300 models ranked for robotics and physical automation. Scored with heavy bonuses for reasoning (planning & control), vision (sensor processing), function calling (tool use), and JSON mode (structured commands).
| # | Model | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI | 94 |
| 2 | GPT-5.4OpenAI | 94 |
| 3 | GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI | 93 |
| 4 | GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI | 93 |
| 5 | GPT-5.2OpenAI | 93 |
| 6 | Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic | 92 |
| 7 | GPT-5 ProOpenAI | 92 |
| 8 | o3 Deep ResearchOpenAI | 92 |
| 9 | Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic | 90 |
| 10 | GPT-5OpenAI | 90 |
| 11 | Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle | 89 |
| 12 | Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | 89 |
| 13 | Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic | 89 |
| 14 | o3 ProOpenAI | 88 |
| 15 | Grok 4.1 FastxAI | 87 |
| 16 | Grok 4.20 BetaxAI | 86 |
| 17 | Grok 4xAI | 86 |
| 18 | Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle | 86 |
| 19 | o3OpenAI | 86 |
| 20 | GPT-5.1OpenAI | 85 |
| 21 | MiMo-V2-OmniXiaomi | 85 |
| 22 | GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI | 85 |
| 23 | Seed-2.0-LiteByteDance | 85 |
| 24 | Qwen3.5-9BAlibaba | 85 |
| 25 | Seed-2.0-MiniByteDance | 85 |
| 26 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGoogle | 85 |
| 27 | GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAI | 85 |
| 28 | Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15Alibaba | 85 |
| 29 | Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI | 85 |
| 30 | GPT-5.2-CodexOpenAI | 85 |
Reasoning models decompose complex tasks into action sequences. Function calling enables direct integration with robot control APIs, ROS topics, and hardware interfaces.
Vision-capable models process camera feeds for object detection, scene understanding, and spatial reasoning. Critical for pick-and-place, navigation, and quality inspection.
Generate ROS nodes, control algorithms, sensor fusion pipelines, and simulation configurations. JSON mode produces structured command sequences for robot execution.
Open-source models can run on-device for low-latency inference. Self-hosted options provide the data privacy and deterministic behavior required for safety-critical systems.
Based on our composite scoring updated hourly, the top-ranked models are shown at the top of this page. Rankings consider benchmarks, pricing, capabilities, and community adoption.
Yes, several models listed on this page offer free tiers or are fully open-source. Look for models marked as Free in the pricing column above.
We use a composite scoring system combining benchmark performance, capability matching, pricing, context window size, and community adoption. Scores are updated hourly.
Rankings refresh every hour using real-time data from benchmarks, API testing, and community metrics. The data shown always reflects the most current performance.