Who gets listed

• Robots — qualifying physical systems at any verified deployment stage.
• Makers — the organizations or teams responsible for those robots.
• Suppliers — organizations or teams building components, software, or AI models specifically for robotics.

All four conditions must be met:

• It physically exists — A credible photo, video, public demonstration, or documented deployment shows a working machine.
• It performs a physical task — Software-only products and simulations are not robots.
• Its maker is identifiable — This may be a company, lab, open-source project, or independent team.
• It is active — There is verifiable activity from the past 12 months when the robot is first added.

See the robot definition in the glossary.

Companies, business units, research labs, nonprofits, open-source projects, and independent teams can qualify. A separate legal entity is not required.

A supplier qualifies when it offers a specific product used to build, operate, or improve robots, and robotics is an explicit target market or use case.

• Components — motors, actuators, sensors, cameras, LiDAR, grippers, batteries, and compute.
• Software — simulation, autonomy, perception, motion planning, fleet management, and developer tools.
• AI models — models designed to control, train, or improve robots.

The product must be publicly documented and show verifiable activity from the past 12 months. A general-purpose technology company does not qualify solely because its products could be used in robotics.

Yes. Open-source robots, platforms, components, software, and AI models can qualify without a registered company. The project must have identifiable maintainers, public code or documentation, and verifiable activity from the past 12 months.

A listing must identify the product or project, the responsible maker or team, its category, and a source confirming that it exists. We prefer official documentation, demonstrations, customer deployments, research papers, active repositories, and direct confirmation.

Every robot receives the highest deployment stage we can verify. Claims, announcements, and reservations without supporting evidence do not raise the stage.

If a fact cannot be verified, it receives the appropriate evidence status. We do not silently guess.

• Concepts, renders, mock-ups, and announcements without a working product.
• General-purpose products with no clear robotics use case.
• Conventional fixed automation with no meaningful sensing or decision-making.
• Toys, hobby kits, and smart appliances not intended for professional physical work.
• Anonymous or undocumented projects that cannot be verified.
• Projects with no qualifying activity from the past 12 months at the time of first review.

Defense and dual-use products are assessed under the same evidence rules. Classified or unverifiable systems are not listed.

Listings are not deleted. After 12 months without verifiable activity, a record is marked Dormant. It is marked Discontinued when the maker confirms that it has ended, and Defunct when an organization’s closure is confirmed.

New evidence can restore an active status while preserving the history.

Not yet.