# FD20 vs MK-V in 2026

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

| Attribute | [FD20](/consumer/models/farmdroid-fd20) | [MK-V](/consumer/models/monarch-mk-v) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Manufacturer** | [FarmDroid](/companies/farmdroid) | [Monarch Tractor](/companies/monarch-tractor) |
| **Form factor** | agriculture | agriculture |
| **Maturity** | commercial | commercial |
| **Availability** | enterprise | discontinued |
| **Price** | Not announced | Not announced |
| **Capability claims** | — | 1: Driver-optional autonomous electric tractor operation (autonomous) |
| **Brain** | — | — |
| **Verified deployments** | 1: [FarmDroid](/companies/farmdroid) | 3 |
| **Privacy practices** | — | — |
| **Sources on file** | 7 | 17 |

_Canonical: https://deploy.report/compare/farmdroid-fd20-vs-monarch-mk-v_

## Common questions

### What is the difference between FD20 and MK-V?

FD20 and MK-V are both agriculture robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.

### Is FD20 or MK-V more autonomous?

MK-V has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous on the DEPLOY registry than FD20. DEPLOY counts a capability as autonomous only when verified at a real deployment, not from a demo or a vendor claim.

### Which has more verified deployments, FD20 or MK-V?

MK-V has more verified deployments (3) on the DEPLOY registry than FD20 (1). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.


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