How the ranking changed
Published snapshots connected — July 2026 → August 2026. A robot can fall in rank because other robots moved. Rank movement is not the same as score movement, so both are shown separately.
2 moved up · 7 moved down · 3 held · 1 new
2 published editions so far · longer windows unlock as editions accumulate
Movement notes
Every reason below is generated from the published record: an evidence acceptance, a corrected source, a lineage link or an explicit note that only the cohort moved.
Held #1. Its Index score changed by +0.05.
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for real-world use (1 accepted record).
Moved up from #3 to #2. Index score +0.15.
- 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).
Moved down from #2 to #3. Index score +0.02.
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for safety (1 accepted record).
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for moving (1 accepted record).
Moved up from #5 to #4. Index score +0.15.
- 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).
Entered the published ranking at #5.
- New generation
This generation continues the published history of Kepler Forerunner K2, which supplied its opening read.
Structural change · no capability claim
- New model
Kepler Forerunner K3 entered the published ranking at #5.
Structural change · no capability claim
- 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).
Moved down from #4 to #6. Its score did not change; other robots moved.
- Other robots moved
Kepler Forerunner K2 moved from #4 to #6. Its Index score did not change; other robots moved.
Structural change · no capability claim
Moved down from #6 to #7. Index score +0.02.
- 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).
Moved down from #7 to #8. Index score +0.22.
- 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).
Held #9. Its Index score changed by +0.12.
- 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).
Held #10. Its Index score changed by +0.09.
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for learning new tasks (1 accepted record).
Moved down from #8 to #11. Its score did not change; other robots moved.
- Other robots moved
Unitree H2 moved from #8 to #11. Its Index score did not change; other robots moved.
Structural change · no capability claim
- 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).
Moved down from #11 to #12. Index score −0.01.
- Other robots moved
Fourier GR-2 moved from #11 to #12. Its Index score did not change; other robots moved.
Structural change · no capability claim
Moved down from #12 to #13. Index score +0.02.
- New evidence
New public evidence was added for seeing and sensing (1 accepted record).