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A monthly, evidence-graded read on humanoid progress.
Each month we gather deployments, hiring, field video and vendor claims, check every source, and score every robot on the same scale — so progress is visible, and so is the distance still to go.
- Cyborg IndexNew to the Index
Every humanoid has to do the same six things. These pages show which AI models each vendor has actually named.
Senses
Turns cameras, audio and touch into one picture
Understands
Works out what the job is
Predicts
Anticipates what happens next
Acts
Chooses the movement and the grasp
Controls
Keeps the body balanced while it works
Learns
Improves the models between runs
What it learns feeds back into the models before the next run.
XPENG
XPENG IRON
XPENG IRON system loop: Senses — Model publicly named; Understands — Model publicly named; Predicts — Model publicly named; Acts — Model publicly named; Controls — Model not named; Learns — Model publicly named.
05 of 06 parts named
AgiBot
AgiBot A2
AgiBot A2 system loop: Senses — Model publicly named; Understands — Model publicly named; Predicts — Model publicly named; Acts — Model publicly named; Controls — Model not named; Learns — Model publicly named.
05 of 06 parts named
1X Technologies
1X NEO
1X NEO system loop: Senses — Model not named; Understands — Model publicly named; Predicts — Model publicly named; Acts — Model publicly named; Controls — Model publicly named; Learns — Model publicly named.
05 of 06 parts named
How a score is built.
Every robot is read against the same evidence, graded on the same ladder and published on the same day of the month. Early stages are not a verdict — they are simply where the public record stands today.
Every claim is placed on a six-stage evidence ladder. A score can rise only as far as the public record has travelled.
Customer or site named.
Evidence required: Publicly attributable customer or site.
- Scores are capped by the evidence stage
- Every claim carries its source
- Scoring is not open to vendor input
Deployments, hiring and field video.
Named customer pilots, job posts, and on-camera footage each carry different weight. Every item is labelled with what it evidences.
Hiring
All jobsHiring shows where vendors are investing. It is not evidence of what a robot can do.
Videos
All videos
Footage shows what was demonstrated on camera, not what runs in production.
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