How the ranking changed
July 2026 → September 2026. Three editions, one field.
Latest month · 3 moved up · 3 moved down · 7 held · 0 new
Month-by-month record
Rank, Capability score and evidence coverage remain separate. A recorded change is not necessarily why rank moved.
Agibot A2Agibot (Zhiyuan Robotics)#3 → #2 → #1
July 2026 → August 2026
Rank #3 → #2
Capability score 1.25 → 1.40
Evidence coverage 26/40 → 29/40
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for working with people (2 accepted records).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for real-world use (1 accepted record).
August 2026 → September 2026
Rank #2 → #1
Capability score 1.40 → 1.50
Evidence coverage 29/40 → 31/40
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for seeing and sensing (1 accepted record).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for safety (1 accepted record).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for handling objects (2 accepted records).
UBTech Walker SUBTech#1 → #1 → #2
July 2026 → August 2026
Rank #1 → #1
Capability score 1.43 → 1.48
Evidence coverage 29/40 → 30/40
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for real-world use (1 accepted record).
August 2026 → September 2026
Rank #1 → #2
Capability score 1.48 → 1.48
Evidence coverage 30/40 → 30/40
Rank moved while the score held; other robots moved.
- Other robots moved
UBTech Walker S moved from #1 to #2. Its Index score did not change; other robots moved.
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for real-world use (1 accepted record).
Figure 03Figure AI#5 → #4 → #3
July 2026 → August 2026
Rank #5 → #4
Capability score 1.05 → 1.20
Evidence coverage 24/40 → 27/40
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for real-world use (1 accepted record).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for moving (1 accepted record).
August 2026 → September 2026
Rank #4 → #3
Capability score 1.20 → 1.35
Evidence coverage 27/40 → 29/40
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for handling objects (1 accepted record).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for seeing and sensing (3 accepted records).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for learning new tasks (1 accepted record).
1X NEO1X#2 → #3 → #4
July 2026 → August 2026
Rank #2 → #3
Capability score 1.25 → 1.28
Evidence coverage 28/40 → 28/40
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for safety (1 accepted record).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for moving (1 accepted record).
August 2026 → September 2026
Rank #3 → #4
Capability score 1.28 → 1.33
Evidence coverage 28/40 → 29/40
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for working with people (1 accepted record).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for moving (2 accepted records).
Kepler Forerunner K3Kepler Robotics— → #5 → #5
July 2026 → August 2026
Rank — → #5
Capability score — → 1.17
Evidence coverage —/40 → 27/40
- New generation
This generation continues the published history of Kepler Forerunner K2, which supplied its opening read.
- New model
Kepler Forerunner K3 entered the published ranking at #5.
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for handling objects (1 accepted record).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for learning new tasks (1 accepted record).
August 2026 → September 2026
Rank #5 → #5
Capability score 1.17 → 1.22
Evidence coverage 27/40 → 28/40
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for learning new tasks (2 accepted records).
Kepler Forerunner K2Kepler Robotics#4 → #6 → #6
July 2026 → August 2026
Rank #4 → #6
Capability score 1.10 → 1.10
Evidence coverage 26/40 → 26/40
Rank moved while the score held; other robots moved.
- Other robots moved
Kepler Forerunner K2 moved from #4 to #6. Its Index score did not change; other robots moved.
August 2026 → September 2026
Rank #6 → #6
Capability score 1.10 → 1.17
Evidence coverage 26/40 → 27/40
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for moving (1 accepted record).
NEURA 4NE-1NEURA Robotics#6 → #7 → #7
July 2026 → August 2026
Rank #6 → #7
Capability score 0.98 → 1.00
Evidence coverage 22/40 → 23/40
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for moving (1 accepted record).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for learning new tasks (1 accepted record).
August 2026 → September 2026
Rank #7 → #7
Capability score 1.00 → 1.00
Evidence coverage 23/40 → 23/40
No published reason recorded for this transition.
Apptronik ApolloApptronik#7 → #8 → #8
July 2026 → August 2026
Rank #7 → #8
Capability score 0.75 → 0.97
Evidence coverage 17/40 → 21/40
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for working with people (1 accepted record).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for working independently (1 accepted record).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for moving (1 accepted record).
August 2026 → September 2026
Rank #8 → #8
Capability score 0.97 → 0.97
Evidence coverage 21/40 → 21/40
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for real-world use (1 accepted record).
Tesla OptimusTesla#10 → #10 → #9
July 2026 → August 2026
Rank #10 → #10
Capability score 0.63 → 0.73
Evidence coverage 18/40 → 20/40
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for learning new tasks (1 accepted record).
August 2026 → September 2026
Rank #10 → #9
Capability score 0.73 → 0.78
Evidence coverage 20/40 → 21/40
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for learning new tasks (1 accepted record).
Boston Dynamics Atlas (electric)Boston Dynamics#9 → #9 → #10
July 2026 → August 2026
Rank #9 → #9
Capability score 0.63 → 0.75
Evidence coverage 14/40 → 15/40
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for real-world use (1 accepted record).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for moving (1 accepted record).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for learning new tasks (1 accepted record).
August 2026 → September 2026
Rank #9 → #10
Capability score 0.75 → 0.75
Evidence coverage 15/40 → 15/40
Rank moved while the score held; other robots moved.
- Other robots moved
Boston Dynamics Atlas (electric) moved from #9 to #10. Its Index score did not change; other robots moved.
Unitree H2Unitree#8 → #11 → #11
July 2026 → August 2026
Rank #8 → #11
Capability score 0.70 → 0.70
Evidence coverage 17/40 → 17/40
Rank moved while the score held; other robots moved.
- Other robots moved
Unitree H2 moved from #8 to #11. Its Index score did not change; other robots moved.
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for seeing and sensing (1 accepted record).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for handling objects (1 accepted record).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for real-world use (2 accepted records).
August 2026 → September 2026
Rank #11 → #11
Capability score 0.70 → 0.70
Evidence coverage 17/40 → 17/40
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for real-world use (2 accepted records).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for moving (1 accepted record).
Fourier GR-2Fourier Intelligence#11 → #12 → #12
July 2026 → August 2026
Rank #11 → #12
Capability score 0.58 → 0.58
Evidence coverage 14/40 → 14/40
Rank moved while the score held; other robots moved.
- Other robots moved
Fourier GR-2 moved from #11 to #12. Its Index score did not change; other robots moved.
August 2026 → September 2026
Rank #12 → #12
Capability score 0.58 → 0.58
Evidence coverage 14/40 → 14/40
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for handling objects (1 accepted record).
XPeng IRONXPeng#12 → #13 → #13
July 2026 → August 2026
Rank #12 → #13
Capability score 0.45 → 0.48
Evidence coverage 11/40 → 11/40
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for seeing and sensing (1 accepted record).
August 2026 → September 2026
Rank #13 → #13
Capability score 0.48 → 0.57
Evidence coverage 11/40 → 13/40
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for working independently (1 accepted record).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for moving (1 accepted record).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for learning new tasks (1 accepted record).