36 of the 100 companies on the Robotics 100 are based in United States, 36% of the list, across 7 categories and 19 segments. The highest ranked is Intuitive Surgical, rank 1 of 100 with a score of 100. Ranking and scores from the November 2026 edition, the assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence of the robotics landscape.
| Rank | Company | Category / segment | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intuitive SurgicalIntuitive Surgical develops and sells da Vinci robotic surgical systems, including the da Vinci 5 platform cleared for cardiac procedures. Its core business is medical and surgical robotics. | Systems / Medical & surgical | United States | 100 |
| 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 |
| 3 | Caterpillar Inc.Caterpillar develops and deploys autonomous construction and mining equipment for jobsites, factories, and other outdoor worksites, including CivNav-guided machines and physical-AI systems. | Systems / Field & outdoor | United States | 96 |
| 5 | Amazon RoboticsAmazon Robotics develops and deploys autonomous mobile robots for warehouse material movement, originating with Kiva Systems and processing billions of packages. | Systems / Mobile robots & AMRs | United States | 94.5 |
| 7 | WaymoWaymo develops and operates autonomous robotaxis, including its own self-driving system and commercial fleets serving riders across multiple cities. | Systems / Autonomous vehicles & driving | United States | 94 |
| 16 | AndurilAnduril builds and supplies autonomous defense systems, including combat drones, counter-UAS systems, autonomous warships, attack rotorcraft, and the Lattice command-and-control platform. | Systems / Defense & security | United States | 90 |
| 23 | CognexCognex supplies machine-vision cameras and inspection systems for robot guidance and production quality control, including the In-Sight 3900 with embedded AI inspection. | Sensing / Vision & 3D perception | United States | 87 |
| 28 | John DeereThrough Bear Flag Robotics, GUSS Automation, and autonomous tractor initiatives, John Deere builds and deploys autonomous agricultural machinery for field and orchard operations. | Systems / Field & outdoor | United States | 86 |
| 29 | StrykerStryker sells Mako SmartRobotics and handheld robotic systems that assist surgeons in joint replacement and other orthopaedic procedures. | Systems / Medical & surgical | United States | 86 |
| 37 | Scale AIScale AI launched UR AI Trainer, software that lets human operators guide Universal Robots through tasks using force feedback. | Infrastructure / Data platforms | United States | 85 |
| 41 | Zebra TechnologiesZebra marketed Fetch autonomous mobile robots and its Symmetry Fulfillment robot-assisted picking solution to logistics and warehouse customers. | Sensing / Vision & 3D perception | United States | 84 |
| 42 | GatikGatik develops and deploys SAE Level 4 autonomous trucks for commercial freight routes. Its fully driverless vehicles operate customer-facing delivery services across North America. | Systems / Autonomous vehicles & driving | United States | 83.5 |
| 48 | TeslaTesla builds and deploys autonomous Cybercab robotaxis and operates driverless vehicle trials on public roads. | Systems / Autonomous vehicles & driving | United States | 83 |
| 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 |
| 53 | Serve RoboticsServe Robotics develops and operates autonomous sidewalk delivery robots in U.S. neighborhoods and, through Diligent Robotics, Moxi hospital delivery robots. | Systems / Mobile robots & AMRs | United States | 82 |
| 54 | NuroNuro develops autonomous-driving systems for large-scale L4 robotaxi deployments and autonomous sidewalk delivery services, including programs with Uber and Lucid. | Systems / Autonomous vehicles & driving | United States | 82 |
| 56 | QualcommQualcomm supplies Dragonwing processors and compute modules that give industrial robots, cognitive robots, vision systems and autonomous-driving platforms on-device AI and control. | Components / Compute & controllers | United States | 81.5 |
| 57 | SymboticSymbotic builds and deploys autonomous mobile robots for warehouse and logistics automation. Its SymBot system coordinates thousands of mobile robots across logistics networks. | Systems / Mobile robots & AMRs | United States | 81 |
| 58 | Carbon RoboticsCarbon Robotics builds autonomous agricultural systems, including the LaserWeeder and Carbon Autonomy Tractor Kit for autonomous tractor operations and implement integration. | Systems / Field & outdoor | United States | 81 |
| 60 | Zimmer BiometZimmer Biomet develops and sells ROSA robotic surgical systems for orthopedic procedures, including robotic assistance and navigation for knee, hip, and brain surgery. | Systems / Medical & surgical | United States | 81 |
| 62 | SaronicSaronic develops autonomous defense vessels and robotics systems, including the Marauder and Corsair, and holds a USD 392 million production contract with the U.S. Navy. | Systems / Marine & underwater | United States | 81 |
| 66 | ZiplineZipline builds autonomous drone-delivery systems and operates them for healthcare and commercial deliveries. Its core business is the design and deployment of aerial robotic systems. | Systems / Drones & aerial | United States | 81 |
| 69 | SkydioSkydio builds and sells autonomous drones, including the Skydio X10, for aerial operations in low-light and other environments. | Systems / Drones & aerial | United States | 80 |
| 70 | GUSSGUSS builds autonomous orchard and vineyard machines for agricultural navigation and operations. Its next-generation fleet is being developed for outdoor environments, including GNSS-challenged settings. | Systems / Field & outdoor | United States | 80 |
| 71 | WingWing develops and operates autonomous delivery drones for retail deliveries and medical blood-sample transport. | Systems / Drones & aerial | United States | 80 |
| 75 | UberUber offers autonomous ride services on its platform using robotaxis from partners such as Motional and Avride, having exited in-house autonomy development. | Operators & services / Ground | United States | 80 |
| 77 | Shield AIShield AI develops and deploys autonomous military aircraft and drones, including V-BAT and X-BAT, for ISR and other defense missions. Its systems also support counter-drone operations through Tracker C-UAS. | Systems / Defense & security | United States | 80 |
| 88 | Procept BioRoboticsProcept BioRobotics develops and sells robotic surgical systems for urologic procedures, including the AquaBeam Robotic System for waterjet ablation in benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment. | Systems / Medical & surgical | United States | 78 |
| 89 | Brain CorpBrain Corp develops BrainOS autonomy software that powers tens of thousands of robots, including autonomous industrial sweepers and AMRs, enabling navigation and safe real-world operation. | Infrastructure / Fleet operations | United States | 78 |
| 90 | Bright MachinesBright Machines builds and deploys automated robotic manufacturing cells and software-defined production equipment in customer factories. | Manufacturing / Production equipment | United States | 78 |
| 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 |
| 94 | TeradyneTeradyne sells Universal Robots collaborative robot arms and MiR autonomous mobile robots for production environments. | Systems / Industrial arms & cobots | 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 |
| 99 | Autonomous Solutions Inc.ASI sells Mobius, a fleet-orchestration platform for remote, semi-autonomous, and autonomous industrial vehicles, serving agriculture, mining, construction, landscaping, and logistics customers. | Infrastructure / Fleet operations | United States | 71 |
| 100 | DoorDash AirDoorDash Air runs autonomous drone-delivery services for customers, through partnerships with Flytrex and Wing and planned first-party deployments. | Operators & services / Air | United States | 62 |
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36 of the 100 companies on the Robotics 100 are based in United States: Intuitive Surgical, NVIDIA, Caterpillar Inc., Amazon Robotics and Waymo and 31 more. Intuitive Surgical ranks highest (rank 1 of 100, score 100). Ranking from the Robotics 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.
Intuitive Surgical ranks highest (rank 1 of 100, score 100). Next: NVIDIA, Caterpillar Inc. and Amazon Robotics. Ranking from the Robotics 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.
36 of 100, 36% of the list. Ranking from the Robotics 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.
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