Which humanoid is best, measured the same way.
Teams building robot bodies choose hardware from datasheets. We buy or borrow each unit, run one test protocol on all of them, and score six dimensions. Click a robot to see its rated specs against what it did on our bench. Loaned units are disclosed.
Hardware Index · v0
Overall ranking and six dimensions (illustrative)
IllustrativeThese ranks and scores are estimates from rated specs, prices and public information. They are not our test results. Measured scores replace them once the first batch has been tested; the scoring rules will be published with them.
| # | Unit | Overall ↓ | Power & payload 25% | Endurance 15% | Reliability 20% | Openness 15% | Dexterity 15% | Procurement 10% | |
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| 1 | Unitree H2 UnitreeHumanoid, full-size |
76.1 illustrative | 88 | 72 | 62 | 82 | 72 | 78 |
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| 2 | UBTech Walker S2 UBTechHumanoid, industrial |
74.1 illustrative | 82 | 90 | 74 | 45 | 90 | 50 |
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| 3 | Fourier GR-2 FourierHumanoid, full-size |
72.5 illustrative | 90 | 62 | 58 | 65 | 92 | 55 |
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| 4 | Unitree G1 UnitreeHumanoid, compact |
67.7 illustrative | 55 | 62 | 66 | 88 | 58 | 95 |
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| 5 | Booster T1 Booster RoboticsHumanoid, research |
64.7 illustrative | 60 | 70 | 60 | 76 | 55 | 75 |
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| 6 | AgiBot X2 Ultra AgiBotHumanoid, compact |
63.8 illustrative | 58 | 62 | 62 | 70 | 66 | 72 |
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Scores are 0–100 per dimension; the overall score is the weighted average shown in each column header · Click a column to sort · Click a row for rated vs measured specs
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What we measure
- Power & payload（25%）：Peak and continuous joint torque, payload held over 30 minutes
- Endurance（15%）：Measured runtime under a fixed duty cycle; battery swap counts
- Reliability（20%）：Hours to first failure, fall recovery, repair turnaround
- Openness（15%）：Low-level API access, control rate, latency, ease of running a third-party model
- Dexterity（15%）：Degrees of freedom, hand capability, repeatability
- Procurement（10%）：Price, lead time, after-sales response, export compliance
2025 humanoid volumes: every published figure in one place
Humanoid makers in China, the US and beyond. Filings, company statements and analyst estimates count different things, so each figure is shown with its source and evidence grade. Prices, lead times and non-public customers are available to clients. This data feeds the Deployment Maturity Index (Phase 1).
C2 · 2025 humanoid units · by source
Unitree and AgiBot led 2025 humanoid volumes, at 4,000–5,700 units each across all published sources.
Sources count different things (shipments, units sold, deliveries), so we list every published figure with its source and evidence grade. UBTech reported 1,079 deliveries in its annual report; most other makers are estimated at about 1,000 units or fewer. US makers have not published 2025 totals.
Filed (E2)
Filing, media-cited
Company-stated (E5)
Analyst / media estimate
ChinaOverseas
Context. Published 2025 totals differ by more than 2x: IFR counts about 7,000 humanoids sold for industrial and professional-service use (consumer robots excluded), Omdia counts 13,317 shipped, and other trackers cite about 16,000. The definitions differ.
Data as of 2026-10-28 · Units are not interchangeable: shipments, units sold and deliveries are kept apart · Hover a mark for its source · Method: evidence grades
| Company | Stage | 2025 units, by source | Client data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unitree 宇树 ChinaHumanoids & quadrupeds |
Volume production | >5,500E5 Company-statedCompany-stated · 2026-01-22 5,215Filing, media-citedUnits sold, listing filing as cited by media (production 5,716) 4,200Third-party est.Omdia estimate |
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| AgiBot 智元 ChinaHumanoids |
— | 5,168Third-party est.Omdia estimate >5,100E5 Company-statedCompany-stated, cumulative through end-2025 |
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| Tesla 特斯拉 United StatesHumanoids |
Pilot | 5,000E5 Company-statedCompany target for 2025 (internal use); Tesla has published no production count 150Third-party est.Omdia estimate —Third-party est.The Information: "a few hundred" built, under 10% of target |
Clients |
| UBTech 优必选 ChinaHumanoids |
Volume production | 1,079E2 FiledDeliveries, 2025 annual report (humanoid revenue RMB 821m ≈ US$114m at the 2025 average rate of 7.19) 1,000Third-party est.Omdia estimate ~600Third-party est.China Electronics News estimate >500E5 Company-statedCompany-stated · 2025-12-26 |
Clients |
| Leju Robotics 乐聚 ChinaHumanoids |
— | 500Third-party est.Omdia estimate ~1,000Third-party est.China Electronics News estimate |
Clients |
| Booster Robotics 加速进化 ChinaHumanoids |
— | ~1,000Third-party est.China Electronics News estimate |
Clients |
| Noetix Robotics 松延动力 ChinaHumanoids |
— | ~1,000Third-party est.China Electronics News estimate |
Clients |
| EngineAI 众擎 ChinaHumanoids |
— | 400Third-party est.Omdia estimate ~500Third-party est.China Electronics News estimate |
Clients |
| RobotEra 星动纪元 ChinaHumanoids |
— | ~400Third-party est.China Electronics News estimate |
Clients |
| Fourier 傅利叶 ChinaHumanoids |
— | 300Third-party est.Omdia estimate ~300Third-party est.China Electronics News estimate |
Clients |
| Figure AI United StatesHumanoids |
Pilot deployments | 150Third-party est.Omdia estimate |
Clients |
| Agility Robotics United StatesHumanoids |
Commercial deployments | 150Third-party est.Omdia estimate —E5 Company-statedCompany-stated: 65,000+ operating hours across nine customer sites |
Clients |
| Pudu Robotics 普渡 ChinaService robots |
— | No public figure
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Clients |
| Apptronik United StatesHumanoids |
Pilot | No public figure
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Clients |
| 1X Technologies United StatesHumanoids |
Consumer pre-orders | No public figure
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Clients |
| Boston Dynamics United StatesHumanoids |
Production started 2026 | No public figure
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C5 · Milestones
Funding, production, listings and policy
| Date | Type | Company | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | Data | IFR | World Robotics 2026 counts humanoids for the first time: about 7,000 sold in 2025 | IFR |
| 2026-08-19 | Listing | Unitree | Lists on the STAR Market at RMB 150.8 a share; closes day one up 460% | Al Jazeera |
| 2026-06-01 | Listing | Unitree | IPO cleared by the Shanghai Stock Exchange listing committee, 73 days after acceptance | Tech Times |
| 2026-03-30 | Production | AgiBot | 10,000th humanoid produced, about three months after the 5,000th | Tech Times |
| 2026-03-20 | Listing | Unitree | STAR Market IPO application accepted | Tech Times |
| 2026-03 | Funding | Galbot | RMB 2.5bn financing round | Tech Times |
| 2026-03 | Policy | US Congress | American Security Robotics Act introduced by Sens. Cotton and Schumer, with a House companion | Tech Times |
| 2026-01 | Data | Omdia | 2025 shipment ranking puts AgiBot first (5,168), Unitree second (4,200); 13,317 humanoids shipped worldwide | Forbes |
| 2026-01 | Production | Boston Dynamics | Production Atlas announced at CES; first units go to Hyundai RMAC and Google DeepMind in 2026 | A3 Automate |
| 2025-11 | Policy | US Senate | Humanoid ROBOT Act introduced by Sen. Bill Cassidy | Tech Times |
| 2025-09 | Funding | Figure AI | Series C of more than $1B at a $39B post-money valuation | Intel Capital |
Data as of 2026-10-28 · Only events with a public source are listed