Topic areas

Between 2019 and 2024, researchers published roughly
245,000
English-language articles on robotics
The global robotics literature grew
41%
between 2019 and 2024
Articles on robotics made up
14%
of all articles on artificial intelligence
Authors from private companies contributed to
5%
of robotics articles
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Data last updated August 11, 2026.

Vital signs

  1. 246,730
  2. 41%
  3. 14%

Yearly global robotics research

Citation impact

  1. 13
  2. 19

Countries

  1. 15%
  2. 26%
  3. 20%

Robotics research over time

Country Articles
(2019-2024)
Growth
(2019-2024)
Global share
(2019-2024)
Citations per article
(2019-2024)
China 64,020 86% 26% 14.7
United States 37,957 14% 15% 21.4
Japan 16,996 1% 7% 7.5

Top-cited articles

Research organizations

  • #1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
  • #2 Harbin Institute of Technology (China)
  • #3 Tsinghua University (China)
Organization Articles
(2019-2024)
Citations per article
(2019-2024)
Country
Chinese Academy of Sciences 3,417 20.9 China
Harbin Institute of Technology 2,504 17.2 China
Tsinghua University 2,171 29.1 China

Patents and industry

  1. 5%
  2. 6%
  3. 5%

Top industry organizations by publication count

Company Articles (2019-2024) Citations per article
(2019-2024)
Country
Honda 288 18.5 Japan
Google 271 113.1 United States
Nvidia 249 75.7 United States
Research subject classifications are based on work supported in part by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation under Grant No. G-2023-22358. For details on our sourcing, methodology, and limitations, see the tool documentation.