Ranking the best humanoid robots of 2024

Post updated with more humanoids (total is now 43 - I'm sure I've missed some too)

Is Rosie the Robot Maid from the Jetsons here yet? Several different types of humanoid are currently deployed commercially or in trials. We’ve come along way since the DARPA Robotics Challenge of 2015/2016, where the most popular footage was the blooper reels of robots falling over and failing to open doors or climb stairs.

There are now 39 40 41 humanoid robot companies trying to commercialize for home and industry (not research) purposes. That doesn’t mean that they have the capabilities of the DARPA robots, but then again, they don’t cost millions of dollars to use either.

The Avatar XPrize of 2019-2022 showcased some extremely sophisticated humanoids that certainly advanced the state of the art but the holy grail of humanoid robots is combining incredible sophistication into a sub $50,000 package. Why $50,000? Wouldn’t some companies pay a lot more? Then again, can’t we buy a car, also a very sophisticated device capable of partial autonomy that is 5 times the size of a humanoid, for less than $50,000? Why is this the benchmark for humanoids?