We Picked a World Cup XI of Humanoid Robots
We Picked a World Cup XI of Humanoid Robots
Spec sheets tell you torque, payload and degrees of freedom. A humanoid robot World Cup tells you what that actually means. Every robot on this pitch earned its position on real numbers from our database – tap a player to see why.
Why a humanoid robot World Cup?
Because a spec sheet answers questions nobody asks at the dinner table. Tell someone a robot hits 3.3 m/s and you get a polite nod. Tell them it’s the fastest winger in the tournament and no full-back alive can stay with it – now they understand the machine.
We track 220+ humanoid robots and their real capabilities: speed, payload, battery life, uptime, the AI models behind them. A humanoid robot World Cup XI turned out to be the most honest way to compare them we’ve found. Speed becomes wing play. Payload becomes aerial duels. Uptime becomes a captain who never asks to be subbed off. And this isn’t pure fantasy: robots already play real football in RoboCup – our striker among them. The jokes are free; the specs underneath are real.
The humanoid robot World Cup XI · 4-3-3
Tap any robot for its specs and the case for its position. The coach and the unlucky sub are on the bench.
Of course they row 🇳🇴
Humanoid.guide is Norwegian, so the squad celebrates like the Norwegian national team: everyone down on the grass, rowing an imaginary boat. Two drumbeats, one stroke, one RO! – on repeat. The synchronisation is the most impressive feat on this page: twelve robots from eleven manufacturers, all running different firmware, rowing in perfect time.
