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Between 2017 and 2022, researchers published roughly
140,000
English-language articles on robotics
The global robotics literature grew
46%
between 2017 and 2022
Articles on robotics made up
16%
of all articles on artificial intelligence
Authors from private companies contributed to
5%
of robotics articles
What counts as "robotics" research?How precise are these numbers?What are the other caveats?
Data last updated November 20, 2023

Vital signs

142,403
robotics articles were released between 2017 and 2022 (estd.)
Statistic description
46%
growth in research between 2017 and 2022
Statistic description
16%
of all artificial intelligence articles focused on robotics

Citation impact

10
citations for the average robotics article
14
citations for the average artificial intelligence article

Countries

Documentation
18%
of robotics articles have American authors
Statistic description
29%
have Chinese authors
Statistic description
20%
have European authors
Statistic description
Country Articles (2017-2022)Documentation Growth (2017-2022) Global shareDocumentation Citations per articleDocumentation
China40,666113%29%8
United States25,2107%18%17.6
Japan8,61816%6%7.5

Top-cited articlesDocumentation

Research organizations

Documentation
  • #1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
  • #2 Harbin Institute of Technology (China)
  • #3 Beihang University (China)
Organization Articles
(2017-2022Documentation
Citations per article Documentation Country
Chinese Academy of Sciences2,02113.2China
Harbin Institute of Technology1,4809.9China
Beihang University1,10612.7China

Patents and industry

5%
of robotics articles are cited in patents
5%
of artificial intelligence articles are cited in patents
5%
of robotics articles had authors from private companies (vs 6% of artificial intelligence articles in general)
Statistic description
Company Articles
(2017-2022Documentation
Citations per article Documentation Country
Google26878.6United States
Robert Bosch179110.9Germany
Toyota Motor Corporation15821.9Japan