RankedAbout RankedRobot
RankedRobot is an independent database of humanoid robots: every humanoid we can document, with its specifications, published prices and what its maker says about availability. We also keep records for robot dogs, drones, air taxis, cobots and home robots, and the advanced ones are ranked monthly in the Robot 500, our separate rankings site.
We built it because robot specifications are scattered, inconsistent and often hard to trust. Every figure on RankedRobot links to its source, with the date we checked it. When a maker hasn't published something, we show Not disclosed rather than guess.
Who is responsible
Tilanka Dahanayake — Founder and Editor
Tilanka is a researcher. His working life is spent weighing evidence: judging how strong a claim is, and where its source came from. He founded RankedRobot to apply the same discipline to robots, with primary sources, graded evidence and public corrections.
He sets the editorial standards and the Robot 500 method, reviews samples of the research and QA desks' work, rules on disputed corrections and approves every change to the ranking criteria. He is accountable for what RankedRobot publishes.
Contact: tilanka@rankedrobot.com
How the work is done
- Research desk (AI-assisted). AI agents gather figures from makers' own pages, datasheets, filings and named media reports, under the fixed sourcing rules in our methodology. Each value records its source URL, the type of source and the date it was checked.
- QA desk (AI-assisted). A separate pass re-checks every value against its source before publication. Disagreements are fixed or the value is withdrawn, and the fix is logged in the corrections log.
- Editor (human). Sets the rules, reviews samples of the work, rules on disputes and signs off method changes.
We don't claim hands-on testing we haven't done. We never invent quotes, experts or reviewers.
How to check us
- Every figure links to its source, and each robot has a plain-text spec sheet that lists every value with its source and date.
- Source labels: the maker's own figures count in full. Media-reported figures are labelled as such, and unconfirmed figures carry a ⚠ warning.
- The full dataset is open under CC BY 4.0 on the open data page.
- The Robot 500 method, its weights and its version history are public, and the criteria change at most once a year, announced in advance.
Independence
We are not owned by, or paid by, any robot maker. Rankings are never for sale. No sponsor, advertiser or affiliate relationship can change a figure, a score or a rank. See our disclosure and editorial standards.
Contact
- General: hello@rankedrobot.com
- Corrections: corrections@rankedrobot.com
- Press: press@rankedrobot.com
- Makers publishing new figures: data@rankedrobot.com