Evidence floor met in this release.
Published segment leaderboard
Deep Tech & Hardware: Best tools in the Machine Relations Index
This leaderboard uses only the Deep Tech & Hardware / Best tools segment denominator: 250 observed answer runs across 12 dates.
Segment-specific denominator. Not the overall domain denominator.
Release floor: 7 dates.
Only released domains with evidence in this exact segment.
Leaderboard
Segment-specific cited sources
Rates, runs and rank are the producer's segment-specific values. Overall domain rates and engine breadth are not used as category rates.
| Rank | Source | Source role | Citation rate | Cited runs | Observed runs | Run dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 of 527 | Arxiv.orgarxiv.org | Academic and government source | 19.20% | 48 | 250 | 12 |
| #2 of 527 | AIMultipleaimultiple.com | Editorial publication | 15.60% | 39 | 250 | 12 |
| #3 of 527 | Openelab.ioopenelab.io | Other observed source | 14.00% | 35 | 250 | 12 |
| #4 of 527 | Smartbotparts.comsmartbotparts.com | Other observed source | 11.60% | 29 | 250 | 12 |
| #5 of 527 | Redditreddit.com | Community and social platform | 11.20% | 28 | 250 | 12 |
| #6 of 527 | Generationrobots.comgenerationrobots.com | Other observed source | 10.00% | 25 | 250 | 12 |
| #7 of 527 | Patsnap.compatsnap.com | Other observed source | 9.60% | 24 | 250 | 12 |
| #8 of 527 | Hokuyo-usa.comhokuyo-usa.com | Other observed source | 9.20% | 23 | 250 | 12 |
| #9 of 527 | Orbbec.comorbbec.com | Other observed source | 8.40% | 21 | 250 | 12 |
| #10 of 527 | YouTubeyoutube.com | Search or media platform | 8.40% | 21 | 250 | 12 |
| #11 of 527 | Geniatech.comgeniatech.com | Other observed source | 8.00% | 20 | 250 | 12 |
| #12 of 527 | Chip.computerchip.computer | Other observed source | 7.60% | 19 | 250 | 12 |
| #13 of 527 | Lidarseek.comlidarseek.com | Other observed source | 7.60% | 19 | 250 | 12 |
| #14 of 527 | Allpcb.comallpcb.com | Other observed source | 6.80% | 17 | 250 | 12 |
| #15 of 527 | NIHnih.gov | Academic and government source | 6.80% | 17 | 250 | 12 |
| #16 of 527 | Predictabledesigns.compredictabledesigns.com | Other observed source | 6.80% | 17 | 250 | 12 |
| #17 of 527 | Roboticscenter.airoboticscenter.ai | Other observed source | 6.80% | 17 | 250 | 12 |
| #18 of 527 | Mediummedium.com | Community and social platform | 6.00% | 15 | 250 | 12 |
| #19 of 527 | Ti.comti.com | Other observed source | 6.00% | 15 | 250 | 12 |
| #20 of 527 | LinkedInlinkedin.com | Community and social platform | 5.60% | 14 | 250 | 12 |
| #21 of 527 | Mdpi.commdpi.com | Other observed source | 5.60% | 14 | 250 | 12 |
| #22 of 527 | Cratustech.comcratustech.com | Other observed source | 5.20% | 13 | 250 | 12 |
| #23 of 527 | Edn.comedn.com | Other observed source | 5.20% | 13 | 250 | 12 |
| #24 of 527 | SiliconReportsiliconreport.com | Other observed source | 5.20% | 13 | 250 | 12 |
| #25 of 527 | Openelab.comopenelab.com | Other observed source | 4.80% | 12 | 250 | 12 |
| #26 of 527 | Qualcomm.comqualcomm.com | Other observed source | 4.80% | 12 | 250 | 12 |
| #27 of 527 | Uvation.comuvation.com | Other observed source | 4.80% | 12 | 250 | 12 |
| #28 of 527 | Alibaba.comalibaba.com | Other observed source | 4.40% | 11 | 250 | 12 |
| #29 of 527 | Done.landdone.land | Other observed source | 4.40% | 11 | 250 | 12 |
| #30 of 527 | Hailo.aihailo.ai | Other observed source | 4.40% | 11 | 250 | 12 |
| #31 of 527 | Hesaitech.comhesaitech.com | Other observed source | 4.40% | 11 | 250 | 12 |
| #32 of 527 | Mrdvs.commrdvs.com | Other observed source | 4.40% | 11 | 250 | 12 |
| #33 of 527 | Neuchips.aineuchips.ai | Other observed source | 4.40% | 11 | 250 | 12 |
| #34 of 527 | Renesas.comrenesas.com | Other observed source | 4.40% | 11 | 250 | 12 |
| #35 of 527 | Stereolabs.comstereolabs.com | Other observed source | 4.40% | 11 | 250 | 12 |
| #36 of 527 | Tomshardware.comtomshardware.com | Other observed source | 4.40% | 11 | 250 | 12 |
| #37 of 527 | Us-lidar.comus-lidar.com | Other observed source | 4.40% | 11 | 250 | 12 |
| #38 of 527 | Electronics-lab.comelectronics-lab.com | Other observed source | 4.00% | 10 | 250 | 12 |
| #39 of 527 | Engineeridea.comengineeridea.com | Other observed source | 4.00% | 10 | 250 | 12 |
| #40 of 527 | Flux.aiflux.ai | Other observed source | 4.00% | 10 | 250 | 12 |
| #41 of 527 | Github.comgithub.com | Community and social platform | 4.00% | 10 | 250 | 12 |
| #42 of 527 | Industrialsafetysensor.comindustrialsafetysensor.com | Other observed source | 4.00% | 10 | 250 | 12 |
| #43 of 527 | Electronicsdesign.auelectronicsdesign.au | Other observed source | 3.60% | 9 | 250 | 12 |
| #44 of 527 | Indrorobotics.comindrorobotics.com | Other observed source | 3.60% | 9 | 250 | 12 |
| #45 of 527 | Jaycon.comjaycon.com | Other observed source | 3.60% | 9 | 250 | 12 |
| #46 of 527 | Nvidia.comnvidia.com | Vendor-owned source | 3.60% | 9 | 250 | 12 |
| #47 of 527 | Rdp.inrdp.in | Other observed source | 3.60% | 9 | 250 | 12 |
| #48 of 527 | Researchgate.netresearchgate.net | Academic and government source | 3.60% | 9 | 250 | 12 |
| #49 of 527 | Sensorlidar.comsensorlidar.com | Other observed source | 3.60% | 9 | 250 | 12 |
| #50 of 527 | Smashingrobotics.comsmashingrobotics.com | Other observed source | 3.60% | 9 | 250 | 12 |
| #51 of 527 | Wonderfulpcb.comwonderfulpcb.com | Other observed source | 3.60% | 9 | 250 | 12 |
| #52 of 527 | Gideon.aigideon.ai | Other observed source | 3.20% | 8 | 250 | 12 |
| #53 of 527 | Hycmoop.comhycmoop.com | Other observed source | 3.20% | 8 | 250 | 12 |
| #54 of 527 | Jaycarlson.netjaycarlson.net | Other observed source | 3.20% | 8 | 250 | 12 |
| #55 of 527 | Lembergsolutions.comlembergsolutions.com | Other observed source | 3.20% | 8 | 250 | 12 |
| #56 of 527 | Myrobotproject.commyrobotproject.com | Other observed source | 3.20% | 8 | 250 | 12 |
| #57 of 527 | Sciencedirect.comsciencedirect.com | Academic and government source | 3.20% | 8 | 250 | 12 |
| #58 of 527 | Siliconflow.comsiliconflow.com | Vendor-owned source | 3.20% | 8 | 250 | 12 |
| #59 of 527 | Troylendman.comtroylendman.com | Other observed source | 3.20% | 8 | 250 | 12 |
| #60 of 527 | Ultralibrarian.comultralibrarian.com | Other observed source | 3.20% | 8 | 250 | 12 |
| #61 of 527 | Accio.comaccio.com | Other observed source | 2.80% | 7 | 250 | 12 |
| #62 of 527 | Adafruit.comadafruit.com | Other observed source | 2.80% | 7 | 250 | 12 |
| #63 of 527 | Avnet.comavnet.com | Other observed source | 2.80% | 7 | 250 | 12 |
| #64 of 527 | Bestgpusforai.combestgpusforai.com | Other observed source | 2.80% | 7 | 250 | 12 |
| #65 of 527 | Cmu.educmu.edu | Academic and government source | 2.80% | 7 | 250 | 12 |
| #66 of 527 | Digikey.comdigikey.com | Other observed source | 2.80% | 7 | 250 | 12 |
| #67 of 527 | Livoxtech.comlivoxtech.com | Other observed source | 2.80% | 7 | 250 | 12 |
| #68 of 527 | Nordicsemi.comnordicsemi.com | Other observed source | 2.80% | 7 | 250 | 12 |
| #69 of 527 | Ouster.comouster.com | Other observed source | 2.80% | 7 | 250 | 12 |
| #70 of 527 | St.comst.com | Other observed source | 2.80% | 7 | 250 | 12 |
| #71 of 527 | Substack.comsubstack.com | Community and social platform | 2.80% | 7 | 250 | 12 |
| #72 of 527 | Tinytronics.nltinytronics.nl | Other observed source | 2.80% | 7 | 250 | 12 |
| #73 of 527 | Wikipediawikipedia.org | Academic and government source | 2.80% | 7 | 250 | 12 |
| #74 of 527 | Acroname.comacroname.com | Other observed source | 2.40% | 6 | 250 | 12 |
| #75 of 527 | Ai Journalaijourn.com | Editorial publication | 2.40% | 6 | 250 | 12 |
| #76 of 527 | Altium.comaltium.com | Other observed source | 2.40% | 6 | 250 | 12 |
| #77 of 527 | Electromaker.ioelectromaker.io | Other observed source | 2.40% | 6 | 250 | 12 |
| #78 of 527 | Ieee.orgieee.org | Academic and government source | 2.40% | 6 | 250 | 12 |
| #79 of 527 | Industrial Monitor Directindustrialmonitordirect.com | Other observed source | 2.40% | 6 | 250 | 12 |
| #80 of 527 | Levelfivesupplies.comlevelfivesupplies.com | Other observed source | 2.40% | 6 | 250 | 12 |
| #81 of 527 | Mlcommons.orgmlcommons.org | Other observed source | 2.40% | 6 | 250 | 12 |
| #82 of 527 | Nxp.comnxp.com | Other observed source | 2.40% | 6 | 250 | 12 |
| #83 of 527 | Robosense.airobosense.ai | Other observed source | 2.40% | 6 | 250 | 12 |
| #84 of 527 | TechStoriesstechstoriess.com | Editorial publication | 2.40% | 6 | 250 | 12 |
| #85 of 527 | Uspto.govuspto.gov | Academic and government source | 2.40% | 6 | 250 | 12 |
| #86 of 527 | Xjtlu.edu.cnxjtlu.edu.cn | Other observed source | 2.40% | 6 | 250 | 12 |
| #87 of 527 | Allaboutcircuits.comallaboutcircuits.com | Other observed source | 2.00% | 5 | 250 | 12 |
| #88 of 527 | Avai.aiavai.ai | Other observed source | 2.00% | 5 | 250 | 12 |
| #89 of 527 | Axelera.aiaxelera.ai | Other observed source | 2.00% | 5 | 250 | 12 |
| #90 of 527 | Hackster.iohackster.io | Other observed source | 2.00% | 5 | 250 | 12 |
| #91 of 527 | Ic-vietnam.com.vnic-vietnam.com.vn | Other observed source | 2.00% | 5 | 250 | 12 |
| #92 of 527 | Intuitionlabs.aiintuitionlabs.ai | Vendor-owned source | 2.00% | 5 | 250 | 12 |
| #93 of 527 | Jlcpcb.comjlcpcb.com | Other observed source | 2.00% | 5 | 250 | 12 |
| #94 of 527 | Market.usmarket.us | Market and company database | 2.00% | 5 | 250 | 12 |
| #95 of 527 | Marketresearchtelecast.commarketresearchtelecast.com | Analyst and consulting research | 2.00% | 5 | 250 | 12 |
| #96 of 527 | Nexty-ele.comnexty-ele.com | Other observed source | 2.00% | 5 | 250 | 12 |
| #97 of 527 | Pivoratech.compivoratech.com | Other observed source | 2.00% | 5 | 250 | 12 |
| #98 of 527 | Rs-online.comrs-online.com | Vendor-owned source | 2.00% | 5 | 250 | 12 |
| #99 of 527 | Springer.comspringer.com | Other observed source | 2.00% | 5 | 250 | 12 |
| #100 of 527 | The Robot Reporttherobotreport.com | Editorial publication | 2.00% | 5 | 250 | 12 |
Showing the first 100 rows from 527 observed domains.
Cite this
Machine Relations Index (MRI), Machine Relations Research — machinerelations.ai. Deep Tech & Hardware / Best tools: 527 observed source domains in the leaderboard, measured on 250 observed runs across 12 distinct run dates, 2026-05-10 to 2026-11-02. Release mri_score_v2.1+2026-11-02+f9aaeca0db15. https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/deep-tech-hardware/best_x. CC BY 4.0.Parrott, J. (2026). Deep Tech & Hardware / Best tools in the Machine Relations Index (Version mri_score_v2.1+2026-11-02+f9aaeca0db15) [Data set]. Machine Relations Research. https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/deep-tech-hardware/best_x https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23652423@misc{parrott2026mrideeptechhardwarebestx,
author = {Parrott, Jaxon},
title = {Deep Tech \& Hardware / Best tools in the Machine Relations Index},
year = {2026},
version = {mri\_score\_v2.1+2026-11-02+f9aaeca0db15},
publisher = {Machine Relations Research},
url = {https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/deep-tech-hardware/best_x},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23652423},
license = {CC-BY-4.0},
note = {Machine Relations Index (MRI), Machine Relations Research — machinerelations.ai}
}Release and boundary
What this segment measures
Published November 2, 2026. The observation window runs May 10, 2026 to November 2, 2026. Methodology v2.1.
MRI measures observed root-domain citations inside monitored prompts. Segment rates are conditional on this sample and do not claim recommendation quality, traffic, placement availability, or commercial performance.