Humanoid Robots: Evidence-Based Guide to the Market
Humanoid robots are general-purpose machines with a human-like form — legs or a wheeled base, two arms, dexterous end-effectors — built to work in spaces designed for people. A handful of platforms now operate in real factories and warehouses, many more run pilots, and marketing routinely outpaces evidence. This guide organizes the market the way Physical AI Radar scores it: capability, commercial reality, and evidence confidence reported separately, with every claim traced to a classified source. The live table below reflects the current tracked field.
Why the humanoid form factor
The case for humanoids is infrastructure: the built world — doorways, stairs, shelving, tooling, vehicles — is shaped for the human body. A machine that shares that shape can, in principle, slot into existing facilities without re-engineering them. The open question each platform answers differently is whether that generality survives contact with production economics against purpose-built automation.
Capability vs. commercial reality
A robot that backflips on video and a robot that moves totes for paying customers are different achievements. Physical AI Radar scores these on separate axes: capability (what the machine demonstrably does, and how independently that has been shown) and commercial reality (deployments, contracts, availability). Reading them together — and never blended into one invented number — is how to see the field honestly.
How to read the evidence states
Every scored dimension carries an evidence state. A calculated 0.0 means evidence exists and supports zero; INSUFFICIENT DATA means the public record does not yet establish the answer — and this site never converts that absence into a zero. Where a price or deployment is not publicly disclosed, the profile says so plainly. The methodology page documents every rule.
Where the field is heading
Watch three lines: verified production deployments (not pilot announcements), disclosed pricing (a market signal in itself), and autonomy claims that survive independent observation. The profiles and the deployment tracker on this site follow all three, with last-verified dates in the open.
Frequently asked questions
- Which humanoid robots actually work in industry today?
- The deployment tracker and each robot profile separate verified production work from pilots and announcements — several platforms have verified industrial activity; many operate only in pilots or demos. Check the evidence state on each claim rather than headlines.
- How much does a humanoid robot cost?
- A few makers disclose prices or announce targets; most do not. The humanoid robot price guide on this site lists disclosed figures with sources and marks everything else 'Not publicly disclosed' rather than guessing.
- Are humanoid robots autonomous?
- 'Autonomous' spans a spectrum from teleoperation to supervised autonomy to unattended work. The autonomy guide explains what the term actually covers and how this site records operating modes per platform.