COMPANY HEAD-TO-HEAD · 2026

Intuitive Surgical vs Waymo

AI patents · R&D spend · automation score · deployment metrics

Intuitive Surgical
healthcare-robotics
27.4
Automation Score
HQ: USA · Founded 1995
🏆 Automation Score
27.4
▲ HIGHER SCORE
📋 AI Patents
3,100
▲ MORE PATENTS
🔬 R&D Spend
$1.2B
🤖 Deployed Units
9,200
robots + AV fleet combined
▲ MORE DEPLOYED
VS
Score
Patents
R&D
Units
Waymo
Autonomous Vehicle Companies
16.7
Automation Score
HQ: USA · Founded 2009
🏆 Automation Score
16.7
📋 AI Patents
1,340
🔬 R&D Spend
$3.0B
▲ MORE R&D
🤖 Deployed Units
1,200
robots + AV fleet combined

View Full Profiles

Intuitive Surgical Full Profile → Waymo Full Profile →

Also Compare Intuitive Surgical

vs Microsoft AI vs Amazon Web Services AI vs Amazon Robotics vs Google DeepMind vs Meta AI vs NVIDIA vs Tesla vs Siemens Automation