Hard/Critical Technology/Robotics & Autonomous Systems

Autonomous Systems & Trusted Autonomy

The capacity to make machines decide: autonomy software, perception and planning, assurance and certification, and the trusted-autonomy technology that lets systems act without a hand on them.
factbase.org/cap/P7EQBHDX11
World mean
3.8
of 20 · median 2.0
Range
0–20
middle half 0.0–6.0
Panel SD
±0.25
round 1 ±0.73 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
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 1
Advanced 12
Established 11
Transitional 9
Foundational 17
Nascent 31
Inception 116

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 🇺🇸United States Americas 20 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
3 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
4 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
5 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 17 Advanced ±0.43
6 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.50
8 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.43
9 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
11 🇨🇦Canada Americas 15 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.50
14 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
15 🇫🇮Finland Europe 14 Established ±0.00
16 🇳🇴Norway Europe 14 Established ±0.43
17 🇮🇹Italy Europe 13 Established ±0.00
18 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
19 🇦🇹Austria Europe 12 Established ±0.00
20 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 12 Established ±0.00
21 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 12 Established ±0.00
22 🇷🇺Russia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
23 🇪🇸Spain Europe 12 Established ±0.50
24 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 12 Established ±0.50
25 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
26 🇵🇱Poland Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
27 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
28 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
29 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.71
30 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
31 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
32 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±1.12
33 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 9 Transitional ±0.43
34 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
35 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±1.12
36 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
37 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 8 Foundational ±0.71
38 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
39 🇷🇴Romania Europe 7 Foundational ±0.43
40 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.71
41 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.00
42 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
43 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.83
44 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
45 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 6 Foundational ±0.00
46 🇬🇷Greece Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
47 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.50
48 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
49 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
50 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 6 Foundational ±0.00
51 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 5 Nascent ±0.50
52 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
53 🇨🇱Chile Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
54 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
55 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
56 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
57 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
58 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.50
59 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
60 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
61 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
62 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
63 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
64 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
65 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.50
66 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
67 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
68 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
69 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.00
70 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
71 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
72 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
73 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 3 Nascent ±0.71
74 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
75 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
76 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.50
77 🇲🇹Malta Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
78 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±1.23
79 🇵🇪Peru Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
80 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
81 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
82 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
83 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
84 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
85 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
86 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 2 Inception ±0.83
87 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
88 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
89 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
90 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
91 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 2 Inception ±0.50
92 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
93 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
94 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
95 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
96 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 2 Inception ±0.50
97 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
98 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 2 Inception ±0.00
99 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
100 🇵🇦Panama Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
101 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
102 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
103 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
104 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
105 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
106 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
107 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 2 Inception ±0.50
108 🇦🇱Albania Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
109 🇦🇴Angola Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
110 🇧🇯Benin Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
111 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
112 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
113 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
114 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
115 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
116 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
117 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
118 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
119 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
120 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
121 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
122 🇱🇾Libya Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
123 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
124 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
125 🇲🇱Mali Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
126 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
127 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
128 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
129 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
130 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
131 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
132 🇳🇪Niger Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
133 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
134 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
135 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
136 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.50
137 🇹🇬Togo Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
138 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
139 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
140 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
141 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
142 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
143 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
144 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
145 🇧🇿Belize Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
146 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
147 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
148 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
149 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
150 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
151 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
152 🇨🇬Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
153 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
154 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
155 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
156 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
157 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
158 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
159 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
160 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
161 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
162 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
163 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
164 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
165 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
166 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
167 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
168 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
169 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
170 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
171 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
172 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
173 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
174 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
175 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
176 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
177 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
179 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
180 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
181 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
183 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
187 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
189 🇸🇸South 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
Advanced Robotics3.60–20Japan, United States
Uncrewed & Collaborative Systems3.60–19China, United States
Human-Machine Interfaces3.40–20United States