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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 2026-10-10, 43 form-factor clusters with tracked coverage.
| Cluster | 2026-Q4 | 2026-Q3 | 2026-Q2 | 2026-Q1 | 2025-Q4 | 5q total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| other | 6396 | 27040 | 2339 | 1172 | 722 | 37669 |
| aerial | 4277 | 18082 | 799 | 318 | 213 | 23689 |
| av | 1436 | 7448 | 565 | 232 | 111 | 9792 |
| sidewalk | 1225 | 4305 | 197 | 62 | 36 | 5825 |
| wearable | 1034 | 5362 | 208 | 78 | 37 | 6719 |
| humanoid | 890 | 4564 | 630 | 253 | 108 | 6445 |
| biometric | 660 | 2753 | 133 | 41 | 8 | 3595 |
| amr | 639 | 1939 | 254 | 150 | 97 | 3079 |
| brain | 563 | 2402 | 202 | 63 | 31 | 3261 |
| smart home | 527 | 1313 | 68 | 18 | 5 | 1931 |
| personal mobility | 401 | 1519 | 47 | 32 | 14 | 2013 |
| truck | 394 | 2521 | 287 | 109 | 46 | 3357 |
| service | 330 | 1401 | 261 | 121 | 96 | 2209 |
| construction | 269 | 1452 | 46 | 21 | 9 | 1797 |
| lawn mower | 261 | 994 | 107 | 38 | 3 | 1403 |
| space | 212 | 842 | 62 | 26 | 22 | 1164 |
| defense | 144 | 690 | 105 | 70 | 38 | 1047 |
| industrial robot | 115 | 550 | 58 | 22 | 20 | 765 |
| robot vacuum | 91 | 398 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 547 |
| defense ugv | 87 | 336 | 109 | 43 | 38 | 613 |
| maritime | 85 | 524 | 137 | 52 | 39 | 837 |
| agriculture | 76 | 362 | 106 | 67 | 80 | 691 |
| quadruped | 70 | 611 | 107 | 42 | 8 | 838 |
| exoskeleton | 69 | 318 | 14 | 30 | 19 | 450 |
| underwater | 64 | 202 | 65 | 42 | 30 | 403 |
| maritime surface | 44 | 186 | 44 | 16 | 17 | 307 |
| surgical | 13 | 194 | 121 | 70 | 55 | 453 |
| food service | 11 | 54 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 102 |
| companion robot | 10 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 65 |
| infrastructure | 8 | 51 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 96 |
| cobot | 5 | 36 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 117 |
| unclassified | 5 | 22 | — | — | — | 27 |
| manipulator | 4 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 80 |
| commercial cleaning | 3 | 50 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 123 |
| mining | 3 | 28 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 88 |
| window cleaner | 2 | 23 | 4 | — | — | 29 |
| forklift | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| security patrol | — | 2 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 33 |
| mobile | — | 1 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| pool cleaner | — | 5 | 20 | 2 | — | 27 |
| kitchen robot | — | — | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| counter uas | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| agricultural implement | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
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