Each bar is a year, and its height is the number of U.S. robot makers founded in it. The peak marks the year the most people set out to build robots.
Year founded
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Which year produced the most makers?
2017 leads with 37 of 441 charted U.S. makers (8%) founded that year.
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How many makers are recent?
254 of 441 charted makers (58%) were founded between 2017 and 2026.
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What did we count?
The chart counts U.S.-headquartered organizations that make robots. The catalog calls them “makers.” Each maker is counted once, in the year of its confirmed founding date.
117 makers with no confirmed founding date are not on the chart.