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THE THE UNITED STATES EDITION 2026

the United States’s
robotics industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping robotics in the United States. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

Snapshot: Funding in USD
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Robotics illustration
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore the United States’s robotics leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Robotics company highlights in the United States, snapshot 30 August 2026
Company
Waymowaymo.com$27.1B11 roles2,297
Cruisegetcruise.com$7.72B3,326
Saronicsaronic.com$2.58B32
Nuronuro.ai$2.33B11 roles1,005
Figurefigure.ai$1.75B49
Ziplinezipline.com$1.63B25
Auroraaurora.tech$1.29B7$3MFYFY2025 filing
Pony.aipony.ai$1.26B539
Brooks Automationbrooks.com13 roles1,836$593.82MFYFY2025 filing
Cognexcognex.com12 roles2,992$994.36MFYFY2025 filing
Dematicdematic.com11 roles354
Serve Roboticsserverobotics.com11 roles80
Slip Roboticssliprobotics.com11 roles19
Symboticsymbotic.com11 roles668$2.25BFYFY2025 filing
Accurayaccuray.com1,024$458.5MFYFY2025 filing
AgEagleageagle.com64Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Apptronikapptronik.com38
Blue Roboticsbluerobotics.com24
GXOgxo.com22,424
General Dynamics Mission Systemsgdmissionsystems.com9,600
Intuitiveintuitive.com6,262
Knightscopeknightscope.com27$11.34MFYFY2025 filing
Motionalmotional.com1,500
OPEX Corporationopex.com1,543
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Robotics industry KPIs in the United States

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

30 August 2026
Hiring participation13.9%

187 of 1,344 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation43.4%

583 of 1,344 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share47.2%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$5.13M

Midpoint of 1,365 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 47.2% of disclosed capital, while 56.6% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How the United States robotics has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

the United States robotics
$0$2.89B$5.79B$8.68B$11.58B2016: $950.19M20162017: $1.42B20172018: $5.99B20182019: $5.27B20192020: $7.26B20202021: $10.16B20212022: $6.57B20222023: $4.13B20232024: $8.8B20242025: $5.37B2025
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Annual robotics funding and company formation in the United States
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$950.19M10580
2017$1.42B110106
2018$5.99B95118
2019$5.27B105118
2020$7.26B88126
2021$10.16B62133
2022$6.57B36130
2023$4.13B45109
2024$8.8B36100
2025$5.37B26103
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Waymo34.2%
  • Cruise9.8%
  • Saronic3.3%
  • Other companies52.8%

Funding by stage

1,630 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel530 32.5%
Series A–B584 35.8%
Series C+ / PE215 13.2%
Grants, debt & other301 18.5%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
8 rounds

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Series A05/2026
Mind $400M

Backed by Meritech and Redpoint Ventures and others.

Series D05/2026
Helm

Backed by Honda.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
10 cards

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Series D02/2026
Waymowaymo.com$16B

Backed by Dragoneer Investment Group and DST Global and others.

Series C10/2024
Waymowaymo.com$5.6B

Backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Fidelity Investments and others.

Series C06/2021
Waymowaymo.com$2.5B

Backed by Andreessen Horowitz and AutoNation and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.

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USD · millions · consolidated

Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.

FY2025 · annual statements grouped by reported fiscal year; exact entity periods remain on preview rows · 13 reporting entities from 17 eligible matches.

Revenue in covered accounts$4,720.9m

Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not the United States market sales.

Net profit / loss$-1,006.5m

Combined result for the same cohort.

Aggregate net margin-21.3%

Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.

Median company revenue$32.4m

The middle covered reporting entity.

Profitable entities+15.4%

2 of 13 covered entities.

Top-five concentration+97.5%

Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.

Annual account trend

Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.

Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.

Profitability has two perspectives

FY2025 · 13 reporting entities

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THE UNITED STATES · INDUSTRY COHORTS

How does robotics compare?

Each pair uses the same year, currency and reporting basis. Cohort overlap is disclosed.

IndustryCovered / eligibleRevenue totalMedian revenueNet profit / lossAggregate marginProfitable shareOverlap

Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.

Coverage, calculations & financial sources

Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.

The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.

Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the the United States companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Most-installed apps

87 of these companies (6.5%) publish at least one Android app — 144 apps in all, carrying 10.8M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
Barcode ScannerCognex3.3M4.5Libraries & Demo
WaymoWaymo1.7M4.9Maps & Navigation
Sphero EduSphero1.1M3.2Education
Sphero PlaySphero787.9K4.7Entertainment
OpenSky - App for Drone FlyersWing596.3K4.6Tools
Connect & PayCanteen594.5K4.5Food & Drink
ZooxZoox343K4.9Travel & Local
Starship - Food DeliveryStarship Technologies297.1K4.5Food & Drink
Wonder for Dash & Dot RobotsWonder Workshop258.4K3.8Education
Blockly for Dash & Dot robotsWonder Workshop222.8K3.9Education

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q3–2026Q2).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Industrial Robotics73.3MBarcode Scanner 3.3M
3D Scanning63.3MCognex Quick Setup 14.1K
Consumer Robotics553.1MSphero Edu 1.1M
K-12 Edtech423.1MSphero Play 787.9K
Autonomous Vehicles192.5MWaymo 1.7M
Artificial Intelligence92.4MZoox 343K
Road Transport Tech102MRidecell Motorpool 2.8K
Logistics Tech191.2MOpenSky - App for Drone Flyers 596.3K

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

Release cadence by quarter

New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.

2023Q1: 52023Q1: 02023Q12023Q2: 42023Q2: 22023Q22023Q3: 32023Q3: 22023Q32024Q1: 42024Q1: 22024Q12024Q2: 12024Q2: 32024Q22024Q3: 72024Q3: 82024Q32024Q4: 22024Q4: 42024Q42025Q1: 52025Q1: 32025Q12025Q2: 42025Q2: 82025Q22025Q3: 72025Q3: 122025Q32025Q4: 92025Q4: 182025Q42026Q1: 22026Q1: 182026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 140 of 144 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The the United States robotics market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Deep tech1,165
Enterprise tech1,153
Industry 4.0420
Consumer digital266
Agritech154
Internet of vehicles153
Smart factories153
B2b agritech142
Enterprise software141
Precision farming136
Smart farming133
Saas126

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Deep tech

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

1165companies
14.2%have hiring activity

165 companies hiring · $72.74B disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

Subscription645
Physical commerce462
E-commerce - product332
Fee-for-service235
Commission on transaction111
E-commerce - service50
Advertising41
Licensing26
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Mergers & acquisitionssymbotic.com ↗

Walmart signed an $11 billion deal with Symbotic in 2022 to retrofit 42 regional distribution centres.

Mergers & acquisitionsplus.ai ↗

PlusAI and Churchill Capital Corp IX dissolved their planned Nasdaq SPAC merger April 21, marking PlusAI’s second failed public-listing attempt.

Funding roundsskydio.com ↗

Skydio has raised $110 million in Series F financing, led by existing investors, bringing the company’s valuation to $4.4 billion.

Funding roundsaliciabots.com ↗

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has awarded close to SGD 3.7 million (USD 2.9 million) in R&D co-funding to six companies, including Alicia Bots, C-Leanship, Neptune Robotics, Oceanis Robotics, RINA, and Seahi Robotics.

Mergers & acquisitionsstereotaxis.com ↗

Stereotaxis has acquired Robocath, a healthcare robotic assistance systems manufacturer, in a tech M&A deal valued at $20 million.

Funding roundsglydways.com ↗

Glydways has now raised a total of $382.5M in total equity funding and is backed by ACS Group Directory, Gates Frontier Fund, Khosla Ventures, Mitsui Chemicals, and Obayashi Corporation.

Mergers & acquisitionscatheterprecision.com ↗

Catheter Precision, Inc. today announced it received shareholder approval on April 15 th of the definitive agreement to acquire Fly Flyte, Inc.

Mergers & acquisitionsmonarchtractor.com ↗

Caterpillar Inc. has acquired self-driving electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor, according to people familiar with the matter.

Funding roundsboulderimaging.com ↗

Boulder Imaging has received a growth investment from Lime Rock New Energy.

Funding roundsagilityrobotics.com ↗

Companies such as Figure AI, a humanoid robotics startup, and Agility Robotics have raised as much as $1 billion and $641 million, respectively.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 1,804 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Funding rounds
314
Company announcements
266
Leadership moves
262
Earnings
262
New products
181
Contracts
164
Mergers & acquisitions
102
IPO activity
57
Lawsuit
42
Asset acquisitions
38
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Leadership moves

54 tracked people moves

Ashley Wallace Jones

Appointment Vice President of Communications and Digital Experience

Alan McDonald

Appointment Vice President of Industry Solutions

Kiwibot ↗
J. Kim Fennell

Appointment Chief Business Officer

GXO ↗
Ajit Kara

Appointment Senior Vice President, Account Management

Bedrock ↗
Matthew Tirman

Appointment Chief Executive Officer

Hirebotics ↗
Rob Goldiez

Retirement Previously co-founder and COO

Hirebotics ↗
Matthew Bush

Promotion Chief Executive Officer

RealBotix ↗
Sue Ennis

Appointment President of the business

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

SlipLift platform

Autonomous trailer loading/unloading platform

Pony.ai ↗
Unmanned cargo operations in autonomous truck platoons

Cargo operations

Pony.ai ↗
Toyota Bozhi 4X Robotaxi

Robotaxi

SharpShooter™ precision application system

Agriculture technology

Locus Array

Warehouse Automation

GXO ↗
GXO Accelerator

Open Innovation programme

SOFTBOT Platform

Robotics orchestration platform

Windrose ↗
Plug&Charge feature

Charging

Contract wins

158 recorded customer wins

Customer: Toyota Motor Manufacturing CanadaAutomotive manufacturing

Symbotic ↗

Customer: medlineHealthcare

Customer: NightFood HoldingsRobotics

Formic ↗

Customer: Unknown Property OwnerReal Estate

Symbotic ↗

Customer: associated wholesale grocers

GXO ↗

Customer: nhs englandHealthcare

Regulatory events

29 recorded events

Windrose ↗

regulatory approval received

Pony.ai ↗

approved for by-invite rides in SingaporeSingapore’s Land Transport Authority

Waymo ↗

probe openedNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

RealBotix ↗

ban on tradingOntario Securities Commission

Litigation

26 tracked suits

Company
Investors who purchased shares of Cepton, Inc. (formerly NAS v cepton, Jun Pei

alleged securities laws violations related to Koito acquisitionClass Action · Filed

Company
eastpack, apata group, Maori Growers Forum, punchbowl, Orang v New Zealand government

negligence claim over kiwifruit disease Psa entryCivil · Ongoing

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

23companies
276period observations
22.1%median reported growth

Median across 185 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
walmartSymbotic ↗Completed2026-05-05$11.0B
amazonKiva Systems ↗Completed2026-05-05$775.0M
Churchill Capital Corp. IXPlusAI ↗Terminated2026-04-23Not stated in snapshot
StereotaxisrobocathAnnounced2026-04-22$20.0M
honeywellIntelligrated ↗Completed2026-04-20$1.5B
caterpillarMonarch Tractor ↗Rumored2026-04-19Not stated in snapshot

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

5,457 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 7,241-posting snapshot covers 249 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Order Builder (Full Time)78
Virtual Assistant (Work From Home)77
Clinical Territory Associate72
Clinical Sales Representative46
Customer Service Representative (Work From Home)41
Software Engineer38
1 internship postings

75 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

2,757 postings specify a level.

unspecified
4,484
manager
1,192
senior
1,067
lead
273
intern
160
entry
65

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 7,241 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Python
210
Robotics
142
C++
124
Machine Learning
96
Salesforce
94
Computer Vision
91
Excel
86
Typescript
74
Sql
71
React
67
ADVERTISED PAY$120.0K/ year

Median across 710 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.

Salary by seniority

manager$140.0K/ year175 postings
senior$163.0K/ year154 postings
lead$163.0K/ year41 postings

Advertised posting medians do not describe all employees or roles.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

1,011 founders and chief executives across 710 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

260 profiles with education records.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
51
Stanford University
43
Carnegie Mellon University
36
University of California (Berkeley)
27
Harvard University
16
Harvard Business School
12
University of Pennsylvania
12
Columbia University
11

Prior employers

67 profiles with prior-work records.

Google
24
Microsoft
15
Amazon
9
Apple
4
Intel
3
Goldman Sachs
3
McKinsey
3
Cisco
2

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

1,455,825 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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1,455,825articles in the measured year
156,343articles in 2026Q2
29.6%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Robotics coverage across United States · articles per complete quarter

0229,468458,935688,403917,8702021Q2: 317,7812021Q22021Q3: 333,0332021Q4: 314,4402022Q1: 346,1142022Q2: 381,7432022Q22022Q3: 345,5502022Q4: 379,6542023Q1: 399,6502023Q2: 400,7092023Q22023Q3: 362,4602023Q4: 345,6852024Q1: 364,1872024Q2: 357,9492024Q22024Q3: 346,5232024Q4: 359,4392025Q1: 570,8172025Q2: 362,3032025Q22025Q3: 798,1482025Q4: 207,8032026Q1: 293,5312026Q2: 156,3432026Q2
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QuarterArticles
2021Q2317,781
2021Q3333,033
2021Q4314,440
2022Q1346,114
2022Q2381,743
2022Q3345,550
2022Q4379,654
2023Q1399,650
2023Q2400,709
2023Q3362,460
2023Q4345,685
2024Q1364,187
2024Q2357,949
2024Q3346,523
2024Q4359,439
2025Q1570,817
2025Q2362,303
2025Q3798,148
2025Q4207,803
2026Q1293,531
2026Q2156,343

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
293,001 positive · 539,804 neutral · 209,305 negative
2022
387,310 positive · 734,547 neutral · 330,221 negative
2023
453,052 positive · 754,522 neutral · 299,900 negative
2024
504,166 positive · 587,340 neutral · 335,549 negative
2025
574,178 positive · 826,079 neutral · 537,309 negative

Leading coverage topics

Robotics coverage across United States · ranked by full-period article count.

Administrative And Political Subdivisions4,338,267 articles in the full recorded period
533,670 recent · 454,780 prior
Geopolitical Disputes And Contested Areas320,480 articles in the full recorded period
61,058 recent · 46,842 prior
International And Transnational Geographic Entities320,314 articles in the full recorded period
61,028 recent · 46,799 prior
International Political Relations214,883 articles in the full recorded period
31,738 recent · 30,584 prior
Security And Defense Policies152,335 articles in the full recorded period
24,948 recent · 20,934 prior
International Relations And Diplomacy100,971 articles in the full recorded period
13,643 recent · 14,532 prior
Geographic Naming Conventions And Etymology81,751 articles in the full recorded period
25,557 recent · 5,322 prior
Trade Policies And Agreements79,018 articles in the full recorded period
14,867 recent · 19,126 prior
Human Rights Advocacy Reports69,926 articles in the full recorded period
9,437 recent · 12,860 prior
Oil And Gas Market Trends60,936 articles in the full recorded period
12,269 recent · 5,929 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Robotics coverage across United States

KeywordRecentPriorChange
oil price volatility5,0382,76083%
commodity trading2,9311,53291%
export sanctions2,435869180%
countries2,2861,046119%
opec policies2,009689192%
tanker routing1,787220712%
aframax tankers1,713273527%
etf trading1,491620140%
suezmax tankers1,458309372%
etfs1,249507146%
tariff negotiations7,44412,119-39%
free trade deals3,1124,872-36%
trade enforcement1,1391,863-39%
bilateral trade imbalance1,0251,592-36%
economic slowdown9231,577-41%

Event and signal lenses

Robotics coverage across United States

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

2,113,912 classified articles

territories, disputed islands, tariff negotiations

42.2% critical · 23.8% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

473,722 classified articles

investment deal, highway funding, neural network ventures

42.9% critical · 49.3% positive
Rising

Growth

629,676 classified articles

earnings report, vehicle sales forecasts, quarterly results

34.9% critical · 45.8% positive

Robotics coverage across United States. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

RESEARCH SIGNALS

What Robotics research is working on

560 papers in the recorded india scope.

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560papers
13,675worldwide comparison pool
560India-affiliated papers

Research orientation

Promising
289
Breakthrough
151
Descriptive
74
Problem-identifying
26
Comparative
10
Cautionary
10

Contribution mix

Methods-led
431
Empirical
89
Reviews
30
Position pieces
7
Theoretical
3

Tone counts: 547 positive · 11 neutral · 2 negative.

Common problems researchers identify
26 papers · 4.6% of this field
  • Robot18 papers
  • Industrial robot11 papers
  • Welding6 papers
  • Robotics5 papers
  • Automation5 papers
  • Robot welding4 papers
  • Mechanical engineering3 papers
  • Laser beam welding2 papers

Landmark: Security of Industrial Robots: Vulnerabilities, Attacks, and Mitigations

Cautions
10 papers · 1.8% of this field
  • Robot7 papers
  • Robotic arm2 papers
  • Robotics2 papers
  • Welding2 papers
  • Emulation1 papers
  • Collision1 papers
  • Kinematics1 papers
  • Laser tracker1 papers

Landmark: Industrial robot and human operator collision

Opportunities
440 papers · 78.6% of this field
  • Robot273 papers
  • Welding119 papers
  • Robot welding91 papers
  • Industrial robot82 papers
  • Automation51 papers
  • Robotics43 papers
  • Kinematics37 papers
  • Control theory30 papers

Landmark: Automatic Welding Seam Tracking and Identification

Leading institutions

University of Kentucky
872
Concordia University
316
National Research Council
245
University of Detroit Mercy
188
Northeastern University
163
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
157

Leading researchers

Yuming Zhang
726
YuKang Liu
392
Qiyue Wang
269
Wenhua Jiao
269
Ahmed Joubair
265
Ilian A. Bonev
265
Tingting Shu
206
Sepehr Gharaaty
206

Highly cited breakthrough-labelled papers

  • Digital Twin for Human-Robot Interactive Welding and Welder Behavior Analysis160 citations
  • Fast graspability evaluation on single depth maps for bin picking with general grippers149 citations
  • Dynamic Neuro-Fuzzy-Based Human Intelligence Modeling and Control in GTAW104 citations
  • Joint-action for humans and industrial robots for assembly tasks90 citations
  • Supervised Learning of Human Welder Behaviors for Intelligent Robotic Welding63 citations

Common problems researchers identify

25 papers · 3 recurring themes
3 cards

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Industrial Robot Acceptance IssuesCommon problems researchers identify · 01

Industrial Robot Acceptance Issues

11 papers

44.0% of this theme group

Researchers discuss workforce and cultural barriers to adopting industrial robots.

Industrial robot (9) · Robot (10) · Robotics (4) · Robotic arm (2)

An approach to apply Automated Acceptance Testing for Industrial Robotic Systems

Industrial Robot Acceptance: Effects of Workforce Demographics and Establishing a Culture of Acceptance within Manufacturing Industry

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YearShare index
20221499.1
20231617.7
20241970.9
20251848.3
Safety and Security RisksCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Safety and Security Risks

6 papers

24.0% of this theme group

Papers highlight vulnerabilities and safety challenges in human‑robot collaboration.

Robot (6) · Industrial robot (4)

Security of Industrial Robots: Vulnerabilities, Attacks, and Mitigations

Assessing Safety in Physical Human–Robot Interaction in Industrial Settings: A Systematic Review of Contact Modelling and Impact Measuring M

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YearShare index
202232.4
202334.7
202421.6
202539.4
Welding Process Integration ChallengesCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Welding Process Integration Challenges

6 papers

24.0% of this theme group

Studies examine technical hurdles in combining robotics with advanced welding techniques.

Welding (5) · Mechanical engineering (4) · Robot welding (3) · Laser beam welding (2)

Modelling of hybrid laser–GMA welding: Review and challenges

An Insight into the Scope of Implementation of Intelligent Welding in Welding of Titanium

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YearShare index
2022576.9
2023545.9
2024444.9
2025186.2

A further 2 papers sit in smaller themes.

Opportunities

418 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Broad Automation AdvancesOpportunities · 01

Broad Automation Advances

104 papers

24.9% of this theme group

Works explore new robot programming methods and knowledge representations for manufacturing.

Robot (86) · Industrial robot (38) · Automation (29) · Robotics (22)

An industrial robotic knowledge representation for kit building applications

Transformative industrial robot programming in surface manufacturing

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YearShare index
20221689.3
20231818.2
20242124.2
20252067.7
Precision Control InnovationsOpportunities · 02

Precision Control Innovations

90 papers

21.5% of this theme group

Research focuses on improved control algorithms and kinematic modeling for robot manipulators.

Control theory (24) · Robot (66) · Trajectory (18) · Kinematics (21)

Robust Iterative Learning Control for Vibration Suppression of Industrial Robot Manipulators

Friction modeling with temperature effects for industrial robot manipulators

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YearShare index
2022862.4
2023840.2
2024653.5
2025850.6
Scalable Multi‑Robot WeldingOpportunities · 03

Scalable Multi‑Robot Welding

52 papers

12.4% of this theme group

Papers propose architectures and designs for coordinated robotic welding systems.

Robot welding (40) · Welding (43) · Mechanical engineering (9) · Friction stir welding (5)

Strategies for a scalable multi-robot large scale wire arc additive manufacturing system

Integrated Approach for Multi-Robot Spot-Welding Cell Design and Welding-Point Allocation

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YearShare index
2022583.8
2023551.0
2024449.1
2025185.1
Vision‑Guided Welding TechniquesOpportunities · 04

Vision‑Guided Welding Techniques

51 papers

12.2% of this theme group

Studies develop machine‑vision methods to enhance robotic welding accuracy.

Robot welding (36) · Welding (38) · Robot (25) · Machine vision (6)

Supervised Learning of Human Welder Behaviors for Intelligent Robotic Welding

Vision-based system for welding groove measurements for robotic welding applications

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YearShare index
202252.0
202339.4
202437.5
202540.5
Robot Calibration SolutionsOpportunities · 05

Robot Calibration Solutions

44 papers

10.5% of this theme group

Works present portable and efficient methods for joint offset calibration.

Calibration (21) · Robot calibration (15) · Robot (41) · Offset (8)

Development and sensitivity analysis of a portable calibration system for joint offset of industrial robot

Developing an Efficient Calibration System for Joint Offset of Industrial Robots

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YearShare index
202257.5
202356.1
202446.9
202552.1
Advanced Grasping and ServoingOpportunities · 06

Advanced Grasping and Servoing

44 papers

10.5% of this theme group

Research advances visual servoing and multisensor grasping for industrial manipulators.

Visual servoing (10) · Robot (30) · GRASP (5) · Grippers (6)

High-accuracy visual/PSD hybrid servoing of robotic manipulator

Research on the Industrial Robot Grasping Method Based on Multisensor Data Fusion and Binocular Vision

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YearShare index
2022101.7
202395.5
202473.6
2025109.7
Intelligent Arc Welding ControlOpportunities · 07

Intelligent Arc Welding Control

33 papers

7.9% of this theme group

Papers introduce data‑driven models and predictive control for arc welding processes.

Welding (33) · Gas metal arc welding (13) · Gas tungsten arc welding (11) · Arc welding (8)

Iterative Local ANFIS-Based Human Welder Intelligence Modeling and Control in Pipe GTAW Process: A Data-Driven Approach

Predictive Control for Manual Plasma Arc Pipe Welding

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YearShare index
202291.7
202387.1
202479.7
202562.3

How this field compares with the research baseline

Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.

Research orientationThis fieldReference sample
Promising51.6%37.6%
Breakthrough27.0%26.3%
Descriptive13.2%17.3%
Problem-identifying4.6%9.4%
Comparative1.8%4.0%
Cautionary1.8%4.3%

Concerns receiving less research attention

Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.

Concern / example paperPapersShareRaised as a problemWorldwide share
Energy & datacenter footprint00.0%0 (%)0.02%
Water use00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Carbon & emissions of compute00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Hardware, e-waste & supply chain00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Labour & data work00.0%0 (%)0.1%
Privacy & surveillance00.0%0 (%)0.06%
Safety & misuse00.0%0 (%)0.01%
Bias & fairness00.0%0 (%)0.01%
Concentration of compute power00.0%0 (%)0.01%

Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: United States. This may be broader than the company geography.

GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT

Where companies are based

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