Hard/Critical Technology/Robotics & Autonomous Systems

Uncrewed & Collaborative Systems

The capacity to build uncrewed systems at scale and make them work together: air, ground, surface and underwater platforms, swarming, and the production ecosystems that turn designs into mass.
factbase.org/cap/VSYEC0N507
World mean
3.6
of 20 · median 1.0
Range
0–19
middle half 0.0–6.0
Panel SD
±0.60
round 1 ±0.96 — the honest estimate
Leader
19
China, 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 2
Advanced 7
Established 13
Transitional 8
Foundational 22
Nascent 23
Inception 122

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 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.43
2 🇺🇸United States Americas 19 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 17 Advanced ±0.43
4 🇫🇷France Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
5 🇩🇪Germany Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
6 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
7 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 15 Advanced ±1.48
10 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.50
11 🇷🇺Russia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
12 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.43
13 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 14 Established ±0.71
14 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 14 Established ±1.23
15 🇨🇦Canada Americas 13 Established ±0.00
16 🇮🇹Italy Europe 13 Established ±0.00
17 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 13 Established ±1.30
18 🇳🇴Norway Europe 13 Established ±0.71
19 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 13 Established ±0.87
20 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 13 Established ±0.43
21 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
22 🇪🇸Spain Europe 12 Established ±0.00
23 🇫🇮Finland Europe 11 Transitional ±1.30
24 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.83
25 🇵🇱Poland Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
26 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.87
27 🇦🇹Austria Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
28 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
29 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 9 Transitional ±0.00
30 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 9 Transitional ±1.30
31 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 8 Foundational ±2.06
32 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 8 Foundational ±1.30
33 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 8 Foundational ±2.92
34 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±1.64
35 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±1.50
36 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
37 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 8 Foundational ±1.73
38 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 7 Foundational ±0.50
39 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.71
40 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 7 Foundational ±1.50
41 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 7 Foundational ±0.71
42 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
43 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 7 Foundational ±1.64
44 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.87
45 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±1.09
46 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
47 🇬🇷Greece Europe 6 Foundational ±1.30
48 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 6 Foundational ±1.50
49 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 6 Foundational ±1.92
50 🇷🇴Romania Europe 6 Foundational ±1.73
51 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 6 Foundational ±1.23
52 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 6 Foundational ±2.17
53 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 5 Nascent ±0.83
54 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 5 Nascent ±1.30
55 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 5 Nascent ±1.87
56 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 5 Nascent ±0.87
57 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.83
58 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 4 Nascent ±1.23
59 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
60 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.87
61 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
62 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 4 Nascent ±1.73
63 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
64 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.71
65 🇨🇱Chile Americas 3 Nascent ±1.73
66 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.83
67 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 3 Nascent ±0.87
68 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 3 Nascent ±1.64
69 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 3 Nascent ±1.92
70 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
71 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 3 Nascent ±1.50
72 🇵🇪Peru Americas 3 Nascent ±1.64
73 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±1.73
74 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 3 Nascent ±1.09
75 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
76 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±1.23
77 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 2 Inception ±0.43
78 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 2 Inception ±0.87
79 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 2 Inception ±1.09
80 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 2 Inception ±1.30
81 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 2 Inception ±0.71
82 🇲🇹Malta Europe 2 Inception ±1.23
83 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±1.23
84 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 2 Inception ±1.12
85 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 2 Inception ±1.30
86 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
87 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±1.09
88 🇦🇱Albania Europe 1 Inception ±0.43
89 🇦🇴Angola Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
90 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 1 Inception ±0.71
91 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
92 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
93 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
94 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
95 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 1 Inception ±0.83
96 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
97 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
98 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 1 Inception ±0.83
99 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 1 Inception ±0.83
100 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 1 Inception ±0.71
101 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 1 Inception ±0.71
102 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
103 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
104 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 1 Inception ±0.83
105 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.71
106 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 1 Inception ±0.83
107 🇱🇾Libya Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
108 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 1 Inception ±0.50
109 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
110 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
111 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
112 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 1 Inception ±0.83
113 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
114 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 1 Inception ±0.83
115 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
116 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
117 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.83
118 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 1 Inception ±0.50
119 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 1 Inception ±0.71
120 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
121 🇵🇦Panama Americas 1 Inception ±0.71
122 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 1 Inception ±0.71
123 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
124 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
125 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.50
126 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
127 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 1 Inception ±0.71
128 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 1 Inception ±0.43
129 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
130 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 1 Inception ±0.71
131 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.83
132 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.50
133 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
134 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 1 Inception ±0.50
135 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
136 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
137 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
138 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
139 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
140 🇧🇿Belize Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
141 🇧🇯Benin Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
142 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
143 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
144 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
145 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
146 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
147 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
148 🇹🇩Chad Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
149 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
150 🇨🇬Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
151 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
152 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
153 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
154 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
155 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
156 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
157 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
158 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
159 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
160 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
161 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
162 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
163 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
164 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 0 Inception ±0.43
165 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
166 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
167 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
168 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
169 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
170 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
171 🇲🇱Mali Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
172 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
173 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
174 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
175 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
176 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
177 🇳🇪Niger Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
178 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
179 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
180 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
181 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
182 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
183 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
184 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 0 Inception ±0.00
185 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
186 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
187 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 0 Inception ±0.43
188 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
189 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
190 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
191 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 0 Inception ±0.00
192 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
193 🇹🇬Togo Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
194 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
195 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
196 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Robotics & Autonomous Systems

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Advanced Robotics3.60–20Japan, United States
Autonomous Systems & Trusted Autonomy3.80–20United States
Human-Machine Interfaces3.40–20United States