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  • A white humanoid robot with a female appearance.

    AILA

    Humanoids
  • Electronics sit within a cage of triangular and oval framing.

    AirBurr

    Aerospace
  • A male humanoid robot with fluffy white hair and a mustache in the style of Albert Einstein waves.

    Albert Hubo

    Humanoids
  • A very large black quadruped robot on a white background.

    AlphaDog

    Military & Security
  • A large four legged black robot labelled ANYmal.

    ANYmal

    Industrial
  • A rectangular gray and black robot with gray fins.

    Aqua2

    Industrial
  • A white robot with a black face plate waves at the camera.

    AR-600

    Humanoids
  • Close up of a humanoid robot looking at a yellow block held in its grip.

    ARM

    Research
  • A humanoid robot with a white face and shiny green torso and arms holds an orange drill.

    Armar

    Humanoids
  • Close up of Asimo, a white robot with a face shield and backpack.

    Asimo

    Humanoids
  • A white box with buttons, cameras, sensors and two glowing eyes is bookended by larger squares with electronics inside.

    Astrobee

    Aerospace
  • A blue ball with a frame full of electronics gripping it holds a gold tray stacked with drink glasses.

    BallIP

    Research
  • A robot with a torso, two arms with gripper hands, and a smiling face, attached to a frame base.

    Bandit

    Research
  • Close up of a robots torso and head.

    BHR-5

    Humanoids
  • A quadruped, dog-like robot with its electronics exposed.

    BigDog

    Military & Security
  • An SUV mounted with cameras and tech on top, and covered in logos.

    Boss

    Autonomous Vehicles
  • A black two-legged robot labelled Bruno kicks a orange ball.

    Bruno

    Humanoids
  • A robot with a black circular head with two glowing blue eyes, and two white hands.

    Care-O-bot 4

    Consumer
  • A robot consisting of two blue legs attached to a black base and foot pads.

    Cassie

    Research
  • Toddler robot with grey flesh.

    CB2

    Humanoids
  • A black and silver humanoid robot with white casing.

    CHARLI

    Humanoids
  • A robot with two legs and hooked arms bends over to be in quadruped form.

    Charlie

    Research
  • A robotic vehicle consisting of a base with electronics and an articulated arm with four large black and white wheels.

    Chico

    Industrial
  • A torso with arms and a camera head is raised on a mobile platform.

    Cody

    Research
  • A human shaped robot with exposed electronics looks at it's fingers, which are pushed together to form an O.

    Cog

    Humanoids
  • A bipedal robot with a blue torso casing and grey arms and legs.

    COMAN

    Humanoids
  • Xiaomi's CyberDog quadruped robot lifts one leg. It's face is composed of cameras and sensors.

    CyberDog

    Consumer
  • Xiaomi's CyberDog 2 is a black and silver robotic dog poses on four legs.

    CyberDog 2

    Consumer
  • A red, black and silver hexapod robot.

    Daisy

    Research
  • Close up of a robot's head. It has black casing, glowing blue eyes, a pink light, camera, and cat-like ears.

    Darwin-OP

    Humanoids
  • An insect-inspired robot that features six flipper legs and a flat, rectangular body.

    DASH

    Research
  • A three fingered black and silver robotic gripper hand on a white background.

    DEX-EE

    Research
  • A child sized humanoid robot with exposed electronics in the torso, arms and legs, and an overly large expressive child's face.

    Diego-san

    Humanoids
  • Digit is a teal bipedal robot with long arms, a spherical head with glowing eyes, and many sensors and cameras visible in it's neck. The Agility Robotics logo is on its chest.

    Digit

    Industrial
  • A 1.45 meter tall bipedal humanoid robot with a silver body, gripper hands and cameras and sensors in its head.

    DRC-Hubo+

    Humanoids
  • Close up of a robots head. The robot has an orange headpiece, glowing blue cat ears and large green eyes.

    Dreamer

    Humanoids
  • A 40 x 30 cm black robot consisting of a base and tall round protrusion.

    EASE

    Aerospace
  • A black fixed wing drone with yellow accents and a small spinning propellor.

    eBee

    Aerospace
  • Humanoid robot with human-like musculoskeletal structure and wiring, whose appearance makes it look like it has one eye in its head.

    ECCE

    Humanoids
  • Erica, a highly realistic humanoid female robot with golden skin, almond shaped eyes, and shoulder length brown hair wears a black button up shirt and purple sweater.

    Erica

    Humanoids
  • Two mobile robots with articulated arms, camera sensor, and an accordion-style section in the base that has raised one higher than the other.

    Fetch

    Industrial
  • A silver robotic head consisting of three spherical segments with eyeballs and divots forming the appearance of eyebrows and a mouth.

    FLASH

    Humanoids
  • A cartoonish robotic head with big blue eyes with cameras, red lips, and black eyebrows and a black, bobbed hairdo sits on a base.

    Flobi

    Humanoids
  • A quadruped robot with a rectangular body and four legs has a black camera sitting on top, and is covered in camouflage fabric.

    FROG

    Research
  • A highly realistic humanoid robot that looks like a brown-eyed man with white blonde hair, a mustache and beard.

    Geminoid DK

    Humanoids
  • A female robot with a realistically human appearance of a young Japanese woman.

    Geminoid F

    Humanoids
  • A robot that appears as a Japanese man with glasses, dark hair and eyes, a blue button down shirt and dark jacket.

    Geminoid HI

    Humanoids
  • A hexapod robot with padded yellow legs and a rectangular body full of wires and electronics.

    Genghis

    Research
  • A car with cameras, radar, and a roof rack holding a large lidar instrument.

    Google Self-Driving Car

    Autonomous Vehicles
  • A human-like robotic hand with five jointed fingers in blue casing attached to an electronics laden forearm.

    Hand Arm System

    Research
  • Close-up of the robot's torso, two articulated arms, blue pipe-like neck with a black bowtie on it, and a platform for a head that includes a camera system.

    Herb

    Research
  • A bipedal humanoid robot with a blue, silver, black and yellow exterior and the appearance of wearing a helmet is posed with its arms and gripper fingers ready to act.

    HRP-2

    Humanoids
  • A blue and white robot that appears to be cartoonish yet humanoid shaped and wearing a helmet, poses with its arm flexed towards the camera.

    HRP-4

    Humanoids
  • Close-up of a female robot with a realistic appearance including peach skin, pink lips, brown eyes and a black bob hairdo.

    HRP-4C

    Humanoids
  • A sleek black humanoid robot with a camera-equipped head.

    HRP-5P

    Humanoids
  • A sleek silver robot with head like an astronauts helmet holds one arm up and points one of its fingers.

    Hubo 2

    Humanoids
  • A black and white robot with a black claw-like gripper on its torso, and a head composed of camera eyes and a tablet display.

    Human Support Robot

    Research
  • Photo of Husky shows a compact yellow base with sensors and other equipment, and four large tough tires.

    Husky

    Research
  • A metallic and high-tech looking quadruped robot.

    HyQ

    Research
  • A child shaped robot with a shiny white head, camera eyes and glowing pink lights for eyebrows and smile waves at the camera.

    iCub

    Humanoids
  • A three-fingered robotic arm squeezes a lemon.

    Jaco

    Medical
  • Close-up on the face of a child-size humanoid with peachy flesh fitted over camera eyes and open mouth. It wears a black wig, blue cap and plaid shirt.

    Kaspar

    Humanoids
  • A cartoonish bipedal robot with the appearance of a female astronaut, in a white and black shell.

    Kibo

    Humanoids
  • A single 5.5 cm tall kilobot which has 3 toothpick like yellow legs, electronics on a round circuit board and a curved metal piece sticking out of the top.

    Kilobot

    Research
  • Close-up of a robot with an aluminum frame and cartoonish, friendly parts that give it a personality, including a flexible red mouth, plastic eyeballs, fake eyebrows and eyelids, and pink paper folded to look like ears.

    Kismet

    Research
  • A 30 cm cartoonish robot with a green shell and feather like outfit that gives it the appearance of an owl with a smiling yellow face.

    Kiwi

    Research
  • A white-shelled humanoid with an expressive face including pink lips, black eyebrows and eyeballs, controlled by motors.

    Kobian

    Humanoids
  • A humanoid robot with a system of artificial muscles, tendons and joints.

    Kojiro

    Humanoids
  • A black quadruped with a rectangular base labelled Laikago.

    Laikago

    Research
  • The robot has six metallic jointed legs, a green shell base and a mast with three cameras for a head.

    LAURON V

    Research
  • A seated furry robot with big brown eyes, a dog-like face with a black nose and teeth, and protruding ears. It's body is covered in white and brown fur and it has hands with four fingers.

    Leonardo

    Research
  • Waist up view of a humanoid robot with exposed electronics and a head consisting of two stacked rectangles with cameras and sensors.

    Lola

    Humanoids
  • A white robot with a simple face with two eyes and a camera. It has two hands with five gripper fingers which it holds up as if gesturing.

    M1

    Humanoids
  • A white bipedal robot with a blue faceplate and torso, labelled MAHRU.

    Mahru

    Humanoids
  • A bipedal robot with black legs and a white torso emblazoned with a longhorn silhouette poses mid-step.

    Mercury

    Research
  • A silver four legged robot on a white background.

    Mini Cheetah

    Research
  • An orange humanoid robot, with two large pointed ears and an animal face displayed on a screen. It's lower half is a black ball that it balances on.

    Mirokaï

    Humanoids
  • A small, friendly looking robot with a white base, vented torso, two small arms, and a rounded head with two expressive eyes and a strip of sensors on top.

    Misty II

    Research
  • A four-wheeled mobile robot with a wide orange base, orange torso with arms and gripper hands, and a head consisting of electronics and sensors, some of which are exposed and some of which are in an orange horizontal bar.

    Momaro

    Disaster Response
  • The myCobot 280 white robot arm stands up from its base in a left and right curving shape with an ending piece that is a grid of green dots.

    myCobot 280

    Education
  • Nao is a friendly, cartoonish, white and silver humanoid robot stands with one hand on it's hip. It has two eyes and a small hole with forms its mouth.

    Nao

    Humanoids
  • The robot has an expressive white face with eyes, nose, mouth, and a glowing square in its forehead. The robot has two arms with jointed human like silver fingers.

    Octavia

    Humanoids
  • A white cylindrical robot which is wider at its base has a display screen on its torso, two hands with five black fingers each, and a simple black and white face. A ring of purple light at its neck and the bottom of it's torso are glowing.

    Olivia

    Research
  • Side view of a cartoonish white humanoid robot blowing into a trumpet, which it plays with one hand.

    Partner

    Humanoids
  • A robot with four wheels on it's red base, which holds a smaller blue base attached to a robotic arm which is gripping a segmented circle.

    Pioneer 3

    Research
  • An infant shaped robot whose internal structure and electronics are exposed crawls on it's hands and knees.

    Pneuborn

    Humanoids
  • A blue and silver base with two vertical pieces units, each of which have a robotic arm in grey material and beige gripper end effectors.

    PR1

    Research
  • PR2's white plastic and metal torso holds three stacked sections, the bottom which says PR2 and the top of which has two eye cameras and a black bar with sensors. The robots arms, with gripper end effectors, are posed on it's hips.

    PR2

    Research
  • A robotic hand attached to a cobot arm pinches a bolt between two fingers. The hand has metal on top, and is covered in blue and black soft material.

    qb SoftHand Research

    Research
  • A silver humanoid with two big blue eyes on a rounded head. A small blue ball is being expelled from one of its hands and it stands in an active pitching pose.

    Qrio

    Humanoids
  • A friendly little humanoid with a simple white body, arms, and a rounded faceplate holding a screen displaying a smiling cartoonish face.

    QTrobot

    Education
  • A mobile robot with a black base and four rotating tracked flipper wheels. The base holds electronics, and a single arm extends upwards and holds camera and other equipment.

    Quince

    Research
  • A platform with two black appendages holding surgical tools over an object on the surface.

    Raven II

    Medical
  • A black and white robotic torso with two white arms ending in two finger gripper hands, and a white head with two camera eyes, one large and one small. There are two pointed antenna protruding from the robot's head.

    Reachy

    Research
  • A shiny white robot with a simple face involving two eyes, and two sensors in its forehead. It's torso has the appearance of it wearing a black shirt and white vest.

    REEM-C

    Humanoids
  • A 20 cm robotic hexapod with a rugged design including two lights in the front and six curved flippers that rotate.

    RHex

    Research
  • A tiny robot that mimics a bee. It has a black abdomen with two veined wings.

    RoboBee

    Aerospace
  • A child-like skeletal robot with musculature and electronics are exposed. Its head is egg shaped with glowing blue eyes and mouth.

    Roboy

    Humanoids
  • A shiny blue and silver humanoid holds a white teacup on a plate.

    Rollin' Justin

    Humanoids
  • A vertical rectangular box supports two industrial orange arms and hands with four fingers. The robots head is composed of cameras and a sensor bar.

    Rosie

    Research
  • A black salamander shaped robot with four flipper feet and a segmented body with a tail.

    Salamandra robotica II

    Research
  • A small, 31cm tall one-legged robot with a transparent body packed with electronics and two small blue propellers on dual poles protruding from its shell. It's leg is bent at a hinge, and it has a stand on the opposite side so that it can balance seated.

    Salto-1P

    Research
  • A black prosthetic hand that imitates human fingers and tendons.

    Shadow Hand

    Industrial
  • A robot with a round white face, two big eyes, and a helmet-like head shape with two large protruding ears that glow pink. It has a silver torso.

    Simon

    Humanoids
  • The SlothBot robotic sloth hangs upside down from a wire. It has a solar panel and other electronics.

    SlothBot

    Research
  • Sophia, a female appearing robot with realistic peachy skin, green eyes, delicate nose, and pink lips with a tooth showing smile. The top of the robots head is a translucent cover housing electronics, and the robot wears a blouse over her robotic torso and arms.

    Sophia

    Humanoids
  • A four legged black and yellow robot sits on its back legs while balancing with its front ones, like arms. It's face is a yellow square full of sensors.

    Spot

    Industrial
  • A blue, logo covered self-driving car with a roof rack full of electronics.

    Stanley

    Autonomous Vehicles
  • A mobile robot with a white base supporting a tall black narrow pole with a telescoping arm that can move up or down it. At the top is a small oval with cameras.

    Stretch

    Research
  • A grey humanoid robot with a line of cameras and sensors on its forhead.

    Surena 4

    Humanoids
  • A humanoid with a shiny white torso, white and black helmeted head, and two jointed arms with copper colored gripper hands. It has two wide black legs.

    TALOS

    Humanoids
  • A white robotic arm with a vertical appendage sticks out from a flower filled circular garden in a platform.

    Telegarden

    Research
  • Telenoid, a humanoid robot the size of small child, with a soft torso with a bald head, a doll-like face, and stumps in place of limbs.

    Telenoid

    Humanoids
  • A simple white humanoid with a black arm and five digit hand opened in front of its torso.

    TIAGo

    Research
  • A shiny blue and silver humanoid with powerful arms, black hands, and a cute rounded rectangular face with cameras and sensors.

    TORO

    Humanoids
  • A humanoid with an electronics filled torso the shape of an upside down triangle, a silver head with sensors and two large black ears that stick out of the top of its head. It has two basic silver arms, one of which is raised.

    TUlip

    Humanoids
  • A black mobile base with lights and electronics supports a triangular frame which extends upwards and ends with a circular disc on top. Cameras and electronics are seen in the frame and the number 3 is on the exterior.

    TURTLE

    Research
  • A white robot consisting of multiple tiers of round plates and a larger round base.

    TurtleBot

    Consumer
  • A modular black mobile robot with two rubber wheels and a scalable three layered structure of 3D-printed plates, each of which houses electronics and sensors.

    TurtleBot 3

    Research
  • A friendly white humanoid on a wheeled mobile base. It has red accents, including four finger gripper hands on its two jointed arms. It's face and torso are simple, with two camera eyes on the head, and sensors in its chest.

    Twendy One

    Humanoids
  • A two-tiered rectangular object with a camera and other electronics in the middle.

    Viam Rover 2.0

    Service
  • A historical robot with a complex humanoid body and a 1980's era video camera for a head sits and plays the keyboards.

    Wabot 2

    Humanoids
  • A cartoonish yellow robot with black eyes, arms, hands and a round flat base on a white background.

    Wakamaru

    Research
  • An articulated robot arm pointing down with a gold wrist attached to three fingers, bent and fanned out against a white background.

    WAM

    Research
  • A silver humanoid robot whose frame includes many black wires wears a black hat and plays a flute against a white background.

    Waseda Flutist

    Humanoids
  • A room sided black container full of servers displays text on a glass wall at the front that reads "IBM Watson" and shows a logo with a blue circle and lines on top.

    Watson

    Research
  • A long board covered with dark blue solar panels with copper colored fins below and a mast sticking out from the top.

    Wave Glider

    Military & Security
  • A cartoonish and compact humanoid robot male with an expressive face, brown hair, and gray arms and chest.

    Zeno

    Research
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