38 teams from 16 countries have been selected to advance as Semifinalists in the ANA Avatar XPRIZE. These teams will continue to hone their Avatar Systems as they progress toward Semifinals testing in September 2021, where they will demonstrate their system capabilities and vie to become one of up to 20 teams to advance to the Finals in Summer 2022. Click on a team name below to learn more about their approach to the competition.
| Team Name | City | Country | |
| Kimaera Dynamics | Montréal | Canada |  |
| ENZO AVATAR | Bucaramanga | Colombia |  |
| proRobot | Vysoké Mýto | Czech Republic |  |
| Augnition | Helsinki | Finland |  |
| Pollen Robotics | Bordeaux | France |  |
| NimbRo | Bonn | Germany |  |
| Roboy | Munich | Germany | |
| Aham | Bengaluru | India |  |
| Robot Guru | Singapore | Singapore | |
| Virtual Sapiens | Chennai | India | |
| iCub | Genoa | Italy |  |
| Sant'Anna Team | Pisa | Italy | |
| GITAI | Tokyo | Japan |  |
| H2L | Tokyo | Japan | |
| Janus | Tsukuba | Japan | |
| Junnichi Suko | Tokyo | Japan | |
| Last Mile – Another Small World Project | Osaka | Japan | |
| Synapse | Tokyo | Japan | |
| Telexistence | Tokyo | Japan | |
| X:Presence | Kobe | Japan | |
| INBIODROID | Irapuato | Mexico |  |
| i-Botics | Utrecht | Netherlands |  |
| Dragon Tree Labs | Moscow | Russia |  |
| Team SNU | Seoul | Korea, South |  |
| Team UNIST | Ulsan | Korea, South | |
| Limitless | Lugano | Switzerland |  |
| Cyberselves | Sheffield | United Kingdom |  |
| Touchlab | Edinburgh | United Kingdom | |
| 1to1Robotics LLC | Hackensack | United States |  |
| AvaDynamics | Pittsburgh | United States | |
| Avatar Quest | San Jose | United States | |
| AVATRINA | Durham | United States | |
| BellContinuous | Arlington | United States | |
| Forged Droids | Phoenix | United States | |
| Human Fusions | Cleveland | United States | |
| Rezilient | St. Louis | United States | |
| Robotics Services LLC | Providence | United States | |
| Team Northeastern | Boston | United States | |