EVIDENCE BEFORE EXPECTATIONS

Technology radar

What is still planned, what has been tested, and what you can already access.

Each project shows its latest review date.

What the stages mean
Announced

A stated plan; the named product is not available.

Prototype / testing

A documented prototype or trial, with its limits.

Available

Can be ordered or accessed, subject to conditions.

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AIAnnounced

Varvara

Ivan Davydov · Old Moscow
The Varvara digital curator display in a circular gold frame.
Varvara, the digital curator for the Old Moscow exhibition centre. · Varvara project

A digital curator for the Old Moscow exhibition centre. Presented as a girl with braids, the AI agent selects a language model for each task.

TechnoYasno is following the project’s development.

What supports this stage

Ivan Davydov introduced the project and described how it selects models. The curator’s screen is presented as a portrait in a round gold frame.

Access and limits

The project is being prepared for the new Old Moscow exhibition centre in Moscow.

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AIAvailable

GigaAgent

Sber
The Sberbank headquarters building with its facade logo.
Sberbank headquarters, 2019. Photo: MBH, CC BY 4.0. · MBH / Wikimedia Commons

An assistant for multi-step tasks, with planning, memory between sessions and background work.

What supports this stage

The official page offers access through Agents Space and describes registration.

Access and limits

An account is required. Usage-based charges apply; trial-credit conditions include linking a payment card. Check service availability and terms.

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AIAvailable

YDB Hybrid Search

Yandex B2B Tech
The platters and read head of an opened Seagate hard drive.
A Seagate hard drive: data storage in detail. Photo: Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0. · © Raimond Spekking / Wikimedia Commons

Full-text and vector retrieval combine exact terminology and semantic similarity in one database.

What supports this stage

Yandex announced availability in enterprise edition YDB 26.3, on-premises and through Managed Service for YDB.

Access and limits

Requires a compatible YDB edition and version, configured indexes and an embedding model. This is a product component, not a ready-made chat assistant.

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RoboticsAvailable

Unitree G1

Unitree
A Unitree G1 humanoid robot at an exhibition.
Unitree G1 at UAV Expo 2024. Photo: Sayanesy, CC0. · Sayanesy / Wikimedia Commons

A humanoid platform is available to order. Being sold does not mean it can perform any household or factory task.

What supports this stage

The official store accepts orders; at review it lists the product as backordered, with shipment after restocking.

Access and limits

Confirm lead times and delivery. Custom development requires the EDU edition; the base version does not support it. Import conditions vary by country.

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DronesAvailable

DJI Dock 3

DJI
An open DJI Dock 3 station with a drone above it against mountains.
DJI Dock 3. Image from the February 27, 2025 launch announcement. © DJI.

A station for recurring remote missions with Matrice 4D and 4TD drones, including vehicle-mounted deployment.

What supports this stage

DJI’s product page explicitly offers orders through DJI Enterprise dealers.

Access and limits

Requires a compatible aircraft, site preparation and operational arrangements. Supply and permitted uses vary by region; unrestricted flight anywhere is not implied.

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SpacePrototype / testing

Project Suncatcher

Google / Planet
The International Space Station with its solar arrays above Earth.
The ISS above Earth, May 23, 2010. Photo: NASA / STS-132 crew.

A research project testing how TPU AI accelerators operate in space.

What supports this stage

Google reported the prototype’s launch on 1 October, confirmed contact and the start of an orbital experiment.

Access and limits

A research satellite, not an orbital data centre customers can use. The company is gathering evidence about hardware performance in space.

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SpacePrototype / testing

Dragonfly

NASA / Johns Hopkins APL
A cleanroom technician installs a Dragonfly navigation camera.
Installing a Dragonfly camera, August 19, 2026. Photo: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman.

A rotorcraft for exploring Titan is undergoing engineering preparation and testing on Earth.

What supports this stage

NASA describes wind-tunnel trials of full-scale rotors and test models. The publication targets launch in 2028.

Access and limits

Ground testing of components is documented; the vehicle is not operating on Titan. The launch date is a mission plan, not a completed event.

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ComputingAnnounced

IBM Quantum Starling

IBM
Researcher Maika Takita works on cryogenic equipment in an IBM Quantum laboratory.
Maika Takita in an IBM Quantum laboratory, 2020. Photo: Connie Zhou for IBM.

IBM plans the fault-tolerant Starling quantum system for 2029.

What supports this stage

The roadmap presents Starling as a future system. A separate update confirms linked cryogenic modules, not completion of the whole computer.

Access and limits

This stage refers specifically to Starling. Other IBM quantum systems are available, which does not establish availability of the system planned for 2029.

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How to read the radar

Stages are editorial classifications based on the linked primary sources. They describe a specific development, not a company’s overall abilities. A vendor’s announcement confirms what it says, not an independent performance test. Availability does not promise stock, worldwide access or suitability for your task.

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