How to Compare Humanoid Robots

Start with the same job

Define the object, movement, workspace and success rule before selecting comparison columns. A household chore and an industrial tote transfer have different operating conditions. Figure’s home positioning and Agility’s industrial workflow are therefore context, not an automatic head-to-head contest. Only compare candidates that could plausibly serve the stated need, and explain when the evidence supports different use cases instead.

Lock the version and configuration

Record the exact revision, mobility configuration, hands, sensors and software. Apptronik’s modular mobility illustrates why a family name can hide materially different systems. Digit 5’s development label illustrates why published specifications may be preliminary. Preserve a current evidence date and do not transfer specifications or customer history across revisions merely because the marketing name is similar.

Read specifications with their conditions

Check whether payload refers to carrying, a single arm or a particular posture; whether endurance includes active work; and which tooling is fitted. Prefer source wording when units or conditions are ambiguous. A specification row should retain its source and leave unsupported values unknown. The purpose of the table is to expose comparable information and gaps, not to make every row appear complete.

Compare autonomy and recovery separately

List which steps are autonomous, scripted, remotely assisted or performed by a person. Record how a failed grasp, blocked route or interrupted task is recovered. NEO’s described expert mode is an explicit human-support condition, not a reason to erase the product from consideration. The buyer needs to understand when assistance occurs and its effect on staffing, access and task completion.

End with conditional task fit

Summarize which candidate has the better-supported fit for the named task, which assumptions remain and what trial would resolve them. Include availability, integrations, service terms and deployment evidence beside mechanical specifications. A result can reasonably be insufficient evidence for a purchase decision. Do not turn one favorable row, a promotional demonstration or a sponsor relationship into an unconditional best-robot badge.

Additional disclosed fields

Revision example

Digit 5 is a developing revision separate from historical Digit deployments

Primary specReviewed 2026-09-28

Sources 1

Digit 5 product and development disclaimer

Agility Robotics · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Configuration example

Apptronik describes wheeled and bipedal Apollo configurations

Company claimReviewed 2026-09-28

Sources 1

Apptronik — official portfolio and company information

Apptronik · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Use-context example

Figure separates home-oriented Figure 03 from earlier workforce positioning

Primary specReviewed 2026-09-28

Sources 2

Figure AI — official portfolio and company information

Figure AI · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Figure — company and robot generation history

Figure AI · Publication date not disclosed · Source accessed 2026-09-28

Official page read during live research; confirms identity and listed offering. Performance language remains a company claim.

Relationships & deployments

Related reading is an editorial crosslink. Sourced connections describe relationships reported in the cited material. A link to a versioned profile does not establish compatibility with that version unless the connection note explicitly identifies it.

Record history & verified changes

A research review records when we checked a source. It does not mark a product launch or a new deployment.

Initial reviewed record. No subsequent field change has been recorded.