# Canvas drywall-finishing robot vs Hugo RAS in 2026

Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.

| Attribute | [Canvas drywall-finishing robot](/consumer/models/canvas-drywall-robot) | [Hugo RAS](/consumer/models/medtronic-hugo) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Manufacturer** | [Canvas](/companies/canvas) | [Medtronic](/companies/medtronic) |
| **Form factor** | construction | surgical |
| **Maturity** | commercial | commercial |
| **Availability** | enterprise | enterprise |
| **Price** | Not announced | Not announced |
| **Capability claims** | — | 1: Assists surgery (teleoperated-assisted) |
| **Brain** | — | — |
| **Verified deployments** | 1: Newark | 3 |
| **Privacy practices** | — | — |
| **Sources on file** | 9 | 16 |

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## Common questions

### What is the difference between Canvas drywall-finishing robot and Hugo RAS?

Canvas drywall-finishing robot and Hugo RAS are compared on the DEPLOY registry across maker, form factor, maturity, price, verified deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.

### Is Canvas drywall-finishing robot or Hugo RAS more autonomous?

On the DEPLOY registry, neither Canvas drywall-finishing robot nor Hugo RAS has capabilities independently verified as fully autonomous yet; their recorded capabilities are teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated, or vendor-claimed. See the table for each capability's verification status.

### Which has more verified deployments, Canvas drywall-finishing robot or Hugo RAS?

Hugo RAS has more verified deployments (3) on the DEPLOY registry than Canvas drywall-finishing robot (1). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.


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