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Robotics is a growing area of engineering and science technology. Although Australia is hoping to lead the way in robotics, the number of pure-play ASX-listed robotics companies currently isn't very long.
Robotics is a broad term covering everything from design to the construction and operation of robots. It also includes the use of robots in roles normally played by humans, often to reduce errors or speed up processes.
The list below provides an overview of the three largest ASX-listed companies that employ robotics. Data was sourced using TradingView's stock screener on May 27, 2025, and stocks are listed in descending market cap order.
1. WiseTech Global (ASX:WTC)
Market cap: AU$34.84 billion
Share price: AU$107.07
WiseTech Global is a logistical software company that serves multinational companies and small businesses, with over 17,000 clients in 174 countries. Its CargoWise platforms are designed using workflows, automation and robotics.
The tech powerhouse has performed positively over the past month, with its share price rising about 24 percent. In its 2025 fiscal H1 report, the company reported a 17 percent increase in total revenue compared to the year-ago period. WiseTech does pay its shareholder's an interim dividend. On April 11, the company paid out a dividend of AU$0.067 per share, representing a 31 percent increase over the fiscal H1 2024 dividend.
2. DroneShield (ASX:DRO)
Market cap: AU$1.02 billion
Share price: AU$1.19
DroneShield bills itself as the only publicly listed pure-play counterdrone and counter-unmanned aircraft systems solutions provider. The company’s AI-powered hardware and software products focus on radio frequency sensing, sensor fusion, electronic warfare, rapid prototyping and military specification manufacturing.
DroneShield’s first quarter 2025 financial report highlighted its highest revenue quarter in the company’s history, coming in at AU$33.5 million. This represented a 102 percent increase over the first quarter in the previous year.
According to the report, DroneShield has seen a surge of revenue from Europe as countries increase defence spending and Asia, particularly countries neighbouring China.
3. FBR (ASX:FBR)
Market cap: AU$28.45 million
Share price: AU$0.005
FBR designs, develops and builds dynamically stabilised robots for the global construction market. The robots are made to work outdoors and employ FBR's Dynamic Stabilisation Technology.
This technology was first used in the Hadrian X, a brick-laying robot that can build structural walls more efficiently than traditional methods and with less waste. The robots have built both residential and commercial buildings since their launch in 2018.
In late February, FBR announced it had successfully completed a demonstration of its Hadrian robotic robotic automatic technology to Samsung Heavy Industries, a shipbuilding company based in South Korea.
However, this followed news that CRH Ventures in Florida had decided not to pursue a joint venture with FBR despite positive results from a demonstration program. The news sent the value of FBR's shares plummeting by 49 percent to AU$0.019, reported the Motley Fool.
As of early May, the company has completed a AU$6.3 million financing and is implementing cost reduction for its business.
This is an updated version of an article first published by the Investing News Network in 2021.
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