Hard/Critical Technology/Robotics & Autonomous Systems

Advanced Robotics

The capacity to design and manufacture advanced robots, manipulation, locomotion, industrial and humanoid platforms, and the actuation and control technology beneath them.
factbase.org/cap/505KDETD26
World mean
3.6
of 20 · median 1.0
Range
0–20
middle half 0.0–5.0
Panel SD
±0.25
round 1 ±0.85 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
Japan, United States

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 5
Advanced 8
Established 8
Transitional 6
Foundational 20
Nascent 25
Inception 125

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 20 Frontier ±0.43
2 🇺🇸United States Americas 20 Frontier ±0.43
3 🇩🇪Germany Europe 19 Frontier ±0.00
4 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.43
5 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.50
6 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.71
7 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
8 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.50
9 🇮🇹Italy Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
11 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
12 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.43
13 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
14 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 14 Established ±1.48
15 🇨🇦Canada Americas 13 Established ±0.83
16 🇳🇴Norway Europe 13 Established ±0.50
17 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
18 🇦🇹Austria Europe 12 Established ±0.43
19 🇫🇮Finland Europe 12 Established ±0.71
20 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.50
21 🇪🇸Spain Europe 12 Established ±0.00
22 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 11 Transitional ±0.71
23 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.71
24 🇷🇺Russia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.83
25 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.87
26 🇵🇱Poland Europe 9 Transitional ±0.83
27 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.71
28 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
29 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.50
30 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 8 Foundational ±0.00
31 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±1.09
32 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.71
33 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 8 Foundational ±0.50
34 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
35 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 8 Foundational ±0.87
36 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
37 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
38 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
39 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
40 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
41 🇬🇷Greece Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
42 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.83
43 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 6 Foundational ±0.50
44 🇷🇴Romania Europe 6 Foundational ±0.71
45 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
46 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
47 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.00
48 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
49 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
50 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
51 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
52 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 5 Nascent ±0.83
53 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
54 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.00
55 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 4 Nascent ±0.00
56 🇨🇱Chile Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
57 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
58 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 4 Nascent ±0.43
59 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
60 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
61 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
62 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
63 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
64 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
65 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
66 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
67 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
68 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 3 Nascent ±1.64
69 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 3 Nascent ±0.71
70 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
71 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±1.30
72 🇵🇪Peru Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
73 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
74 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
75 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
76 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
77 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 2 Inception ±0.00
78 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
79 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
80 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
81 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
82 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
83 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
84 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
85 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
86 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 2 Inception ±0.50
87 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 2 Inception ±0.50
88 🇲🇹Malta Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
89 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
90 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
91 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 2 Inception ±0.50
92 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
93 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
94 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
95 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
96 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
97 🇦🇱Albania Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
98 🇦🇴Angola Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
99 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
100 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
101 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
102 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
103 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
104 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
105 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
106 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
107 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
108 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
109 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
110 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
111 🇱🇾Libya Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
112 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
113 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
114 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
115 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
116 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
117 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
118 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
119 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
120 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
121 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
122 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
123 🇵🇦Panama Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
124 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
125 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
126 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
127 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.50
128 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
129 🇹🇬Togo Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
130 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
131 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
132 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
133 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
134 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
135 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
136 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
137 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
138 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
139 🇧🇿Belize Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
140 🇧🇯Benin Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
141 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
142 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
143 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
144 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
145 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
146 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
147 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
148 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
149 🇨🇬Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
150 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
151 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
152 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
153 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
154 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
155 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
156 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
157 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
158 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
159 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
160 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
161 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
162 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
163 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
164 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
165 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
166 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
167 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
168 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
169 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
170 🇲🇱Mali Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
171 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
172 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
173 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
174 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
175 🇳🇪Niger Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
176 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
177 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
179 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
180 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
181 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
183 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
187 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
189 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
190 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
191 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
192 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
193 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
194 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
195 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
196 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Robotics & Autonomous Systems

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Autonomous Systems & Trusted Autonomy3.80–20United States
Uncrewed & Collaborative Systems3.60–19China, United States
Human-Machine Interfaces3.40–20United States