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Business Process Automation Landscape of the United States
1,387 Business Process Automation companies in the United States, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, what the news is about, which skills employers want and where the research is going. Updated August 2026.
1,387companies tracked
$18.6Bdisclosed funding
109hiring right now
631events · 24 months
2,275,023news articles · 12 months
Who leads Business Process Automation in the United States
Shows 1,387 U.S. Business Process Automation firms, highlighting the top hiring firms, best‑funded companies, and the 109 firms currently recruiting, with 323 firms having disclosed a funding round.
open roles
Hiring now
ranked by live open roles
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Pegasystems12last posted Aug 2026
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Uniphore10last posted Jul 2026
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Automation Anywhere10last posted Aug 2026
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UiPath9last posted Mar 2026
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Workato9last posted Aug 2026
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Conga8last posted Jun 2026
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Targa8last posted May 2026
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WRITER8last posted May 2026
109 companies hiring · 10 posted in the last 30 days
disclosed funding
Most funded
disclosed totals, all rounds
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Box$1.5BPost IPO · May 2021
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Airtable$1.4BSeries F · Dec 2021
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AvidXchange$1.2BSeries F · Sep 2020
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Apttus$549.2MConventional Debt · Feb 2018
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323 companies with disclosed rounds · $18.6B total
revenue
Revenue leaders
official filings first, else latest snapshot
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Appian$202.2MFY2024 filing
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Evonsys$21.2Msnapshot Dec 2023
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CloudFabrix$1.9Msnapshot Mar 2025
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StraViso$1.8Msnapshot Mar 2022
14 companies with a revenue figure
headcount
Largest teams
ranked by tracked headcount
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Zapier800tracked employees
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Creatio700tracked employees
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73 companies with headcount data
share of events
Share of voice
share of all tracked sector news events, 24 months
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Versapay37.5%780 tracked events
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Verint3.6%75 tracked events
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UnifyApps2.6%55 tracked events
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Kore2.5%53 tracked events
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2,079 tracked events across 91 companies
web reach
Most-used apps
the sites in this sector the web visits most
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Informed K12top 50kinformedk12.com
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MicroPacttop 100kmicropact.com
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MindStudiotop 500kmindstudio.ai
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Droplettop 500kdroplet.io
383 companies here run a site with a measured audience · 45 of them sit inside the web’s top million
articles
In the news
Prism news coverage, last 12 months
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Ema9,009articles in the window
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Chef913articles in the window
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Krista410articles in the window
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86 of these companies drew sector coverage in the window
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How the Business Process Automation ecosystem in the United States grew, 2016–2025
Lists the number of firms founded each year from 2016‑2025, noting the highest counts of 146 in 2024 and 123 in 2025.
Companies founded / year
new Business Process Automation companies in the United States
20162025
peak 146 in 2024
Companies raising / year
with a disclosed round that year
20162025
peak 87 in 2025
Disclosed funding / year
sum of disclosed rounds (USD)
20162025
peak $4.4B in 2021
Where Business Process Automation companies in the United States are based
Ranks U.S. cities by the number of sector firms, with San Francisco leading at 225 companies, followed by New York City (101) and Austin (36).
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San Francisco
225 Business Process Automation companies
46% of the Business Process Automation companies across these hubs
225companies
$3.7Bdisclosed funding
21hiring now
Hub 02
New York City
101 Business Process Automation companies
21% of the Business Process Automation companies across these hubs
101companies
$3.2Bdisclosed funding
11hiring now
Hub 03
Austin
36 Business Process Automation companies
7% of the Business Process Automation companies across these hubs
36companies
$92.6Mdisclosed funding
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Hub 04
Seattle
28 Business Process Automation companies
6% of the Business Process Automation companies across these hubs
28companies
$208.1Mdisclosed funding
3hiring now
Hub 05
Palo Alto
28 Business Process Automation companies
6% of the Business Process Automation companies across these hubs
28companies
$1.1Bdisclosed funding
1hiring now
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Hub 06
San Jose
24 Business Process Automation companies
5% of the Business Process Automation companies across these hubs
24companies
$1.4Bdisclosed funding
3hiring now
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Hub 07
Boston
24 Business Process Automation companies
5% of the Business Process Automation companies across these hubs
24companies
$423Mdisclosed funding
2hiring now
Hub 08
Atlanta
21 Business Process Automation companies
4% of the Business Process Automation companies across these hubs
21companies
$2.8Mdisclosed funding
The Business Process Automation market map of the United States: what these companies actually do
Breaks down product sub‑categories and revenue models, showing enterprise tech (1,303 firms) and subscription pricing (1,254 firms) as the most common.
- Enterprise Tech1,303 companies · $16.6B raised · 106 hiring
- Future of Work1,231 companies · $13.9B raised · 98 hiring
- Enterprise Software1,212 companies · $16.1B raised · 99 hiring
- SaaS1,111 companies · $14.1B raised · 89 hiring
- Artificial Intelligence233 companies · $6.7B raised · 34 hiring
- Deep Tech98 companies · $4.5B raised · 19 hiring
- AI as a Service91 companies · $3.9B raised · 18 hiring
- Enterprise Mobility76 companies · $2.2B raised · 12 hiring
- Enterprise Content Management70 companies · $2.1B raised · 10 hiring
- Enterprise Document Management58 companies · $1.9B raised · 8 hiring
- Fintech51 companies · $3.5B raised · 7 hiring
- Consumer Digital41 companies · $186.6M raised · 3 hiring
Monetization
How Business Process Automation companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Subscription1,254
Fee-For-Service95
Advertising25
E-Commerce - Service22
Commission on Transaction18
E-Commerce - Product9
Physical Commerce5
Licensing2
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Business Process Automation in the United States
Counts 631 corporate events over the past two years, including 144 key‑person moves, 121 earnings releases, and 99 funding rounds.
Leadership 144Earnings 121Funding 99Product 96M&A 88Announcement 31Contracts 19Capital 8Lawsuit 6Layoffs 5
- M&AStrategic acquisition strengthens AI-first platform capabilities, expands global delivery, and accelerates the shift toward autonomous, agent‑driven enterprise operations qBotica, a leading provider of Agentic AI and Intelligent Automation-as-a-Service, announced that it has acquired Automatiga, a product-driven technology company advancing enterprise automation through its unified Agentic Automation Platform.2026-04-21
- FundingA South Korean generative AI startup Upstage has secured $120 million in the first tranche of its Series C funding round.2026-04-15
- M&ASmartShift by Mahindra announced today that it will merge its business with Resfeber Labs' Porter.2026-04-15
- FundingUniphore leads with nearly $985 million in total funding and a $2.5 billion valuation.2026-04-10
- FundingLuminai, an AI-native automation platform tailored for the healthcare sector, has secured $38 million in a Series B funding round to scale its operations.2026-04-09
- M&ASandgarden acquires Layer2026-04-06
- M&AOptions Technology, the leading provider of institutional-grade infrastructure, market data, and managed services for global financial services, today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Crossvale, a US-headquartered leader in application and platform modernization.2026-03-31
- M&ABow River Capital acquired a majority stake in TrackVia from Primus Capital Partners to accelerate growth in low‑code workflow automation.2026-03-31
- FundingGroup booking specialist Lobby has raised $2.2 million in funding as it looks to expand beyond hospitality to other segments within travel.2026-03-25
- FundingGumloop has raised a $50 million USD ($68 million CAD) Series B round to help enterprise employees automate their work.2026-03-12
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Business Process Automation company in the United States was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| undisclosed | — | 2026-04-22 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-04-15 | ||
| Sandgarden | undisclosed | Announced | 2026-04-06 | |
| undisclosed | Completed | 2026-03-31 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-03-31 | ||
| $2.9B | Completed | 2026-03-17 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Details specific event types such as IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches, and contract wins for companies in the sector.
IPO pipeline
5 companies listed or filing · last 24 months
UpstageIPO · 1 reportNov 2025
EskerIPO · Paris Stock Exchange · 2 reportsMar 2025
Leadership moves
51 tracked people moves · last 12 months
TrackViaAylin Basom · Appointment → Chief Executive Officer, Board DirectorApr 2026
brightfinThomas Conway · Appointment → Chief Financial OfficerApr 2026
PipefyRodrigo Paiva · Appointment → Vice President of U.S. SalesApr 2026
Unqork AiAsheet Mehta · Appointment → Series B DirectorMar 2026
Product launches
tracked launches · last 12 months
Aleyant SystemsPressero 360Apr 2026
NintexNintex Agent Designer (Business Automation)Mar 2026
Contract wins
18 customer wins · last 24 months
Workforce actions
6 companies cutting roles · last 24 months
Kissflow~50 roles reported · performance reviewsDec 2024
airSlatescale undisclosed · restructuringOct 2024
ABBYYscale undisclosed · reorganizationOct 2024
Earnings pulse
companies reporting results · last 24 months
10 companies reporting150 company-quarters trackedbeat 63miss 9in line 3
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +13.0%, half slower.
Who is building Business Process Automation in the United States
Profiles 969 founders and CEOs across 618 firms, noting Stanford (32 alumni) and Google (25 former employees) as the most frequent alma mater and prior employer.
Founders and chief executives12 of 969, from the best-funded companies on this page
Automation Anywhere, ex-E2open, ex-Omnisky, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 1970
Ex-TeNet · Jaypee University of Information Technology BE 2007
Ex- Nextance, Clarify, Apple, Advent Computer Services.
Ex-TMI Systems, Casher Associates. Dartmouth College BS 1997
Ex- InMoment. Vanderbilt University Bachelor of Science, Psychology (Pre-Medicine) 1995, Harvard Business School GMP 2010
Workato, ex-Skype, ex-Qik, UCLA
Ex-Lucidworks, DQLabs, Inc., First Due Size-Up. Harvard Business School GMP, General Management Program 2007, Dowling College MBA 2001
Ex-Qordoba, iMENA, Danat eVentures · Beirut Arab University 2007
Ex-Founder ClearStory Data, Aster Data, CalSoft · Pune Institute of Computer Technology BE 2003, Stanford University MS 2007
Where the founders studied
alma mater on record for 235 of 969 founders
Stanford University32
Harvard University20
IIT Delhi18
University of California (Berkeley)16
Carnegie Mellon University15
Duke University13
Harvard Business School13
Cornell University11
Where they worked before
a previous employer on record for 84 of 969 founders
Google25
Microsoft22
Uber7
McKinsey6
Amazon6
Cisco5
Paypal3
Goldman Sachs3
Founders flagged as repeat founders
of 846 founders with a profile on this page
7
carry a repeat-founder flag
- flagged as repeat founders7
- no repeat-founder flag839
Women and men among the founders
first names matched for 863 of 969 founders
9%
of matched founders are women
- women75
- men788
Inferred from first names, using 119 million people who state their own gender: a first name counts only where at least 20 of them share it and at least 90% of those share the same gender. The other 106 founders go in neither column.
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Who funds Business Process Automation in the United States
Records 655 funding rounds since 2016 from 1,152 investors, with an average round size of $6.5 million.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 70 | 21 | Apr 2026 |
| Accel | 15 | 9 | May 2026 |
| Insight Partners | 13 | 9 | Aug 2025 |
| Kleiner Perkins | 13 | 4 | Oct 2024 |
| Coatue | 11 | 6 | Oct 2024 |
| First Round Capital | 11 | 3 | Mar 2026 |
| Salesforce Ventures | 10 | 4 | Nov 2024 |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 10 | 4 | May 2026 |
| Khosla Ventures | 10 | 3 | Nov 2025 |
| SV Angel | 10 | 2 | Oct 2025 |
Stage mix · rounds since 2016
Seed & Angel301
Series A–B242
Series C+ / PE67
Grants, debt & other45
The typical round is $6.5M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Business Process Automation funding rounds in the United States
Highlights the largest disclosed round—UiPath’s $750 million Series F—and lists ten other large recent funding events.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series Fmega-round | $750M | Feb 2021 | Alkeon Capital Management, Coatue, Altimeter Capital +5 more | |
| Series Fmega-round | $735M | Dec 2021 | Franklin Templeton Investments, MSD Capital, Coatue +8 more | |
| Series Dmega-round | $568M | Apr 2019 | Coatue, Dragoneer Investment Group, Accel +6 more | |
| Series Emega-round | $400M | Jan 2022 | New Enterprise Associates, March Capital, GoldenArc Capital +4 more | |
| Series Bmega-round | $350M | Mar 2023 | General Catalyst, Spark Capital, Greylock Partners +10 more | |
| Series Amega-round | $300M | Nov 2018 | SoftBank Vision Fund | |
| Series Fmega-round | $300M | Jun 2017 | Mastercard, Peter Thiel, CDPQ +1 more | |
| Series Bmega-round | $290M | Nov 2019 | Goldman Sachs, SoftBank Vision Fund, Salesforce Ventures | |
| Series Emega-round | $270M | Mar 2021 | Caffeinated Capital, WndrCo, CRV +2 more | |
| Series Fmega-round | $260M | Oct 2025 | Nvidia, Snowflake, Databricks +6 more |
Venture round sizes · 2023–2025
<$1M48
$1–10M73
$10–50M72
$50–250M13
>$250M2
208 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Fresh cheques · last 6 months
Series B$50MMay 2026
Series A$27MMay 2026
Seed$8.5MMay 2026
Series A$5MMay 2026
Conventional Debt$3.5MMay 2026
Seed$1.8MMay 2026
SeedundisclosedMay 2026
What the news says about Business Process Automation in the United States
Aggregates 2,275,023 news articles from the last year, with coverage focusing on administrative entities, geopolitical disputes, and international relations.
News volume
Business Process Automation coverage across United States · articles per quarter
2021Q22026Q2
peak 1,316,439 in 2025Q3 · 2,275,023 articles in the last 12 tracked months
Tone of coverage
share of articles by dominant sentiment (positive / neutral / negative)
202120232025
Positive-tone share moved 21% → 25%, negative 19% → 28% across 2021–2025.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Business Process Automation news in United States. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- Administrative and political subdivisions4,337,238▲+17%
- Geopolitical disputes and contested areas320,419▲+30%
- International and transnational geographic entities320,259▲+30%
- International political relations198,597→+4%
- Security and defense policies140,413▲+20%
- International relations and diplomacy90,463→-8%
- Geographic naming conventions and etymology81,731▲+384%
- Trade policies and agreements75,490▼-26%
- Human rights advocacy reports69,839▼-26%
- Cryptocurrency impact on forex markets56,738→+2%
Most-covered companies · last 12 months
- 9,009
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86 Business Process Automation companies here were named in the news over this period.
Prism
Watch Business Process Automation coverage in United States as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
countries+100%etf trading+138%oil price volatility+132%stablecoin fx impact+51%etfs+141%sector etfs+140%etf products+154%etf structures+146%startup news+175%export sanctions+176%
tariff negotiations-40%free trade deals-37%economic slowdown-39%stock price-36%trade enforcement-38%
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in United States Business Process Automation coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Regulatory Risk ▲ rising
1,690,268 articles touch this dimension · 41.8% critical tone
20212025
signals: territories, disputed islands, tariff negotiations
Funding Momentum ▲ rising
292,609 articles touch this dimension · 45.4% critical tone
20212025
signals: investment deal, inflation reports fx, currency intervention policies
Growth ▲ rising
450,635 articles touch this dimension · 36.2% critical tone
20212025
signals: earnings report, quarterly results, stock performance
Business Process Automation jobs in the United States: who is hiring and what they ask for
Lists 3,206 job postings from 181 employers in the past year, emphasizing skills like Python and AI, and a median advertised salary of $109 k per year.
3,206postings · last 12 months
5,655postings tracked overall
181employers advertising
$109kmedian advertised salary/yr (n=328)
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Business Process Automation employers in the United States put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
- python230▲
- react140▲
- aws130▲
- typescript127▲
- ai112▲
- salesforce104▲
- gcp100▲
- kubernetes90▲
- azure87▲
- sql80▲
What level are these roles?
Entry60
Intern50
Senior534
Lead170
Manager933
What they pay, by level
- Manager$130k/yr (n=60)
- Senior$140k/yr (n=32)
Most advertised titles
- 38
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- 22
12 Business Process Automation-relevant internships in India were advertised over the same 12 months.
What Business Process Automation research in the United States is working on
Counts 6,649 U.S.‑affiliated academic papers, of which 5,097 identify opportunities, 593 note common problems, and 135 issue cautions.
How this field talks about itself
United States-affiliated Business Process Automation papers (gold) against all published research (grey)
Breakthrough47.4% · 26.2%1.8×
Promising29.3% · 37.2%0.8×
Descriptive10.0% · 17.3%0.6×
Problem-identifying8.2% · 9.7%0.8×
Comparative2.4% · 4.2%0.6×
Cautionary2.0% · 4.6%0.4×
United States-affiliated Business Process Automation literature runs 1.8× more “breakthrough” than science at large (47.4% vs 26.2% baseline).
How the work is done
Methods-led68.0%
Empirical14.8%
Reviews12.0%
Position pieces4.1%
Theoretical1.1%
How the research reads
98% positive · 1% neutral · 1% negative, across 6,649 papers.
The institutions doing the work · United States
- 41k
- 37k
- 19k
- 19k
- 16k
- 14k
ranked by how often their work is cited
Leading researchers · United States-affiliated work
Andreas Geiger · P Lenz · R. Urtasun · Raquel Urtasun · Philip Lenz · Christoph Stiller · Emilio Frazzoli · Fuzhen Zhuang
The most-cited breakthroughs
- Are we ready for autonomous driving? The KITTI vision benchmark suite · 14k cites
- Vision meets robotics: The KITTI dataset · 9k cites
- Domain randomization for transferring deep neural networks from simulation to the real world · 3k cites
- Multigait soft robot · 2k cites
- The Open Motion Planning Library · 2k cites
Common problems researchers identify540 papers · 7 recurring themes
Problems · theme 01
Robotics / Robot
135 papers · 25.0% of this block
▲ +44% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Robotics · Robot · Automation · Software deployment
“Foundation models in robotics: Applications, challenges, and the future”
135 of these papers raise it as a problem
Problems · theme 02
Human–Robot Interaction / Human–Computer Interaction
113 papers · 20.9% of this block
▼ -52% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Human–robot interaction · Human–computer interaction · Robot · Robotics
“On the use of simulation in robotics: Opportunities, challenges, and suggestions for moving forward”
113 of these papers raise it as a problem
Problems · theme 03
Reinforcement Learning / Transfer Of Learning
75 papers · 13.9% of this block
▲ +10% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Reinforcement learning · Transfer of learning · Robot learning · Robotics
“Recent Advances in Robot Learning from Demonstration”
75 of these papers raise it as a problem
Problems · theme 04
Robotic Surgery / Robotics
74 papers · 13.7% of this block
▲ +7% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Robotic surgery · Robotics · Health care · MEDLINE
“A Survey of Robots in Healthcare”
74 of these papers raise it as a problem
Problems · theme 05
Applications Of Artificial Intelligence / Automation
72 papers · 13.3% of this block
▲ +43% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Applications of artificial intelligence · Automation · Robotics · Domain
“Artificial intelligence-enabled healthcare delivery”
72 of these papers raise it as a problem
Problems · theme 06
Motion Planning / Path
39 papers · 7.2% of this block
▲ +9% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Motion planning · Path · Trajectory · Motion
“Prioritized Planning Algorithms for Trajectory Coordination of Multiple Mobile Robots”
39 of these papers raise it as a problem
Problems · theme 07
Soft Robotics / Robotics
32 papers · 5.9% of this block
▼ -21% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Soft robotics · Robotics · Soft materials · Robot
“Soft‐Matter Engineering for Soft Robotics”
32 of these papers raise it as a problem
Cautions125 papers · 4 recurring themes
Cautions · theme 01
Robot / Robotics
50 papers · 40.0% of this block
▲ +8% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Robot · Robotics · Human–robot interaction · Perception
“Supervisory Control of Multiple Robots”
50 of these papers raise it as a problem
Cautions · theme 02
Health Care / Robotics
28 papers · 22.4% of this block
▲ +24% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Health care · Robotics · Robot · Transformative learning
“Compassionate Care with Autonomous Humanoid Robots in Future Healthcare Delivery: A Multisensory Simulation of Next-Generation Models”
28 of these papers raise it as a problem
Cautions · theme 03
Robotic Surgery / Robotics
26 papers · 20.8% of this block
▼ -40% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Robotic surgery · Robotics · Haptic technology · Surgery
“The use of robotics in surgery: a review”
26 of these papers raise it as a problem
Cautions · theme 04
Motion Planning / Mobile Robot
21 papers · 16.8% of this block
▼ -12% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Motion planning · Mobile robot · Trajectory · Path
“Informed RRT*: Optimal sampling-based path planning focused via direct sampling of an admissible ellipsoidal heuristic”
21 of these papers raise it as a problem
Opportunities4,819 papers · 7 recurring themes
Opportunities · theme 01
Robotics / Robot
1,061 papers · 22.0% of this block
▼ -52% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Robotics · Robot · Human–robot interaction · Human–computer interaction
“A survey of communicating robot learning during human-robot interaction”
Opportunities · theme 02
Pose / Object
868 papers · 18.0% of this block
▼ -27% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Pose · Object · Robotics · Object detection
“Vision-Language Artificial Intelligence for Robotic-Based Monitoring: Concrete Defect Detection, Classification, and Localization in Two-Dim”
Opportunities · theme 03
Control Theory / Robot
677 papers · 14.0% of this block
▲ +5% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Control theory · Robot · Humanoid robot · Trajectory
“Multi-robot formation control and object transport in dynamic environments via constrained optimization”
Opportunities · theme 04
Path / Motion Planning
626 papers · 13.0% of this block
▲ +9% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Path · Motion planning · Trajectory · Obstacle
“Sampling-Based Path Planning for UAV Collision Avoidance”
Opportunities · theme 05
Soft Robotics / Actuator
600 papers · 12.5% of this block
▼ -33% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Soft robotics · Actuator · Robotics · Robot
“Soft Robotics”
Opportunities · theme 06
Motion Planning / Motion
587 papers · 12.2% of this block
▲ +17% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Motion planning · Motion · Robot · Path
“Robot Motion Planning in Learned Latent Spaces”
Opportunities · theme 07
Reinforcement Learning / Robot
400 papers · 8.3% of this block
▲ +25% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Reinforcement learning · Robot · Robot learning · Motion planning
“Reinforcement learning for versatile, dynamic, and robust bipedal locomotion control”
Which of these themes are growing fastest
Tracks how the share of world research on the topic shifts across different themes from 2022 to 2025.
Problems
how much more (or less) of the world’s research on this subject each theme took up, 2022→2025
gaining sharelosing share
Robotics / Robot▲+44%
Applications Of Artificial Intelligence / Automation▲+43%
Reinforcement Learning / Transfer Of Learning▲+10%
Motion Planning / Path▲+9%
Robotic Surgery / Robotics▲+7%
Soft Robotics / Robotics▼-21%
Human–Robot Interaction / Human–Computer Interaction▼-52%
Cautions
how much more (or less) of the world’s research on this subject each theme took up, 2022→2025
gaining sharelosing share
Health Care / Robotics▲+24%
Robot / Robotics▲+8%
Motion Planning / Mobile Robot▼-12%
Robotic Surgery / Robotics▼-40%
Opportunities
how much more (or less) of the world’s research on this subject each theme took up, 2022→2025
gaining sharelosing share
Reinforcement Learning / Robot▲+25%
Motion Planning / Motion▲+17%
Path / Motion Planning▲+9%
Control Theory / Robot▲+5%
Pose / Object▼-27%
Soft Robotics / Actuator▼-33%
Robotics / Robot▼-52%
Who files Business Process Automation patents in the United States
Reports 77,983 patent filings between 2016‑2025 from roughly 8,000 organizations, with Rockwell Automation, Boeing, and Fisher Rosemount Systems as top filers.
77,983 filings 2016–20258,000 assigneespeak 9,192 in 2023
Filing momentum
patents published / year
20162025
Who files the most
- Rockwell Automation TECH3,575
- Boeing3,104
- Fisher Rosemount Systems2,996
- Intuitive Surgical Operations2,264
- Applied Materials2,087
- GEN Electric2,005
- Honeywell INT1,921
- IBM1,324
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