ergoCub vs MATRIX-1 vs Forerunner K1

Measure	ergoCub	MATRIX-1	Forerunner K1
Maker	Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) with INAIL	Matrix Robotics	Kepler Exploration Robotics
Country	Italy	China	China
Status	Prototype	Prototype	Prototype
First shown	2023-09	2024-12-26	2024-01
Released	—	—	—
Price	—	—	$20,000
Height	150 cm	180 cm	178 cm
Weight	55.7 kg	67 kg	85 kg
Top speed	3 km/h	7.6 km/h best	—
Payload	10 kg	10 kg	—
Battery	—	5 h	—
Joints (DoF)	—	—	40
Moves on	Legs	Legs	Legs
Hands	dexterous	dexterous	dexterous
Built for	research, industrial, healthcare	general-purpose, home, industrial	general-purpose, industrial, research
Units built or sold	not sold	Not yet on sale; maker page says 'coming soon'	Mass production was planned for the second half of 2024 (shipping from Q3 2024 per eeNews) · no unit…

Figures are what makers or the press published; “—” means not published. Each robot's profile links to its sources.

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Every robot page, the suggestions above and the popular list follow the same rules, so a comparison is never a random pick. You can still compare any two robots yourself with the menus at the top.

1. Like with like. Humanoids are compared with humanoids, and a machine only with its own type: a robot dog with robot dogs.
2. Another maker. A maker’s own models are listed on its page instead.
3. Moves the same way. Walking robots with walking robots, wheeled with wheeled, fixed upper bodies with fixed upper bodies.
4. Same stage. Robots on sale or in pilots with each other; prototypes with prototypes; research platforms with research platforms; past robots with robots of their time.
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6. Close in time, size and price. First shown within two years, in the same size class (full size from 150 cm, mid size 100 to 149 cm, small under 100 cm) and priced within three times of each other when both prices are published. If fewer than two robots pass, these three are relaxed and the page says the matches are the nearest ones.

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