X-Humanoid
X-Humanoid Tiangong 3.0
- Autonomy
- IIIConditional
- Pre-release
- 75/100Promising
- Readiness
- Not assessed
- Price
- Not tracked
ComparisonX-Humanoid Tiangong 3.0 and Digit 5
Agility Robotics
Digit 5
- Autonomy
- IIIConditional
- Pre-release
- 71/100Promising
- Readiness
- Not assessed
- Price
- Not tracked
Up to three
Autonomy Ladder
- IManual
- IIAssisted
- IIIConditional
- IVEnvironmental
- VGeneralized
All humanoid robots. Every figure below is placed against the whole class, so a gap can be read against how much the class itself varies.
Where each one suits you.
The conditions each robot was assessed against, side by side. Rows marked in gold are where these machines genuinely differ.
| Condition | Tiangong 3.0 | Digit 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Where it operates | ||
| Home / residential | PoorHome is not a target scenario. X-Humanoid names guided tours and inspection, both commercial. | PoorEnterprise-only industrial hardware and a $150,000+ build cost rule out any home deployment path. |
| Office / retailthey differ | GoodThe stated target: a services platform exists for tour-guide and inspection deployments, and the machine was demonstrated navigating a public venue. | DependsDocumented deployments are warehouse and manufacturing floors; no retail, office or public-facing pilot has been reported. |
| Warehouse / factorythey differ | DependsWhole-body fine manipulation is claimed and the joints carry 400 Nm, but no industrial task has been shown end to end. | GoodMatches its documented customer base: GXO, Amazon, Schaeffler and Toyota all run warehouse or manufacturing floors. |
| Primary tasks | ||
| Household chores | PoorNo household task demonstrated, and no consumer route to one. | PoorNo household task set exists; every documented deployment is warehouse material handling, not domestic chores. |
| Social / carethey differ | DependsCarries multimodal lip-movement detection and large-model voice interaction, and is pitched at guided tours. The interaction quality is undocumented. | PoorNo social, service or customer-facing use case has been documented for this platform. |
| Specialized job | GoodOpen low-level interfaces, an open URDF and an open-sourced VLA training framework make this unusually usable as a research base. | GoodBox and tote picking, sorting and transport is the entire documented task envelope, now with a 50 lb repeatable lift. |
| Supervision needs | ||
| Fully autonomousthey differ | DependsAutonomous navigation through crowds was demonstrated without human intervention, but only at the manufacturer's own event. | PoorNo unsupervised deployment is documented; every customer site pairs it with trained operators for oversight. |
| With oversight | GoodThe mode every published demonstration has actually run in. | GoodMatches the documented model: dedicated facility staff handle exceptions, safety zones and task reassignment. |
| Teleoperatedthey differ | GoodPartner pilots are the delivery model, and the platform ships with deployment, business and data-collection tooling around it. | PoorDigit 5 runs pre-trained autonomous sequences; it is not a teleoperated or directly piloted platform. |
| Timeline | ||
| Ready today | PoorNot purchasable. No price, no ship date. | PoorNo unit has shipped to a customer; early access does not begin until the first half of 2027. |
| Near-term (1–2 yrs)they differ | DependsA commercial services platform and named scenarios put this closer than most humanoids here. "Closer" is not a date. | GoodEarly access is dated for the first half of 2027, with general availability by year-end 2027. |
| Research phase | GoodAmong the most open humanoid platforms available: full low-level interfaces, open URDF, open-sourced control and VLA frameworks, optional x86 or Nvidia Thor compute. | GoodA $300 million order book and a dated 2027 timeline place it well past speculative research-stage robots. |
A robot being poor for a condition is a fact about fit, not a fault. “Depends” means the record names a limit worth reading, not that the answer is unknown.
How much the claim can be trusted.
None of these has shipped, so they are assessed on track record, engineering plausibility and how the demonstrations match the claims.
Track Record35% of score
Has this maker shipped what it demoed before, on schedule, with the promised capability?
8880
- X-Humanoid Tiangong 3.088
- Digit 580
28median 66 across 85 pre-release records100
Engineering35% of score
Are the demonstrated capabilities achievable in shipping form, or do they need breakthroughs not in evidence?
9170
- X-Humanoid Tiangong 3.091
- Digit 570
35median 70 across 95 pre-release records100
Demo Match30% of score
What has been shown to work, against what is claimed in marketing.
6962
- X-Humanoid Tiangong 3.069
- Digit 562
30median 66 across 95 pre-release records100
Published beside the number
Never averaged into it. These describe how much the maker has disclosed, not what the machine does.
| Tiangong 3.0 | Digit 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| ReadinessShip-date specificity, pricing transparency, distribution and regulatory status. Published beside the number; never averaged in. | 35/100 | 58/100 |
| DisclosureHow much of the product is disclosed. Higher means fewer fundamental unknowns remain. Published beside the number; never averaged in. | 38/100 | 38/100 |
How far apart is a long way?
A number only means something next to the spread it sits in. Each track is the real range across every classified robot in the class, with the median marked.
Weight51 with a published figure
142.2 lbs284 lbs
- X-Humanoid Tiangong 3.0142.2 lbs
- Digit 5284 lbs
26.5 lbsmedian 143 lbs661.4 lbs
Height53 with a published figure
66.9 in71.3 in
- X-Humanoid Tiangong 3.066.9 in
- Digit 571.3 in
34.7 inmedian 66.9 in86.6 in
Not compared, because fewer than two of these robots carry a published figure: Price, Runtime, Charge time, Noise.
What the numbers leave out.
Written on each record, and the only thing here every robot on the site carries.
The trade-off
What each design gives up to be good at what it is good at.
X-Humanoid Tiangong 3.0
An unusually open platform, with published low-level interfaces, an open URDF and open-sourced control and VLA frameworks, is not the same as an available one: everything needed to develop on this machine is published except a way to obtain it.
Digit 5
Digit 5 pairs a proven warehouse task set with unproven redesigned legs.
The payload increase comes from a new leg and actuator design, so the predecessor’s three-year reliability record does not carry over to this generation.
Enterprise-only distribution: no price, retailer or consumer path exists to evaluate it independently.
Who each one is wrong for
Stated by the record itself. A robot being wrong for a household is a fact about fit, not a fault.
X-Humanoid Tiangong 3.0
- Anyone who wants to buy one
- No price, no ship date, no consumer channel. Pilot and partner delivery.
- Household tasks
- Home is not a target scenario and no household task has been demonstrated.
- Anyone who needs independently verified autonomy
- The autonomous navigation shown so far was demonstrated by the manufacturer at its own events. The Ultra variant's track results, set under a rule forbidding remote operation, are the stronger evidence in this line.
Digit 5
- Consumers or small businesses seeking direct purchase
- Agility sells and leases only through enterprise deployment partnerships; no consumer or small-business order path is published.
- Buyers wanting a machine deployable today
- No Digit 5 unit has shipped to a customer; early access does not begin until the first half of 2027.
- Operations needing independently verified reliability data
- The redesigned legs, actuators and battery carry no independent field record yet; only the predecessor generation's three-year run is documented.
- Tasks outside structured picking, sorting and material transport
- Every documented deployment is warehouse or manufacturing material handling; no broader task set has been shown.
- Sites unable to fund enterprise-scale integration
- Reported lease estimates run near $8,500 a month before facility integration, safety-zone setup and operator training are added.
What stays your job
The upkeep ownership hands back to you, whatever the autonomy level says.
X-Humanoid Tiangong 3.0
Not recorded for this robot.
Digit 5
- Daily: Battery charge cycle and dock alignment check given the 9-minute recharge target.
- Daily: Visual inspection of the redesigned legs, actuators and gripper for damage or loose fasteners.
- Weekly: Sensor and camera cleaning to keep the person-detection system reliable.
- Weekly: Safety-zone boundary and stop-distance verification around the deployment area.
- Monthly: Actuator range-of-motion diagnostics on the new cycloidal drive.
- Monthly: Software update review; Agility has not published an independent update cadence for Digit 5.
- Annually: Full battery capacity assessment and structural inspection.
How much each of these is standing on.
Classifications rest on different depths of evidence. A pre-release assessment and a verified one are not the same kind of claim.
| Robot | Evidence status | Sources reviewed | Last assessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| X-Humanoid Tiangong 3.0 | Not Consumer-Ready | 3 | Aug 2026 |
| Digit 5 | Pre-Release | 4 | Sep 2026 |
Evidence status counts the sources behind a classification, not their kind. A high count can be maker documentation and price coverage, so read it as how much was reviewed rather than as independent testing. How we weigh evidence.
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The full recordX-Humanoid Tiangong 3.0Specifications, evidence, the Fit Check in full, and every tracked change.
The full recordDigit 5Specifications, evidence, the Fit Check in full, and every tracked change.Robovations classifies robots; it does not rank them. Nothing on this page is a recommendation, and no manufacturer influences a classification or its placement here.
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