Mapping the Physical AI Safety Gap: A Multi-Source Industry Survey

Author

Mati Melchior · Independent Physical AI Safety Researcher

Published

2026-05

DOI

10.5281/zenodo.20048454

Licence

CC BY 4.0

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Abstract

Robotics venture investment reached approximately fourteen billion United States dollars in 2025, up from approximately seven point eight billion in 2024. The International Federation of Robotics reports an installed base of 4.664 million industrial robots, with 542,000 new installations in 2024. Investment in the safety infrastructure that governs these systems is, by contrast, not separately tracked in any public funding or industry index. This paper maps the resulting Physical AI Safety Gap using public-source data and a hedged, multi-measure framework. The base survey covers 155 organizations: 123 Israeli companies drawn from the Israel Innovation Authority national strategy report of…

Keywords Physical AI Safety · industry survey · ecosystem mapping · certification · IIA · Israel

Cite as

Mati Melchior (2026). Mapping the Physical AI Safety Gap: A Multi-Source Industry Survey. Physical AI Safety Press. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20048454