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Each pillar is scored 0–100 from published specs, then weighted into the HMX. Compare it only with other humanoid robots — each category uses its own reference scales. See the full methodology →
Saud is a reception-focused humanoid optimized for Saudi-dialect Arabic and multilingual visitor guidance, deployed in QSS's Humanoid Lounge and customer engagement roles.
Legacy mentions are unverified. A partnership or announcement is not proof of an active deployment. Evidence labels do not change HMX v2 scoring.
Featured in QSS commercial customer engagement portfolio and Riyadh Humanoid Lounge
active · press-reported
Customer: Humanoid Lounge · Riyadh · Saudi Arabia
Task: Customer engagement, multilingual reception and visitor guidance
Saud focused on customer engagement, multilingual and Saudi-dialect communication, and reception roles
Saud featured in QSS commercial customer engagement portfolio and Riyadh Humanoid Lounge
Evidence is attached to each value. Robot-wide source links do not verify every field. A source about an older value cannot support the current specification.
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
electric · supports
independently-reported
Conditions: not reported
Electromechanical
Published: 2025-05-27 · Verified: 2026-09-15
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
QSS proprietary Arabic/English LLM with multi-dialect support optimized for Saudi dialects · supports
independently-reported
Conditions: not reported
QSS proprietary Arabic/English LLM with multi-dialect support specifically optimized for Saudi dialects
Published: unknown · Verified: 2026-09-15
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
supervised-autonomy · supports
independently-reported
Conditions: front-line reception
Supervised to task-autonomous (front-line reception, dialogue engagement, and visitor guidance)
Published: 2025-05-27 · Verified: 2026-09-15
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
commercial · supports
independently-reported
Conditions: not reported
Active / commercial service and customer engagement roles
Published: 2025-05-27 · Verified: 2026-09-15
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Saud is a humanoid robot from QSS AI & in Saudi Arabia, and it is commercially available. It scores 40.9 on the Humanoid Metric, ranking 112th of 169.
On the leaderboard it sits between Beyond Imagination Beomni (HMX 41.0) and SoftBank Robotics / Aldebaran Pepper (HMX 40.9).
Against the 169 humanoid robots ranked, its clearest strength is commercial readiness & deployment (99.0 against a median of 67.0) and its clearest weakness is manipulation & dexterity (0.0 against 40.0).
On autonomy, it has demonstrated autonomy under human supervision, not unsupervised work. It has 1 deployment with evidence (1 press reported).
Its specifications carry a medium-confidence grade from 2 cited sources, as of 2026-09-14.
Task capability is not inferred from hardware specifications or general autonomy labels. Find robots for a task →
No task-specific evidence recorded. Capability remains unknown.
Machine-readable: HIS Layer 0 manifest at /robot/qss-saud/manifest.json, with a free API key · what's this?
QSS AI & has not published a price for the QSS AI & Saud, and none is estimated here.
The QSS AI & Saud has demonstrated autonomy under human supervision, not unsupervised work. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.
On the HMX, the QSS AI & Saud scores 40.9 and the Beyond Imagination Beomni 41.0. The QSS AI & Saud leads on autonomy & intelligence and commercial readiness & deployment; the Beyond Imagination Beomni leads on manipulation & dexterity and ecosystem & viability.
The QSS AI & Saud is made by QSS AI &, in Saudi Arabia.
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