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Which physical-AI clusters get the most press coverage?
Article counts by robot form factor across the last five quarters. Every cell is a distinct-article count from the tracked press corpus. As of 2026-11-11, 42 form-factor clusters with tracked coverage.
| Cluster | 2026-Q4 | 2026-Q3 | 2026-Q2 | 2026-Q1 | 2025-Q4 | 5q total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| other | 1527 | 2704 | 1848 | 1247 | 829 | 8155 |
| aerial | 723 | 1143 | 275 | 153 | 113 | 2407 |
| humanoid | 682 | 1434 | 578 | 256 | 92 | 3042 |
| truck | 340 | 892 | 243 | 104 | 45 | 1624 |
| av | 339 | 973 | 266 | 106 | 31 | 1715 |
| amr | 263 | 411 | 201 | 118 | 87 | 1080 |
| sidewalk | 204 | 355 | 121 | 42 | 26 | 748 |
| defense | 202 | 343 | 51 | 40 | 16 | 652 |
| brain | 164 | 251 | 141 | 46 | 24 | 626 |
| defense ugv | 160 | 193 | 107 | 44 | 39 | 543 |
| space | 158 | 310 | 73 | 56 | 67 | 664 |
| quadruped | 158 | 284 | 92 | 39 | 9 | 582 |
| wearable | 156 | 204 | 55 | 65 | 26 | 506 |
| biometric | 152 | 281 | 55 | 46 | 16 | 550 |
| exoskeleton | 117 | 174 | 23 | 31 | 24 | 369 |
| personal mobility | 106 | 128 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 265 |
| underwater | 101 | 124 | 62 | 45 | 30 | 362 |
| service | 99 | 254 | 154 | 69 | 57 | 633 |
| construction | 91 | 83 | 57 | 57 | 25 | 313 |
| maritime surface | 84 | 116 | 41 | 15 | 16 | 272 |
| robot vacuum | 81 | 212 | 59 | 36 | 13 | 401 |
| smart home | 71 | 140 | 11 | 6 | — | 228 |
| agriculture | 65 | 113 | 82 | 63 | 79 | 402 |
| maritime | 54 | 112 | 126 | 48 | 41 | 381 |
| companion robot | 46 | 66 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 168 |
| industrial robot | 42 | 69 | 73 | 47 | 35 | 266 |
| cobot | 40 | 44 | 47 | 25 | 21 | 177 |
| surgical | 36 | 137 | 115 | 72 | 54 | 414 |
| lawn mower | 33 | 81 | 99 | 56 | 14 | 283 |
| mining | 21 | 43 | 54 | 26 | 16 | 160 |
| commercial cleaning | 17 | 38 | 36 | 32 | 11 | 134 |
| infrastructure | 16 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 76 |
| manipulator | 14 | 34 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 103 |
| inspection | 13 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 35 |
| security patrol | 8 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 44 |
| forklift | 4 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 82 |
| window cleaner | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 35 |
| counter uas | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 26 |
| food service | 1 | 8 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 60 |
| drone | 1 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| kitchen robot | — | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 25 |
| pool cleaner | — | 4 | 19 | 2 | — | 25 |
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