Obi

1. 5

   Regulator-cleared or mass market

   A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.

2. 4

   Paying customersThis robot

   Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.

   Placed by: Obi is on the US government's Federal Supply Schedule, so qualifying veterans can get one at no cost through the VA (Oct 2026); Obi launched its first-generation feeding robot in 2016, from Dayton, Ohio (2016).

3. 3

   Pilot

   Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.

4. 2

   Pre-orders

   Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.

5. 1

   Demo only

   Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. Only company sources could be checked (web search limit reached), so every fact here is company-reported. The FDA line is a Class I registration, not an FDA clearance. The price is shown only as an image on the maker's site and was not read.