Autonomous Path Planning

Algorithms and systems for generating, optimizing, and executing trajectories for autonomous vehicles or robots to move through an environment, often involving obstacle avoidance, route validation, and goal reaching.

8,645 US filings from 1,439 companies since 2023 · 2023: 2,109 · 2024: 2,767 · 2025: 2,556 · 2026 YTD: 1,213

Aircraft & AerodynamicsUnmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones)Navigation & GeodesyIndustrial & Autonomous ControlTraffic Control SystemsManipulators & RoboticsHarvesting & MowingImage Processing

Top companies

Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.

#	Company	Since 2023	2023	2024	2025	2026 YTD	YoY
1	Waymo LLC	350	97	124	106	23	-14.5%
2	GM Cruise Holdings LLC	305	95	134	60	16	-55.2%
3	Nvidia Corporation	261	48	80	82	51	+2.5%
4	Zoox, Inc.	248	45	76	86	41	+13.2%
5	TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA	214	47	67	72	28	+7.5%
6	Hyundai Motor Company	180	36	56	51	37	-8.9%
7	Motional AD LLC	174	59	65	34	16	-47.7%
8	GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC	173	35	64	48	26	-25.0%
9	Kia Corporation	170	27	55	51	37	-7.3%
10	HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.	168	30	48	68	22	+41.7%
11	MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.	137	35	36	39	27	+8.3%
12	Ford Global Technologies, LLC	136	37	51	41	7	-19.6%
13	Robert Bosch GmbH	136	24	37	41	34	+10.8%
14	Aurora Operations, Inc.	132	9	38	63	22	+65.8%
15	TUSIMPLE, INC.	117	51	40	26	·	-35.0%
16	TORC Robotics, Inc.	91	·	18	45	28	+150.0%
17	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.	90	20	29	15	26	-48.3%
18	International Business Machines Corporation	82	35	20	19	8	-5.0%
19	SONY GROUP CORPORATION	81	19	22	32	8	+45.5%
20	UATC, LLC	78	42	33	3	·	-90.9%
21	Argo AI, LLC	77	45	32	·	·	—
22	BAIDU USA LLC	75	47	22	5	1	-77.3%
23	HERE GLOBAL B.V.	64	31	15	10	8	-33.3%
24	Toyota Research Institute, Inc.	63	26	22	9	6	-59.1%
25	LG ELECTRONICS INC.	59	25	19	11	4	-42.1%