Mobile Robots & AMR Patents: Who Leads, Where the Gaps Are 2026
Mobile Robots and AMR Patents: Filing Trends, Leaders and Open Claim Space
Filing growth has cooled from its 2023 peak. 580 records in 2023 gave way to a -22% move from 460 (2021) to 357 (2024), the most recent year that can be read as complete. Annual filings rose from 141 in 2017 to a peak of 580 in 2023, then eased to 357 in 2024 — a -22% move from the 460 filed in 2021. 2025 and 2026 figures are still filling in under the publication lag and should not be read as a real decline yet.
- 1IROBOT CORP7.9%
- 2STRONG FORCE VCN PORTFOLIO 2019 LLC4.0%
- 3HONDA MOTOR CO LTD3.0%
- 4FIVE AI LTD1.9%
- 5STRONG FORCE IOT PORTFOLIO 2016 LLC1.9%
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- The complete ranking, not just the top five
- Every IPC branch with its share of the corpus
- The most-cited records, and where claim space is still thin
Common questions about this landscape
Who holds the most mobile robot and AMR patents?
One assignee leads the ranked field with 386 records, more than four times the count of the fifth-placed holder at 92. That said, the top 5 assignees combined account for only 18.7% of the 4,912 records in scope and the top 10 for 26.4%, so leadership at the top does not translate into control of the field. A large majority of filings sit with a long tail of smaller and single-filing entrants, which matters for anyone doing a clearance search.
Is mobile robot patent filing still growing?
Filing volume rose steadily from 141 records in 2017 to a peak of 580 in 2023, then eased to 357 in 2024, a -22% move from the 460 filed in 2021. That is the most recent year-on-year comparison that can be treated as reliable, because publication lags filing by roughly 18 months and 2025-2026 counts are still filling in. Read the recent apparent dip as incomplete data, not confirmed decline.
What technology areas dominate mobile robot patent claims?
Control of non-electric variables (IPC class G05D) appears on 38.1% of the 4,912 records and manipulators and robots (B25J) on 25.4%, making them the two densest claim areas by a clear margin. Navigation and positioning classes such as G01C and G01S sit lower, each around 12%, as do AI-model class G06N and image-processing class G06T. Because a single record can carry multiple IPC classes, these shares add to more than 100% and should not be summed.
Disclaimer. This analysis is based on Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent records and is provided for general information and reference only. Patent data carries inherent limitations — recent filings are under-counted because of publication lag, counts may be on a record or family basis, classification and applicant-name data may contain errors or duplicates, and the underlying search query defines the scope shown — so the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
Nothing here is an exhaustive prior-art, novelty, freedom-to-operate or validity search, nor does it constitute legal, financial or professional advice, and it should not be relied upon as such. Verify independently and review with qualified patent and legal professionals before acting on it.
Method: Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Mobile Robots & AMRs Patent Landscape covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-08-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish. Every share divides by all records in scope. Data: Patsnap Eureka. See the full landscape report.