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Robotics Industry Timeline

Explore the growth of the robotics industry from 1980 to present day

1648
Companies Tracked
2016
Peak Year (154 companies)
310
Founded 2020+
45
Years of Data

Companies Founded by Year (1980-2025)

Cumulative Growth

Companies by Decade

1980s
52
companies
1990s
62
companies
2000s
149
companies
2010s
875
companies
2020s
310
companies

Notable Industry Events

2012
Amazon acquires Kiva Systems for $775M
2013
Google acquires 8 robotics companies
2014
Collaborative robot (cobot) boom begins
2015
ROS 2 development starts
2016
Peak year for robotics startup formations
2017
AI integration accelerates
2020
COVID-19 drives automation surge
2024
Humanoid robot commercialization begins

Recent Company Formations

2022 50 companies founded
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Adaptronics
Italy
AIBotics
Israel
Amini
Kenya
Anyware Robotics
United States
ARX Robotics
Germany
AstroForge
United States
2023 49 companies founded
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AgiBot
China
Andromeda Robotics
Australia
Astribot
China
Augmodo
United States
Beijing Innovation Center for Humanoid Robotics
China
Cyborg Robotics
China
2024 47 companies founded
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AutoPallet Robotics
United States
Autumn Labs
United States
Azalea Robotics
United States
Bedrock Robotics
United States
Blue Water Autonomy
United States
Bone AI
South Korea

Year by Year Breakdown

YearCompaniesDistributionCumulative
202529
1448
202447
1419
202349
1372
202250
1323
202148
1273
202087
1225
2019112
1138
2018122
1026
2017128
904
2016154
776
2015108
622
201494
514
201356
420
201241
364
201128
323
201032
295
200920
263
200812
243
200721
231
200615
210

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