Who’s the Coolest Robot of All?

Calling all robot enthusiasts! We created the Robots Guide, IEEE’s interactive online destination for exploring robotics, and now we’re inviting you to help us shape its rankings.

Our growing collection is now approaching 250 robots, and we want to know which machines you think are the most impressive, most desirable, or even the creepiest.

To cast your votes, browse through the robots featured on the site and rate each one according to its appearance and capabilities. Every Friday, the votes are collected and used to refresh the Robot Rankings.

For every robot, you can give an overall score, indicate whether you would actually want to own or use that robot, and evaluate how you feel about its appearance.

May the most fascinating—or most unsettling—robot rise to the top!

The collection currently contains 242 robots, covering a wide variety of machines such as humanoid robots, drones, social robots, underwater vehicles, exoskeletons, autonomous vehicles, and many other types of robotic systems.

Explore the Robot Rankings

The Robots Guide organizes its results into three main categories: Top Rated, Most Wanted, and Creepiest.

Visitors can browse the entire collection by using filters for categories, capabilities, and countries. Robots can also be sorted according to their names, development years, or physical size. A keyword search is available as well, making it easy to locate specific robots.

Several recent additions are still waiting for more votes. Among them are robots such as LOVOT, Ingenuity, GITAI G1, Tertill, Salto, Proteus, and SlothBot.

Every robot profile provides a detailed look at the machine, including technical specifications, photographs, videos, and background information. Some profiles also feature interactive tools that allow visitors to rotate and examine the robot from a full 360-degree perspective.

All of the robots featured in the collection are real machines that exist in the physical world. For visitors more interested in fictional technology, the new Face-Off: Sci-Fi Robots game offers a separate way to explore famous science-fiction robots.

Robots Redesign

Along with expanding the collection, the Robots Guide has also been relaunched with a redesigned website. The updated version features a faster, cleaner interface, additional sections and games, as well as a large collection of photographs and videos.

The new website was created by the design consultancy Pentagram together with Standard, a studio specializing in design and technology.

The platform has been developed as a modern, responsive Web application that adapts to different screen sizes. It uses Remix.run, a React-based Web framework, while Sanity.io provides structured content management and Algolia handles the site's search functionality.

More Highlights

Explore nearly 250 different robots

Interact with robots by moving and rotating them through 360 degrees

Browse more than 1,000 photographs

Watch around 900 videos showing robots in action

Play the Sci-Fi Robots Face-Off game

Follow daily news and developments in robotics

Read detailed technical specifications for individual robots

Explore the Robot Rankings, including Top Rated, Most Wanted, and Creepiest

The Robots Guide was created for anyone who wants to learn more about robotics. Its audience includes experienced robotics enthusiasts as well as beginners, researchers, entrepreneurs, STEM educators, teachers, and students.

The project builds on IEEE’s Robots App, which has been downloaded 1.3 million times and has been used in classrooms and STEM education programs around the world.

The Robots Guide is an editorial project from IEEE Spectrum, the flagship publication of IEEE and a leading magazine covering technology and engineering. Support from the IEEE Foundation and its sponsors makes it possible for the Robots Guide’s content to remain freely available to everyone.