5 of the 100 companies on the Robotics 100 are in the Software category (5% of the list), in 4 segments and from 1 country. The highest ranked is NVIDIA, rank 2 of 100 with a score of 98. Ranking and scores from the November 2026 edition, the assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence of the robotics landscape.
| Rank | Company | Category / segment | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | NVIDIANVIDIA develops Isaac Sim, a robotics simulation platform that supports importing FANUC ROBOGUIDE motion simulations and enables robot development and testing. | Software / Simulation & synthetic data | United States | 98 |
| 49 | Google DeepMindGoogle DeepMind develops Gemini Robotics, a vision-language-action foundation model for robots, and applies it across humanoid and other robotic platforms. | Software / Robot foundation models & world models | United States | 82.5 |
| 91 | FoxgloveFoxglove provides a data platform for robotics teams to record, store, search, visualize and compare multimodal robot data. | Software / Middleware & developer tools | United States | 78 |
| 92 | Applied IntuitionApplied Intuition sells autonomous-driving software for vehicle manufacturers, fleet operators, and autonomous trucking deployments. | Software / Simulation & synthetic data | United States | 78 |
| 97 | Path RoboticsPath Robotics sells autonomous robotic welding cells and production systems to manufacturers, shipyards, and industrial fabrication customers. | Software / Motion planning & control | United States | 77.5 |
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NVIDIA ranks highest (rank 2 of 100, score 98). The Software category holds 5 of the 100 companies on the Robotics 100: NVIDIA, Google DeepMind, Foxglove, Applied Intuition and Path Robotics. Ranking from the Robotics 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.
NVIDIA, Google DeepMind, Foxglove, Applied Intuition and Path Robotics. Ranking from the Robotics 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.
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