HUMANOID REALITY INDEX / There's A Robot For That

Last verified 2026-07-31
Index / Humanoid robots with the most claims and the least evidence

Where the talking outruns the walking

Every robot below has more claim-only events than deployment and pilot events combined. A claim is a target, a capacity plan or a reveal date. Claims never lift a tier, and this page is what that rule looks like when you apply it to the whole index.

35robots on this page
255dated events behind them
0deployment-class events
2with a published price
T3 DEMOING
Tesla OptimusTesla 2026-07-05The Optimus unveiling promised for March 2026 slipped, with the reveal now promised for late July or August. geekwire.com Manufacturing · Tesla's own claims target its production lines; no external evidence exists.
no published price31 claims only · 32 events
T3 DEMOING
Boston Dynamics AtlasBoston Dynamics 2026-07-15Atlas was unveiled by Hyundai Motor (Boston Dynamics' parent) in January; wsj.com Manufacturing · The evidence is demonstrations plus a planned plant deployment that became a union dispute; nothing is in production.
no published price25 claims only · 40 events
T3 DEMOING
1X Neo1X Technologies 2026-07-131X unveiled new tendon-driven hands for the NEO home robot. robotnews.therundown.ai Home · The product, the price and the preorders all address private households.
$20,000 / $499 mo23 claims only · 24 events
T3 DEMOING
XPENG IRONXPENG Robotics 2026-07-15XPENG targets monthly production capacity of over 1,000 IRON units by the end of 2026. cnevpost.com Manufacturing · Production-capacity claims and factory-facing demonstrations.
no published price14 claims only · 20 events
T2 PILOTING
UBTech Walker S1UBTech Robotics 2026-06-17UBTech targets 10,000 unit deliveries in 2026. seekingalpha.com Manufacturing · Eleven units in a trial phase at a Zeekr plant.
no published price1 pilot · 13 events
T2 PILOTING
Apptronik ApolloApptronik 2026-07-02Fleets of Apollo 2 robots run logistics and retail tasks on loop at Robot Park, using teleoperation and autonomy to generate training data (internal data collection). robotnews.therundown.ai Manufacturing · Ongoing factory trials at Mercedes-Benz carry the tier.
no published price3 pilot · 14 events
T2 PILOTING
Weave IsaacWeave Robotics 2026-07-11Isaac 1 uses wheels instead of legs at 7,999 USD, about half the price of bipedal home-robot rivals. techtimes.com Home · Isaac 0 units run in paying customers' homes folding laundry.
no published price1 pilot · 5 events
T3 DEMOING
AiMoga Mornine M1AiMOGA Robotics 2026-04-14AiMOGA Robotics exhibited the Mornine humanoid at Auto China 2026 in Beijing alongside Chery, where the show marked a broader robotic shift in the Chinese auto industry. cleantechnica.com Retail and hospitality · The robot works as a showroom sales consultant; those deployments are at the parent company's own dealerships.
no published price4 claims only · 7 events
T4 PAPER
Persona AI Welding HumanoidPersona AI 2026-03-23HD Hyundai signed a joint development agreement with HD KSOE, HD Hyundai Robotics and Persona AI to verify and commercialise a shipyard welding humanoid; smartmaritimenetwork.com Manufacturing · The programme targets shipyard welding, but no hardware exists in public yet.
no published price4 claims only · 4 events
T3 DEMOING
Unitree H2Unitree Robotics 2026-07-23The H2 performed at Unitree's headquarters during TIME's reporting visit. time.com Research and education · Nvidia fitted Jetson Thor into the H2 for sale to research institutions.
no published price3 claims only · 4 events
T2 PILOTING
Galaxea R1Galaxea AI 2026-02-11Galaxea closed an RMB 1 billion Series B round at an RMB 10 billion valuation. autonews.gasgoo.com Research and education · The named users are Physical Intelligence and Stanford, training the robot on household tasks in a lab context.
no published price1 pilot · 4 events
T4 PAPER
Pudu D9Pudu Robotics 2026-07-01Pudu and Shenzhen CTID announced a full-scenario robot-serviced hotel project with a trial operation scheduled to commence by the end of 2026. pudurobotics.com Retail and hospitality · Positioned for hotels and hospitality; the CTID hotel project is announced, not yet operating.
no published price3 claims only · 3 events
T3 DEMOING
Dobot AtomShenzhen Dobot 2026-02-04German distributor Terra Robotics reported real-workflow testing of a delivered Atom unit in Loehne: stable, repeatable movements in structured environments, no adaptive ... interestingengineering.com Manufacturing · Precision-assembly demos and structured-environment testing at its German distributor; no independently named end customer in productive use yet.
no published price1 pilot · 5 events
T3 DEMOING
AGIBOT A2AGIBOT 2026-05-08The full-size humanoid robot was unveiled publicly at the 2026 Met Gala. kraneshares.com Entertainment · The priced AGIBOT line is positioned for interaction and performance rather than industrial work.
no published price2 claims only · 8 events
T3 DEMOING
GalbotGalbot 2026-06-24Galbot secured an order worth nearly 236 million yuan (US$34.8 million) for 500 robots; scmp.com Retail and hospitality · The wheeled S1 evidence covers store-facing and production-line work; the customer relationship is not arms-length.
no published price2 claims only · 9 events
T3 DEMOING
MagicLab MagicBotMagicLab 2026-07-22At WAIC 2026 MagicLab launched three new products including the wheeled MagicBot D1 aimed at high-frequency factory workflows. autonews.gasgoo.com Manufacturing · The maker's own footage shows factory-line training tasks; no customer is named.
no published price2 claims only · 4 events
T3 DEMOING
Sunday Robotics MemoSunday Robotics 2026-07-22Sunday Robotics unveiled the ACT foundation model for home tasks, trained without robot data. digitaltoday.co.kr Home · A wheeled home robot with a household beta programme announced for autumn 2026.
no published price2 claims only · 4 events
T2 PILOTING
Booster T1Booster Robotics 2026-07-15Tsinghua University's THU Huoshen team retained its RoboCup 2026 Humanoid League title in South Korea using the Booster T1, taking back-to-back championships. interestingengineering.com Research and education · Universities and competition teams are the confirmed users; Tsinghua won RoboCup on this hardware.
no published price1 pilot · 5 events
T3 DEMOING
AGIBOT X2AGIBOT 2026-07-18AGIBOT debuted four robots at WAIC 2026 including the A3 Ultra humanoid, as part of a global export push. techtimes.com Entertainment · AGIBOT positions the priced X2 for interaction and performance, not payload work.
no published price2 claims only · 4 events
T3 DEMOING
RobotEra L7ROBOTERA 2026-03-25ROBOTERA closed an RMB 1 billion (about 145 million USD) strategic round backed by Singtel Innov8, at an RMB 10 billion valuation. technode.global Logistics · The sourced claim is integration into logistics clients' business systems.
no published price2 claims only · 3 events
T3 DEMOING
LimX OliLimX Dynamics 2026-02-06Zhang demonstrated Oli climbing stairs on site and said LimX will support customers who deploy in factories but will not pursue factory work itself. kr-asia.com Research and education · Sold as an embodied-AI development platform with SDK; the founder says LimX will not pursue factory deployment itself.
no published price2 claims only · 4 events
T3 DEMOING
Deep Robotics DR02DEEP Robotics 2026-07-22At WAIC 2026 DEEP Robotics said the upgraded DR02 passed substation precision operation tests and launched commercial deployment in 2026 for power inspection, hazardous ... globenewswire.com Security and defence · Built and marketed for substation inspection, patrol and disaster response; the deployment story is the maker's own.
no published price2 claims only · 4 events
T3 DEMOING
Unitree R1Unitree Robotics 2025-10-09TIME named the Unitree R1 one of the best inventions of 2025. time.com Research and education · A sub-6,000-dollar developer and enthusiast platform; TIME named it a best invention of 2025.
$5,900 / $4,900 AIR2 claims only · 3 events
T3 DEMOING
Noetix N2Noetix Robotics 2025-10-22SCMP reported the N2 had logged more than 2,500 orders to date, a figure mixing firm and intent orders. scmp.com Research and education · Education, developer and exhibition buyers lead the demand evidence; the company cites school orders as a lead segment without naming buyers.
no published price2 claims only · 4 events
T3 DEMOING
Neura 4NE-1NEURA Robotics 2026-06-10Neura Robotics showcased its 4NE-1 humanoid (3rd generation, Studio F.A. therobotreport.com Manufacturing · Positioned and shown for industrial work; the ledger is thin and carries no external pilot.
no published price1 claims only · 2 events
T3 DEMOING
EngineAI T800EngineAI Robotics 2026-05-29EngineAI said the first batch of T800 humanoids rolled off the line at its new Intelligent Manufacturing Base in Honghualing, Shenzhen, marking the start of mass ... prnewswire.com via eqs-news.com Entertainment · The public record is CES demonstrations and viral fighting footage.
no published price1 claims only · 3 events
T3 DEMOING
Astribot T1Astribot 2026-05-26Shenzhen-based Astribot unveiled the T1, a wheeled humanoid built for fine manipulation, at roughly 14,000 USD. Xinhua News Agency Home · Launched as a cable-driven manipulator for domestic and light service tasks.
no published price1 claims only · 2 events
T3 DEMOING
Fourier GR-3Fourier Intelligence 2026-03-16WIPO profile of Fourier: the company offers more than 40 robotic solutions and has served more than 2,000 hospitals in 40 countries; wipo.int Healthcare · The GR-3 is presented as a care robot for healthcare and public service environments.
no published price1 claims only · 3 events
T3 DEMOING
Leju Kuavo-5Leju Robotics 2025-05-30The Kuavo humanoid was photographed on site at Leju Robotics in Shenzhen in March 2025. bloomberg.com Manufacturing · Positioned for automotive plants, but every plant claim traces back to the maker or aggregators.
no published price1 claims only · 2 events
T3 DEMOING
PAL KangarooPAL Robotics 2026-06-01Kangaroo, PAL's next-generation humanoid after TALOS, is described as commercially available in an independent supplier case study. advancednavigation.com Research and education · Sold to research institutions for locomotion and embodied-AI work.
no published price1 claims only · 3 events
T3 DEMOING
MenteeBotMentee Robotics 2026-07-01Mentee Robotics now trades as Mentee by Mobileye. menteebot.com Logistics · Built and demonstrated for warehouse logistics and 24/7 factory floors.
no published price1 claims only · 3 events
T3 DEMOING
K-Scale K-BotK-Scale Labs 2026-03-02K-Scale's former COO published a post-mortem on watching the startup die from the inside; therobotreport.com Research and education · An open-source developer platform; the company shut down in early 2026.
no published price1 claims only · 3 events
T4 PAPER
UniX AI PantherUniX AI 2026-04-13UniX AI says its Panther humanoid reached real-home deployment, reportedly handling cleaning, breakfast preparation and object organisation in unmodified homes. engineering.com Home · The company says Panther handled cleaning and breakfast prep in unmodified homes; single-source coverage.
no published price1 claims only · 1 events
T3 DEMOING
Xiaomi CyberOneXiaomi 2026-04-15After four years out of view, CyberOne was shown at a workstation grabbing self-tapping nuts from a feeder and placing them on a tightening fixture, alongside new ... 36kr.com Manufacturing · Returned after four years as a factory worker in Xiaomi's own EV plant; that is the maker deploying itself.
no published price1 claims only · 3 events
T3 DEMOING
GAC GoMateGAC Group 2026-02-26GAC formed subsidiary Guangdong Huilun Technology to commercialize its robots (small-batch 2026, mass production targeted 2027); autonews.gasgoo.com Security and defence · GAC's own R&D head targets security patrol first and deprioritizes factory work; the only field tests are on GAC's own campuses.
no published price1 claims only · 3 events
Tiers and scores are computed from the evidence ledger, not supplied by makers. The use case under each robot is derived from what the evidence shows it doing, not from the maker's positioning. Coverage note: my source base is dominated by English-language reporting, which systematically under-covers Chinese makers; where that distorts a ranking, the robot's own page says so.

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