Methodology.

A deployment's badge reflects the highest level of any of its sources. The full list of sources — and their individual levels — appears on every detail page.

• Rumored
  Anonymous or single-source leak. No public confirmation.
• Announced
  Company press release only — no third-party confirmation.
• Photo / video
  Public photos or video show the robot at the named site.
• Operator confirmed
  The deploying customer (not the vendor) has publicly acknowledged it.
• Financially reported
  Appears in either party's earnings call, 10-K, or audited filings.
• Journalist verified
  A reputable third-party journalist visited and confirmed.

• Rumored deployments.Kept in an internal admin view only. They do not appear in the public ledger until they reach at least announced.
• Stunts and demonstrations.A robot completing a half-marathon for a press event is not a deployment. Excluded.
• Pure research.Listed but flagged as non-productive — e.g. Tesla Optimus internal use, DeepMind Atlas research.

Every deployment has at least one source row. Press releases alone earn an announced badge — nothing higher. Customer statements, photo/video evidence, financial filings, and independent journalism stack up to higher levels.

Verification levels are reviewed periodically. Any deployment not re-verified within 180 days is flagged with a stale marker. The pipeline picks deployments back up when a new corroborating source appears.

Errors happen. Corrections go on a public log at /corrections (coming soon). The original claim and the correction are preserved — we don't silently edit history.

If we accept sponsorship from a robotics company, all of their deployments display a disclosure banner. No paid placement, no sponsored entries.

The calculator implements the formulas in our technical spec exactly — no fudge factors. Every output shows the formula behind it. Inputs are saved to the URL so scenarios can be shared.