Hard/Critical Technology/Robotics & Autonomous Systems

Human-Machine Interfaces

The capacity to join humans and machines: brain-computer and neural interfaces, augmented and immersive interaction, and the human-performance technologies at the boundary of person and system.
pending/cap/human-machine-interfaces
World mean
3.4
of 20 · median 1.0
Range
0–20
middle half 0.0–5.0
Panel SD
±0.25
round 1 ±0.95 — 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 10
Established 9
Transitional 6
Foundational 18
Nascent 27
Inception 126

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 ±0.50
2 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
3 🇩🇪Germany Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
4 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
5 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
6 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.71
7 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.71
8 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 15 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.87
11 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 15 Advanced ±0.71
12 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±1.09
13 🇨🇦Canada Americas 14 Established ±0.00
14 🇫🇮Finland Europe 14 Established ±0.43
15 🇮🇹Italy Europe 14 Established ±0.43
16 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 14 Established ±0.43
17 🇦🇹Austria Europe 13 Established ±0.50
18 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 13 Established ±0.50
19 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
20 🇪🇸Spain Europe 12 Established ±0.00
21 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 11 Transitional ±1.48
22 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.00
23 🇳🇴Norway Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
24 🇷🇺Russia Europe 10 Transitional ±1.09
25 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 9 Transitional ±0.87
26 🇵🇱Poland Europe 9 Transitional ±1.23
27 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 8 Foundational ±0.00
28 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±1.23
29 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 8 Foundational ±0.83
30 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
31 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 7 Foundational ±0.83
32 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 7 Foundational ±0.71
33 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
34 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 6 Foundational ±1.23
35 🇬🇷Greece Europe 6 Foundational ±0.83
36 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
37 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
38 🇷🇴Romania Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
39 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.50
40 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 6 Foundational ±1.09
41 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
42 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
43 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 6 Foundational ±0.43
44 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.83
45 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 5 Nascent ±0.00
46 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
47 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.50
48 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
49 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
50 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
51 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.50
52 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 5 Nascent ±0.83
53 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.71
54 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
55 🇨🇱Chile Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
56 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
57 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
58 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 4 Nascent ±0.43
59 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
60 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
61 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
62 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
63 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
64 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 3 Nascent ±0.71
65 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
66 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.50
67 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
68 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
69 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.50
70 🇲🇹Malta Europe 3 Nascent ±0.71
71 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
72 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
73 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
74 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
75 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
76 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 2 Inception ±0.00
77 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
78 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
79 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
80 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 2 Inception ±0.00
81 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
82 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
83 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 2 Inception ±0.50
84 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
85 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 2 Inception ±0.00
86 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 2 Inception ±0.00
87 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.87
88 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 2 Inception ±0.00
89 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 2 Inception ±0.50
90 🇵🇪Peru Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
91 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
92 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
93 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
94 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
95 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 2 Inception ±0.43
96 🇦🇱Albania Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
97 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
98 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
99 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
100 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
101 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
102 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
103 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
104 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
105 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
106 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
107 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
108 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
109 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
110 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 1 Inception ±0.00
111 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
112 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
113 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
114 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
115 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
116 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
117 🇵🇦Panama Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
118 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
119 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
120 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 1 Inception ±0.50
121 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
122 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
123 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
124 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
125 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
126 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
127 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
128 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
129 🇦🇴Angola Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
130 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
131 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
132 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
133 🇧🇿Belize Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
134 🇧🇯Benin Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
135 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
136 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
137 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
138 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
139 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
140 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
141 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
142 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
143 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
144 🇨🇬Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
145 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
146 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
147 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
148 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
149 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
150 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
151 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
152 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
153 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
154 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
155 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
156 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
157 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
158 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
159 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
160 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
161 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
162 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
163 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
164 🇱🇾Libya Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
165 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
166 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
167 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
168 🇲🇱Mali Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
169 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
170 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
171 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
172 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
173 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
174 🇳🇪Niger Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
175 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
176 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
177 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
178 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
179 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
180 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
181 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
183 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
187 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
188 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
189 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 0 Inception ±0.00
190 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
191 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇹🇬Togo Africa 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
Autonomous Systems & Trusted Autonomy3.80–20United States
Uncrewed & Collaborative Systems3.60–19China, United States