<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en" class="methodology-page"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>Methodology | Korthos</title> <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com"> <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin> <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Archivo+Black&family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="topnav.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="methodology-page.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="footer.css"> </head> <body class="methodology-page"> <header class="site-header"> <div class="home-logo"> <span class="home-logo-text">Korthos</span> <div class="home-logo-icon"> <img src="logo.png" alt="Korthos Logo"> </div> </div> <nav> <a href="/">HOME</a> <div class="nav-dropdown"><button type="button" class="nav-dropdown-toggle" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">INTELLIGENCE</button><div class="nav-dropdown-menu"><a href="/record" class="nav-dropdown-item">The Record</a><a href="/intelligence/feed" class="nav-dropdown-item">Event feed</a><a href="/intelligence/research-feed" class="nav-dropdown-item">Research feed</a></div></div> <div class="nav-dropdown"><button type="button" class="nav-dropdown-toggle" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">DATA</button><div class="nav-dropdown-menu"><a href="/data/markets" class="nav-dropdown-item">Markets overview</a><a href="/data/funding-monitor" class="nav-dropdown-item">Funding Monitor</a><a href="/data/research-analytics" class="nav-dropdown-item">Research Pulse</a><a href="/data/event-analytics" class="nav-dropdown-item">Event Analytics</a><a href="/data/geography" class="nav-dropdown-item">Geography Intelligence</a><a href="/data/relationships" class="nav-dropdown-item">Relationship Intelligence</a><a href="/data/humanoid-distribution" class="nav-dropdown-item">Humanoid Distribution</a></div></div> <div class="nav-dropdown"><button type="button" class="nav-dropdown-toggle" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">ECOSYSTEM</button><div class="nav-dropdown-menu"><a href="/ecosystem" class="nav-dropdown-item">Companies</a><a href="/ecosystem/products" class="nav-dropdown-item">Products</a></div></div> <a href="/markets">MARKETS</a> </nav> </header> <div class="page-content"> <h1 class="doc-title">Methodology</h1> <div class="doc-body"> <p>Korthos tracks robotics through public sources, submitted information, private inquiries, and manual review.</p> <p>The system structures information from company announcements, product pages, filings, research releases, funding disclosures, procurement notices, deployment updates, correspondence, and other source material that can be checked or responsibly attributed.</p> <p>The goal is to map where robotics is being built, financed, deployed, commercialised, and connected through products, markets, and supply chains.</p> <h2>WHAT KORTHOS TRACKS</h2> <p>Korthos structures intelligence across several core layers.</p> <h3>Companies</h3> <p>Robotics companies, automation providers, component suppliers, software platforms, infrastructure providers, and other firms with observable exposure to robotics and autonomy.</p> <h3>Products</h3> <p>Robots, autonomous systems, software platforms, components, sensors, compute layers, and other products that form part of the robotics stack.</p> <h3>Events</h3> <p>Funding rounds, deployments, commercial orders, partnerships, product launches, production milestones, acquisitions, research releases, and other company-level signals.</p> <h3>Markets</h3> <p>Sector and segment views built from observed activity across companies, products, deployments, funding, and supply-chain exposure.</p> <h3>Supply chains</h3> <p>Directional supplier, customer, integration, and component relationships where there is enough evidence to support the relationship.</p> <h2>HOW ITEMS ARE INCLUDED</h2> <p>Korthos prioritises attributable evidence over loose claims.</p> <p>An item may be included when there is a named company or product, a robotics-relevant signal, and enough information to classify it responsibly.</p> <p>Strong sources include company announcements, filings, official product pages, procurement records, customer disclosures, investor announcements, primary research pages, and direct correspondence.</p> <p>Submitted information and private inquiries may inform coverage, corrections, classification, and follow-up research. They are not treated as public fact by default. Where direct information cannot be published, Korthos may use it to guide verification, improve internal classification, or request supporting material.</p> <p>Secondary reporting may be used when it points to a clear underlying event or when the source is credible, but Korthos avoids treating unsourced commentary, vague ecosystem language, or promotional claims as structural fact.</p> <p>Inclusion does not mean endorsement, investment recommendation, or confirmation that a company will succeed commercially.</p> <h2>CLASSIFICATION</h2> <p>Korthos classifies companies, products, and events by their observable role.</p> <p>A company may be classified by the market it serves, the products it builds, the systems it enables, or its position in the robotics stack.</p> <p>Products are classified by form, function, segment, and technical role where enough information is available.</p> <p>Events are classified by what actually happened. A product reveal is not treated as a deployment. A pilot is not treated as a scaled rollout. A partnership is not treated as a supply-chain relationship unless the supplied product, component, or service is clear.</p> <h2>SUPPLY CHAIN INTELLIGENCE</h2> <p>Korthos treats supply-chain relationships separately from general partnerships.</p> <p>A supply-chain edge requires a directional relationship between entities, such as a supplier, customer, component provider, integration partner, or platform dependency. Broad ecosystem mentions, reseller language, and loose strategic partnerships are not enough on their own.</p> <p>Where evidence is partial, Korthos may classify the relationship with lower confidence or leave it out of the supply-chain layer entirely.</p> <h2>HUMAN REVIEW</h2> <p>Korthos is not a raw scraper or automated aggregator.</p> <p>Automated collection can help surface signals, but records are structured through review, classification, deduplication, and source checking. The emphasis is on turning fragmented information into usable market intelligence, not republishing every robotics mention.</p> <h2>CONFIDENCE AND UPDATES</h2> <p>Korthos is updated as new information becomes available.</p> <p>Some records may change when companies release new details, products are renamed, deployments progress, funding is clarified, or better evidence becomes available.</p> <p>Older records may remain visible if they are useful for historical context, but Korthos prioritises current, sourced, and commercially meaningful signals.</p> <h2>CORRECTIONS AND SUBMISSIONS</h2> <p>Robotics information is often fragmented, promotional, or incomplete.</p> <p>Corrections, source updates, company information, private inquiries, and coverage requests can be submitted via <a href="/correspondence">Submit</a>.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="site-footer"> <span class="site-footer__row"><a href="/privacy">Privacy</a><span class="site-footer__sep"> // </span><a href="/terms">Terms</a><span class="site-footer__sep"> // </span><a href="/methodology">Methodology</a></span> <span class="site-footer__row"><a href="/correspondence">Submit</a><span class="site-footer__sep"> // </span><a href="/about">About</a></span> </footer> <script src="/site-menu.js" defer></script> </body> </html>