense, learn, and interact with the world.

KOID employs an equal-weight methodology, ensuring balanced exposure to established leaders like Tesla and Nvidia and emerging innovators like Robosense, a company specializing in LiDAR sensor technology; UBTECH, a significant humanoid robot maker; and Horizon Robotics, advancing AI chips that bring robots to life. Together with other holdings across Asia, the U.S., and Europe, KOID offers a broad-based way to invest in the rapidly emerging humanoid robot sector.

The launch comes at a time when humanoid robots are beginning to transition from research projects to commercial deployment. They are increasingly appearing in factories, logistics centres, healthcare facilities, and even homes, helping to address structural challenges such as labour shortages, ageing populations, and workplace safety. Analysts, including those at Morgan Stanley, project there could be 1 billion humanoids and $5 trillion in annual revenue by 2050, driven by rising adoption across multiple industries.¹

Dr. Xiaolin Chen, Head of International at KraneShares, said: “Humanoid robotics and embodied intelligence represent one of the most exciting technological frontiers of our time. KOID enables investors to participate in this global transformation by providing balanced exposure to both today’s market leaders and the innovators shaping the future.”

For more information on the KraneShares Global Humanoid and Embodied Intelligence Index UCITS ETF (Ticker: KOID), please visit https://kraneshares.eu/etf/koidln or consult your financial advisor.

About KraneShares

KraneShares is a specialist investment manager focused on delivering global investors innovative, high-conviction strategies. The firm is known for its China and climate-focused ETFs, as well as its solutions across emerging markets, carbon allowances, options income, and disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence and electric vehicles. KraneShares helps investors access transformative growth opportunities through research-driven products and educational resources.

Citations:

1. “Humanoids: 1bn Robots and $5tn Revenues by 2050, China is in Pole Position” Morgan Stanley Research, 28/April/2025.