{"list":"Robotics 100","list_slug":"robotics","facet":"region","value":"North America","edition":"November 2026","published_at":"2026-11-01T13:18:02.499959+00:00","count":38,"of":100,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/leaders/robotics/region/north-america","members":[{"rank":1,"name":"Intuitive Surgical","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/intuitive-surgical","category":"Systems","segment":"Medical & surgical","country":"United States","score":100,"positioning":"Intuitive 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."},{"rank":2,"name":"NVIDIA","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/nvidia","category":"Software","segment":"Simulation & synthetic data","country":"United States","score":98,"positioning":"NVIDIA develops Isaac Sim, a robotics simulation platform that supports importing FANUC ROBOGUIDE motion simulations and enables robot development and testing."},{"rank":3,"name":"Caterpillar Inc.","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/caterpillar-inc","category":"Systems","segment":"Field & outdoor","country":"United States","score":96,"positioning":"Caterpillar develops and deploys autonomous construction and mining equipment for jobsites, factories, and other outdoor worksites, including CivNav-guided machines and physical-AI systems."},{"rank":5,"name":"Amazon Robotics","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/amazon-robotics","category":"Systems","segment":"Mobile robots & AMRs","country":"United States","score":94.5,"positioning":"Amazon Robotics develops and deploys autonomous mobile robots for warehouse material movement, originating with Kiva Systems and processing billions of packages."},{"rank":7,"name":"Waymo","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/waymo","category":"Systems","segment":"Autonomous vehicles & driving","country":"United States","score":94,"positioning":"Waymo develops and operates autonomous robotaxis, including its own self-driving system and commercial fleets serving riders across multiple cities."},{"rank":16,"name":"Anduril","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/anduril","category":"Systems","segment":"Defense & security","country":"United States","score":90,"positioning":"Anduril builds and supplies autonomous defense systems, including combat drones, counter-UAS systems, autonomous warships, attack rotorcraft, and the Lattice command-and-control platform."},{"rank":23,"name":"Cognex","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/cognex","category":"Sensing","segment":"Vision & 3D perception","country":"United States","score":87,"positioning":"Cognex supplies machine-vision cameras and inspection systems for robot guidance and production quality control, including the In-Sight 3900 with embedded AI inspection."},{"rank":28,"name":"John Deere","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/john-deere","category":"Systems","segment":"Field & outdoor","country":"United States","score":86,"positioning":"Through Bear Flag Robotics, GUSS Automation, and autonomous tractor initiatives, John Deere builds and deploys autonomous agricultural machinery for field and orchard operations."},{"rank":29,"name":"Stryker","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/stryker","category":"Systems","segment":"Medical & surgical","country":"United States","score":86,"positioning":"Stryker sells Mako SmartRobotics and handheld robotic systems that assist surgeons in joint replacement and other orthopaedic procedures."},{"rank":37,"name":"Scale AI","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/scale-ai","category":"Infrastructure","segment":"Data platforms","country":"United States","score":85,"positioning":"Scale AI launched UR AI Trainer, software that lets human operators guide Universal Robots through tasks using force feedback."},{"rank":41,"name":"Zebra Technologies","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/zebra-technologies","category":"Sensing","segment":"Vision & 3D perception","country":"United States","score":84,"positioning":"Zebra marketed Fetch autonomous mobile robots and its Symmetry Fulfillment robot-assisted picking solution to logistics and warehouse customers."},{"rank":42,"name":"Gatik","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/gatik","category":"Systems","segment":"Autonomous vehicles & driving","country":"United States","score":83.5,"positioning":"Gatik develops and deploys SAE Level 4 autonomous trucks for commercial freight routes. Its fully driverless vehicles operate customer-facing delivery services across North America."},{"rank":48,"name":"Tesla","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/tesla","category":"Systems","segment":"Autonomous vehicles & driving","country":"United States","score":83,"positioning":"Tesla builds and deploys autonomous Cybercab robotaxis and operates driverless vehicle trials on public roads."},{"rank":49,"name":"Google DeepMind","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/google-deepmind","category":"Software","segment":"Robot foundation models & world models","country":"United States","score":82.5,"positioning":"Google DeepMind develops Gemini Robotics, a vision-language-action foundation model for robots, and applies it across humanoid and other robotic platforms."},{"rank":52,"name":"Vention","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/vention","category":"Manufacturing","segment":"Production equipment","country":"Canada","score":82,"positioning":"Vention builds and sells industrial automation systems for manufacturers, including robotic work cells, palletizers, bin-picking, welding and machine-tending systems."},{"rank":53,"name":"Serve Robotics","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/serve-robotics","category":"Systems","segment":"Mobile robots & AMRs","country":"United States","score":82,"positioning":"Serve Robotics develops and operates autonomous sidewalk delivery robots in U.S. neighborhoods and, through Diligent Robotics, Moxi hospital delivery robots."},{"rank":54,"name":"Nuro","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/nuro","category":"Systems","segment":"Autonomous vehicles & driving","country":"United States","score":82,"positioning":"Nuro develops autonomous-driving systems for large-scale L4 robotaxi deployments and autonomous sidewalk delivery services, including programs with Uber and Lucid."},{"rank":55,"name":"Waabi","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/waabi","category":"Systems","segment":"Autonomous vehicles & driving","country":"Canada","score":82,"positioning":"Waabi builds autonomous-driving systems through Waabi Driver and is developing and deploying Level 4 autonomous trucks and robotaxis with partners including Uber, Volvo and Aurora."},{"rank":56,"name":"Qualcomm","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/qualcomm","category":"Components","segment":"Compute & controllers","country":"United States","score":81.5,"positioning":"Qualcomm supplies Dragonwing processors and compute modules that give industrial robots, cognitive robots, vision systems and autonomous-driving platforms on-device AI and control."},{"rank":57,"name":"Symbotic","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/symbotic","category":"Systems","segment":"Mobile robots & AMRs","country":"United States","score":81,"positioning":"Symbotic builds and deploys autonomous mobile robots for warehouse and logistics automation. Its SymBot system coordinates thousands of mobile robots across logistics networks."},{"rank":58,"name":"Carbon Robotics","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/carbon-robotics","category":"Systems","segment":"Field & outdoor","country":"United States","score":81,"positioning":"Carbon Robotics builds autonomous agricultural systems, including the LaserWeeder and Carbon Autonomy Tractor Kit for autonomous tractor operations and implement integration."},{"rank":60,"name":"Zimmer Biomet","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/zimmer-biomet","category":"Systems","segment":"Medical & surgical","country":"United States","score":81,"positioning":"Zimmer Biomet develops and sells ROSA robotic surgical systems for orthopedic procedures, including robotic assistance and navigation for knee, hip, and brain surgery."},{"rank":62,"name":"Saronic","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/saronic","category":"Systems","segment":"Marine & underwater","country":"United States","score":81,"positioning":"Saronic 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."},{"rank":66,"name":"Zipline","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/zipline","category":"Systems","segment":"Drones & aerial","country":"United States","score":81,"positioning":"Zipline 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."},{"rank":69,"name":"Skydio","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/skydio","category":"Systems","segment":"Drones & aerial","country":"United States","score":80,"positioning":"Skydio builds and sells autonomous drones, including the Skydio X10, for aerial operations in low-light and other environments."},{"rank":70,"name":"GUSS","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/guss","category":"Systems","segment":"Field & outdoor","country":"United States","score":80,"positioning":"GUSS 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."},{"rank":71,"name":"Wing","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/wing","category":"Systems","segment":"Drones & aerial","country":"United States","score":80,"positioning":"Wing develops and operates autonomous delivery drones for retail deliveries and medical blood-sample transport."},{"rank":75,"name":"Uber","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/uber","category":"Operators & services","segment":"Ground","country":"United States","score":80,"positioning":"Uber offers autonomous ride services on its platform using robotaxis from partners such as Motional and Avride, having exited in-house autonomy development."},{"rank":77,"name":"Shield AI","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/shield-ai","category":"Systems","segment":"Defense & security","country":"United States","score":80,"positioning":"Shield 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."},{"rank":88,"name":"Procept BioRobotics","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/procept-biorobotics","category":"Systems","segment":"Medical & surgical","country":"United States","score":78,"positioning":"Procept BioRobotics develops and sells robotic surgical systems for urologic procedures, including the AquaBeam Robotic System for waterjet ablation in benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment."},{"rank":89,"name":"Brain Corp","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/brain-corp","category":"Infrastructure","segment":"Fleet operations","country":"United States","score":78,"positioning":"Brain 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."},{"rank":90,"name":"Bright Machines","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/bright-machines","category":"Manufacturing","segment":"Production equipment","country":"United States","score":78,"positioning":"Bright Machines builds and deploys automated robotic manufacturing cells and software-defined production equipment in customer factories."},{"rank":91,"name":"Foxglove","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/foxglove","category":"Software","segment":"Middleware & developer tools","country":"United States","score":78,"positioning":"Foxglove provides a data platform for robotics teams to record, store, search, visualize and compare multimodal robot data."},{"rank":92,"name":"Applied Intuition","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/applied-intuition","category":"Software","segment":"Simulation & synthetic data","country":"United States","score":78,"positioning":"Applied Intuition sells autonomous-driving software for vehicle manufacturers, fleet operators, and autonomous trucking deployments."},{"rank":94,"name":"Teradyne","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/teradyne","category":"Systems","segment":"Industrial arms & cobots","country":"United States","score":78,"positioning":"Teradyne sells Universal Robots collaborative robot arms and MiR autonomous mobile robots for production environments."},{"rank":97,"name":"Path Robotics","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/path-robotics","category":"Software","segment":"Motion planning & control","country":"United States","score":77.5,"positioning":"Path Robotics sells autonomous robotic welding cells and production systems to manufacturers, shipyards, and industrial fabrication customers."},{"rank":99,"name":"Autonomous Solutions Inc.","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/autonomous-solutions-inc","category":"Infrastructure","segment":"Fleet operations","country":"United States","score":71,"positioning":"ASI sells Mobius, a fleet-orchestration platform for remote, semi-autonomous, and autonomous industrial vehicles, serving agriculture, mining, construction, landscaping, and logistics customers."},{"rank":100,"name":"DoorDash Air","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/doordash-air","category":"Operators & services","segment":"Air","country":"United States","score":62,"positioning":"DoorDash Air runs autonomous drone-delivery services for customers, through partnerships with Flytrex and Wing and planned first-party deployments."}]}