Data as of Oct 27, 2026.
Robotics ETFs: what each one holds
See every robotics ETF by what it holds, not by its name. Funds that hold the makers of industrial robots and factory automation, and the parts and software inside them. 10 funds, largest first. Updated Oct 27, 2026. The typical fund carries 22% of its weight in S&P 500 stocks, the 32nd most of the 53 themes with holdings on file.
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What these funds actually own
Between them the 9 funds' ten largest holdings name 79 companies, of which 10 appear in more than one.More
NVIDIA CORP is among the ten largest of 3 of them, at an average of 5.4% of the fund.
Robotics and automation ETFs, the companies their ten largest holdings name. The 15 most widely held of 79. Source: each fund's latest SEC filing or its issuer’s own daily holdings file, read by ETFIQ.
How this is counted
Each row counts the ten largest holdings of each fund, so a fund missing from a row may still hold that company lower down. Weights are of the funds that name it, not of the theme.
Share of each fund's weight in S&P 500 companies. Above half, the fund is mostly the S&P 500.
Dark line: the S&P 500 over the same days, +13.5%. Last column: the gap to each fund's own benchmark, in points.
The 10 largest robotics ETFs
ETFIQ covers 10 robotics ETFs. The largest are BOTZ ($3.3bn), ROBO ($2.0bn) and ARKQ ($1.8bn); fees run 0.47% to 0.99%, as of .
- 1BOTZ$3.3bn0.68%Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF
- 2ROBO$2.0bn0.95%ROBO Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF
- 3ARKQ$1.8bn0.75%ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF
- 4FBOT$213m0.50%Fidelity Disruptive Automation ETF
- 5JEDI$131m0.99%Defiance Drone and Modern Warfare ETF
- 6IBOT$98m0.47%VanEck Robotics ETF
- 7DRNZ$96m0.65%REX Drone ETF
- 8RBTX$9.8m0.65%iShares Future Robotics and Related Technologies Active ETF
- 9RTOO$3.3m0.75%VistaShares Robotics Supercycle ETF
- 10CROB$2.3m0.89%Defiance China Robotics ETF
Every robotics ETF, largest first
Click a column to sortPoints (pts) are percentage points.
| Ticker | Fund | Issuer | Net assets ↓ | In the S&P 500 | Active share | Total return 1Y | vs its benchmark 1Y | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOTZ | Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF | Global X | $3.3bn | 18.6% | 88.2% | −11.9% | not measured | 0.68% |
| ROBO | ROBO Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF | ROBO Global | $2.0bn | 22.4% | 96.2% | +10.3% | not measured | 0.95% |
| ARKQ | ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF | ARK | $1.8bn | 55.7% | 80.2% | −3.5% | −17.1 pts vs VOO | 0.75% |
| FBOT | Fidelity Disruptive Automation ETF | Fidelity | $213m | 44.0% | 85.2% | +12.8% | not measured | 0.50% |
| JEDI | Defiance Drone and Modern Warfare ETF | Defiance | $131m | 4.8% | 98.9% | −17.5% | not measured | 0.99% |
| IBOT | VanEck Robotics ETF | VanEck | $98m | 32.0% | 90.6% | +20.5% | +7.4 pts vs ACWI | 0.47% |
| DRNZ | REX Drone ETF | REX | $96m | 15.4% | 97.3% | first traded 363 days ago | · | 0.65% |
| RBTX | iShares Future Robotics and Related Technologies Active ETF | iShares | $9.8m | 33.5% | 85.2% | first traded 6 days ago | · | 0.65% |
| RTOO | VistaShares Robotics Supercycle ETF | VistaShares | $3.3m | 6.0% | 98.9% | first traded 103 days ago | · | 0.75% |
| CROB | Defiance China Robotics ETF | Defiance | $2.3m | holds a swap | holds a swap | first traded 70 days ago | · | 0.89% |
How much of each pair is the same fund
The closest pair is ROBO and RTOO, which hold 35% of their weight in the same companies. The furthest apart is IBOT and JEDI at 0%. The middle pair of the 36 is 17%. The grid is the 9 largest of 10 funds.
Robotics ETFs, the share of each pair’s weight held in the same companies. Read across or down; the number is the same either way. Cells are shaded against the closest pair here, 35%. Source: each fund’s own filed or daily holdings, read by ETFIQ.
How to read the grid
Weight overlap adds the smaller of the two weights for every company both funds hold. Funds with a cut-short book are left out, not compared short.
What each fund holds alone
Robotics ETFs, the largest holding no other fund in the grid holds. Source: ETFIQ.
Questions people ask
- How many robotics ETFs are there?
- ETFIQ covers 10 US listed robotics ETFs as of Oct 27, 2026. That is every one it can measure from the fund’s own published holdings.
- What is the largest robotics ETF?
- BOTZ, Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF, at $3.3bn in net assets as of Oct 12, 2026, the largest of the 10 robotics ETFs with a published size.
- What is the cheapest robotics ETF?
- IBOT, VanEck Robotics ETF, at 0.47% a year by its prospectus filed Jan 27, 2026, the lowest fee of the 10 robotics ETFs that publish one.
- Which robotics ETF has performed best over the past year?
- IBOT, VanEck Robotics ETF, at +20.5% total return over the year to Oct 27, 2026, the highest of the 6 robotics ETFs with a full year of trading behind them. Past returns do not predict future ones.
- What do robotics ETFs hold?
- Funds that hold the makers of industrial robots and factory automation, and the parts and software inside them. Between them the 9 robotics ETFs ETFIQ can read name 79 companies in their ten largest holdings, by holdings dated May 31, 2026 to Oct 26, 2026, most widely NVIDIA CORP, which is among the ten largest of 3 of them.
- Do robotics ETFs hold the same companies?
- It depends which two. Across the 36 pairs of the 9 robotics ETFs with a full published book, by holdings dated May 31, 2026 to Oct 26, 2026, ROBO and RTOO hold 35% of their weight in the same companies, IBOT and JEDI hold 0%, and the middle pair holds 17%. Two funds sold on one theme are not the same fund.
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