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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 2026-08-25, 40 form-factor clusters with tracked coverage.
| Cluster | 2026-Q3 | 2026-Q2 | 2026-Q1 | 2025-Q4 | 2025-Q3 | 5q total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aerial | 6003 | 607 | 219 | 149 | 105 | 7083 |
| wearable | 2169 | 202 | 71 | 34 | 29 | 2505 |
| humanoid | 1867 | 525 | 172 | 77 | 37 | 2678 |
| av | 1389 | 320 | 100 | 28 | 12 | 1849 |
| other | 1186 | 352 | 175 | 106 | 92 | 1911 |
| biometric | 1181 | 127 | 40 | 8 | 8 | 1364 |
| truck | 964 | 248 | 67 | 23 | 19 | 1321 |
| sidewalk | 891 | 159 | 50 | 32 | 23 | 1155 |
| construction | 654 | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 746 |
| amr | 645 | 138 | 88 | 45 | 46 | 962 |
| smart home | 590 | 68 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 684 |
| service | 541 | 216 | 95 | 54 | 41 | 947 |
| space | 466 | 62 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 596 |
| lawn mower | 382 | 107 | 38 | 3 | 11 | 541 |
| personal mobility | 300 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 339 |
| quadruped | 254 | 79 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 374 |
| industrial robot | 216 | 56 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 335 |
| defense | 173 | 32 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 238 |
| defense ugv | 166 | 109 | 43 | 38 | 12 | 368 |
| robot vacuum | 154 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 215 |
| exoskeleton | 140 | 14 | 30 | 19 | 17 | 220 |
| maritime surface | 107 | 44 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 204 |
| underwater | 105 | 65 | 42 | 30 | 19 | 261 |
| agriculture | 104 | 70 | 28 | 51 | 31 | 284 |
| surgical | 79 | 108 | 66 | 42 | 16 | 311 |
| maritime | 53 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 114 |
| cobot | 27 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 112 |
| food service | 20 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 59 |
| commercial cleaning | 19 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 95 |
| manipulator | 17 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 75 |
| companion robot | 17 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 42 |
| window cleaner | 16 | 4 | — | — | — | 20 |
| mining | 10 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 60 |
| unclassified | 10 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| pool cleaner | 5 | 20 | 2 | — | — | 27 |
| security patrol | 2 | 17 | 9 | 5 | — | 33 |
| forklift | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| mobile | — | 11 | 2 | 13 | — | 26 |
| kitchen robot | — | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| counter uas | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 |
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Rebuilt every 15 minutes from press_articles × press_article_companies × models. Each article counted once per cluster; a company producing two form factors contributes to both. Rank is by most-recent quarter first. Related: the inverse (high heat, low press).